EDF 6223 Exam 2 | ABA and
Systems Support Exam 2 | Practice
Questions and Answers Rated A+ |
2026/2027 Guide
Potential learners cannot imitate if they do not have this prerequisite
skill:
a.) The behavior in their repertoire
b.) Attending to the model
c.) Decrease in problem behavior
d.) Ability to define the behavior
- Correct Answer - b.) Attending to the model
If you want to create a task analysis for a behavior you have no idea
how to do yourself, how could you construct it?
a) You could find people who are good at the behavior and ask them
how to do it.
b) You could watch people who know how to do the task and observe
what they do.
,c) You could go to the literature to see if there are any published task
analyses of the behavior.
d) All of these - Correct Answer - d) All of these
What are the two exceptions to components in a behavior chain serving
a dual function?
- Correct Answer - First and last behaviors
Give an example of a behavior chain.
- Correct Answer - putting on a coat, making a sandwich, setting the
table, wrapping a gift
List one of 3 methods to validate a task analysis.
- Correct Answer - observe competent individuals complete the desired
sequence of behaviors, consult with experts, perform the behaviors
yourself
Ms. Anita Response wants to increase the number of words Sophie
writes in her stories during creative writing time. She uses shaping to do
so. What dimension of behavior is she shaping?
a) Amplitude
b) Frequency
c) Duration
, d) Latency
- Correct Answer - b) Frequency
An example of shaping within a response topography is:
a)Increasing the number of math problems an individual needs to
complete during math class
b)Increasing the duration of in-seat behavior during seatwork time
c)Increasing the force of a tennis swing
d)All of these are examples of shaping within a response topography
- Correct Answer - d)All of these are examples of shaping within a
response topography
T or F - The functional variation of extinction is withholding maintaining
reinforcers - Correct Answer - True
What is the other variation of extinction?
- Correct Answer - procedural - ignoring
A procedure in which reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior
is discontinued and as a result, occurrences of that behavior decrease in
the future is:
a.) Punishment
b.) Extinction
Systems Support Exam 2 | Practice
Questions and Answers Rated A+ |
2026/2027 Guide
Potential learners cannot imitate if they do not have this prerequisite
skill:
a.) The behavior in their repertoire
b.) Attending to the model
c.) Decrease in problem behavior
d.) Ability to define the behavior
- Correct Answer - b.) Attending to the model
If you want to create a task analysis for a behavior you have no idea
how to do yourself, how could you construct it?
a) You could find people who are good at the behavior and ask them
how to do it.
b) You could watch people who know how to do the task and observe
what they do.
,c) You could go to the literature to see if there are any published task
analyses of the behavior.
d) All of these - Correct Answer - d) All of these
What are the two exceptions to components in a behavior chain serving
a dual function?
- Correct Answer - First and last behaviors
Give an example of a behavior chain.
- Correct Answer - putting on a coat, making a sandwich, setting the
table, wrapping a gift
List one of 3 methods to validate a task analysis.
- Correct Answer - observe competent individuals complete the desired
sequence of behaviors, consult with experts, perform the behaviors
yourself
Ms. Anita Response wants to increase the number of words Sophie
writes in her stories during creative writing time. She uses shaping to do
so. What dimension of behavior is she shaping?
a) Amplitude
b) Frequency
c) Duration
, d) Latency
- Correct Answer - b) Frequency
An example of shaping within a response topography is:
a)Increasing the number of math problems an individual needs to
complete during math class
b)Increasing the duration of in-seat behavior during seatwork time
c)Increasing the force of a tennis swing
d)All of these are examples of shaping within a response topography
- Correct Answer - d)All of these are examples of shaping within a
response topography
T or F - The functional variation of extinction is withholding maintaining
reinforcers - Correct Answer - True
What is the other variation of extinction?
- Correct Answer - procedural - ignoring
A procedure in which reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior
is discontinued and as a result, occurrences of that behavior decrease in
the future is:
a.) Punishment
b.) Extinction
