PEARSON VUE PRACTICE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
SOLUTIONS 2026
▶ True/False: Sometimes when using NET procedures you may have to
contrive a situation to work on a skill. Answer: True
▶ True/False: Task analysis is the process of breaking a skill into smaller,
more manageable steps in order to teach the skill. Task analysis is an
effective way to plan the teaching of skills that require several steps to be
performed. Answer: True.
▶ Task analysis can be used to teach which of the following types of skills.
Answer: All of the above
(self-help skills, life skills, academic skills)
▶ Provide an example of a behavior that is most likely be taught using a
task analysis. Answer: hand washing, brushing teeth, completing chores.
▶ When using backward chaining the RBT does which of the following?
Answer: Will prompt the client through the steps and then expect the client
to do the last step independently. Each time a step is mastered the client is
expected to complete the acquisition step and all mastered steps.
▶ When using forward chaining the RBT does with of the following?
Answer: Will ask the client to complete the first step independently then
prompt him/her through the remainder of the steps. Once a step is
mastered the client is expected to complete all mastered and the one
acquisition step independently.
▶ When using total task presentation the RBT does which of the following?
Answer: Will present the task and will allow the opportunity for the client to
complete each step independently in order each time the task is presented,
prompting when necessary.
, ▶ True/False: Discrimination training is a process of reinforcing or
punishing a response is the presence of one stimulus and extinguishing it
in the presence of other stimuli. Answer: True.
▶ Which of the following is considered an error? Answer: All of the above
(repeating the correct answer more than once, no response, selecting the
wrong item)
▶ True/False: The stimulus delta (S-Delta) is defined as a stimulus in the
presence of which a particular response will be reinforced. Answer: False.
▶ True/False: The discriminative stimulus (Sd) is defined as a stimulus in
the presence of which a particular response will not be reinforced. Answer:
False
▶ Define Stimulus control: Answer: A situation in which the frequency,
latency, duration, or amplitude of behavior is altered by the presence or
absence of an antecedent stimulus.
▶ True/False: Stimulus fading involved introducing or altering a new
element, such as color, intensity, or size to the target stimulus, which is
gradually faded by reducing its intensity or components. Answer: True
▶ True/False: Stimulus fading can often be used to desensitize a client to
aversive stimuli. Answer: True
▶ Provide an example of stimulus fading: Answer:
▶ Stimulus fading can be used in what context(s)? Answer: All of the
above
(academic skills, adaptive skills, behavior reduction)
▶ Which is a correct prompting hierarchy for prompt fading? Answer: Full
physical, partial physical, model, gesture
▶ Which is a correct prompting hierarchy for prompt fading? Answer: Full
verbal, partial verbal, gestural, visual.
▶ True/False: Failing to fade prompts can lead to a client being prompt
dependent? Answer: True.
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
SOLUTIONS 2026
▶ True/False: Sometimes when using NET procedures you may have to
contrive a situation to work on a skill. Answer: True
▶ True/False: Task analysis is the process of breaking a skill into smaller,
more manageable steps in order to teach the skill. Task analysis is an
effective way to plan the teaching of skills that require several steps to be
performed. Answer: True.
▶ Task analysis can be used to teach which of the following types of skills.
Answer: All of the above
(self-help skills, life skills, academic skills)
▶ Provide an example of a behavior that is most likely be taught using a
task analysis. Answer: hand washing, brushing teeth, completing chores.
▶ When using backward chaining the RBT does which of the following?
Answer: Will prompt the client through the steps and then expect the client
to do the last step independently. Each time a step is mastered the client is
expected to complete the acquisition step and all mastered steps.
▶ When using forward chaining the RBT does with of the following?
Answer: Will ask the client to complete the first step independently then
prompt him/her through the remainder of the steps. Once a step is
mastered the client is expected to complete all mastered and the one
acquisition step independently.
▶ When using total task presentation the RBT does which of the following?
Answer: Will present the task and will allow the opportunity for the client to
complete each step independently in order each time the task is presented,
prompting when necessary.
, ▶ True/False: Discrimination training is a process of reinforcing or
punishing a response is the presence of one stimulus and extinguishing it
in the presence of other stimuli. Answer: True.
▶ Which of the following is considered an error? Answer: All of the above
(repeating the correct answer more than once, no response, selecting the
wrong item)
▶ True/False: The stimulus delta (S-Delta) is defined as a stimulus in the
presence of which a particular response will be reinforced. Answer: False.
▶ True/False: The discriminative stimulus (Sd) is defined as a stimulus in
the presence of which a particular response will not be reinforced. Answer:
False
▶ Define Stimulus control: Answer: A situation in which the frequency,
latency, duration, or amplitude of behavior is altered by the presence or
absence of an antecedent stimulus.
▶ True/False: Stimulus fading involved introducing or altering a new
element, such as color, intensity, or size to the target stimulus, which is
gradually faded by reducing its intensity or components. Answer: True
▶ True/False: Stimulus fading can often be used to desensitize a client to
aversive stimuli. Answer: True
▶ Provide an example of stimulus fading: Answer:
▶ Stimulus fading can be used in what context(s)? Answer: All of the
above
(academic skills, adaptive skills, behavior reduction)
▶ Which is a correct prompting hierarchy for prompt fading? Answer: Full
physical, partial physical, model, gesture
▶ Which is a correct prompting hierarchy for prompt fading? Answer: Full
verbal, partial verbal, gestural, visual.
▶ True/False: Failing to fade prompts can lead to a client being prompt
dependent? Answer: True.
