QABA CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉conditional probability. Answer: A formula that generates
information from ABC recording to assess the statistical possibility
that a target behavior will occur under specific antecedent and/or
consequence conditions.
◉stimulus prompt. Answer: A type of prompt that increases the
salience of the SD and calls an individual's attention to the stimulus
that directs behavior, which is gradually faded out until the correct
response is controlled by the SD.
◉reflexivity. Answer: Refers to the trained response of matching a
stimulus to an identical stimulus and then matching the two stimuli
in reverse without additional training. (i.e., if A=A, then A=A)
◉Applied. Answer: A dimension of ABA, which explains that ABA
treatment must aim to improve socially significant behaviors in real-
world settings.
, ◉respondent behavior. Answer: An involuntary behavior that is part
of an organism's genetic endowment, elicited without any prior
learning, when an eliciting stimulus (US) produces a behavior
(UR/REFLEX).
◉Tandem Schedules of Reinforcement. Answer: A compound
schedule of reinforcement in which two or more un-signaled (No
SD) basic schedules of reinforcement are in effect and must be met
successively for the response to contact reinforcement.
◉Controlled response. Answer: In self-management procedures, this
is the desired target behavior produced by the self-management
procedure.
◉trend. Answer: On a line graph, the overall direction of the data
path.
◉parametric analysis. Answer: A type of experiment in which the
effects of differential amounts of the independent variable are
presented and compared to the dependent variable.
◉Functional Communication Training (FCT). Answer: A differential
reinforcement procedure that trains an alternative communication
response to replace a functionally-equivalent challenging behavior.
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉conditional probability. Answer: A formula that generates
information from ABC recording to assess the statistical possibility
that a target behavior will occur under specific antecedent and/or
consequence conditions.
◉stimulus prompt. Answer: A type of prompt that increases the
salience of the SD and calls an individual's attention to the stimulus
that directs behavior, which is gradually faded out until the correct
response is controlled by the SD.
◉reflexivity. Answer: Refers to the trained response of matching a
stimulus to an identical stimulus and then matching the two stimuli
in reverse without additional training. (i.e., if A=A, then A=A)
◉Applied. Answer: A dimension of ABA, which explains that ABA
treatment must aim to improve socially significant behaviors in real-
world settings.
, ◉respondent behavior. Answer: An involuntary behavior that is part
of an organism's genetic endowment, elicited without any prior
learning, when an eliciting stimulus (US) produces a behavior
(UR/REFLEX).
◉Tandem Schedules of Reinforcement. Answer: A compound
schedule of reinforcement in which two or more un-signaled (No
SD) basic schedules of reinforcement are in effect and must be met
successively for the response to contact reinforcement.
◉Controlled response. Answer: In self-management procedures, this
is the desired target behavior produced by the self-management
procedure.
◉trend. Answer: On a line graph, the overall direction of the data
path.
◉parametric analysis. Answer: A type of experiment in which the
effects of differential amounts of the independent variable are
presented and compared to the dependent variable.
◉Functional Communication Training (FCT). Answer: A differential
reinforcement procedure that trains an alternative communication
response to replace a functionally-equivalent challenging behavior.
