525 PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED
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◍ The independent variable is:.
Answer: the intervention
◍ Term used to describe when an intervention has gone through rigorous, high
quality experimentation and has been considered to be of value for specific
individuals and/or behaviors of interest.
Answer: Evidence Based Practices
◍ A term synonymous with "intervention".
Answer: Independent Variable
◍ The Dependent Variable is the.
Answer: Behavior
◍ Identify the type of Research Question: Will modeling fluent speech
decrease a child's disfluencies?.
Answer: Demonstration
◍ Identify the type of Research Question: Will sign language or a speech
generating device increase requesting?.
Answer: Comparison
◍ Identify the type of Research Question: Will 7.5, 15, or 30 minutes of
peer-mediated instruction improve reading fluency?.
Answer: Parametric
◍ Operational definitions of behavior may contain examples and
, non-examples..
Answer: True
◍ Non-continuous measurements of behavior provide only estimates of
behavior..
Answer: True
◍ A term synonymous with "behavior".
Answer: Dependent Variable
◍ The two dimensions of interest in behavior are: ________ and ________..
Answer: Time/Number
◍ Is considered high when there is clear experimental control.
Answer: Internal Validity
◍ Behaviors that occur without need for antecedent stimuli or an antecedent
cue are known as:.
Answer: Free operant behavior
◍ Behaviors that have a clear beginning and end and are of short duration are
known as _________..
Answer: Discrete behaviors
◍ When this is demonstrated, we have verified that there is a functional
relation between the independent and dependent variables - that is, that the
change in the dependent variable (behavior) is causally (functionally) related
to the implementation of the independent variable.
Answer: Experimental control
◍ Behaviors that last for longer durations are known as _______..
Answer: continuous behaviors
◍ Visually demonstrated (through visual analysis of the graphed data) control
of the behavior by the intervention.
Answer: Functional Relation
◍ ______ may occur when a data collector departs from accurate use of
definitions of behavior over time..