QASP-S EXAM LATEST ACTUAL EXAM 100 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |AGRADE
Minimum supervision by a BCBA - ANSWER: 1 hour/month
QASP will demonstrate - ANSWER: trustworthiness, honesty, fairness and sincerity
Non-discrimination policy - ANSWER: The QABA Credentialing Board will not
discriminate against applicants, candidates or certificants on the basis of race, color,
gender (including gender identity and gender expression), religion, age, marital
status, registered domestic partner status, disability, socioeconomic or ethnic
background, sexual orientation, genetic information, veteran status or national
origin, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) - ANSWER: A disorder characterized by deficits in
social relatedness and communication skills that are often accompanied by
repetitive, ritualistic behavior.
ASD characteristics - ANSWER: Communication- Delay or lack of development of
language, diffiulty holding conversations, unusual or repetitive language, play that is
not appropriate for developmental level.
Social interaction- Difficutly using nonverbal behaviors to regulate social interaction,
failure to develop age appropriate peer relationships, little sharing of pleasure,
achievements or interests with others, lack of social or emotional reciprocity.
Restrictied/Repetitive activities- Interests are narrow in focus, overly intense and/or
unusual, unreasonalbe insistence on sameness and folowing familiar routines,
repetitive motor mannerisms, preoccupation with parts of objects.
ASD deficits - ANSWER: Social interaction, communication, repetitive/restricitive
beahviors
Triad of Impairments - ANSWER: Deficits in reciprocal social interaction
Deficits in communication
Restricted, repetitive behaviors, interests or activities.
joint attention - ANSWER: Joint Attention and Social Referencing. Joint attention
occurs when two people share interest in an object or event and there is
understanding between the two people that they are both interested in the same
object or event.
Hyper/hyposensitive sensory input - ANSWER: Sometimes the senses of autistic
children are in 'hypo', so that they do not really see, hear or feel anything. To
, stimulate their senses they might wave their hands around or rock forth and back or
make strange noises.
Hypersensitive is the exact opposite, some may get too much sensory input from any
of the senses.
Historical definitions of autism - ANSWER: 1908- word autism is used to describe
schizophrenic patients who were also withdrawn and self-absorbed.
Kanner (1943) described children who were highly intelligent but "displayed a
powerful desire for aloneness" and rigidity/insistence on sameness
Hans Asperger (1944) difficulty with social interaction
1967- refrigerator mothers were the cause of autism
1980-infantile autism listed in the DSM
1987-autism disorder in DSM
1991-federal government makes autism a sped category
1994-Asperger's syndrome added to DSM
2013- DSM-5 folds all subcategories of autism ASD with two categories 1) impaired
social communication and/or interaction. 2) restricted and/or repetitive beahviors
Co-Morbid conditions associated with autism - ANSWER: Mental retardation,
learning difficulties, ADD/ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, CD, Nonverbal learnning
disabilities
Asperger's Syndrome Definition - ANSWER: Developmentally appropriate language,
but differences (pragmatics, sentence structure, pronunciation, vocabulary)
Social deficits, Literal interperatation of langauge
Asperger's Syndrome (HFA) common characteristics - ANSWER: He's just as smart as
other folks, but he has more trouble with social skills. He also tends to have an
obsessive focus on one topic or perform the same behaviors again and again.
Diagnostic methods for ASD - ANSWER: Often involves a multidisciplinary team
(pediatrician, psychologist, SPL and OT). Criteria found in the DSM-5
Autism (word) History - ANSWER: The word "autism" comes from the Greek word
"autos," which means "self." It describes conditions in which a person is removed
from social interaction. In other words, he becomes an "isolated self."
Evidence based treatments for ASD - ANSWER: applied behavior analysis-DTT, FCT,
PRT, Antecedent based interventions
Early intervention, social skills training, cognitive behavioral therapy, medication
AAC, PECS, Video modeling, visual supports, computer aided instruction, parent
implemented intervention
IDEA- First recognized ASD - ANSWER: 1990
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |AGRADE
Minimum supervision by a BCBA - ANSWER: 1 hour/month
QASP will demonstrate - ANSWER: trustworthiness, honesty, fairness and sincerity
Non-discrimination policy - ANSWER: The QABA Credentialing Board will not
discriminate against applicants, candidates or certificants on the basis of race, color,
gender (including gender identity and gender expression), religion, age, marital
status, registered domestic partner status, disability, socioeconomic or ethnic
background, sexual orientation, genetic information, veteran status or national
origin, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) - ANSWER: A disorder characterized by deficits in
social relatedness and communication skills that are often accompanied by
repetitive, ritualistic behavior.
ASD characteristics - ANSWER: Communication- Delay or lack of development of
language, diffiulty holding conversations, unusual or repetitive language, play that is
not appropriate for developmental level.
Social interaction- Difficutly using nonverbal behaviors to regulate social interaction,
failure to develop age appropriate peer relationships, little sharing of pleasure,
achievements or interests with others, lack of social or emotional reciprocity.
Restrictied/Repetitive activities- Interests are narrow in focus, overly intense and/or
unusual, unreasonalbe insistence on sameness and folowing familiar routines,
repetitive motor mannerisms, preoccupation with parts of objects.
ASD deficits - ANSWER: Social interaction, communication, repetitive/restricitive
beahviors
Triad of Impairments - ANSWER: Deficits in reciprocal social interaction
Deficits in communication
Restricted, repetitive behaviors, interests or activities.
joint attention - ANSWER: Joint Attention and Social Referencing. Joint attention
occurs when two people share interest in an object or event and there is
understanding between the two people that they are both interested in the same
object or event.
Hyper/hyposensitive sensory input - ANSWER: Sometimes the senses of autistic
children are in 'hypo', so that they do not really see, hear or feel anything. To
, stimulate their senses they might wave their hands around or rock forth and back or
make strange noises.
Hypersensitive is the exact opposite, some may get too much sensory input from any
of the senses.
Historical definitions of autism - ANSWER: 1908- word autism is used to describe
schizophrenic patients who were also withdrawn and self-absorbed.
Kanner (1943) described children who were highly intelligent but "displayed a
powerful desire for aloneness" and rigidity/insistence on sameness
Hans Asperger (1944) difficulty with social interaction
1967- refrigerator mothers were the cause of autism
1980-infantile autism listed in the DSM
1987-autism disorder in DSM
1991-federal government makes autism a sped category
1994-Asperger's syndrome added to DSM
2013- DSM-5 folds all subcategories of autism ASD with two categories 1) impaired
social communication and/or interaction. 2) restricted and/or repetitive beahviors
Co-Morbid conditions associated with autism - ANSWER: Mental retardation,
learning difficulties, ADD/ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, CD, Nonverbal learnning
disabilities
Asperger's Syndrome Definition - ANSWER: Developmentally appropriate language,
but differences (pragmatics, sentence structure, pronunciation, vocabulary)
Social deficits, Literal interperatation of langauge
Asperger's Syndrome (HFA) common characteristics - ANSWER: He's just as smart as
other folks, but he has more trouble with social skills. He also tends to have an
obsessive focus on one topic or perform the same behaviors again and again.
Diagnostic methods for ASD - ANSWER: Often involves a multidisciplinary team
(pediatrician, psychologist, SPL and OT). Criteria found in the DSM-5
Autism (word) History - ANSWER: The word "autism" comes from the Greek word
"autos," which means "self." It describes conditions in which a person is removed
from social interaction. In other words, he becomes an "isolated self."
Evidence based treatments for ASD - ANSWER: applied behavior analysis-DTT, FCT,
PRT, Antecedent based interventions
Early intervention, social skills training, cognitive behavioral therapy, medication
AAC, PECS, Video modeling, visual supports, computer aided instruction, parent
implemented intervention
IDEA- First recognized ASD - ANSWER: 1990
