ABA 603 final Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update 2025-2026
each of the following is an example of a behavior except - Answers blinking your eye
a behavior chain with a limited hold means - Answers the entire chain or steps within the chain must be
completed in a given period of time
behavior chains and chaining procedures are important because - Answers *There are many behaviors
that are considered behavior chains, and these behaviors lead to more independence in life.
*Chaining can be combined with many other teaching procedures so that behaviors can be taught in a
variety of contexts.
*Chaining is an efficient training procedure-it can be used to combine already existing repertoires of
behavior into new behaviors.
* All of these
How are forward and backward chaining different? - Answers Forward chaining means the learner learns
the first step first in the sequence and backward chaining means the learner learns the last behavior in
the sequence first (but the steps are still learned in the correct sequence).
If you want to create a task analysis for a behavior you have no idea how to do yourself, how could you
construct it? - Answers *You could find people who are good at the behavior and ask them how to do it.
*You could watch people who know how to do the task and observe what they do.
*You could go to the literature to see if there are any published task analyses of the behavior.
*All of these.
What is a risk of choosing the single-opportunity method of assessment for assessing mastery of a task
analysis? - Answers You may underestimate the learner's abilities.
Breaking down longer chains into smaller chains and/or skill clusters, teaching each skill cluster, and
then chaining each skill cluster is a variation of which form of behavior chaining? - Answers Forward
chaining
Peer models have been used to teach children with disabilities to perform complex tasks using which
form of chaining? - Answers Total task chaining
The behavior chain interruption strategy (BCIS) can be used to: - Answers Increase speech, picture
communication, and microswitch activation.
Kara has been learning to board a public bus, put money in the slot, and sit in her seat, waiting for her
stop. Then, she pushes the button to indicate when she wants to get off. She has practiced this skill in
her small hometown, where there are rarely more than 5 people on the bus. She traveled to Chicago
, with her parents to visit her aunt. She rode the bus with her parents in Chicago and was unable to do
many steps in the chain. For example, she wasn't able to put her money in the slot, and she had
difficulty choosing a seat. Her parents noticed that she was very distracted by all the people on the bus,
as compared to the few people who are on the bus at home. Which of the following is the most likely
reason that Kara wasn't able to perform steps in the chain she had learned so well at home? - Answers
There were novel stimuli present in Chicago that weren't present at home and that interfered with
Kara's chain.
before you use a chaining procedure, it is recommended that you task analyze the skill to be taught.
what does it mean to task analyze? - Answers make a sequential list of all the smaller substeps of the
task to be trained
if you are teaching a student to make a peanut butter sandwich, which of the following represents a
total task chaining approach? - Answers having the student complete all steps of the task while the
trainer provides the necessary level of prompt at each step
one advantage to backward chaining procedure is - Answers it is the chaining procedure that results in
the most immediate access to the reinforcer following the display of a correct response in the
behavioral chain
every step in a behavior chain serves two functions: as SD for the subsequent step and as a conditioned
reinforcer for the preceding step - Answers false
a behavior chain with a limited hold results in performance that is both accurate and fluent - Answers
true
there are only a few skills in every day life that are considered behavioral chains - Answers false
if a person has a number of behaviors already in their repetoire, chaining can be used to put these
behaviors together in unique sequences in order to teach them a new behavior - Answers true
in order to construct a task analysis, it is acceptable and valid to perform the behavior yourself and write
down the steps to the skill as you perform them - Answers true
once you have developed a task analysis, you should not change the sequence of the steps, add steps, or
remove steps in the analysis. this invalidated the task analysis. - Answers false
a task analysis for one person can look completely different from a task analysis for another person,
even if it for the same skill - Answers true
the single opportunity method of assessing a person's skills on a task analysis means that they only get
one chance to demonstrate the skill before instruction begins; whereas with the multiple opportuntity
method of assessment, a person's skills are assessed multiple times before instruction begins - Answers
false
each of the following is an example of a behavior except - Answers blinking your eye
a behavior chain with a limited hold means - Answers the entire chain or steps within the chain must be
completed in a given period of time
behavior chains and chaining procedures are important because - Answers *There are many behaviors
that are considered behavior chains, and these behaviors lead to more independence in life.
*Chaining can be combined with many other teaching procedures so that behaviors can be taught in a
variety of contexts.
*Chaining is an efficient training procedure-it can be used to combine already existing repertoires of
behavior into new behaviors.
* All of these
How are forward and backward chaining different? - Answers Forward chaining means the learner learns
the first step first in the sequence and backward chaining means the learner learns the last behavior in
the sequence first (but the steps are still learned in the correct sequence).
If you want to create a task analysis for a behavior you have no idea how to do yourself, how could you
construct it? - Answers *You could find people who are good at the behavior and ask them how to do it.
*You could watch people who know how to do the task and observe what they do.
*You could go to the literature to see if there are any published task analyses of the behavior.
*All of these.
What is a risk of choosing the single-opportunity method of assessment for assessing mastery of a task
analysis? - Answers You may underestimate the learner's abilities.
Breaking down longer chains into smaller chains and/or skill clusters, teaching each skill cluster, and
then chaining each skill cluster is a variation of which form of behavior chaining? - Answers Forward
chaining
Peer models have been used to teach children with disabilities to perform complex tasks using which
form of chaining? - Answers Total task chaining
The behavior chain interruption strategy (BCIS) can be used to: - Answers Increase speech, picture
communication, and microswitch activation.
Kara has been learning to board a public bus, put money in the slot, and sit in her seat, waiting for her
stop. Then, she pushes the button to indicate when she wants to get off. She has practiced this skill in
her small hometown, where there are rarely more than 5 people on the bus. She traveled to Chicago
, with her parents to visit her aunt. She rode the bus with her parents in Chicago and was unable to do
many steps in the chain. For example, she wasn't able to put her money in the slot, and she had
difficulty choosing a seat. Her parents noticed that she was very distracted by all the people on the bus,
as compared to the few people who are on the bus at home. Which of the following is the most likely
reason that Kara wasn't able to perform steps in the chain she had learned so well at home? - Answers
There were novel stimuli present in Chicago that weren't present at home and that interfered with
Kara's chain.
before you use a chaining procedure, it is recommended that you task analyze the skill to be taught.
what does it mean to task analyze? - Answers make a sequential list of all the smaller substeps of the
task to be trained
if you are teaching a student to make a peanut butter sandwich, which of the following represents a
total task chaining approach? - Answers having the student complete all steps of the task while the
trainer provides the necessary level of prompt at each step
one advantage to backward chaining procedure is - Answers it is the chaining procedure that results in
the most immediate access to the reinforcer following the display of a correct response in the
behavioral chain
every step in a behavior chain serves two functions: as SD for the subsequent step and as a conditioned
reinforcer for the preceding step - Answers false
a behavior chain with a limited hold results in performance that is both accurate and fluent - Answers
true
there are only a few skills in every day life that are considered behavioral chains - Answers false
if a person has a number of behaviors already in their repetoire, chaining can be used to put these
behaviors together in unique sequences in order to teach them a new behavior - Answers true
in order to construct a task analysis, it is acceptable and valid to perform the behavior yourself and write
down the steps to the skill as you perform them - Answers true
once you have developed a task analysis, you should not change the sequence of the steps, add steps, or
remove steps in the analysis. this invalidated the task analysis. - Answers false
a task analysis for one person can look completely different from a task analysis for another person,
even if it for the same skill - Answers true
the single opportunity method of assessing a person's skills on a task analysis means that they only get
one chance to demonstrate the skill before instruction begins; whereas with the multiple opportuntity
method of assessment, a person's skills are assessed multiple times before instruction begins - Answers
false
