ABA 603 Final part 1 Exam Questions and Answers Graded A+
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When using the multiple-opportunity method of assessment during assessment of a task analysis, there
is greater risk for co-mingling of assessment and instruction than there is for the single-opportunity
method of assessment. - Answers True
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The research literature has repeatedly shown that the total-task chaining procedure is the most effective
method of chaining. - Answers False
Assume you are working with a student who really likes McDonald's. When you are out in the
community with this student and you drive past a McDonald' s, the student always begins to whine
about going to McDonald' s. If you say, "No," the student begins to cry. If you still say, "No," the student
begins to kick and scream and whack his head on the car window. Assume you want to break this
inappropriate chain of behaviors by removing the initial SD and substituting an alternative SD. What
would be one way of doing so? - Answers Avoid driving by McDonald' s whenever possible. Instead drive
past Wendy' s and give the cue, "Would you like to stop and get something to eat?"
Sadie goes to an aerobics class on M, W, and F (on a good week!). The aerobic routines they do have
many, many steps and constitute behavioral chain. The aerobics teacher has everyone perform one step
of the routine multiple times and asks, " Does everyone get it?" The students all yell, "Yep!" Then, she
says, " Adding on!" and she shows them another step. Once they have that step down, she has them do
the first step, followed by the second step. Then she adds on again. This process is repeated until the
students are doing a very long, complex routine by the end of the hour. What teaching procedure does
Sadie's aerobics instructor use? - Answers Forward chaining
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If a person has a number of behaviors already in their repertoire, chaining can be used to put these
behaviors together in unique sequences in order to teach them a new behavior. - Answers true
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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
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 a skill? - 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?
,Having the trainer model all steps of the task on all occasions.
Having the student complete all steps of the task, while the trainer provides the necessary level of
prompt at each step.
Having the student complete the first step (getting out the bread) and the trainer completing the
remaining steps. When the student has mastered that step, the student completes the first two steps
while the trainer completes the rest. And son onâ ¦
Having the trainer complete all steps except the last one (putting the bread together). The student puts
the bread together himself. When he has mastered that step, the trainer completes all but the last two
steps, and the student completes those. And so on. - Answers Having the student complete all steps of
the task, while the trainer provides the necessary level of prompt at each step.
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In backward chaining, the individual learns to complete the steps of a task in the correct order. -
Answers True
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Every step in a behavior chain serves two functions: an SD for the subsequent step and as a conditioned
reinforcer for the preceding step. - Answers True
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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
One advantage to backward chaining procedure is:
It doesn't t rely on reinforcement procedures like the other chaining methods.
It is the only chaining procedure in which the student gets reinforced for completing the task.
, 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.
It doesn't t rely on prompting procedures like the other chaining methods. - 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.
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Once you have developed a task analysis, you should not change the sequence of steps, add steps, or
remove steps in the analysis. This invalidates the task analysis. - Answers False
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A behavior chain with a limited hold results in performance that is both accurate and fluent. - Answers
True
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There are only a few skills in every day life that are considered behavioral chains. - Answers False
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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-opportunity
method of assessment, a person's skills are assessed multiple times before instruction begins. - Answers
False
Mr. Worms is teaching an adult (Sandie) who lives in his group home to make macaroni and cheese from
a box. Mr. Worms prompts Sandie to do all steps of the task using full physical prompts, except for the
last step, which is to serve the macaroni and cheese on a plate. For this step, Mr. Worms is using a most-
to-least prompting sequence. When Sandie has mastered that skill, Mr. Worms plans to have Sandie do
the stirring and the serving (the last two steps of the task). What procedure is Mr. Worms using?
Total-task chaining
Shaping
Backward chaining
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When using the multiple-opportunity method of assessment during assessment of a task analysis, there
is greater risk for co-mingling of assessment and instruction than there is for the single-opportunity
method of assessment. - Answers True
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The research literature has repeatedly shown that the total-task chaining procedure is the most effective
method of chaining. - Answers False
Assume you are working with a student who really likes McDonald's. When you are out in the
community with this student and you drive past a McDonald' s, the student always begins to whine
about going to McDonald' s. If you say, "No," the student begins to cry. If you still say, "No," the student
begins to kick and scream and whack his head on the car window. Assume you want to break this
inappropriate chain of behaviors by removing the initial SD and substituting an alternative SD. What
would be one way of doing so? - Answers Avoid driving by McDonald' s whenever possible. Instead drive
past Wendy' s and give the cue, "Would you like to stop and get something to eat?"
Sadie goes to an aerobics class on M, W, and F (on a good week!). The aerobic routines they do have
many, many steps and constitute behavioral chain. The aerobics teacher has everyone perform one step
of the routine multiple times and asks, " Does everyone get it?" The students all yell, "Yep!" Then, she
says, " Adding on!" and she shows them another step. Once they have that step down, she has them do
the first step, followed by the second step. Then she adds on again. This process is repeated until the
students are doing a very long, complex routine by the end of the hour. What teaching procedure does
Sadie's aerobics instructor use? - Answers Forward chaining
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If a person has a number of behaviors already in their repertoire, chaining can be used to put these
behaviors together in unique sequences in order to teach them a new behavior. - Answers true
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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
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 a skill? - 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?
,Having the trainer model all steps of the task on all occasions.
Having the student complete all steps of the task, while the trainer provides the necessary level of
prompt at each step.
Having the student complete the first step (getting out the bread) and the trainer completing the
remaining steps. When the student has mastered that step, the student completes the first two steps
while the trainer completes the rest. And son onâ ¦
Having the trainer complete all steps except the last one (putting the bread together). The student puts
the bread together himself. When he has mastered that step, the trainer completes all but the last two
steps, and the student completes those. And so on. - Answers Having the student complete all steps of
the task, while the trainer provides the necessary level of prompt at each step.
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In backward chaining, the individual learns to complete the steps of a task in the correct order. -
Answers True
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Every step in a behavior chain serves two functions: an SD for the subsequent step and as a conditioned
reinforcer for the preceding step. - Answers True
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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
One advantage to backward chaining procedure is:
It doesn't t rely on reinforcement procedures like the other chaining methods.
It is the only chaining procedure in which the student gets reinforced for completing the task.
, 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.
It doesn't t rely on prompting procedures like the other chaining methods. - 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.
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Once you have developed a task analysis, you should not change the sequence of steps, add steps, or
remove steps in the analysis. This invalidates the task analysis. - Answers False
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A behavior chain with a limited hold results in performance that is both accurate and fluent. - Answers
True
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There are only a few skills in every day life that are considered behavioral chains. - Answers False
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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-opportunity
method of assessment, a person's skills are assessed multiple times before instruction begins. - Answers
False
Mr. Worms is teaching an adult (Sandie) who lives in his group home to make macaroni and cheese from
a box. Mr. Worms prompts Sandie to do all steps of the task using full physical prompts, except for the
last step, which is to serve the macaroni and cheese on a plate. For this step, Mr. Worms is using a most-
to-least prompting sequence. When Sandie has mastered that skill, Mr. Worms plans to have Sandie do
the stirring and the serving (the last two steps of the task). What procedure is Mr. Worms using?
Total-task chaining
Shaping
Backward chaining
