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QABA (Qualified Applied Behavior Analysis) Practice
exam Study Guide 2025-2026 –Practice Questions and
accurate detailed answers\latest update
A systematic and objective performance monitoring
observation method of staff
performance used to
ensure procedural fidelity
and effectiveness of training
and to assess for areas of
needed support.
The presence of a competing overshadowing
or distracting stimulus that
interferes with the
acquisition of a
skill/stimulus control of
another
stimulus.
A specific sequence of behavior chain
discrete
responses/behaviors that,
when linked together, form
a terminal behavior. Each
discrete response/behavior
is associated with a
particular stimulus
condition(SD),
and each response and the
associated SD serve as an
individual component of the
chain.
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A process that occurs when negative punishment
a response is followed
immediately by the removal
of a stimulus (or a decrease in
the intensity of a stimulus)
that results in a decrease in
the
future frequency of similar
responses under similar
conditions.
A verbal description of a rule governed behavior
behavioral contingency in
which behavior comes
under the control of
consequences that are too
delayed to influence
behavior directly.
A side effect of treatment that behavioral contrast
occurs in a multiple schedule
of reinforcement or
punishment when a change
in the schedule of one part
of the reinforcement or
punishment contingency
changes the
behavior in the opposite
direction in the other
component of the
schedule.
The temporary reappearance spontaneous recovery
of a behavior that was
previously extinguished for
a period of time.
A signaled (SD) contingency Discriminated avoidance
for behavior
that indicates that engaging
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in the behavior will prevent
and/or delay the onset of
an aversive stimulus.
A type of conditioned transitive MO (CMO-T)
motivating operation that is
established when an
environmental variable
establishes another event as
a reinforcer or punisher,
meaning that a deprived
item can only be acquired
by a
secondary stimulus,
establishing the reinforcing
effectiveness of the secondary
stimulus, and evoking the
necessary
behaviors to contact the
secondary stimulus.
The agreement of assent
participation by a client who
is unable to give legal
consent for
their own participation.
A branch of behavior Experimental Analysis of Behavior (EAB)
analysis that deals with
research on basic
processes and
principles and is mainly
conducted in laboratories.
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QABA (Qualified Applied Behavior Analysis) Practice
exam Study Guide 2025-2026 –Practice Questions and
accurate detailed answers\latest update
A systematic and objective performance monitoring
observation method of staff
performance used to
ensure procedural fidelity
and effectiveness of training
and to assess for areas of
needed support.
The presence of a competing overshadowing
or distracting stimulus that
interferes with the
acquisition of a
skill/stimulus control of
another
stimulus.
A specific sequence of behavior chain
discrete
responses/behaviors that,
when linked together, form
a terminal behavior. Each
discrete response/behavior
is associated with a
particular stimulus
condition(SD),
and each response and the
associated SD serve as an
individual component of the
chain.
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7
,8/23/25, 1:55 AM QABA Exam
A process that occurs when negative punishment
a response is followed
immediately by the removal
of a stimulus (or a decrease in
the intensity of a stimulus)
that results in a decrease in
the
future frequency of similar
responses under similar
conditions.
A verbal description of a rule governed behavior
behavioral contingency in
which behavior comes
under the control of
consequences that are too
delayed to influence
behavior directly.
A side effect of treatment that behavioral contrast
occurs in a multiple schedule
of reinforcement or
punishment when a change
in the schedule of one part
of the reinforcement or
punishment contingency
changes the
behavior in the opposite
direction in the other
component of the
schedule.
The temporary reappearance spontaneous recovery
of a behavior that was
previously extinguished for
a period of time.
A signaled (SD) contingency Discriminated avoidance
for behavior
that indicates that engaging
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7
, 8/23/25, 1:55 AM QABA Exam
in the behavior will prevent
and/or delay the onset of
an aversive stimulus.
A type of conditioned transitive MO (CMO-T)
motivating operation that is
established when an
environmental variable
establishes another event as
a reinforcer or punisher,
meaning that a deprived
item can only be acquired
by a
secondary stimulus,
establishing the reinforcing
effectiveness of the secondary
stimulus, and evoking the
necessary
behaviors to contact the
secondary stimulus.
The agreement of assent
participation by a client who
is unable to give legal
consent for
their own participation.
A branch of behavior Experimental Analysis of Behavior (EAB)
analysis that deals with
research on basic
processes and
principles and is mainly
conducted in laboratories.
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