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Which description is the clearest operational definition of a behavior during independent work?
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20 questions
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A team wants to understand what may be maintaining a student's behavior before choosing supports. What is the primary purpose of conducting a functional behavioral assessment (FBA)?
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Gather information about behavior and its environmental patterns to develop a hypothesis.
- B
Choose a standard procedure based only on the behavior’s appearance.
- C
Confirm a behavior’s function from a single observation.
- D
Measure whether a person follows directions without considering context.
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A practitioner adjusts a task's difficulty and provides a visual schedule before independent work begins. Which approach best describes this type of support?
- A
Withhold the reinforcer that has maintained a behavior.
- B
Strengthen a selected alternative behavior after it occurs.
- C
Change conditions before the behavior occurs.
- D
Determine whether the behavior is unusual for the setting.
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A team is preparing to implement a behavior-reduction plan. Which actions support informed consent? Select all that apply.
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Explain the proposed goals and procedures in understandable terms.
- B
Assume consent remains valid after any substantial change to the procedure.
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Discuss expected benefits, possible risks or side effects, and how progress will be reviewed.
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Obtain, document, and renew consent when required.
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Which elements belong in a plan for monitoring a behavior-reduction intervention? Select all that apply.
- A
Data on the target behavior.
- B
Data on replacement skills.
- C
Only whether staff followed the written procedure.
- D
Possible adverse effects and regular review of outcomes.
06
True or false
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If shouting often follows difficult tasks and is followed by the task being postponed, that pattern may suggest task postponement is relevant, but it does not prove the behavior's function.
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True
- B
False
07
True or false
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Because extinction may temporarily increase the frequency or intensity of behavior, it should not be started when escalation could create danger without qualified planning and safeguards.
- A
True
- B
False
08
Written response
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A team plans to reduce a student's calling out and teach the student to use a help signal instead. What concise term describes the helpful skill the student is being taught?
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Written response
1 point
A person shows willingness to participate in a proposed procedure, and the team attends to that willingness rather than assuming participation. What is this affirmative willingness called?
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An operational definition describes what a person does in terms.
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A functional analysis tests hypotheses by systematically environmental conditions.
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A team is considering a restrictive or punishment-based procedure. Which condition is consistent with the guidance for recommending such procedures?
- A
Whenever a behavior is inconvenient for staff.
- B
After less intrusive approaches have not achieved desired results, or when the team determines the behavior's risk of harm outweighs intervention risks, with required review.
- C
Whenever an FBA identifies a possible behavioral function.
- D
Only when a person cannot communicate preferences.
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True or false
1 point
A team should reconsider a goal if reducing a harmless behavior could unintentionally discourage the person's communication or self-advocacy.
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True
- B
False
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A team wants to revise the goal “stop being disruptive.” Which replacement goal best reflects a meaningful, person-centered, measurable behavior-reduction goal?
- A
Stop the student's disruptive behavior so independent work is easier for the class.
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Reduce unusual behavior in all settings as quickly as possible.
- C
Reduce calling out during independent work and teach the student to request help or a break, with episodes and independent requests tracked each class period.
- D
Make the student comply with directions without recording behavior.
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A student often calls out during independent work. Which goal best reflects an ethical, person-centered approach to reducing this behavior?
- A
Make the student stop calling out whenever it interrupts the class.
- B
Reduce calling out during independent work while teaching the student to request help or a break, and track both outcomes.
- C
Reduce all unusual behavior so the classroom is easier to manage.
- D
Teach the student to remain quiet without considering why calling out occurs.
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A team wants observers to identify work refusal consistently. Which description is the strongest operational definition?
- A
The student is defiant when asked to work.
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The student refuses because the assignment is frustrating.
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After a work direction, the student says “no,” pushes the worksheet away at least 15 cm, or leaves the assigned seat before beginning; an episode ends after 30 consecutive seconds without these actions.
- D
The student acts inappropriately during difficult work.
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A qualified team wants to test a hypothesis about what maintains a behavior by systematically changing environmental conditions. Which process matches that purpose?
- A
A functional analysis systematically manipulates environmental conditions to test a hypothesis.
- B
A functional behavioral assessment proves a behavior’s function from one observation.
- C
A functional behavioral assessment is the same as withholding a reinforcer.
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A functional analysis consists only of interviews and record reviews.
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Written response
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What is the two-word name for the process that tests a behavioral hypothesis by systematically manipulating environmental conditions?
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Written response
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A team wants to measure how long each behavior episode continues. Which measurement dimension should it use?
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Open ended
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A team proposes reducing a student's harmless hand-flapping because it looks unusual during class. What should the team consider before deciding whether to target it? Explain at least two relevant considerations.