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4 Skill Acquisition Procedures Online Quiz Questions

Use this free practice quiz with 20 questions to review 4 Skill Acquisition Procedures, test your knowledge, and prepare for your next test or exam.

20 questions

True or false

1 point

True or false: A preferred item functions as reinforcement only if behavior increases under the relevant conditions.

A
True
B
False

True or false

1 point

True or false: Maintenance and acquisition both refer to establishing a skill for the first time.

A
True
B
False

Choose one

1 point

An RBT follows a plan that presents structured, repeated teaching opportunities with a clear cue, response, and consequence. Which teaching format is being used?

A
Naturalistic teaching
B
Discrete-trial teaching
C
Total-task teaching
D
Stimulus fading

Choose one

1 point

Which option best defines a prompt in skill acquisition?

A
A consequence that increases the future likelihood of a behavior
B
A step in a task analysis
C
Assistance arranged to increase the likelihood of a correct response
D
A procedure for checking whether a skill persists over time

Written response

1 point

What is the technical term for assistance arranged to increase the likelihood that a learner will respond correctly?

Fill in the blank

1 point

When required by the plan, record and responses separately.

Choose one

1 point

An RBT discovers that the written plan does not specify which prompt to use for a teaching step. What should the RBT do?

A
Choose a prompt that seems likely to work and continue
B
Seek direction from the supervisor before proceeding with the unclear part
C
Change the mastery criterion to make it easier to measure
D
Skip the remaining steps and record the target as mastered

Choose all

1 point

Before instruction begins, which actions are consistent with preparing to implement a skill-acquisition plan? Select all that apply.

A
Review the current plan and clarify its target and procedures
B
Gather the materials specified in the plan
C
Change the mastery criterion if it seems too demanding
D
Check that selected reinforcers are available and appropriate
E
Follow relevant procedures for privacy, dignity, and participation

Written response

1 point

What is the term for checking whether a previously acquired skill continues over time after the initial teaching phase?

Fill in the blank

1 point

In backward chaining, teaching proceeds from the step of the task analysis backward.

Choose all

1 point

Which are common prompt-fading procedures that may be specified in a plan? Select all that apply.

A
Least-to-most prompting
B
Most-to-least prompting
C
Time delay
D
Increasing the number of unplanned prompts
E
Stimulus fading

Choose one

1 point

A plan specifies a brief turn with a preferred toy immediately after an independent request. When should the RBT deliver the toy?

A
After any response, because the learner participated
B
At the end of the session, regardless of which response occurred
C
Immediately after the independent request specified in the plan
D
Only after a different response that the RBT prefers

Open ended

1 point

A plan teaches a learner to complete a three-step routine. It specifies the cue, response interval, recording definitions, and consequence, but does not say which prompt to use if the learner does not begin. Explain how the RBT should implement the specified parts, record the learner's performance, and handle the missing prompt instruction.

True or false

1 point

Discrete-trial teaching commonly presents structured, repeated opportunities with a clear cue, response, and consequence.

A
True
B
False

Choose one

1 point

An RBT wants to create a meaningful opportunity to practice a skill during an activity the learner is already doing. Which teaching arrangement best fits this approach?

A
Present repeated, highly structured trials with a clear cue, response, and consequence.
B
Use an activity in the ordinary environment to create a meaningful opportunity to practice.
C
Teach a task-analysis sequence only by practicing the whole sequence.
D
Delay all practice until the learner can perform the skill independently.

Written response

1 point

What is the defined term for assistance arranged to increase the likelihood of a correct response?

Choose one

1 point

A learner selects the correct picture only after the RBT gives a planned prompt. How should the RBT record the response when the plan distinguishes prompted from independent performance?

A
Record the response as independent because the learner eventually selected the correct item.
B
Record only whether the learner responded, without noting if a prompt was used.
C
Record the selection as prompted, using the plan’s definitions.
D
Change the response definition so prompted and independent selections count the same.

Choose one

1 point

Before teaching, an RBT finds that the written plan does not clearly define what response counts as correct. What is the appropriate next step?

A
Choose a mastery criterion that seems reasonable and continue teaching.
B
Repeat the teaching opportunity with extra prompts until the criterion is clear.
C
Use a different target that is easier to measure.
D
Ask the supervisor for direction before proceeding with the unclear part of the plan.

Choose one

1 point

What is the purpose of a prompt-fading procedure in a skill-acquisition plan?

A
Add more assistance each time, regardless of the learner’s response.
B
Systematically reduce assistance so the natural instruction or relevant stimulus controls the response.
C
Keep the same prompt level indefinitely after the learner first responds correctly.
D
Replace the planned prompt with any prompt that seems more effective.

Written response

1 point

What is the defined term for a previously acquired skill continuing over time after the initial teaching phase?