Behavior Reduction Test
1- A DRI procedure might look like:
• A child begins to be praised for washing the dishes.
• A child who bites fingernails is begin reinforced when no biting nails occurs.
• Reinforcing all behaviors except hair twilling.
• A child begins to be asked to put his hand head to prevent him from poking others when
waiting in line.
2. If a client elopes outside the home. What RBT must do?
a. Apply crisis/ emergency plan
b. Apply extinction
c. Apply punishment
3. Jake yelled when he wanted music turned off and his parents would turn it off. One day,
his parents decided to ignore the yelling. Jake’s yelling initially increased. What
occurred?
• a. Positive punishment
• b. Spontaneous recovery
• c. Extinction burst
• d. Negative punishment
4. Extinction refers to:
• Withholding some attention
• Always giving a reinforce
• Withholding all attention and no available reinforce
• Gradually fading reinforcement
5. The following procedure describe Jill, a BCBA is trying to keep a child from picking his
nose. Jill requires students to hold a pencil is one hand an eraser in another hand during
the entire social skills lesson.
• DRI
• DRA
• DRO
• DRL
6. What is not an Intervention?
a. Non contingency reinforcement NCR
b. Provide choice
c. Extinction
d. Functional communication training FCT
7. Your client raises their hands 30 times per class. You want to decrease, but
not eliminate, this. You set your criteria at 10 to start. If your client raises their
hand 10 or less times, you deliver reinforcement.
a. DRL B.DRH C.DRI D. DRO
8A behavior program directs you to use a DRO procedure to reduce head hitting. This
means that you will withhold reinforcement when the student hits his head, and deliver
reinforcement.
• When the student request help using a picture symbol.
• Every five minutes
• Some minutes
• After a period of time with no head hitting.
9/Which of the following illustrates a DRO
• A child is required to sit on the ground “crisscross applesauce” so, he won’t kick other
children.
• A parent reinforces a child when instead of spitting food he request non-preferred food.
• After fifteen minutes of not picking her nose, a child is given an M & M.
• A parent ignores all tantrum behavior, and the child receives no reinforcement.
10. When we applied Extinction what happens with the intensity and duration in the first phase?
a. increase and maintain
b. maintain and decrease
c. decrease and increase
d. increase and increase
11. Which of the following is an example of DRL?
a) Henry does not do finger biting in a period of time and gets access to his Ipad.
b)Henry walks with his hands in his pockets so he can not engage in finger biting
c) Henry bites his finger less than times per hour and gets access to his Ipad
d) Henry wears a glove so he can not cause tissue damage to his finger,
12. While working on Jonathan’s communication motivation, the client will be reinforced if he says more
than 3 polite words in 10 minutes. What Differential Reinforcement is the RBT implementing?
a)DRL
b)DRI
c)DRA
d)DRH
13. Leonard is a child who has a high frequency of physical aggression. He usually pushes other
children as he walks through the hallway. His RBT told him to put his hands in his pocket as he
walks by. He is being verbally reinforced for walking with his hands in his pocket. Which type of
Differential Reinforcement is the RBT using?
Choose only ONE best answer.
a)DRA
b)DRO
c)DRI
d)DRH
14.frequents access to break, FCT. Provide choice, high probability of reinforcement are?
a. Extinction procedure
b. Punishment Procedure
c. interventions/ strategies
d. replacements
15. Differential reinforcement Alternative is DRA?
a. reinforces when a client no bite in a period of time
b. reinforces when a client use sign language as an alternative communication.
c. reinforces when a client decrease behavior
d. reinforces when a client increase behavior
16. Which of the following could be a motivating operation?
a. Tommy hasn’t eaten today and is very hungry
b. Tommy hit his sister
c. Before Suzy called her teacher a name, she felt ignored
d. After Tommy hit his sister, he was sent to time out
17 A client is engaging in a maladaptive behavior in which he throws things to the floor.
The RBT then ignores the behavior until the client stops engaging in a maladaptive
behavior. Which procedure is this?
a)Punishment
b)Extinction
c)Reinforcement
d)Replacement
18.. Every 10 minutes, Johnny is rewarded with a gummy if he does not throw his toys. This is
an example of which differential reinforcement procedure.
a. DRA b. DRI c. DRO d. DRL
20. Which will increase the effectiveness of reinforces?
a. choosing
b. pairing
c. satiation
d. establish operation
21, What is no a component of the behavior reduction plan?
a. Goals
b. Extinction
c. Interventions
d. Instructional
22, Example to reduce behaviors?
a. Duration
b. Permanent product
c. Extinction
d. Data collection
23. If the client yells and RBt reinforce the client is another behavior as chewing gum occurs. This is
a. DRA b. DRI c. DRO d. DRL
24. Example of Topography(operation definition)
a. bite
b. scream
c, client Hits his head with heavy pressure using both hands.
e. Thinks
25. Client must select only one option, so RBT says “ Candy or Break”. What strategies/ intervention this
is called?
a. provide choice b. premack principle c. FCT d. non contingency reinforcement
26. Before start session. What is the next step?
a. review the plan, ask BCBA for training if doubts appears, and ask for follow-up
b. ask caregiver for instructions
c. ask another supervisor
