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[U3Q] Quinn is teaching his client to place a napkin on their lap before eating. He begins with full physical assistance, guiding the client’s hands to pick up the napkin and place it on their lap. After several successful trials with full physical guidance, what is the next step in most-to-least prompting?

[U2Q] A behavior analyst has been working with a 7-year-old boy in the family home. When the behavior analyst says, “Go wash your hands,” then delivers a chip and praise after the child complies. When the behavior analyst is not in the home and the boy’s father says, “Go wash your hands,” the boy does not wash his hands. This is an example of which unwanted effect of reinforcement?

[U4Q] Terrence is teaching a middle school science class. Terrence selects a student’s project at random. If the project includes all the elements of the scientific method, Terrence will let all the students in that group have a free period. The procedure Terrence is using best exemplifies which of the following?

[U6Q] Stephen didn’t study with flashcards last semester and didn’t earn enough points to pass the course. This semester, Stephen practices the flashcards everyday. Which of the following does this scenario best exemplify?

[U2Q] A behavior analyst is working with a client who frequently engages in self-injurious behavior to escape tasks. The analyst decides to implement a DRA procedure to teach the client to hand over an icon to request a break (PECS®). What should the analyst do when the client exchanges a “break icon”?

[U4Q] Julio is writing a program for his client, Simon, to complete household chores independently (without having to be repeatedly reminded by his mom). A daily list is posted on the calendar of chores and tasks he can already do such as dust, empty trash bins, unload the dishwasher. According to Cooper, Heron, and Heward (2020), what should the behavior analyst do next when designing the token economy?

[U2Q] Patricia is working with a student. She has just completed an interview with the caregivers and teachers regarding her student’s preferred items and activities. Patricia wants to conduct a preference assessment and understands that the teacher will not be able to deliver the preferred items or activities in a timely manner because the target environment is a mainstream classroom with a higher student-to-teacher ratio. Which of the following is Patricia taking into consideration when determining which stimuli to use in her preference assessment?

[U2Q] DeeDee has determined molding clay as an effective reinforcer for having her client fold laundry. DeeDee makes sure she is always using new, soft molding clay over older and harder clay that does not mold well. DeeDee is specifically attending to which parameter of reinforcement?

[U3Q] A nurse wants to teach an 80-year-old patient which medications to take that week. The nurse uses a yellow highlighter to highlight the labels of the correct medications and leaves the labels of the incorrect medications unhighlighted. This is an example of which of the following?

[U2Q] Which of the following is an example of shaping?