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[U1Q] Mallorie wants to attend a 4-year state university. In order to do this, she knows she will have to qualify for the Bright Futures Scholarship, which requires a 3.0 GPA and 100 hrs of community service. Her guidance counselor helps her in setting the following goals: Mallorie will complete the volunteer application and sign up for one volunteer opportunity by the end of the first quarter, and she will pass each test in her classes with an 80% or higher, or request a retake if she scores below 80% in the first quarter. Which of the following is the short-term objective in this scenario?

[U4Q] Jody, a BCBA, designs a treatment plan for her client, Brad, that includes: (a) a nonverbal blocking procedure to address Brad’s behavior of spitting on others, which has been maintained by adult attention; (b) a differential reinforcement for other behavior (DRO) procedure to target the removal of Brad’s behavior of spitting on others; (c) a program that trains Brad to choose appropriate self-initiated recreational activities; and (d) a mand-for-adult attention training protocol. When Jody notices Brad’s spitting behavior has decreased to some degree in the past 2 months, Jody eliminates the DRO procedure to see whether the decrease in Lexi’s behavior is maintained. Which type of analysis is Jody conducting?

[U2Q] Sydney does one push-up, and 15 seconds later, does another push-up. This is an example of:

[U1Q] Which of the following is a target behavior that should be defined as a single response rather than as an episode?

[U1Q] Which of the following is the best response definition?

[U2Q] While group-home staff members prepare meals, they cannot continuously observe their clients. Ross, a BCBA working at the group home, notices that one of the clients often chews on his shirt to the point that he creates holes in the shirt. Ross wants the staff to track this behavior. Which of the following recording methods would be best for Ross to use?

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

[U1Q] Clicks on a link to an online form, opens the form, fills out the information required in each field, then presses the submit button. This is an example of a(n):

[U4Q] Lola wants to determine whether implementing a public posting system or an incentive system would be more effective for improving employee attendance. She implements the public posting system for 4 weeks, then implements the incentive system for 4 weeks, and then compares rates of employee attendance. This is an example of which type of analysis? 

[U4Q] Alphonse is determining the effectiveness of a differential reinforcement of other behavior (DRO) procedure on decreasing his client’s tantrums. For every 10 minutes in which his client does not engage in tantrum behavior, they earn tokens. The amount of tokens varies based on the activity they are engaged in because the client appears to dislike some activities more than others. A week into implementing his DRO procedure, the client comes down with a cold. Despite this, Alphonse still sees an immediate decrease in tantrums and an increase in independent requests to take a break from his client. Which of the following is most likely to be an extraneous variable in this scenario?