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[MidB] Carson is teaching his client to select familiar household items from a large array. When Carson asks, “Where is the television remote?,” he briefly shakes the television remote before the client responds. Which prompt is being used?

[MidA] Demarcus, a behavior analyst, is teaching his client to mand for missing items. The client loves coloring. He places a coloring book in front of his client and asks him to color. The client says, “Crayons.” Demarcus gives him a few crayons. Which of the following is the conditioned motivating operation-transitive (CMO-T) in the scenario?

[MidA] Kathy, a behavior analyst, is working with Jason on phonemes to develop a reading repertoire. Once Jason can sound out words, he may learn to read items on menus to order food, he might learn to read books or comics for fun, or to learn new things for school assignments. Given this information, which of the following was Kathy’s main consideration when selecting reading as the behavior target skill?

[MidA] When school administrators notice a teacher at Andrea’s school doing something above and beyond the minimum duties, the teacher receives a card providing a brief description of what they did that was noteworthy. These acknowledgement cards can accumulate and can be traded in for a variety of items and activities (e.g., having lunch delivered from a favorite restaurant). This scenario best describes which of the following techniques?

[MidB] Gustav is teaching his client to select family members from a set of pictures. When he asks, “Where is Mom?” he briefly shakes the picture of Mom before the client responds. What type of prompt is Gustav using?

[MidB] Over the last few months, Helen’s independent use of simple vocalizations has been steadily increasing. The behavior analyst has decided to add a “Functional Sounds as Mands” program into Helen’s treatment plan. Given this scenario, which simple schedule of reinforcement would be best for the behavior analyst to use whenever Helen emits a spontaneous vocalization as a mand?

[MidA] Lucy is teaching her client, Oscar, to wash his hands. During the first few trials, Lucy uses hand-over-hand prompting. For next trial, Lucy fades her prompts to Oscar’s wrist. For the following trial, Lucy prompts at the client’s elbows. On the final trial, Oscar washes his hands without prompting. Which of the following strategies is this progression an example of?

[MidB] Ali has mastered asking for help when putting on his shoes. His therapist, Jennifer, now wants to teach him to ask for help with other tasks, such as reaching toys on a top shelf or opening containers. Which teaching method would be best for Jennifer to use?

What is the density of nitrogen dioxide gas (g/L) contained in a 4.77 L pressure tank at 738.4 mm Hg and 45.0 °C?

0.7515 moles of nitrogen gas and 0.1135 moles of methane gas are placed in a 171.6 ml container at 20.8 °C. What is the partial pressure (atm) of methane gas?