QABA ABAT study plan

Define 35 core terms (behavior, response, stimulus, reinforcement, punishment, extinction, motivating operation, contingency, baseline) in your own words without notes.

Diagram the three-term contingency and label antecedent, behavior, and consequence in 10 original workplace examples.

Distinguish respondent from operant behavior and generate two original examples of each.

Classify continuous schedules (FR, VR, FI, VI) and extinction by describing the response pattern each typically produces.

Explain the defining dimensions of applied behavior analysis and apply each one to a written scenario.

Sequence the phases of a skill acquisition program from target selection through generalization and maintenance.

Write a task analysis of at least 8 steps for one daily living or vocational skill.

Match prompting hierarchies (most-to-least, least-to-most, time delay) to three learner profiles and justify each choice in writing.

Compare discrete trial teaching, natural environment teaching, and chaining procedures, and state when each is appropriate.

Design a behavior reduction plan containing antecedent manipulations, a replacement behavior, reinforcement of the alternative, and specified consequence procedures.

Discriminate reinforcement-based from punishment-based procedures and name at least three ethical concerns raised by the latter.

Script the steps of a treatment fidelity check for the plan you designed.

Define frequency, rate, duration, latency, inter-response time, and percentage, and contrast them with partial-interval, whole-interval, and momentary time sampling.

Compute rate, percentage, and interobserver agreement (total count and interval-by-interval) with 100% accuracy on 10 practice problems.

Select an appropriate measurement method for 8 described behaviors and justify each choice in one sentence.

Graph a provided data set and label axes, phase change lines, and trend direction.

Design a data collection sheet for three target behaviors in a described setting, including operational definitions.

Evaluate trend, level, and variability across a 12-point data series and describe the pattern in writing.

Calculate a treatment integrity score from a completed fidelity checklist and interpret the result.

Describe the steps for training an observer to a reliability criterion and for scheduling IOA checks.

Outline the assistant-level scope of practice: which procedures you implement, what you report, and what you refer to your supervising behavior analyst.

Apply core ethical principles (beneficence, nonmaleficence, autonomy, fidelity, justice, dignity) to five short vignettes and cite the principle used.

Describe the components of informed consent and list what must be documented before services begin.

Explain the required steps for reporting suspected abuse or neglect and for maintaining client confidentiality.

Role-play a supervision session: present session data, describe barriers, and request feedback using objective, non-judgmental language.

Write session notes that meet documentation standards: objective, measurable, time-stamped, free of opinion and unexplained jargon.

Identify six situations that fall outside your competence and state the correct response for each.

Draft a response to a caregiver request that falls outside the current treatment plan.

Re-work every previously missed quiz item and write a corrective rationale for each.

Complete two timed, full-length practice exams under test-day conditions.

Teach back one concept from each domain aloud in under three minutes per concept.

Reconstruct a one-page formula and definition sheet from memory, then verify it against your notes.