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  1. A behavior technician places a preferred toy near a child before requesting a non-preferred task. This is an example of which antecedent strategy?

    Answer: Motivating operation manipulation

    Placing a preferred item near the child alters the motivating operation, making the context more favorable before presenting the demand.

  2. Which antecedent strategy involves embedding low-effort tasks before a high-effort demand to build behavioral momentum?

    Answer: High-probability request sequence

    The high-p request sequence presents several easy (high-probability) requests before a difficult (low-probability) request, building compliance momentum.

  3. Noncontingent reinforcement (NCR) as an antecedent intervention works primarily by:

    Answer: Abolishing the motivating operation that maintains the behavior

    NCR delivers reinforcers on a time-based schedule independent of behavior, which abolishes the establishing operation that drives problem behavior.

  4. A teacher restructures the classroom so that a student who engages in out-of-seat behavior sits near the teacher's desk. This is best described as:

    Answer: Environmental modification as an antecedent intervention

    Rearranging the physical environment to decrease the likelihood of problem behavior is an antecedent-based environmental modification.

  5. Which of the following best defines an establishing operation (EO)?

    Answer: An antecedent that increases the current value of a reinforcer and evokes behavior that has produced that reinforcer in the past

    An establishing operation momentarily increases the reinforcing effectiveness of a stimulus and increases the frequency of behavior that has obtained that reinforcer.

  6. A BCBA notices a child's self-injurious behavior increases when transitions occur. To apply an antecedent intervention, the BCBA should:

    Answer: Provide a warning signal before transitions and pre-teach transition routines

    Warning signals and pre-teaching transition routines alter the antecedent conditions that trigger self-injury, reducing its predictive value.