Question
Difficulty: easy. Skill: recognize. Type: data interpretation.
An intervention reduces leaving the work area during clinic sessions, but caregiver cannot use it during daily routines. Across 4 sessions in service week 49, one observer recorded 22 minutes of observation in the early intervention clinic. Before continuing unchanged, the BCBA should:
AObserve implementation, give specific feedback, model the step, and recheck accuracy.Correct answer
BUse the most restrictive option first because it may produce the fastest visible change.
CKeep a plan that works in sessions even though the people implementing it cannot do it reliably.
DRemove supports abruptly once the graph improves for two sessions.
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DateLast machine check: 2026-07-05Source note: Original v2 item upgraded from internal task/concept map; not copied from official or commercial question banks.
Explanation
Answer AThe decision point is: Does the answer choose a feasible, least intrusive, function-based intervention and monitor implementation? This item specifically tests Data-based procedural-integrity decisions through a applied-client-service-scenario format. The key clue is in the stem facts: An intervention reduces leaving the work area during clinic sessions, but caregiver cannot use it during daily routines. Across 4 sessions in service week 49, one observer recorded 22 minutes of observation in the early intervention clinic. Before continuing unchanged, the BCBA should: Answer A is strongest because it follows this rule: Observe implementation, give specific feedback, model the step, and recheck accuracy. It fits the source-backed rule without announcing that rule in the stem. The tempting mistake is to choose a shortcut before the scenario's prerequisite is satisfied. This choice moves too quickly toward a more intrusive response. The better answer checks function, risk, feasibility, and less intrusive options first. Exam move: name the missing prerequisite first, then eliminate answers that jump to a label, a familiar procedure, a single data point, or an undocumented action.
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Why this question is hard
ClueKey scenario clueAn intervention reduces leaving the work area during clinic sessions, but caregiver cannot use it during daily routines. Across 4 sessions in service week 49, one observer recorded 22 minutes of observation in the early intervention clinic. Before continuing unchanged, the BCBA should:
TrapCommon trapThis choice moves too quickly toward a more intrusive response. The better answer checks function, risk, feasibility, and less intrusive options first.
NextIf you missed it, review Scope of competenceThen answer a few related scenarios before moving back to broad practice.
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v4-machine-content-gateRuleData-based procedural-integrity decisions: Treatment integrity and performance feedbackDoes the answer choose a feasible, least intrusive, function-based intervention and monitor implementation?
ClueWhat the stem gives youAn intervention reduces leaving the work area during clinic sessions, but caregiver cannot use it during daily routines. Across 4 sessions in service week 49, one observer recorded 22 minutes of observation in the early intervention clinic. Before continuing unchanged, the BCBA should:
TrapCommon trapChange the clinical goal before addressing staff errors. This often shows up as client nonprogress always means the plan is wrong..
FixIf you missed this itemRewrite the miss as a rule: "When I see Treatment integrity and performance feedback, I must identify the relevant evidence before choosing the action." Then answer two related H domain questions without reading explanations first.
NextNext drillPractice 3 more questions tagged to Treatment integrity and performance feedback, then explain why each wrong answer is weaker before moving back to mixed practice.
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Why the other choices are weaker
BChoice BThis choice moves too quickly toward a more intrusive response. The better answer checks function, risk, feasibility, and less intrusive options first.
CChoice CThis choice is weaker because it does not resolve the key prerequisite in the scenario: an intervention reduces leaving the work area during clinic sessions, but caregiver cannot use it during daily routines. Across 4 sessions in service week 49, one observer recorded 22 minutes of observation in the early intervention clinic. Before continuing unchanged, the BCBA should:
DChoice DThis choice weakens the data basis for the decision. A defensible answer must check whether the measurement, observation, or visual-analysis evidence supports the next step.
Study tags
Treatment integrity and performance feedbackData-based procedural-integrity decisionsintegrity checkssupervision
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