Amtrak Is Promoting and Upgrading Passenger Rail Service

question 10

Multiple Choice

Amtrak is promoting and upgrading passenger rail service. All but one of the following are facts:

• A) Total passenger miles have grown since 1981.
• B) In the northeast corridor it is the dominant carrier.
• C) It operates some commuter agencies under contract.
• D) It operates without any government subsidy.
• E) It has high-speed train service between New York and Boston.

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Definitions:

Stimulus Control

The process by which behaviors are increased or decreased in the presence of specific stimuli, indicating that those stimuli have control over the occurrence of those behaviors.

Antecedent Stimuli

Environmental cues or events that occur before a behavior, which can trigger or influence the occurrence of that behavior.

Occurrence

The fact or frequency of something happening; an event or incident.

Fading

The gradual change of the stimulus controlling a response, such that the response eventually occurs to a partially changed or completely new antecedent stimulus.