BACB BACB Certifications BCABA Questions & Answers

• Question 131:

  At the point in time when non-contingent reinforcement is delivered, the treatment provider is reinforcinG.

  A. a behavior in the acquisition phase.

  B. all of the student's behaviors at that moment.

  C. incompatible or alternative behaviors.

  D. the target behaviors.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 132:

  When using time out in a classroom, which of the following should be considered?

  A. Escape behavior could be punished.

  B. Positive reinforcement for the teacher is likely to contribute to increased duration of time out.

  C. The technique is easily abused and needs to be monitored and supervised carefully.

  D. For children who are relatively non-disruptive and for innocuous behavior time out is optimal.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 133:

  A 4-year-old child is lying in bed at night while the parents are sitting in the living room talking to guests. The child begins to make loud noises. In the past, the parents have gone into the child's room to quiet him. The parents and guests agree to ignore the child completely and continue to talk. If the parents stick with this approach and the child stops making noises, the parents have successfully useD.

  A. time-out.

  B. planned ignoring.

  C. extinction.

  D. negative reinforcement.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 134:

  A teacher's students were asking for individual assistance at a high rate when they were instructed to work independently using their textbooks and other resource material available in the classroom. The teacher posted a "No questions" sign and systematically ignored the students' questions when the sign was up. The rate of question-asking decreased to zero. Now the teacher simply puts up the sign whenever the students are to work independently and removes it when the students can ask questions. With respect to asking questions, the sign functions as:

  A. a negative reinforcer.

  B. an SDp.

  C. an S.

  D. an SP.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 135:

  Response prompts are supplementary _________ stimuli that _________ the likelihood that the target behavior will be emitted.

  A. antecedent, increase

  B. antecedent, maintain

  C. consequent, increase

  D. consequent, maintain

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 136:

  Mrs. Carr's 4-year-old son, Jack, often interrupted her and asked her to play with him. Mrs. Carr would tell Jack that she would play later, but she often followed him and played for a few minutes. On a very busy day, Mrs. Carr told Jack that she could not play with him. Jack began to cry and ran out of the room. Mrs. Carr followed him, calmed him down, and played for a few minutes. This pattern was repeated several times so Mrs. Carr decided to be firm with Jack and to ignore future interruptions. The next day Jack came in sobbing and screaming, "Play now!" Mrs. Carr gave in and played with him. The most likely explanation for Jack's increasingly disruptive behavior is that:

  A. Mrs. Carr has used respondent conditioning to train Jack to scream for attention.

  B. Jack is experiencing an extinction burst which will cease shortly.

  C. Mrs. Carr has accidentally shaped a more intense interrupting behavior from Jack.

  D. Mrs. Carr has negatively reinforced Jack's interrupting because he stops screaming when played with.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 137:

  A mother wants to reduce the amount of time that it takes for her son to come to her when she calls him. What should be measured?

  A. latency

  B. inter-response time

  C. duration

  D. rate

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 138:

  Disruptive behavior occurs at a moderate rate and consistent intensity level throughout the school day. How should the teacher collect data on the behavior?

  A. Keep a running tally of the occurrences on the chalk board.

  B. Record each occurrence using a portable counter.

  C. Use a timer and record the number of minutes for each occurrence.

  D. Document whether or not the behavior occurred every hour.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 139:

  When asked by her father to get her glucose tested, Cindy routinely says, "No," and walks out of the room. She eventually returns and takes the test. The time between the request and Cindy's taking the test is called the:

  A. inter-response interval.

  B. compliance rate.

  C. response interval.

  D. response latency.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 140:

  Which measurement would be MOST useful when evaluating a procedure designed to teach a person to respond at a uniform pace?

  A. duration

  B. inter-response time

  C. latency

  D. frequency

  Correct Answer: B