BACB BACB Certifications BCABA Questions & Answers

• Question 171:

  Interventions designed to weaken a behavior should includE.

  A. intermittent punishment of the behavior to be weakened.

  B. negative reinforcement of the behavior to be weakened.

  C. positive reinforcement of all behaviors other than the behavior to be weakened.

  D. reinforcement of behavior that is functionally equivalent to the behavior to be weakened.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 172:

  A behavior analyst for a local group home has a case involving a person who engages in spitting. First, the behavior analyst conducts a functional assessment and takes a week of baseline data. An intervention is designed and tested for two weeks. The behavior analyst then implements a brief return to baseline, followed by a return to the intervention. This process is primarily an example of which fundamental characteristic of behavior analysis?

  A. technological

  B. empiricism

  C. philosophic doubt

  D. parsimony

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 173:

  A behavior analyst is investigating fixed ratio schedules of praise delivery to determine which is most effective for changing the rate of question-asking by a 10-year-old child. This is an example oF.

  A. an applied analysis of behavior.

  B. an experimental social program.

  C. a social learning program.

  D. a stimulus control program.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 174:

  A child touching a hot stove immediately withdraws his hand. In the future, the child avoids touching the stove. Avoiding the stove is an example oF.

  A. establishing operation.

  B. operant behavior.

  C. punishment.

  D. respondent behavior.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 175:

  Jim is preparing his doctoral dissertation in applied behavior analysis for publication in a scientific journal. The editors, in their instructions sent to authors, have indicated that all of the procedures employed in the study must be thoroughly described in order for the article to be accepted. Which dimension of applied behavior analysis BEST supports this requirement?

  A. analytic

  B. behavioral

  C. conceptually systematic

  D. technological

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 176:

  Specifying the hand with which Linda eats, writes, and works is an example oF.

  A. response function.

  B. an operant class.

  C. a stimulus class.

  D. response topography.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 177:

  A change in which of the following could NOT function as a stimulus for triggering an episode of aggression in a student?

  A. noise level of the classroom

  B. room temperature

  C. teacher's attitude

  D. teacher's facial expression

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 178:

  The teachers have identified bullying as a problem behavior for a particular student. What should the behavior analyst do next?

  A. Raise awareness of the impact of bullying by holding a school-wide discussion.

  B. Collect information about the frequency and duration of the behavior.

  C. Develop an operational definition of the behavior.

  D. Conduct a functional analysis of bullying.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 179:

  In an attempt to promote verbal behavior in her child with developmental delays, a mother is following recommendations to wait for her child to spontaneously make the corresponding vocal response before providing her with the followinG. cookies, juice, help, MandMs, chips, milk, sandwich, and "more." The verbal response the mother is attempting to promote is:

  A. an echoic.

  B. an intraverbal.

  C. a mand.

  D. a tact.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 180:

  When implementing punishment procedures, the behavior analyst:

  A. must include a reinforcement procedure.

  B. can use punishment alone if a reinforcement procedure was not effective.

  C. does not have to include a reinforcement procedure if consented to by the client.

  D. is required to introduce a reinforcement procedure if the problem behavior increases.

  Correct Answer: A