BACB BACB Certifications BCABA Questions & Answers

• Question 191:

  Harley tells a variety of offensive and inoffensive jokes to coworkers at lunchtime who laugh at all of the jokes, telling Harley that he's funny. When Harley tells jokes at the evening meal to housemates, they complain to Harley about the offensive jokes. If the behavior analyst wants the evening meal with housemates to become an S for Harley's offensive joke-telling, she should instruct Harleys'?

  A. housemates to provide attention for Harley's inoffensive joke-telling.

  B. housemates to provide no attention for Harley's offensive joke-telling.

  C. coworkers to provide no attention for Harley's offensive joke-telling.

  D. coworkers to provide attention for Harley's inoffensive joke-telling.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 192:

  Which of the following is NOT a consideration when evaluating extinction as a possible intervention?

  A. correct determination of the reinforcer

  B. feasibility of eliminating reinforcement

  C. eliminating the opportunity for the occurrence of the target behavior

  D. plan for an initial increase in the target behavior

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 193:

  An approach to reducing problem behavior called __________ involves providing reinforcers on a (n) __________ schedule regardless of the occurrence of the problem behavior.

  A. noncontingent reinforcement; interval

  B. differential reinforcement; interval

  C. noncontingent reinforcement; ratio

  D. differential reinforcement; ratio

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 194:

  Which procedure is used in fading physical prompts?

  A. forward chaining

  B. backward chaining

  C. graduated guidance

  D. least-to-most prompting

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 195:

  A teacher tells students that completing assignments will help them to do well on the exam. How can the teacher ensure that this will be an effective rule?

  A. Provide a review session covering the assignments prior to the exam.

  B. Provide assignments that are closely related to the material on the exam.

  C. Provide various reinforcers for those who complete the assignments.

  D. Provide various reinforcers for those who do well on the exam.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 196:

  Andrea has limited speech abilities. She has been attending speech therapy and is required to perform speech exercises at home. Other than her training sessions, Andrea chooses to remain essentially non-verbal. One evening, Andrea's sister called to invite Andrea on an outing. Andrea listened to her sister's invitation over the phone and nodded in excitement. Andrea's mother pointed out that her sister could not see her through the phone and that Andrea would need to speak so that her sister would know if she wanted to go. Andrea then said, "Yes, I want." This is a form oF.

  A. contextual manipulation.

  B. direct instruction.

  C. incidental teaching.

  D. whole task training.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 197:

  When providing behavior analytic services to a child in a school setting, a behavior analyst should

  A. work independently while completing the functional assessment.

  B. solicit treatment recommendations from other team members.

  C. enlist the support of other members of the interdisciplinary team.

  D. avoid collaborating with providers who use non-scientifically validated procedures.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 198:

  For promoting maintenance, which approach is MOST appropriate?

  A. Continually reinforce the behavior in the natural environment.

  B. Discontinue the schedule of reinforcement used in the training environment.

  C. Implement a token economy including point gains and point losses for use in both the training setting and the natural environment.

  D. Use a reinforcement schedule that most closely approximates the schedule in the natural environment.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 199:

  Mary Lee has been working on compliance. Given the same mand, in a 15-min. segment, Mary Lee complied with her teacher 4/5 times, her speech therapist, physical education teacher and mother 2/5 times. Six months later, given the same mand, in a 15-min. segment, Mary Lee complied with the bus driver 4/5 times, her physical therapist 4/5 times, the lunch lady 4/5 times and the vice-principal 4/5 times. This scenario is an example oF.

  A. response generalization.

  B. stimulus discrimination.

  C. stimulus generalization.

  D. stimulus equivalence.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 200:

  If B is behavior, R is reinforcement, and 1 and 2 are the alternatives of a concurrent schedule, then would imply that the:

  A. number of responses will match the number of reinforcers obtained.

  B. proportion of responses for each alternative will become equal over time.

  C. organism will respond exclusively to the alternative with the highest rate of reinforcement.

  D. proportion of responses across the two alternatives will equal the proportion of reinforcers obtained for those alternatives.

  Correct Answer: D