BACB BCABA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

BACB BCABA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 161:

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

• Question 162:

  A teacher gives a student a piece of paper and asks him to draw a picture. To request a crayon, the student looks at the teacher and says, "Crayon." In response to this, the teacher replies, "Say, 'Crayon please'." The student complies with the request and the teacher gives them a crayon. This exchange is an example oF.

  A. coincidental teaching.
  B. incidental teaching.
  C. precision teaching.
  D. vicarious teaching.
  B. incidental teaching.

• Question 163:

  Which statement is an example of "philosophic doubt"?

  A. Attention is the most powerful reinforcer for most clients so it will probably work with Freddie.
  B. I have many reservations about using the principles of behavior in designing treatment programs.
  C. I really do not think that food functions as a reinforcer for Linda since she often misses meals.
  D. Past research has shown that verbal behavior training is effective but this could change when new research is conducted.
  D. Past research has shown that verbal behavior training is effective but this could change when new research is conducted.

• Question 164:

  A behavior analyst is asked to consult about a 10-year-old child who gets out of his seat during class at least once every 15 minutes. The behavior analyst wants the teacher to collect data on the child's on-task behavior. Given that the teacher works alone in the classroom with 30 children, the BEST procedure to employ would bE.

  A. interval recording.
  B. latency recording.
  C. duration recording.
  D. time sampling.
  D. time sampling.

• Question 165:

  The BEST definition for mouthing behavior would be any instance of LukE.

  A. placing his mouth on any object for at least 5 seconds.
  B. placing his open mouth on a non-nutritive object or placing a non-nutritive object in his mouth.
  C. making contact with his mouth to any non-nutritive object.
  D. mouthing a non-nutritive item for 3 or more consecutive instances within a 30 second interval.
  B. placing his open mouth on a non-nutritive object or placing a non-nutritive object in his mouth.

• Question 166:

  Intraverbal behavior is controlled by A.

  A. verbal stimulus; the behavior does not match that stimulus; and the reinforcer is non-specific.
  B. verbal stimulus; the behavior matches that stimulus; and the reinforcer is specific.
  C. verbal stimulus; the behavior matches that stimulus; and the reinforcer is non-specific.
  D. verbal stimulus; the behavior does not match that stimulus; and the reinforcer is specific.
  A. verbal stimulus; the behavior does not match that stimulus; and the reinforcer is non-specific.

• Question 167:

  Deane's friend takes her to the mall every week. She frequently hugs people whom she does not know. The behavior analyst wants to use an intervention that includes reinforcement of appropriate behavior when Deane does something other than hugging. Which intervention would be MOST appropriate?

  A. Teach her friend to provide reinforcement when Deane greets others appropriately.
  B. The behavior analyst goes to the mall and gives tokens to Deane for appropriate interactions.
  C. Teach her friend to hug Deane when she appropriately interacts with others.
  D. Teach her friend to provide tokens for appropriate interactions.
  A. Teach her friend to provide reinforcement when Deane greets others appropriately.

• Question 168:

  Ingrid is attempting to learn to speak English. Her teacher, Rosa, presents pictures of preferred items, states the label in English, and prompts Ingrid to repeat them. Over time, Rosa stops labeling items and begins to present Ingrid with a variety of pictures of the same items. Rosa is trying to promotE.

  A. echoic behavior.
  B. manding behavior.
  C. stimulus generalization.
  D. response generalization.
  C. stimulus generalization.

• Question 169:

  When given by a thirsty person in response to the question, "What do you want to drink?" the spoken word "water" is functioning as a (n):

  A. intraverbal.
  B. mand.
  C. codic.
  D. tact.
  B. mand.

• Question 170:

  Marvell is working on a new case with a student who refuses to attend school. Before deciding on a treatment plan, Marvell schedules interviews and observation sessions. This is an example of which assumption of behavior analysis?

  A. determinism
  B. empiricism
  C. skepticism
  D. parsimony
  B. empiricism