BACB BCABA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

BACB BCABA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 171:

  Wilma argues with her coworker, who shares the same workstation. Even though Wilma and her coworker can articulate the workplace rules, repeated instructions to cease this behavior have gone unheeded and they are becoming enemies. What would be the MOST appropriate antecedent-based solution?

  A. Instruct the coworker to stay away from Wilma.
  B. Give Wilma breaks away from her coworker whenever arguments begin.
  C. Assign Wilma to a different workstation.
  D. Place signs in the workstations identifying appropriate workplace behavior.
  C. Assign Wilma to a different workstation.

• Question 172:

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

• Question 173:

  Angela nurses her newborn infant when he cries. Rates of crying increase. The presentation of the milk functions as a(n)

  A. unconditioned reinforcer.
  B. discriminative stimulus.
  C. establishing operation.
  D. conditioned reinforcer.
  A. unconditioned reinforcer.

• Question 174:

  Once a stimulus has been determined to function as a reinforcer in a particular contingency, which of the following is likely to be true?

  A. The reinforcer should be adjusted to vary during the observation period.
  B. The reinforcer should be used with others in the immediate environment.
  C. The effect of the reinforcer may strengthen with relevant deprivation.
  D. The effect of the reinforcer will weaken if a variable interval schedule is used.
  C. The effect of the reinforcer may strengthen with relevant deprivation.

• Question 175:

  According to the BACB Guidelines for Responsible Conduct, documenting professional and scientific work is necessary to:

  A. prevent litigation.
  B. ensure accountability.
  C. bill for third-party insurance payments.
  D. maintain ongoing contractual relationships.
  B. ensure accountability.

• Question 176:

  When using time-out in a classroom, which concern is the MOST important to consider?

  A. Escape behavior could be punished.
  B. Removal from the classroom may decrease learning opportunities.
  C. The limited potential for abuse of the technique.
  D. The social validity of time-out.
  B. Removal from the classroom may decrease learning opportunities.

• Question 177:

  Jamie frequently falls to the floor and screams at school. Preliminary behavioral assessment data indicate that his tantrums are maintained by attention and escape from demand situations. Jamie's behavior analyst wants to examine precisely how attention and escape conditions affect these behaviors. The behavior analyst does not want to conduct the analysis in Jamie's classroom because she would not be able to control for potentially important factors. Relating to this scenario, which statement is TRUE?

  A. Analyses that involve experimental conditions are almost always conducted in the person's natural environment.
  B. The behavior analyst could conduct the analysis in a vacant classroom, but the generality of the findings is an issue to be considered.
  C. The behavior analyst should conduct detailed interviews with the teacher and school staff to determine functional relations.
  D. Only if the analysis is conducted in Jamie's classroom can a reasonable hypothesis be generated.
  B. The behavior analyst could conduct the analysis in a vacant classroom, but the generality of the findings is an issue to be considered.

• Question 178:

  The response rate for this cumulative record would BEST be described as:

  A. a steady state.
  B. increasing trend.
  C. decreasing trend.
  D. This graph is not a cumulative record.
  D. This graph is not a cumulative record.

• Question 179:

  A caregiver says, "Touch your nose." The child accurately touches his nose. The child's response is an example of a (n):

  A. tact response.
  B. echoic response.
  C. listener response.
  D. intraverbal response.
  C. listener response.

• Question 180:

  Joe describes himself as being addicted to video games. He is told that if he does not complete his chores, he will lose access to his computer. On Monday, he refuses to complete his chores and he loses access to his computer for 2 days. From Tuesday on, Joe's refusals cease. The change in Joe's behavior is MOST likely to be the result oF.

  A. an aversive procedure.
  B. negative punishment.
  C. compliance training.
  D. contingency contracting.
  B. negative punishment.