BACB BCBA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

BACB BCBA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 91:

  The use of a withdrawal design is LEAST appropriate when:

  A. evaluating an intervention for severe problem behavior.
  B. evaluating the effects of an intervention for behavior that has multiple functions.
  C. extraneous variables cannot be controlled.
  D. multiple participants are being evaluated.
  A. evaluating an intervention for severe problem behavior.

• Question 92:

  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 93:

  A narrative recording is used to clearly determine all of the following EXCEPT:

  A. duration of a behavior.
  B. function of a behavior.
  C. presence of a particular behavior.
  D. topography of undesirable behavior.
  B. function of a behavior.

• Question 94:

  Teaching a child to match printed words to pictures, then pictures to the actual objects, and then testing to determine if the child can now match printed words to the actual objects is known as:

  A. PECS
  B. Discrete trial training
  C. Verbal behavior training
  D. Stimulus equivalence
  D. Stimulus equivalence

• Question 95:

  What best defines a discriminative stimulus?

  A. It always elicits a response.
  B. It is defined by its effect on behavior.
  C. It is established using either operant or respondent procedures.
  D. It is any change in the environment.
  B. It is defined by its effect on behavior.

• Question 96:

  Reinforcing closer and closer approximations to the final desired behavior involves:

  A. chaining.
  B. differential reinforcement.
  C. precision teaching.
  D. response fading.
  B. differential reinforcement.

• Question 97:

  One of the MOST important reasons for writing a precise definition of behavior is that a precise definition:

  A. produces greater interobserver agreement and requires less training time for observers.
  B. allows for easier and more reliable quantification of temporal locus and temporal extent.
  C. increases the likelihood that the behavior of interest will be reliably detected by observers or measurement equipment.
  D. makes calibration checks of observers or measurement equipment less necessary.
  C. increases the likelihood that the behavior of interest will be reliably detected by observers or measurement equipment.

• Question 98:

  When using direct instruction programs, teachers are often signaling students to respond in unison and moving through the tasks at a brisk pace so that they can:

  A. group students and build fluency.
  B. identify errors and build fluency.
  C. group students and identify errors.
  D. maintain speed and finish lessons.
  B. identify errors and build fluency.

• Question 99:

  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 100:

  Teaching a student a self-talk strategy consisting of, "After I use the toilet, I must flush." is an example oF.

  A. contingency shaped behavior.
  B. direct instruction.
  C. imitative instruction.
  D. rule-governed behavior.
  D. rule-governed behavior.