BACB BCBA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

BACB BCBA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 111:

  Which of the following scenarios involves a behavioral contingency?

  A. James ate dinner tonight and came down with indigestion.
  B. While throwing a chair, Linda bit her tongue.
  C. Susan hit her head on the wall, and a staff person asked her to stop.
  D. When asked to do her tasks, Doris said, "I will not do that!"
  C. Susan hit her head on the wall, and a staff person asked her to stop.

• Question 112:

  The PRIMARY advantage of using a multiple baseline design across subjects is that:

  A. an intervention may be applied to more than one individual.
  B. experimental control can be demonstrated without a reversal.
  C. it is the most effective method for establishing functional relations.
  D. more individuals benefit from the effects of an intervention.
  B. experimental control can be demonstrated without a reversal.

• Question 113:

  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 114:

  You are teaching David to clean the workshop to prepare him for working on the cleaning crew. Read the descriptions below and identify which is LEAST likely to promote generalization of the workshop cleaning skills to real-life cleaning jobs.

  A. Make the workshop as much like a real cleaning situation as possible
  B. Transition to variable, delayed reinforcement
  C. Teach David to use a checklist, which could be used on the cleaning crew
  D. Make the workshop distinctive from the cleaning crew and then gradually make it more like it
  D. Make the workshop distinctive from the cleaning crew and then gradually make it more like it

• Question 115:

  Speed, magnitude, durability and generality of effect are some of the MOST important

  A. dimensions of behavior that lend themselves to quantification more readily than others.
  B. variables that are overlooked by other social sciences in solving problems.
  C. variables to consider when selecting reinforcers and punishers.
  D. components of treatment packages used in treating the most severe behavior problems.
  C. variables to consider when selecting reinforcers and punishers.

• Question 116:

  Which does NOT increase the effectiveness of punishment?

  A. availability of alternative responses
  B. inability to avoid the punisher
  C. intermittent delivery of the punisher
  D. reinforcement frequency for alternative behavior
  C. intermittent delivery of the punisher

• Question 117:

  When asked why a certain behavior happened, the behavior analyst states that the behavior "came out of nowhere." If the behavior analyst meant what he said, he is violating the assumption of __________________.

  A. Philosophical doubt
  B. Determinism
  C. Technological
  D. Being conceptually systematic
  B. Determinism

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• Question 118:

  Which is the BEST example of stimulus generalization?

  A. Bonnie learned to choose and wear coordinated outfits but after one month she would only select red outfits.
  B. Jim was taught to say "hello" and continues to say "hello" to his trainer.
  C. Ricky became more productive in math and simultaneously his reading improved.
  D. Tim learned to ask for help from his teacher and now can ask a fellow student for help.
  D. Tim learned to ask for help from his teacher and now can ask a fellow student for help.

• Question 119:

  In order to promote generalization in intensive teaching, the behavior analyst shoulD.

  A. teach loosely.
  B. use the same SD.
  C. use few exemplars.
  D. teach in the same environment.
  A. teach loosely.

• Question 120:

  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.