BACB BCBA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

BACB BCBA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 131:

  One limitation of descriptive analysis is that it:

  A. does not allow the behavior analyst the opportunity to measure, record, and interpret the data on the target behavior.
  B. does not permit the precise determination of functional relationships.
  C. provides a less than adequate description of the topography and intensity of behavior.
  D. violates the individual's right to privacy.
  B. does not permit the precise determination of functional relationships.

• Question 132:

  During the hour immediately following meals, Bill asks for more food. Data are collected only during this hour after each meal. Which method of data collection would be MOST accurate?

  A. duration recording
  B. frequency recording
  C. narrative recording
  D. partial-interval recording
  B. frequency recording

• Question 133:

  If a behavior analyst states, "It took four attempts, but Johnny completed the puzzle," she is using which measure?

  A. Whole interval
  B. Percent of occurrence
  C. Trials to criterion
  D. Frequency
  C. Trials to criterion

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• Question 134:

  The purpose of conducting a functional assessment is to:

  A. Complete a functional analysis
  B. Manipulate variables that affect behavior
  C. Obtain information from which to create a hypothesis statement
  D. Determine how effective a treatment intervention is
  C. Obtain information from which to create a hypothesis statement

• Question 135:

  In order to obtain the GREATEST increase in the value of an identified reinforcer after satiation has occurred, the behavior analyst shoulD.

  A. deliver the reinforcer non-contingently.
  B. reduce the magnitude of the reinforcer.
  C. thin the schedule of reinforcement.
  D. temporarily remove the reinforcer.
  D. temporarily remove the reinforcer.

• Question 136:

  The behavior analyst has had good results with an intervention she designed that makes access to video games contingent upon playing with other children. She now wants to compare the effects of differing amounts of video game access time. She should conduct a

  A. changing criterion study.
  B. nonparametric study.
  C. parametric study.
  D. reversal study.
  C. parametric study.

• Question 137:

  Available resources, applicable federal and state laws, programmatic costs, and a person's adaptive skills, learning history, and personal interests should all be considered as part of the process oF.

  A. collecting empirical data.
  B. conducting a baseline of target behaviors.
  C. manipulating ecological factors.
  D. prioritizing goals and objectives.
  D. prioritizing goals and objectives.

• Question 138:

  You are working with a child on teaching swimming. You teach the child to do the front crawl. After a few weeks of teaching, the child is doing both the front crawl and also starts doing the breast stroke. What has occurred?

  A. Stimulus generalization
  B. Response generalization
  C. Failure to generalize
  D. Maintenance
  B. Response generalization

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• Question 139:

  When an observer notes everything the client does or says as well as events before and after the episode of behavior, he or she is using:

  A. Duration recording
  B. Permanent product recording
  C. ABC recording
  D. Time sampling
  C. ABC recording

• Question 140:

  The rehabilitation therapist wants to determine if the sensory integration sessions are helping to reduce Ed's hand-slapping. What is the BEST method for recording momentary time-sampling data?

  A. Fifteen-minute observation periods are divided into 3-minute intervals. Staff then record whether or not hand-slapping is occurring at the end of each 3-minute interval.
  B. Twenty-minute observation periods are divided into 10-minute intervals. Staff then record whether or not hand-slapping is occurring during each 10-minute interval.
  C. Thirty-minute observation periods are divided into 2-minute intervals. Staff then record whether or not hand-slapping occurs at any moment during each 2-minute interval.
  D. One-hour observation periods are divided into 10-minute intervals. Staff then record whether or not hand-slapping occurs at all during each 10-minute interval.
  A. Fifteen-minute observation periods are divided into 3-minute intervals. Staff then record whether or not hand-slapping is occurring at the end of each 3-minute interval.