BACB BACB Certifications BCBA Questions & Answers

• Question 171:

  In behavior analysis, the __________________ is usually __________________.

  A. Independent variable; a measure of behavior

  B. Dependent variable; a measure of behavior

  C. Baseline measure; unrelated to the behavior

  D. Independent variable; implemented before the baseline measure

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 172:

  Placing a request that a child is least likely to perform at the end of a series of requests that the child is most likely to perform is a phenomenon known as:

  A. The Premack principle

  B. High-probability request sequence

  C. Errorless learning

  D. Mediated transfer

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 173:

  When conducting an analogue functional analysis, the condition commonly used as a control is the:

  A. home condition.

  B. play condition.

  C. social attention condition.

  D. demand condition.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 174:

  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

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 175:

  Frequency would be the MOST appropriate measure for which scenario?

  A. The behavior analyst wants to reduce the number of times Jack hits Jill.

  B. Jack wants his employees to increase the number of kits made in one hour.

  C. Jack's parents want him to reduce his persistent hand flapping.

  D. Jill wants to increase her son's compliance with room-cleaning requests.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 176:

  An extinction procedure involves:

  A. withholding all reinforcement.

  B. withholding the maintaining reinforcer after the occurrence of the target behavior.

  C. removing all attention from the client when the target behavior occurs.

  D. removing the SD for the target behavior.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 177:

  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

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 178:

  Requiring a student who disrupts the class by throwing papers and tipping over chairs to clean the mess up and then clean the rest of the room by sweeping and cleaning desktops is a(n) __________________ procedure.

  A. Negative reinforcement

  B. Negative punishment

  C. Positive punishment

  D. Extinction

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 179:

  In reference to maintenance, functional arrangements between behavior and antecedent and consequence events that occur in the environment in which the behavior of interest is to be maintained are called:

  A. Stimulus discriminates

  B. Natural contingencies

  C. Generalization

  D. Maintenance schedules

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 180:

  When using a changing criterion design, the BEST demonstration of experimental control would be produced if the:

  A. criterion level is changed in equal increments.

  B. criterion level is changed slightly on each manipulation.

  C. criterion level is set well above that of the behavior.

  D. behavior changes concurrently with the criterion level.

  Correct Answer: D