BACB BCBA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

BACB BCBA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 21:

  Behavioral contracts must includE.

  A. a summary of the functional assessment; the target behavior; and the consequences for its occurrence and non-occurrence.
  B. vocal descriptions of how the behavior is to be measured; the consequences for its occurrence and non-occurrence; the contract manager; and the target behavior.
  C. written descriptions of how the behavior is to be measured; when behavior must occur; the consequences for its occurrence and non-occurrence; the contract manager; and the target behavior.
  D. a summary of the functional assessment; written descriptions of how the behavior is to be measured; when behavior must occur; the contract manager; and the target behavior.
  C. written descriptions of how the behavior is to be measured; when behavior must occur; the consequences for its occurrence and non-occurrence; the contract manager; and the target behavior.

• Question 22:

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

• Question 23:

  What is a likely benefit of having trained a client to say both "truck" and "vehicle" in response to your saying "fire engine"? The client will now likely:

  A. point to pictures of trucks or vehicles.
  B. say "fire engine" when you present a picture of it.
  C. say "truck" when you say "vehicle."
  D. point to a truck when you say "vehicle."
  C. say "truck" when you say "vehicle."

• Question 24:

  This graph BEST exemplifies:

  A. clear demonstration of an effective intervention.
  B. a decrease in variability due to the intervention.
  C. a change in the level between baseline and intervention phases.
  D. a change in the trend between baseline and intervention phases.
  C. a change in the level between baseline and intervention phases.

• Question 25:

  To definitively identify effective reinforcers for an individual, it is necessary to:

  A. complete a reinforcer assessment.
  B. complete a preference assessment.
  C. ascertain what reinforcers the individual has access to.
  D. interview people who know the individual well.
  A. complete a reinforcer assessment.

• Question 26:

  The purpose of including untaught items or tasks within a Discrete Trial Instruction program is to assess: A. context.

  B. fluency.
  C. generalization.
  D. mastery.
  C. generalization.

• Question 27:

  What are the three elements of informed consent?

  A. No coercion, approval, voluntariness
  B. Capacity, age, voluntariness
  C. Informed, age, voluntariness
  D. Capacity, informed, voluntariness
  D. Capacity, informed, voluntariness

• Question 28:

  A person is asked to make his bed. His caregiver checks 30 minutes later and the bed was made. No one else was present during that time. The caregiver records that the client made his bed even though he did not observe the behavior directly. The data collection method used is:

  A. Duration recording
  B. Whole-interval recording
  C. Latency recording
  D. Permanent product recording
  D. Permanent product recording

• Question 29:

  What is the next step in the assessment process if data from the functional analysis do NOT support the original hypothesis?

  A. Base the intervention on the original hypothesis and re-assess after a time lapse.
  B. Design a package intervention to address all possible functions of the behavior.
  C. Continue to conduct the functional assessment until the data coincides with the original hypothesis.
  D. Alter the hypothesis regarding the maintaining variable of the behavior based on the results of the functional assessment.
  C. Continue to conduct the functional assessment until the data coincides with the original hypothesis.

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• Question 30:

  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.