BACB BCBA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

BACB BCBA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 31:

  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
  B. Natural contingencies

• Question 32:

  Keller's Personalized System of Instruction features which of the following characteristics?

  A. responses per minute per individual and repeated measures
  B. individual performance goals, assisted prompting, and repeated measures
  C. required study guides, lecture and discussion notes, and individual goals
  D. mastery, self-paced progress, reading materials, proctors, and optional lectures
  D. mastery, self-paced progress, reading materials, proctors, and optional lectures

• Question 33:

  Experimental control is demonstrated in a changing criterion design by a change in behavior:

  A. across settings.
  B. across individuals.
  C. when returning to baseline.
  D. to meet predetermined levels.
  D. to meet predetermined levels.

• Question 34:

  What is the MOST important measure of behavior when the goal is to decrease the number of cigarettes smoked per day?

  A. duration per cigarette
  B. inter-response time
  C. percentage
  D. rate
  D. rate

• Question 35:

  Which situation is the BEST example of contingency-shaped behavior?

  A. A task analysis is used to teach Lilly how to clean her room.
  B. Dean is able to change the scale on a computerized graph after reading "how to" instructions.
  C. Billy's mother tells him not to touch the stove because he could burn himself. Billy does not touch the stove.
  D. Jennifer sees a candy bar and she mands for it. Jennifer's sister gives her the candy bar and she eats it.
  D. Jennifer sees a candy bar and she mands for it. Jennifer's sister gives her the candy bar and she eats it.

• Question 36:

  When determining the specified time interval to prescribe at the start of a DRO intervention, which of the following dimensions of the target behavior is MOST relevant?

  A. latency
  B. frequency
  C. duration
  D. inter-response time
  D. inter-response time

• Question 37:

  A behavior analyst is measuring the time it takes for a client to say, "You're welcome" after the staff says, "Thank you." The behavior analyst is measuring __________________.

  A. Frequency
  B. Duration
  C. Inter-response time
  D. Latency
  D. Latency

• Question 38:

  A DRI schedule designed to decrease the frequency of running around class and tapping other children on the head involves:

  A. Arranging for the child to earn a reinforcer in the absence of these behaviors
  B. Providing a reinforcer contingent on being on task and sitting quietly in his seat
  C. Changing the seating arrangement of the class
  D. Ensuring the child had breakfast that morning
  B. Providing a reinforcer contingent on being on task and sitting quietly in his seat

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• Question 39:

  A behavior analyst is asked to consult about a 10-year-old child who gets out of his seat during class at least once every 15 minutes. The behavior analyst wants the teacher to collect data on the child's on-task behavior. Given that the teacher works alone in the classroom with 30 children, the BEST procedure to employ would bE.

  A. interval recording.
  B. latency recording.
  C. duration recording.
  D. time sampling.
  D. time sampling.

• Question 40:

  What if you teach the child to swim in a pool and the child goes to the beach and can do the front crawl in the ocean?

  A. Stimulus generalization
  B. Response generalization
  C. Failure to generalize
  D. Natural contingencies
  A. Stimulus generalization

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