BACB BCBA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

BACB BCBA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 81:

  During three 30-minute observations, Linda gouged her eye 8, 17, and 12 times, respectively. Each incident lasted between 1 and 3 seconds, with an average duration of 1.3 seconds. Which is the BEST dimension to continue to measure?

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

• Question 82:

  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.
  B. play condition.

• Question 83:

  To increase the likelihood of beginning a difficult task:

  A. arrange a reinforcer for its completion.
  B. do several easy tasks first.
  C. arrange for periodic reminders.
  D. establish a deadline for completion.
  B. do several easy tasks first.

• Question 84:

  A child who learns to say "red" when presented with a red card, also says "red" when presented with an orange card. This is called:

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

• Question 85:

  Data were collected on the percentage of intervals at the end of which Thomas was present at his workstation. Which is the BEST method for displaying these data?

  A. cumulative record
  B. equal-interval line graph
  C. scatterplot
  D. standard behavior (semilogarithmic) chart
  B. equal-interval line graph

• Question 86:

  A teacher says: "Everyone, you have math homework tonight. Tomorrow, I will draw a name from a hat. If that person has completed his or her homework and remembered to bring it back to school, everyone will get extra recess." What type of group contingency is this?

  A. This is not a group contingency
  B. Independent group contingency
  C. Interdependent group contingency
  D. Dependent group contingency
  D. Dependent group contingency

• Question 87:

  Jim's teacher has taught him to say, "Hello, how are you?" and when he does this, she delivers praise. Now Jim says this whenever he meets anyone, and some people say,

  "Fine, how are you?" What is the natural consequence for Jim's behavior?

  A. increased number of friends
  B. continuous reinforcement
  C. improved social repertoire for Jim
  D. the responses of the people he meets
  D. the responses of the people he meets

• Question 88:

  Tommy is looking at a photo album with his dad. He looks at his dad and then points to a picture of his mom and says, "Mommy." This is an example oF.

  A. a tact.
  B. transitivity.
  C. receptive language.
  D. matching to sample.
  A. a tact.

• Question 89:

  Holly is learning to use a spoon to feed herself. Applesauce is known to function as a reinforcer. Her teacher has selected the following objective for Holly: "Given a spoon and a 3-ounce dish of applesauce, Holly will independently scoop the applesauce to her mouth." This objective is incomplete. Which component is missing?

  A. antecedent stimulus
  B. consequence condition
  C. prerequisite skill criteria
  D. standard of performance
  D. standard of performance

• Question 90:

  A parent reports that her 2-year-old daughter uses a number of stalling techniques to avoid bedtime once she is told to go to bed. What would be a good progress measure for going to bed when told?

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