BCBA EXAM LATEST 2023-2024 REAL EXAM
200+ QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS)|AGRADE
Louise is teaching Julien to identify colors. She has 3 colored bears on the table.
She says, “Touch blue.” Which is the BEST example of a prompt:
A. She moves the blue bear closer to Julien, and he selects the green bear.
B. She briefly glances at the blue bear, and Julien selects the blue bear.
C. She places a black slash from a marker on the blue bear before delivering the
Sd.
D. Julien touches the yellow bear, and she hand-over-hand has him touch the blue
bear. – ANSWER- B. She briefly glances at the blue bear, and Julien selects the
blue bear.
George 7yr old child has a behavior of stuffing his school toilet with tissue
paper.Her teacher decided to lock the toilet.The procedure was:-
a)extinction of behavior maintained by social positive reinforcement.
b)MO alteration by increasing response effort
C) Punishment
d) extinction of behavior maintained by automatic reinforcement. – ANSWERA prompt is:
A) an antecedent stimulus
B) a consequence as in a “No-No Prompt” procedure
C) might not always evoke correct responding
D) should always maintain its stimulus control – ANSWER- A) an antecedent
stimulus
George, a BCBA recently accepted a case involving a young child diagnosed with
autism who bangs his head and has limited communication skills. Upon meeting
the child’s parents for the first time, George asked them about potential reinforcers
(favorite toys, foods, activities, etc), what times of day he seems to engage in head
banging, why the child does this and what happens before/ after head banging.
a. The questions George asked are acceptable
b. The questions George asked are somewhat acceptable
c. The questions George asked are not acceptable
d. George should not have asked any questions, he should’ve conducted an FA first
- ANSWER- b. The questions George asked are somewhat acceptable
Franklin barks at the mailman when he delivers mail. His owner sprays him with
water as the mailman approaches the house. In the future, Franklin’s rate of barking
increases when the mailman is present. The procedure used could best be described
as:
A. Positive punishment
B. Negative punishment
C. Positive reinforcement
D. Negative reinforcement – ANSWER- C. Positive reinforcement
Mrs. M has a student she is toilet training. He is successful 70% of occasions. She
beings to notice a correlation between elastic waist pants and pants with a button
and zipper and number of accidents. Which is the most parsimonious explanation?
A. He needs more occupational therapy.
B. He can’t undo a button on pants.
C. He enjoys having accidents because of the attention that is provided.
D. Buttoned pants have become aversive. – ANSWER- B. He can’t undo a button
on pants.
4 Branches of Behavior Analysis:
a. Conceptually Systematic, Applied, Stimulus Control, Effective Treatment
b. Conceptual Analysis of Behavior, ABA, Systematically Applied Interventions,
Experimental Analysis of Behavior
c. Conceptual Analysis of Behavior, ABA, Behavior Service Delivery,
Experimental Analysis of Behavior
d. Conceptually Systematic, Analytical, Stimulus Control, Effective – ANSWERc. Conceptual Analysis of Behavior, ABA, Behavior Service Delivery,
Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Mickey walks the perimeter of the playground during recess. You are targeting
increasing the duration of time spent within a 5 foot or less proximity of peers
during recess, the data collection system you would use is:
A. Event recording
B. Whole interval time sampling
C. Partial interval time sampling
D. Momentary time sampling – ANSWER- B. Whole interval time sampling
AKA(s) for Operant behavior:
a. Stimulus-Response-Stimulus Model AND S-R-S
b. S-R-S AND 3-Term Contingency
c. ABC AND 3-Term Contingency
d. All of the above – ANSWER- d. All of the above
Habituation is _ behavior and Adaptation is _ behavior.
a. operant/ respondent
b. respondent/ operant
c. operant/ operant
d. respondent/ respondent – ANSWER- b. respondent/ operant
Which is NOT a type of differential reinforcement:
a)DRH
b) DRF
c) DRO
d) DRD – ANSWER- b) DRF
Jack is engaging in aggressive behavior. An intervention is introduced where his
aggressive behavior decreases to criterion. A few months later instead of
aggressive behavior increasing, property destruction increases. What is this called?
A. Extinction burst
B. Spontaneous recovery
C. Recovery insurgence
D. Habilitation – ANSWER- C. Recovery insurgence
Baseline logic entails all of the following elements EXCEPT:
a) Prediction
b) Control
c) Verification
d) Replication – ANSWER- b) Control
scratching a flea bite on your leg is an example of:
a) positive reinforcement
b) negative reinforcement
c) automatic reinforcement
d) sensory reinforcement – ANSWER- c) automatic reinforcement
A teacher describes a student’s talking out of turn behavior as occurring for no
reason at all- which characteristic of science does this represent:
a) Empiricism
b) Parsimony
c)Determinism
d) Philosophical doubt – ANSWER- c)Determinism
two procedures for identifying effective reinforcers are:
a) stimulus preference assessment and reinforcer Assessment
b) reinforcer assessment and FBA
c) FBA and stimulus preference assessment
d) none of the above – ANSWER- a) stimulus preference assessment and reinforcer
Assessment
A sign for a department store is:
a) a stimulus
b) an EO
c)an SD
d) a reinforcer – ANSWER- a) a stimulus
Which is NOT a factor that influences choice:
a) Effort
b)Delay
c)Magnitude
d) social acceptability – ANSWER- d) social acceptability