BCBA Online Practice Questions and Answers

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

For which of the following would it be appropriate to measure duration?

A. Amy responds very slowly to instructions during her discrete trials teaching sessions.

B. Ethan leaves his work station and wanders around the building.

C. Sarah takes so long to begin her math assignments in class that she is never able to finish on time.

D. Ryan is trying to increase the speed of his typing at the computer keyboard.

Which method is the BEST to use when presenting categorical data from a functional analysis?

A. a bar graph

B. anecdotal report

C. scatter plot

D. standard celeration chart

Which of the following is NOT a dimension of applied behavior analysis?

A. Effective

B. Technological

C. Applied

D. Empirical

The BEST definition for mouthing behavior would be any instance of LukE.

A. placing his mouth on any object for at least 5 seconds.

B. placing his open mouth on a non-nutritive object or placing a non-nutritive object in his mouth.

C. making contact with his mouth to any non-nutritive object.

D. mouthing a non-nutritive item for 3 or more consecutive instances within a 30 second interval.

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

Marvell is working on a new case with a student who refuses to attend school. Before deciding on a treatment plan, Marvell schedules interviews and observation sessions. This is an example of which assumption of behavior analysis?

A. determinism

B. empiricism

C. skepticism

D. parsimony

An establishing operation is any change in the environment whicH.

A. momentarily alters the effectiveness of the consequence for a behavior that was previously followed by reinforcement.

B. alters the timing of a behavior and momentarily alters the frequency of the behavior that was previously followed by reinforcement.

C. alters the effectiveness of some object or event as reinforcement thus momentarily changing the likelihood of behavior that was previously followed by that reinforcer.

D. alters the effectiveness of some object or event as a contingency-shaped rule and at the same time changes the momentary frequency of the behavior that was previously followed by reinforcement.

Joe describes himself as being addicted to video games. He is told that if he does not complete his chores, he will lose access to his computer. On Monday, he refuses to complete his chores and he loses access to his computer for 2 days. From Tuesday on, Joe's refusals cease. The change in Joe's behavior is MOST likely to be the result oF.

A. an aversive procedure.

B. negative punishment.

C. compliance training.

D. contingency contracting.

In order to promote generalization in intensive teaching, the behavior analyst shoulD.

A. teach loosely.

B. use the same SD.

C. use few exemplars.

D. teach in the same environment.