QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS |
BCAT ACTUAL FINAL EXAM 2026 WITH
ALREADY GRADED A+ | BCAT ACTUAL
EXAM 2025 BRAND NEW | GUARANTEED
A+!!
Jerome learned to dial his phone number in his ABA teaching session. Three
weeks later, he is able to still dial his phone number when he needs to contact his
family. This is an example of: - ANSWER- Response maintenance
Which of the following is a true statement regarding generalization? - ANSWER-
Generalization of acquired skills is necessary for meaningful learning and often
requires specific training procedures to occur
Which of the following is NOT one of the key components to EIBI?
The treatment should begin early in life.
The treatment should be individualized.
The treatment should be intensive.
The treatment should have a short duration. - ANSWER- The treatment should
have a short duration
,Which of the following operants is often referred to as requesting? - ANSWER-
Mand
An instructor is having difficulty finding an effective reinforcer for his student.
The student previously was reinforced by listening to music, but is no longer
interested in this. What can the instructor do to make reinforcement more
effective? - ANSWER- All of the above
DTT provides several benefits to individuals with learning challenges including all
of the following EXCEPT: - ANSWER- It is child-directed
What are the three parts of the discrete trial? - ANSWER- The antecedent
(SD/MO), the response, and the consequence
A motivating operation that increases the effectiveness of a stimulus to function as
a reinforcer in known as an - ANSWER- Establishing Operation
Which of the following is a guideline for effectively presenting an SD? -
ANSWER- All of the statements are true
The best definition of reinforcement is: - ANSWER- A consequence provided
contingent on a particular response that maintains or increases that behavior in the
future under similar circumstances
What are the four categories of responses? - ANSWER- Incorrect, correct,
prompted, no response
A stimulus that cues the learner to respond and indicates the availability of
reinforcement for a given behavior is known as a: - ANSWER- SD (Discriminative
Stimulus)
,An instructor is trying to teach an individual to follow the instruction, "sit down".
After the learner complies and sits down, the ABA instructor says, "Yay!!!" Which
increases the likelihood that the learner will sit down in the future when given the
instruction. What is the praise functioning as? - ANSWER- A secondary reinforcer
What is a discrete trial? - ANSWER- An instructional sequence used in ABA that
has a definite beginning and end
Shaping refers to: - ANSWER- Reinforcing successive approximations to a target
behavior while no longer reinforcing previous approximations
Types of chaining procedures include: - ANSWER- Forward Chaining, Backward
Chaining, and Total Task Presentation
A behavior chain is: - ANSWER- A series of behaviors performed in a specific
sequence in which the completion of one behavior acts as the SD for the next
response
Discrimination Training refers to: - ANSWER- Teaching a learner to discriminate
between two or more SDs/antecedents
Which of the following is a guideline for using effective prompting? - ANSWER-
Use the least intrusive prompt possible that will ensure success for the learner
Asking a learner to sort laundry and pointing to the bin where the socks should be
places is an example of what type of prompt? - ANSWER- Gesture prompt
ASD is a developmental disorder that appears by the age of 3 and is characterized
by three primary characteristics, including: - ANSWER- Repetitive behavior
patterns and impairment in social interactions and communication
, A mother is in the store with her child and she is not paying attention to him. The
child begins knocking items off the shelf and his mother says, "Oh no! Look what
you did!" The child smiles. In this example, the boy not receiving any attention
from his mother is the: - ANSWER- Consequence
What is the 3-term contingency? - ANSWER- Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence
What is EIBI? - ANSWER- Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention, and is used to
treat young children with autism
What is the core principal of ABA? - ANSWER- Behavior is a function of its
consequences; desired consequences will increase behavior and undesired
consequences will decrease behavior
BCAT ACTUAL FINAL EXAM 2026 WITH
ALREADY GRADED A+ | BCAT ACTUAL
EXAM 2025 BRAND NEW | GUARANTEED
A+!!
Jerome learned to dial his phone number in his ABA teaching session. Three
weeks later, he is able to still dial his phone number when he needs to contact his
family. This is an example of: - ANSWER- Response maintenance
Which of the following is a true statement regarding generalization? - ANSWER-
Generalization of acquired skills is necessary for meaningful learning and often
requires specific training procedures to occur
Which of the following is NOT one of the key components to EIBI?
The treatment should begin early in life.
The treatment should be individualized.
The treatment should be intensive.
The treatment should have a short duration. - ANSWER- The treatment should
have a short duration
,Which of the following operants is often referred to as requesting? - ANSWER-
Mand
An instructor is having difficulty finding an effective reinforcer for his student.
The student previously was reinforced by listening to music, but is no longer
interested in this. What can the instructor do to make reinforcement more
effective? - ANSWER- All of the above
DTT provides several benefits to individuals with learning challenges including all
of the following EXCEPT: - ANSWER- It is child-directed
What are the three parts of the discrete trial? - ANSWER- The antecedent
(SD/MO), the response, and the consequence
A motivating operation that increases the effectiveness of a stimulus to function as
a reinforcer in known as an - ANSWER- Establishing Operation
Which of the following is a guideline for effectively presenting an SD? -
ANSWER- All of the statements are true
The best definition of reinforcement is: - ANSWER- A consequence provided
contingent on a particular response that maintains or increases that behavior in the
future under similar circumstances
What are the four categories of responses? - ANSWER- Incorrect, correct,
prompted, no response
A stimulus that cues the learner to respond and indicates the availability of
reinforcement for a given behavior is known as a: - ANSWER- SD (Discriminative
Stimulus)
,An instructor is trying to teach an individual to follow the instruction, "sit down".
After the learner complies and sits down, the ABA instructor says, "Yay!!!" Which
increases the likelihood that the learner will sit down in the future when given the
instruction. What is the praise functioning as? - ANSWER- A secondary reinforcer
What is a discrete trial? - ANSWER- An instructional sequence used in ABA that
has a definite beginning and end
Shaping refers to: - ANSWER- Reinforcing successive approximations to a target
behavior while no longer reinforcing previous approximations
Types of chaining procedures include: - ANSWER- Forward Chaining, Backward
Chaining, and Total Task Presentation
A behavior chain is: - ANSWER- A series of behaviors performed in a specific
sequence in which the completion of one behavior acts as the SD for the next
response
Discrimination Training refers to: - ANSWER- Teaching a learner to discriminate
between two or more SDs/antecedents
Which of the following is a guideline for using effective prompting? - ANSWER-
Use the least intrusive prompt possible that will ensure success for the learner
Asking a learner to sort laundry and pointing to the bin where the socks should be
places is an example of what type of prompt? - ANSWER- Gesture prompt
ASD is a developmental disorder that appears by the age of 3 and is characterized
by three primary characteristics, including: - ANSWER- Repetitive behavior
patterns and impairment in social interactions and communication
, A mother is in the store with her child and she is not paying attention to him. The
child begins knocking items off the shelf and his mother says, "Oh no! Look what
you did!" The child smiles. In this example, the boy not receiving any attention
from his mother is the: - ANSWER- Consequence
What is the 3-term contingency? - ANSWER- Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence
What is EIBI? - ANSWER- Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention, and is used to
treat young children with autism
What is the core principal of ABA? - ANSWER- Behavior is a function of its
consequences; desired consequences will increase behavior and undesired
consequences will decrease behavior
