BCBA Practice Exam Questions with
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Your teacher yells at you when you talk to your classmates during class so you stay quiet when
the teacher is in the classroom. Your teacher is a - ANSWERS-* Stimulus
- The teacher is an antecedent stimulus. Yelling is a punisher as it is the consequence of talking
in class
Direct Instruction - ANSWERS-* It is a fast paced group teaching method developed by Siegfried
Engelmann
When Henry hit his sister, his father brought a pillow and told Henry to repeatedly hit the pillow
util he was completely exhausted. This punishment procedure is known as a? - ANSWERS-*
Negative practice
- when a child engages in an inappropriate behavior, they must perform the same inappropriate
behavior repeatedly until they experience fatigue.
Mary is behavior analyst working at an elementary school. One day, a special-ed teacher tells
her that one of her students hits his own cheek. When Mary asks the teacher what the
antecedents are, the teacher tells her that it just happens out of the blue. Mary then observes
the student and investigates what is triggering his cheek hitting. Which attitudes of science does
it contribute to? - ANSWERS-* Determinism
- which states that every behavior is lawful and it is caused by a reason. A behavior does not just
happen out of the blue.
Steve is a behavior analyst working with Edward, a 12-year old boy with Autism. Edward
engages in the self-injurious behavior of slapping his face on average of once every 15 minutes.
After conducting a functional analysis, Steve concluded that the behavior was maintained by
gaining attention from others. Which of the following would NOT be an effective intervention? -
, ANSWERS-* Applying non-contingent reinforcement by providing him attention every 20
minutes
- if applying NCR, the interval to deliver the reinforcer should be a little less than 15 minutes
Example of symmetry - ANSWERS-* A spanish teacher shows his students a picture of a house
and has students say "casa". When he says "casa", his students point to the picture of the
house.
- symmetry is a type of stimulus equivalence that shows stimulus relations of "if A=B, then B=A
Mario is a 7-year old child with Autism. He does not like to hear people whistling and when he
hears it, he always hits them. A behavior therapist teaches Mario to say, "Please stop whistling",
he immediately stops whistling; however, if Mario hits the therapist, the therapist continues
whistling. What is this procedure called? - ANSWERS-* DNRA
- (Differential negative reinforcement of alternative behavior) is a procedure that uses negative
reinforcers. Mario's verbalization is reinforced by withdrawing the aversive stimulus.
Every time Jacob hears his neighbor playing the drums, he closes his window so that his room is
quiet. This is an example of a - ANSWERS-* negative reinforcement
- Jacob's behavior (closing the window) increases; therefore, it is "reinforcement". The
drumming sound is removed as a consequence of his behavior; therefore, it is "negative".
What is known as an ordinate? - ANSWERS-* Y-axis
- Y-axis is known as ordinate or vertical axis
What is known as ripple effect, spillover effect, and vicarious reinforcement? - ANSWERS-*
Generalization across subjects
Which of the following method uses standard celeration chart? - ANSWERS-* Precision teaching
- was developed by Ogden Lindsley and it uses a semi-logarithmic chart, which is also known as
a standard celeration chart
Complete Solutions14
Your teacher yells at you when you talk to your classmates during class so you stay quiet when
the teacher is in the classroom. Your teacher is a - ANSWERS-* Stimulus
- The teacher is an antecedent stimulus. Yelling is a punisher as it is the consequence of talking
in class
Direct Instruction - ANSWERS-* It is a fast paced group teaching method developed by Siegfried
Engelmann
When Henry hit his sister, his father brought a pillow and told Henry to repeatedly hit the pillow
util he was completely exhausted. This punishment procedure is known as a? - ANSWERS-*
Negative practice
- when a child engages in an inappropriate behavior, they must perform the same inappropriate
behavior repeatedly until they experience fatigue.
Mary is behavior analyst working at an elementary school. One day, a special-ed teacher tells
her that one of her students hits his own cheek. When Mary asks the teacher what the
antecedents are, the teacher tells her that it just happens out of the blue. Mary then observes
the student and investigates what is triggering his cheek hitting. Which attitudes of science does
it contribute to? - ANSWERS-* Determinism
- which states that every behavior is lawful and it is caused by a reason. A behavior does not just
happen out of the blue.
Steve is a behavior analyst working with Edward, a 12-year old boy with Autism. Edward
engages in the self-injurious behavior of slapping his face on average of once every 15 minutes.
After conducting a functional analysis, Steve concluded that the behavior was maintained by
gaining attention from others. Which of the following would NOT be an effective intervention? -
, ANSWERS-* Applying non-contingent reinforcement by providing him attention every 20
minutes
- if applying NCR, the interval to deliver the reinforcer should be a little less than 15 minutes
Example of symmetry - ANSWERS-* A spanish teacher shows his students a picture of a house
and has students say "casa". When he says "casa", his students point to the picture of the
house.
- symmetry is a type of stimulus equivalence that shows stimulus relations of "if A=B, then B=A
Mario is a 7-year old child with Autism. He does not like to hear people whistling and when he
hears it, he always hits them. A behavior therapist teaches Mario to say, "Please stop whistling",
he immediately stops whistling; however, if Mario hits the therapist, the therapist continues
whistling. What is this procedure called? - ANSWERS-* DNRA
- (Differential negative reinforcement of alternative behavior) is a procedure that uses negative
reinforcers. Mario's verbalization is reinforced by withdrawing the aversive stimulus.
Every time Jacob hears his neighbor playing the drums, he closes his window so that his room is
quiet. This is an example of a - ANSWERS-* negative reinforcement
- Jacob's behavior (closing the window) increases; therefore, it is "reinforcement". The
drumming sound is removed as a consequence of his behavior; therefore, it is "negative".
What is known as an ordinate? - ANSWERS-* Y-axis
- Y-axis is known as ordinate or vertical axis
What is known as ripple effect, spillover effect, and vicarious reinforcement? - ANSWERS-*
Generalization across subjects
Which of the following method uses standard celeration chart? - ANSWERS-* Precision teaching
- was developed by Ogden Lindsley and it uses a semi-logarithmic chart, which is also known as
a standard celeration chart
