BCBA EXAM PREP |ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS|BRAND NEW 2026-2027
UPDATE|GRADED A+
Question 1
Which functional behavior assessment procedure involves marking whether or not a
particular antecedent condition occurs during an observation, independent of whether the
target behavior occurs or not?
Contingent escape condition
Scatterplots
ABC Narrative Recording
ABC Continuous Recording
CORRECT ANSWER
Correct Answer: "ABC Continuous Recording." ABC continuous recording involves the
observer documenting every time a particular antecedent (AKA environmental event)
occurs. The observer also documents when the target behavior occurs and which
antecedents and conditions occur with the target behavior. This will help determine which
environmental events occur around the time the target behavior occurs and which
environmental events occur without evoking the target behavior. "Contingent escape
conditions" is incorrect since this is a condition of a functional analysis where escape is
provided contingent upon the target behavior. "ABC Narrative recording" is incorrect
because the antecedents and consequences are recorded only when the target behavior
occurs. "Scatterplots" is incorrect because these simply record the target response and not
the antecedents and consequences. Task: F-7
Question 2
1
,All of these are examples of the 6 attitudes of science, EXCEPT:
Replication
Experimentation
Determination
Empiricism
CORRECT ANSWER
Correct Answer: "Determination." The 6 attitudes of science are empiricism, replication,
philosophic doubt, parsimony, experimentation and determinism (not determination). Task:
A-2
Question 3
A behavior analyst taught her client a new skill in a training setting. She now wants to
attempt to generalize this skill to the client's natural environment. She has been using
immediate reinforcement to teach the skill in the training environment. However, in the
natural environment, the reward will be much more delayed. What can the behavior
analyst do to help delay the gap between the behavior and the reward in the training
setting?
She can gradually increase the amount of time between the behavior and the delivery of the
reward.
When delivering the reward after the delay, she can remind her client which specific
behavior earned the reward.
(Both A and B)
(Neither A nor B)
CORRECT ANSWER
Correct Answer: "Both A and B." When trying to generalize and maintain a skill in the natural
environment, it is crucial to make the training environment's schedule of reinforcement
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,closely approximate the natural environment. Sometimes this involves teaching the client to
wait for a reward. A behavior analyst can use several strategies when teaching a client to
accept delayed rewards (rather than immediate ones). They can begin using continuous
reinforcement during the acquisition phase and then fade to an intermittent schedule of
reinforcement once the skill is reliably occurring. They can gradually increase the amount of
time between the behavior and the reward until it matches the delay of the natural
environment. Finally, when delivering the reward to the client they can specify the reason
the client received that reward. This will help them understand the behavioral contingency
in place. Task: G-22
Question 4
A conditioned reinforcer must be periodically paired with the established reinforcer that
originally made that neutral stimulus a conditioned reinforcer. Otherwise, ____________
may occur.
respondent extinction
stimulus-stimulus pairing
respondent conditioning
operant extinction
CORRECT ANSWER
Correct Answer: "respondent extinction." A stimulus-stimulus pairing procedure involves
pairing a neutral stimulus with an established stimulus; the neutral stimulus becomes a
conditioned reinforcer since it takes the eliciting properties of the established stimulus.
These two stimuli have to be paired periodically so that the previously neutral stimulus will
maintain the properties of the established stimulus. Otherwise, respondent extinction may
occur. "Operant extinction" is incorrect since it involves withholding reinforcement for a
previously reinforced response. "Respondent conditioning" and "stimulus-stimulus pairing"
are incorrect since they establish reinforcers. Task: B-3
Question 5
3
, Lulu is a BCBA® for her school board. She does an assessment on a student in which the
school and the parent have differing opinions on placement. She sees how she could
create a behavior analytic program in both placements for the client. What should she do?
Consult the teachers and side with the majority.
Create both programs and explain how behavior analytic services will apply in both settings.
Because multiple parties are involved and could be defined as a client, assess who is your
client and provide services based on your client's needs.
Parents are always right.
CORRECT ANSWER
Correct Answer: "Because multiple parties are involved and could be defined as a client,
assess who is your client and provide services based on your client's needs." Behavior
analysts' responsibility is to all parties affected by behavior-analytic services. When multiple
parties are involved and could be defined as a client, a hierarchy of parties must be
established and communicated from the outset of the defined relationship. Behavior
analysts identify and communicate who the primary ultimate beneficiary of services is in any
given situation and advocate for his or her best interests. Ethics Code: 2.01 & 3.02. Task: E-3
Question 6
An echoic is evoked by a __________ and is reinforced by __________.
verbal Sd that has formal similarity (but does not have point-to-point correspondence);
generalized conditioned reinforcers.
verbal Sd that has formal similarity and point-to-point correspondence; generalized
conditioned reinforcers.
verbal Sd that has point-to-point correspondence (but does not have formal similarity);
generalized conditioned reinforcers.
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VERIFIED ANSWERS|BRAND NEW 2026-2027
UPDATE|GRADED A+
Question 1
Which functional behavior assessment procedure involves marking whether or not a
particular antecedent condition occurs during an observation, independent of whether the
target behavior occurs or not?
Contingent escape condition
Scatterplots
ABC Narrative Recording
ABC Continuous Recording
CORRECT ANSWER
Correct Answer: "ABC Continuous Recording." ABC continuous recording involves the
observer documenting every time a particular antecedent (AKA environmental event)
occurs. The observer also documents when the target behavior occurs and which
antecedents and conditions occur with the target behavior. This will help determine which
environmental events occur around the time the target behavior occurs and which
environmental events occur without evoking the target behavior. "Contingent escape
conditions" is incorrect since this is a condition of a functional analysis where escape is
provided contingent upon the target behavior. "ABC Narrative recording" is incorrect
because the antecedents and consequences are recorded only when the target behavior
occurs. "Scatterplots" is incorrect because these simply record the target response and not
the antecedents and consequences. Task: F-7
Question 2
1
,All of these are examples of the 6 attitudes of science, EXCEPT:
Replication
Experimentation
Determination
Empiricism
CORRECT ANSWER
Correct Answer: "Determination." The 6 attitudes of science are empiricism, replication,
philosophic doubt, parsimony, experimentation and determinism (not determination). Task:
A-2
Question 3
A behavior analyst taught her client a new skill in a training setting. She now wants to
attempt to generalize this skill to the client's natural environment. She has been using
immediate reinforcement to teach the skill in the training environment. However, in the
natural environment, the reward will be much more delayed. What can the behavior
analyst do to help delay the gap between the behavior and the reward in the training
setting?
She can gradually increase the amount of time between the behavior and the delivery of the
reward.
When delivering the reward after the delay, she can remind her client which specific
behavior earned the reward.
(Both A and B)
(Neither A nor B)
CORRECT ANSWER
Correct Answer: "Both A and B." When trying to generalize and maintain a skill in the natural
environment, it is crucial to make the training environment's schedule of reinforcement
2
,closely approximate the natural environment. Sometimes this involves teaching the client to
wait for a reward. A behavior analyst can use several strategies when teaching a client to
accept delayed rewards (rather than immediate ones). They can begin using continuous
reinforcement during the acquisition phase and then fade to an intermittent schedule of
reinforcement once the skill is reliably occurring. They can gradually increase the amount of
time between the behavior and the reward until it matches the delay of the natural
environment. Finally, when delivering the reward to the client they can specify the reason
the client received that reward. This will help them understand the behavioral contingency
in place. Task: G-22
Question 4
A conditioned reinforcer must be periodically paired with the established reinforcer that
originally made that neutral stimulus a conditioned reinforcer. Otherwise, ____________
may occur.
respondent extinction
stimulus-stimulus pairing
respondent conditioning
operant extinction
CORRECT ANSWER
Correct Answer: "respondent extinction." A stimulus-stimulus pairing procedure involves
pairing a neutral stimulus with an established stimulus; the neutral stimulus becomes a
conditioned reinforcer since it takes the eliciting properties of the established stimulus.
These two stimuli have to be paired periodically so that the previously neutral stimulus will
maintain the properties of the established stimulus. Otherwise, respondent extinction may
occur. "Operant extinction" is incorrect since it involves withholding reinforcement for a
previously reinforced response. "Respondent conditioning" and "stimulus-stimulus pairing"
are incorrect since they establish reinforcers. Task: B-3
Question 5
3
, Lulu is a BCBA® for her school board. She does an assessment on a student in which the
school and the parent have differing opinions on placement. She sees how she could
create a behavior analytic program in both placements for the client. What should she do?
Consult the teachers and side with the majority.
Create both programs and explain how behavior analytic services will apply in both settings.
Because multiple parties are involved and could be defined as a client, assess who is your
client and provide services based on your client's needs.
Parents are always right.
CORRECT ANSWER
Correct Answer: "Because multiple parties are involved and could be defined as a client,
assess who is your client and provide services based on your client's needs." Behavior
analysts' responsibility is to all parties affected by behavior-analytic services. When multiple
parties are involved and could be defined as a client, a hierarchy of parties must be
established and communicated from the outset of the defined relationship. Behavior
analysts identify and communicate who the primary ultimate beneficiary of services is in any
given situation and advocate for his or her best interests. Ethics Code: 2.01 & 3.02. Task: E-3
Question 6
An echoic is evoked by a __________ and is reinforced by __________.
verbal Sd that has formal similarity (but does not have point-to-point correspondence);
generalized conditioned reinforcers.
verbal Sd that has formal similarity and point-to-point correspondence; generalized
conditioned reinforcers.
verbal Sd that has point-to-point correspondence (but does not have formal similarity);
generalized conditioned reinforcers.
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