FIT BCBA EXAM |ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS|BRAND NEW 2026-2027
UPDATE|GRADED A+
Question 1
Personalized System of Instruction is beneficial because:
A)each student is given an individualized learning curriculum that will maximize their
potential of learning difficult subject matter.
B)students get to choose what they want to learn and this increases motivation to stay on
task.
C)students learn at their own pace, which may reduce frustration for some students.
D)All the above.
CORRECT ANSWER
C
Question 2
A dog is watching a movie filled with other animals with its owner. When a dog appears on
the television screen and begins to stand on its hind legs so too does the pet dog. In this
example, the dog movie star on screen serves as a(n) ___________ and the pet dog serves
as a(n) ____________.
A)Planned model; imitator
B)Unplanned model; imitator
C)Imitator; unplanned model
D)Imitator; planned model
CORRECT ANSWER
B
1
,Question 3
You are working with an elderly man who frequently gives out his private contact
information (phone number, address, etc) to random people because he does not
understand the risks of giving out personal information to others. You help him make a list
of people he can give personal information to, which includes only family and friends.
Making a list of ONLY people he can give personal information to is an example of:
A)Stimulus maintenance
B)Stimulus generalization
C)Stimulus equivalence
D)Stimulus discrimination
CORRECT ANSWER
D
Question 4
The completion of one step in a behavioral chain always results in:
A)token reinforcers.
B)a discriminative stimulus to complete the next step of the behavior chain (except during
the last step)
.C)the ability to do so correctly in the future.
D)social praise.
CORRECT ANSWER
B
2
,Question 5
When using punishment, the person delivering the punishment should:
A)deliver the punishing stimulus intermittently, at least at first, to avoid the learner having
strong emotional responses.
B)start with very mild punishment and increase the magnitude of punishment each time it is
delivered so that it decreases the learner's motivation to repeat the punished behavior.
C)deliver the punishment immediately, whenever it is possible, to maximize its effectiveness.
D)(None of the above)
CORRECT ANSWER
C
Question 6
marksman team is split up into 4 different groups, each containing 2 marksmen. Each
marksman gets to shoot their firearm once at a bullseye target down the firing range.
Then, each 2-marksman group finds the mean distance of their groups shots from the
center of the bullseye by adding the distances from the center of the bullseye to where
they hit on the target, divided by 2. The group that has the smallest average distance from
the bullseye (that hit closest to the bullseye on average per hit) gets to go home early (a
reward). What type of group contingency is this?
A)The Good Behavior Game
B)A dependent group contingency
C)An interdependent group contingency
D)An independent group contingency
CORRECT ANSWER
C
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, Question 7
Dennis is a BCBA® who has worked with his company for a few years. He is well-known
and well-liked by his coworkers and supervisees. He has supervised several BCBA®
candidates while at this company and each of them have become behavior analyst
themselves. Today Dennis has been asked to supervise a new BCBA® candidate at his
company. Before providing supervision, what should Dennis provide?
A)a written description of the purpose of providing supervision and the requirements and
expectations of the supervisee.
B)the criteria that will be used to evaluate the performance of the supervisee.
C)(Both A and B)
D)Dennis does not need to provide any information, he is well-known at his company and his
company has already told the BCBA® candidate what to expect.
CORRECT ANSWER
C
Question 8
When using incidental teaching, the therapist should:
A)reinforce every correct response, even if the response was prompted. B)reinforce every
response, whether it is correct or not.
C)reinforce every unprompted correct response and withhold reinforcement for every
prompted correct response.
D)(None of the above)
CORRECT ANSWER
A
Question 9
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VERIFIED ANSWERS|BRAND NEW 2026-2027
UPDATE|GRADED A+
Question 1
Personalized System of Instruction is beneficial because:
A)each student is given an individualized learning curriculum that will maximize their
potential of learning difficult subject matter.
B)students get to choose what they want to learn and this increases motivation to stay on
task.
C)students learn at their own pace, which may reduce frustration for some students.
D)All the above.
CORRECT ANSWER
C
Question 2
A dog is watching a movie filled with other animals with its owner. When a dog appears on
the television screen and begins to stand on its hind legs so too does the pet dog. In this
example, the dog movie star on screen serves as a(n) ___________ and the pet dog serves
as a(n) ____________.
A)Planned model; imitator
B)Unplanned model; imitator
C)Imitator; unplanned model
D)Imitator; planned model
CORRECT ANSWER
B
1
,Question 3
You are working with an elderly man who frequently gives out his private contact
information (phone number, address, etc) to random people because he does not
understand the risks of giving out personal information to others. You help him make a list
of people he can give personal information to, which includes only family and friends.
Making a list of ONLY people he can give personal information to is an example of:
A)Stimulus maintenance
B)Stimulus generalization
C)Stimulus equivalence
D)Stimulus discrimination
CORRECT ANSWER
D
Question 4
The completion of one step in a behavioral chain always results in:
A)token reinforcers.
B)a discriminative stimulus to complete the next step of the behavior chain (except during
the last step)
.C)the ability to do so correctly in the future.
D)social praise.
CORRECT ANSWER
B
2
,Question 5
When using punishment, the person delivering the punishment should:
A)deliver the punishing stimulus intermittently, at least at first, to avoid the learner having
strong emotional responses.
B)start with very mild punishment and increase the magnitude of punishment each time it is
delivered so that it decreases the learner's motivation to repeat the punished behavior.
C)deliver the punishment immediately, whenever it is possible, to maximize its effectiveness.
D)(None of the above)
CORRECT ANSWER
C
Question 6
marksman team is split up into 4 different groups, each containing 2 marksmen. Each
marksman gets to shoot their firearm once at a bullseye target down the firing range.
Then, each 2-marksman group finds the mean distance of their groups shots from the
center of the bullseye by adding the distances from the center of the bullseye to where
they hit on the target, divided by 2. The group that has the smallest average distance from
the bullseye (that hit closest to the bullseye on average per hit) gets to go home early (a
reward). What type of group contingency is this?
A)The Good Behavior Game
B)A dependent group contingency
C)An interdependent group contingency
D)An independent group contingency
CORRECT ANSWER
C
3
, Question 7
Dennis is a BCBA® who has worked with his company for a few years. He is well-known
and well-liked by his coworkers and supervisees. He has supervised several BCBA®
candidates while at this company and each of them have become behavior analyst
themselves. Today Dennis has been asked to supervise a new BCBA® candidate at his
company. Before providing supervision, what should Dennis provide?
A)a written description of the purpose of providing supervision and the requirements and
expectations of the supervisee.
B)the criteria that will be used to evaluate the performance of the supervisee.
C)(Both A and B)
D)Dennis does not need to provide any information, he is well-known at his company and his
company has already told the BCBA® candidate what to expect.
CORRECT ANSWER
C
Question 8
When using incidental teaching, the therapist should:
A)reinforce every correct response, even if the response was prompted. B)reinforce every
response, whether it is correct or not.
C)reinforce every unprompted correct response and withhold reinforcement for every
prompted correct response.
D)(None of the above)
CORRECT ANSWER
A
Question 9
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