QABA Exam practice questions taken from Relias
training_2025_ANSWERED WITH FEEDBACKS.
1. *If you have an individual who engages in escape behaviors you should:*
A. Alternate antecedent interventions daily to see which ones are the most effective.
B. Provide all antecedent interventions that can prevent escape.
C. Tailor antecedent interventions to the person you support based on datafrom the FBA. D.
Choose 3 antecedent interventions for escape maintained behaviors: C
Feedback: You should tailor the antecedent interventions based on the data from the FBA. Just trying random
interventions out without knowing how the person will respond is risky
2. *After cleaning up a work area contaminated with BBPs or OPIMs you observe blood on your
arm. You identify the blood is not yours. Your skin is intact and you have no cuts or abrasions
where you find the blood. What should you do?*
A. Wash the blood off of your skin with soap and water and do not report the incident as an
exposure. B. Wash the blood off of your skin with soap and water and report the incident as an
exposure immediately.
C. Delay medical attention but report an exposure to your employer.
D. Seek immediate medical attention but do not report the incident until evaluated.: A
Feedback: Because the blood did not come in contact with your eyes, nose, mouth, or any broken skin, you
do not need to report the incident.
3. *Which of the following behaviors might serve a "gain attention" func- tion?*
A. Running out of the room
B. Staring at a ceiling fan in a room
C. Making silly noises
D. Hiding in a closet: C
,Feedback: Making silly noises might serve as a "gain attention" function.
4. *A BBP exposure incident includes contact with blood or OPIM via all except:*
A. Intact skin
B. Non-intact skin
C. Mucous membrane
D. Mouth: A
Feedback: Contact with intact skin would not be considered a BBP exposure
incident.
5. *Non-accidental, inappropriate contact or the use of force with an
individ- ual that causes injury or physical pain is considered which type of
abuse?* A. Mental/emotional abuse
B. Sexual abuse
C. Physical abuse
D. Neglect: C
Feedback: Physical abuse is non-accidental, inappropriate contact or the use of
force with an individual that causes injury or physical pain. Physical abuse may
include acts of violence, inappropriate punishments like confinement, or actions
that usually cause pain and injury against adults who are incapable of expressing
pain or injury.
6. *Which of the following is an example of discretionary effort as defined
by
Daniels (2000)?*
A. Cindy follows all of her supervisor's instructions and is never late to
work. B. Susanna cleans the work area and organizes materials without
being asked.
C. Marco finds what his colleagues are doing incorrectly and trains them on
the correct procedure.
D. Lynn reads informational articles about ABA when she is at home.: B
Feedback: Cleaning the work area and organizing materials without being asked
is an example of discretionary effort.
,7. *Which of the following best explains the primary purpose of the BACB's
Professional and Ethical Compliance code?*
A. The purpose of the Professional and Ethical Compliance Code is to
offer suggestions as how to treat clients and colleagues.
B. The purpose of the Professional and Ethical Compliance Code is to
restrict the practice of behavior analysis to certain well-defined
circumstances.
C. The purpose of the Professional and Ethical Compliance Code is to
pro- vide guidelines for certified and credentialed individuals to follow
when they are providing behavior analysis services.
D. The purpose of the Professional and Ethical Compliance Code is to
man- date specific tasks and behaviors for all certified and credentialed
individu- als.: C
Feedback: The purpose of the Professional and Ethical Compliance Code is to
provide guidelines for providing behavior analytic services.
8. *Which of the following can be said about the uniqueness of people with
autism?*
A. People with autism all have complex developmental needs.
B. People with autism are more alike than different in terms of skills.
C. While they may share some characteristics, people with autism are differ-
ent from each other.
D. The characteristics of those with autism make them more similar than
not.: C
Feedback: People with autism share some characteristics but are very different
from one another.
9. *Which of the following best describes autism spectrum disorders?*
A. A range of developmental disorders that affect a person's ability to
under- stand appropriate social etiquette
, B. Persistent deficits in social communication, social interaction, and en-
gagement in repetitive or stereotypical movements that impair a person's
everyday functioning
C. 3 specific disorders that cause limitations in social communication,
social interaction, and repetitive patterns of behavior
D. A sliding scale of severity of intellectual disability based on an
individual's ability to engage in appropriate social communication and
spatial under- standing: B
Feedback: ASD results in persistent deficits in social communication, social in-
teraction, and engagement in repetitive or stereotypical movements that impair
a person's everyday functioning.
10. *When cleaning up a work area you feel a sharp burning sensation in
your hand and find that you have been lacerated by contaminated sharp.
What should you do?*
A. Wash the laceration with soap and water and do not report the incident
as an exposure.
B. Wash the laceration with soap and water and report the incident as an
exposure immediately.
C. Delay medical attention but report an exposure to your employer.
training_2025_ANSWERED WITH FEEDBACKS.
1. *If you have an individual who engages in escape behaviors you should:*
A. Alternate antecedent interventions daily to see which ones are the most effective.
B. Provide all antecedent interventions that can prevent escape.
C. Tailor antecedent interventions to the person you support based on datafrom the FBA. D.
Choose 3 antecedent interventions for escape maintained behaviors: C
Feedback: You should tailor the antecedent interventions based on the data from the FBA. Just trying random
interventions out without knowing how the person will respond is risky
2. *After cleaning up a work area contaminated with BBPs or OPIMs you observe blood on your
arm. You identify the blood is not yours. Your skin is intact and you have no cuts or abrasions
where you find the blood. What should you do?*
A. Wash the blood off of your skin with soap and water and do not report the incident as an
exposure. B. Wash the blood off of your skin with soap and water and report the incident as an
exposure immediately.
C. Delay medical attention but report an exposure to your employer.
D. Seek immediate medical attention but do not report the incident until evaluated.: A
Feedback: Because the blood did not come in contact with your eyes, nose, mouth, or any broken skin, you
do not need to report the incident.
3. *Which of the following behaviors might serve a "gain attention" func- tion?*
A. Running out of the room
B. Staring at a ceiling fan in a room
C. Making silly noises
D. Hiding in a closet: C
,Feedback: Making silly noises might serve as a "gain attention" function.
4. *A BBP exposure incident includes contact with blood or OPIM via all except:*
A. Intact skin
B. Non-intact skin
C. Mucous membrane
D. Mouth: A
Feedback: Contact with intact skin would not be considered a BBP exposure
incident.
5. *Non-accidental, inappropriate contact or the use of force with an
individ- ual that causes injury or physical pain is considered which type of
abuse?* A. Mental/emotional abuse
B. Sexual abuse
C. Physical abuse
D. Neglect: C
Feedback: Physical abuse is non-accidental, inappropriate contact or the use of
force with an individual that causes injury or physical pain. Physical abuse may
include acts of violence, inappropriate punishments like confinement, or actions
that usually cause pain and injury against adults who are incapable of expressing
pain or injury.
6. *Which of the following is an example of discretionary effort as defined
by
Daniels (2000)?*
A. Cindy follows all of her supervisor's instructions and is never late to
work. B. Susanna cleans the work area and organizes materials without
being asked.
C. Marco finds what his colleagues are doing incorrectly and trains them on
the correct procedure.
D. Lynn reads informational articles about ABA when she is at home.: B
Feedback: Cleaning the work area and organizing materials without being asked
is an example of discretionary effort.
,7. *Which of the following best explains the primary purpose of the BACB's
Professional and Ethical Compliance code?*
A. The purpose of the Professional and Ethical Compliance Code is to
offer suggestions as how to treat clients and colleagues.
B. The purpose of the Professional and Ethical Compliance Code is to
restrict the practice of behavior analysis to certain well-defined
circumstances.
C. The purpose of the Professional and Ethical Compliance Code is to
pro- vide guidelines for certified and credentialed individuals to follow
when they are providing behavior analysis services.
D. The purpose of the Professional and Ethical Compliance Code is to
man- date specific tasks and behaviors for all certified and credentialed
individu- als.: C
Feedback: The purpose of the Professional and Ethical Compliance Code is to
provide guidelines for providing behavior analytic services.
8. *Which of the following can be said about the uniqueness of people with
autism?*
A. People with autism all have complex developmental needs.
B. People with autism are more alike than different in terms of skills.
C. While they may share some characteristics, people with autism are differ-
ent from each other.
D. The characteristics of those with autism make them more similar than
not.: C
Feedback: People with autism share some characteristics but are very different
from one another.
9. *Which of the following best describes autism spectrum disorders?*
A. A range of developmental disorders that affect a person's ability to
under- stand appropriate social etiquette
, B. Persistent deficits in social communication, social interaction, and en-
gagement in repetitive or stereotypical movements that impair a person's
everyday functioning
C. 3 specific disorders that cause limitations in social communication,
social interaction, and repetitive patterns of behavior
D. A sliding scale of severity of intellectual disability based on an
individual's ability to engage in appropriate social communication and
spatial under- standing: B
Feedback: ASD results in persistent deficits in social communication, social in-
teraction, and engagement in repetitive or stereotypical movements that impair
a person's everyday functioning.
10. *When cleaning up a work area you feel a sharp burning sensation in
your hand and find that you have been lacerated by contaminated sharp.
What should you do?*
A. Wash the laceration with soap and water and do not report the incident
as an exposure.
B. Wash the laceration with soap and water and report the incident as an
exposure immediately.
C. Delay medical attention but report an exposure to your employer.
