FIT BCBA MOCK EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Due to a parent only implementing punishment procedures, she finds that her son begins to
avoid her. Which of the following best explains this effect?
A)
The parent became a discriminative stimulus for negative reinforcement.
B)
The parent became a conditioned aversive stimulus.
C)
The parent elicited emotional responses.
D)
The parent became an unconditioned aversive stimulus. - ANS B
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, When teaching a client to engage in recreational activities, which of the following strategies is
the least likely to be used when programming for maintenance?
A)
Set a behavior trap for the leisure skills that are targeted by the plan.
B)
Ensure that there is sufficient contact with reinforcement from the start.
C)
Assess the performance of the skill after instruction has ended.
D)
Use a CRF schedule to reinforce until the activity is no longer preferred. - ANS D
Don is a BCBA with a license in Marriage and Family Therapy. Don provides both behavior
analysis and marriage therapy to his clients. He is considering hiring a behavior specialist that
has no training in Marriage and Family Therapy. Of the following, which is best practice?
A)
Don should only hire behavior analysts that also have a background in marriage and family
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, B)
Ensure that the new employee only engages in behavior analytic practice. Supervise the new
employee only regarding the practice of ABA.
C)
Teach the new employee the techniques required to do marriage therapy and family therapy, if
that's what the client needs. Supervise the employee.
D)
Teach and supervise the new employee on both behavior analytic practice and marriage and
family therapy. Ensure that the client receives the treatment(s) they need. - ANS B
Of the following procedures, which is likely the best generative instruction strategy?
A)
A teacher shows her students the formulas for determining every geometric shape in the text,
and assesses the student's ability to remember the formulas.
B)
A student is taught to match a picture of a car to a picture of a car, then is taught to match a
picture of an apple to a picture of an apple. The student's matching skills are assessed.
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, C)
A student is taught the sounds that each letter and common letter blends make, then the
student is assessed on his ability to form and pronounce untaught combinations of those
letters.
D)
A teacher develops a stack of flash cards with whole words on them, and teaches his students
to fluently respond correctly to each card, when the card is presented. - ANS C
A loud noise elicits the activation syndrome. In the past, a bright light has been paired with a
loud noise. Now, a bright light elicits the activation syndrome. What type of relation is this?
A)
CS-CR
B)
US-UR
C)
S-R-S
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Due to a parent only implementing punishment procedures, she finds that her son begins to
avoid her. Which of the following best explains this effect?
A)
The parent became a discriminative stimulus for negative reinforcement.
B)
The parent became a conditioned aversive stimulus.
C)
The parent elicited emotional responses.
D)
The parent became an unconditioned aversive stimulus. - ANS B
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, When teaching a client to engage in recreational activities, which of the following strategies is
the least likely to be used when programming for maintenance?
A)
Set a behavior trap for the leisure skills that are targeted by the plan.
B)
Ensure that there is sufficient contact with reinforcement from the start.
C)
Assess the performance of the skill after instruction has ended.
D)
Use a CRF schedule to reinforce until the activity is no longer preferred. - ANS D
Don is a BCBA with a license in Marriage and Family Therapy. Don provides both behavior
analysis and marriage therapy to his clients. He is considering hiring a behavior specialist that
has no training in Marriage and Family Therapy. Of the following, which is best practice?
A)
Don should only hire behavior analysts that also have a background in marriage and family
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therapy, then provide supervision as needed.
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, B)
Ensure that the new employee only engages in behavior analytic practice. Supervise the new
employee only regarding the practice of ABA.
C)
Teach the new employee the techniques required to do marriage therapy and family therapy, if
that's what the client needs. Supervise the employee.
D)
Teach and supervise the new employee on both behavior analytic practice and marriage and
family therapy. Ensure that the client receives the treatment(s) they need. - ANS B
Of the following procedures, which is likely the best generative instruction strategy?
A)
A teacher shows her students the formulas for determining every geometric shape in the text,
and assesses the student's ability to remember the formulas.
B)
A student is taught to match a picture of a car to a picture of a car, then is taught to match a
picture of an apple to a picture of an apple. The student's matching skills are assessed.
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, C)
A student is taught the sounds that each letter and common letter blends make, then the
student is assessed on his ability to form and pronounce untaught combinations of those
letters.
D)
A teacher develops a stack of flash cards with whole words on them, and teaches his students
to fluently respond correctly to each card, when the card is presented. - ANS C
A loud noise elicits the activation syndrome. In the past, a bright light has been paired with a
loud noise. Now, a bright light elicits the activation syndrome. What type of relation is this?
A)
CS-CR
B)
US-UR
C)
S-R-S
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