FIT BCBA COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Populations served in early behavior analysis. Answer: Prisoners;
severe autism, mental retardation, schizophrenia
◉ Conducted the early applications of behavior analysis. Answer:
Behavioral experimental psychology graduates
◉ Used by ABA pioneers to evaluate effectiveness in the real world.
Answer: Early applications of EAB
◉ Year ABA was formalized. Answer: 1968
◉ Caused the drift to behavior modification and management. Answer:
Institutional need for "behavior modifiers"
◉ Approach used by behavior modifiers. Answer: "Topography-based"
behavior reduction
◉ Focuses only on problem bx. Answer: Behavior management
,◉ Cook-book approach
Topography-based
Technologist
Procedures at the core. Answer: 4 characteristics of behavior
modification/management
◉ Individualized
Function-based
Analysts
Basic principles at the core. Answer: 4 characteristics of behavior
analysis
◉ Minimizes achieving meaningful outcomes
Minimizes access to reinforcers
Maximizes contact with punishers
May result in restricted access to community. Answer: 4 characteristics
of problem behavior
◉ Rate (too high)
IRT (too short)
Duration (too long)
Severity/intensity (too high)
,Wrong place, situation, or time. Answer: 5 parameters of problem
behavior
◉ Model for treating problem bx based on form of the bx. Answer:
Topography-based treatment model
◉ Use of punishers and restrictive procedures
Use of artificial and arbitrary reinforcers
Heavy use of DROs
Lack of planning for generalization and maintenance. Answer:
Characteristics of topography-based treatment procedures
◉ "One-size fits all" approach. Answer: Cook-book approach
◉ Taught non-functional incompatible behaviors. Answer: Topography-
based DRI
◉ Alternative bx benefited caregivers and not client. Answer:
Topography-based DRA
◉ Contingent relations not broken
Bx did not maintain or generalize
Problem bx hidden under tight stimulus control. Answer: 3 limitations of
the topography-based treatment model
, ◉ Model for treating problem bx based on the function. Answer:
Function-based treatment model
◉ An appropriate form of communication is taught to replace problem
bx. Answer: Functional Communication Training (FCT)
◉ FCT - Stage 1. Answer: Conduct a functional assessment or analysis
◉ FCT - Stage 2. Answer: Train and differentially reinforce a
communicative response
◉ FCT - Stage 3. Answer: Transfer control to real-life settings and
persons
◉ More specific words taught and results in a larger speaker repertoire.
Answer: Mand training
◉ Incorporate multiple trainers & settings
Include like stimuli
Sequential modification. Answer: 3 strategies for promoting
generalization in FCT
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Populations served in early behavior analysis. Answer: Prisoners;
severe autism, mental retardation, schizophrenia
◉ Conducted the early applications of behavior analysis. Answer:
Behavioral experimental psychology graduates
◉ Used by ABA pioneers to evaluate effectiveness in the real world.
Answer: Early applications of EAB
◉ Year ABA was formalized. Answer: 1968
◉ Caused the drift to behavior modification and management. Answer:
Institutional need for "behavior modifiers"
◉ Approach used by behavior modifiers. Answer: "Topography-based"
behavior reduction
◉ Focuses only on problem bx. Answer: Behavior management
,◉ Cook-book approach
Topography-based
Technologist
Procedures at the core. Answer: 4 characteristics of behavior
modification/management
◉ Individualized
Function-based
Analysts
Basic principles at the core. Answer: 4 characteristics of behavior
analysis
◉ Minimizes achieving meaningful outcomes
Minimizes access to reinforcers
Maximizes contact with punishers
May result in restricted access to community. Answer: 4 characteristics
of problem behavior
◉ Rate (too high)
IRT (too short)
Duration (too long)
Severity/intensity (too high)
,Wrong place, situation, or time. Answer: 5 parameters of problem
behavior
◉ Model for treating problem bx based on form of the bx. Answer:
Topography-based treatment model
◉ Use of punishers and restrictive procedures
Use of artificial and arbitrary reinforcers
Heavy use of DROs
Lack of planning for generalization and maintenance. Answer:
Characteristics of topography-based treatment procedures
◉ "One-size fits all" approach. Answer: Cook-book approach
◉ Taught non-functional incompatible behaviors. Answer: Topography-
based DRI
◉ Alternative bx benefited caregivers and not client. Answer:
Topography-based DRA
◉ Contingent relations not broken
Bx did not maintain or generalize
Problem bx hidden under tight stimulus control. Answer: 3 limitations of
the topography-based treatment model
, ◉ Model for treating problem bx based on the function. Answer:
Function-based treatment model
◉ An appropriate form of communication is taught to replace problem
bx. Answer: Functional Communication Training (FCT)
◉ FCT - Stage 1. Answer: Conduct a functional assessment or analysis
◉ FCT - Stage 2. Answer: Train and differentially reinforce a
communicative response
◉ FCT - Stage 3. Answer: Transfer control to real-life settings and
persons
◉ More specific words taught and results in a larger speaker repertoire.
Answer: Mand training
◉ Incorporate multiple trainers & settings
Include like stimuli
Sequential modification. Answer: 3 strategies for promoting
generalization in FCT
