Board Certified Autism Technician (BCAT)
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1. Autism is a:
A. Neurodevelopment Disorder
B. Mood Disorder
C. Metabolic Disorder - ANSWER ✔ A
2. ASD is characterized by:
A. "Difficulties with reading, writing and math"
B. "Difficulties in social interaction, communication and repetitive
behaviors"
C. "Difficulties with communication, acting out and academics"
D. "Difficulties with following instructions and self harming" -
ANSWER ✔ B
3. ABA is the cure for autism
A. TRUE
B. FALSE - ANSWER ✔ B
4. The three term contingency is
A. Antecedent-Behavior-Consequence
B. Lions-Tigers-Bears
C. Environmental Event-Behavior-Consequence
, D. Antecedent-Behavior-Reward - ANSWER ✔ A
5. Behavior must:
A. Occur outside of the person
B. Be observable by another person
C. Be defined as good or bad
D. A and B - ANSWER ✔ D
6. We seek to understand how ________ influence the occurrence of behavior
A. Everything
B. Private Events
C. Environmental events
D. Rewards - ANSWER ✔ C
7. Knowledge of deficits in social emotional-reciprocity - ANSWER ✔ for
example, from abnormal social approach and failure of normal back-and-
forth conversation; to reduced sharing of interests, emotions, or affect; to
failure to initiate or respond to social interactions.
Ex: Not responding to regular greeting, no eye contact when called by name,
unable to recognize emotions, do not understand jokes, unable to recognize
body language or facial expression
8. Knowledge of deficits in nonverbal communicative behaviors used for social
interaction - ANSWER ✔ Ex: not recognizing when the person talking to
is sad, bored, etc., not picking up facial expression or body language.
Scenario: when a peer is yawning, and looking away, the child with Autism is
still talking and not picking up the social cue (the other person is bored).
9. Knowledge of deficits in developing, maintaining, and understanding
relationships - ANSWER ✔ i) for example, from difficulties adjusting
behavior to suit various social contexts; to difficulties in sharing imaginative
play or in making friends; to absence of interest in peers.
ii) Examples: shows no interest in peers and have difficulty making friends
,10.Knowledge of stereotyped or repetitive motor movements, use of objects, or
Speech - ANSWER ✔ (e.g., simple motor stereotypes, lining up toys or
flipping objects, echolalia, idiosyncratic phrases).
ii) Examples: flapping hands, running back and forth, making repetitive noises,
fixated on an object
11.Knowledge of insistence on sameness, inflexible adherence to routines, or
ritualized patterns of verbal or nonverbal behavior - ANSWER ✔ (e.g.,
extreme distress at small changes, difficulties with transitions, rigid thinking
patterns, greeting rituals, need to take same route or eat food every day).
ii) Examples: unexpected schedule changes to daily routine, change in therapist,
novel settings, playing toys the same way.
12.Knowledge of highly restricted, fixated interests that are abnormal in
intensity or focus - ANSWER ✔ (e.g, strong attachment to or
preoccupation with unusual objects, excessively circumscribed or
perseverative interest).
ii) Examples: child is fixated on one particular movie or toy (ie. Angry bird) or
replaying the same video clip over and over again.
13.What is a responsibility of a top-tier supervisor?
A. Develop goals and treatment plan
B. supervise treatment implementation
C. analyze data and evaluate client progress
D. All of the above - ANSWER ✔ D. All of the above
14.What is the responsibility of the BCAT?
A. Assess the clients level of functioning
B. Train staff members on implementation
C. Take data on client progress
D. All of the above - ANSWER ✔ C. Take data on client progress
15.What is not an eligibility requirement for the BCAT?
A. Complete a 40-hour training
B. Have a bachelor's degree
C. Submit and background check
, D. Pass the BCAT exam at an approved proctoring location - ANSWER
✔ B. Have a bachelors degree
16.Which is not an example of an SD that can be used to teach receptive
identification?
A. Give me (item)
B.touch (item)
C. Point to (item)
D. What is it? - ANSWER ✔ D. What is it?
17.What does AAC for?
A. Augmentative and alternative communication
B. Assistive and augmentative communication
C. Alternative and appropriate communication
D. Appropriate and assistive communication - ANSWER ✔ A.
Augmentative and alternative communication
18.Skinner's Four Verbal Operants - ANSWER ✔ 1. intraverbal 2. tact 3.
mand 4. echoic
19.Vocal Behavior - ANSWER ✔ Any behavior that involves vocal output or
speech
20.Verbal Behavior - ANSWER ✔ Any behavior for which the consequence
is mediated by the bx of another person. Bx that is reinforced by another
person.
21.Function of Behavior - ANSWER ✔ The reason the bx is occurring; It is
what reinforces or maintains the bx.
22.Verbal Expressive Behavior - ANSWER ✔ Responds by saying something
23.Verbal Receptive Behavior - ANSWER ✔ Responding non-vocally to a
given instruction
EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
ACCURATE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
DETAILED SOLUTIONS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS
<NEWEST VERSION>
1. Autism is a:
A. Neurodevelopment Disorder
B. Mood Disorder
C. Metabolic Disorder - ANSWER ✔ A
2. ASD is characterized by:
A. "Difficulties with reading, writing and math"
B. "Difficulties in social interaction, communication and repetitive
behaviors"
C. "Difficulties with communication, acting out and academics"
D. "Difficulties with following instructions and self harming" -
ANSWER ✔ B
3. ABA is the cure for autism
A. TRUE
B. FALSE - ANSWER ✔ B
4. The three term contingency is
A. Antecedent-Behavior-Consequence
B. Lions-Tigers-Bears
C. Environmental Event-Behavior-Consequence
, D. Antecedent-Behavior-Reward - ANSWER ✔ A
5. Behavior must:
A. Occur outside of the person
B. Be observable by another person
C. Be defined as good or bad
D. A and B - ANSWER ✔ D
6. We seek to understand how ________ influence the occurrence of behavior
A. Everything
B. Private Events
C. Environmental events
D. Rewards - ANSWER ✔ C
7. Knowledge of deficits in social emotional-reciprocity - ANSWER ✔ for
example, from abnormal social approach and failure of normal back-and-
forth conversation; to reduced sharing of interests, emotions, or affect; to
failure to initiate or respond to social interactions.
Ex: Not responding to regular greeting, no eye contact when called by name,
unable to recognize emotions, do not understand jokes, unable to recognize
body language or facial expression
8. Knowledge of deficits in nonverbal communicative behaviors used for social
interaction - ANSWER ✔ Ex: not recognizing when the person talking to
is sad, bored, etc., not picking up facial expression or body language.
Scenario: when a peer is yawning, and looking away, the child with Autism is
still talking and not picking up the social cue (the other person is bored).
9. Knowledge of deficits in developing, maintaining, and understanding
relationships - ANSWER ✔ i) for example, from difficulties adjusting
behavior to suit various social contexts; to difficulties in sharing imaginative
play or in making friends; to absence of interest in peers.
ii) Examples: shows no interest in peers and have difficulty making friends
,10.Knowledge of stereotyped or repetitive motor movements, use of objects, or
Speech - ANSWER ✔ (e.g., simple motor stereotypes, lining up toys or
flipping objects, echolalia, idiosyncratic phrases).
ii) Examples: flapping hands, running back and forth, making repetitive noises,
fixated on an object
11.Knowledge of insistence on sameness, inflexible adherence to routines, or
ritualized patterns of verbal or nonverbal behavior - ANSWER ✔ (e.g.,
extreme distress at small changes, difficulties with transitions, rigid thinking
patterns, greeting rituals, need to take same route or eat food every day).
ii) Examples: unexpected schedule changes to daily routine, change in therapist,
novel settings, playing toys the same way.
12.Knowledge of highly restricted, fixated interests that are abnormal in
intensity or focus - ANSWER ✔ (e.g, strong attachment to or
preoccupation with unusual objects, excessively circumscribed or
perseverative interest).
ii) Examples: child is fixated on one particular movie or toy (ie. Angry bird) or
replaying the same video clip over and over again.
13.What is a responsibility of a top-tier supervisor?
A. Develop goals and treatment plan
B. supervise treatment implementation
C. analyze data and evaluate client progress
D. All of the above - ANSWER ✔ D. All of the above
14.What is the responsibility of the BCAT?
A. Assess the clients level of functioning
B. Train staff members on implementation
C. Take data on client progress
D. All of the above - ANSWER ✔ C. Take data on client progress
15.What is not an eligibility requirement for the BCAT?
A. Complete a 40-hour training
B. Have a bachelor's degree
C. Submit and background check
, D. Pass the BCAT exam at an approved proctoring location - ANSWER
✔ B. Have a bachelors degree
16.Which is not an example of an SD that can be used to teach receptive
identification?
A. Give me (item)
B.touch (item)
C. Point to (item)
D. What is it? - ANSWER ✔ D. What is it?
17.What does AAC for?
A. Augmentative and alternative communication
B. Assistive and augmentative communication
C. Alternative and appropriate communication
D. Appropriate and assistive communication - ANSWER ✔ A.
Augmentative and alternative communication
18.Skinner's Four Verbal Operants - ANSWER ✔ 1. intraverbal 2. tact 3.
mand 4. echoic
19.Vocal Behavior - ANSWER ✔ Any behavior that involves vocal output or
speech
20.Verbal Behavior - ANSWER ✔ Any behavior for which the consequence
is mediated by the bx of another person. Bx that is reinforced by another
person.
21.Function of Behavior - ANSWER ✔ The reason the bx is occurring; It is
what reinforces or maintains the bx.
22.Verbal Expressive Behavior - ANSWER ✔ Responds by saying something
23.Verbal Receptive Behavior - ANSWER ✔ Responding non-vocally to a
given instruction
