BCBA_2026 Actual Exam
2025-2026
Final Exam Questions with
Verified Answers | Grade A+ |
New Version
,A client under your supervision B
engages in frequent rumination that
appears to have resulted in
substantial weight loss. What is the
first assessment task?
a. Systematic manipulation of some
variable
b. Records review
c. Nothing - the behavior is not
change worthy
d. Conduct an IQ test
You find that one of your clients has a C
substantial anxiety reaction to being
in the lunchroom. You posit that there
is some kind of respondent
conditioning process that has caused
this, and you wish to try respondent
extinction. This would involve
a. Social extinction - ignore the child
when he becomes anxious
b. Escape extinction - do not let the
child escape from the lunchroom
c. Have the child frequently enter the
lunchroom without any "traumatic"
events occurring.
d. Have the child perform a task while
in the lunchroom.
The philosophy of determinism, as B
applied to the analysis of behavior,
assumes that behavior is:
a. subject to random occurrences.
b. caused by some event or
combination of events.
c. a cause of other events.
d. determined by the will of the
person.
,You take an initial baseline on "in B
seat" behavior. You then implement a
token economy in which in seat
behavior is reinforced with tokens.
Your treatment team decides to
demonstrate the efficacy of the token
system, and recommends an A-B-C-B
reversal design. Which of the
following is an example of such a
design?
a. In the 3rd phase, stop
implementing the token system
b. In the 3rd phase, present tokens
for out of seat behavior
c. Present the tokens for in seat
behavior in another setting
d. Implement a schedule of less
frequent tokens in phase 3
You are talking with a staff member A
about a client's behavior, and that
staff tells you that the client exhibited
a tantrum the other day. You wish to
set up a program, but you feel that
you will need consent to do it. What
are the three elements needed?
a. capacity, informed, voluntariness
b. informed, voluntariness, older than
18 years old
c. no coercion, cost/benefits, approval
d. informed, approval, legal age
Describe how a DRI schedule might B
be used to decrease the frequency of
walking around and bothering other
workers at the work site.
a. Have the person earn a reinforcer
contingent on the absence of
bothering others
b. Provide a reinforcer contingent on
working diligently and quietly at his
seat
c. Move his seat away from others
and make it somewhat "isolated."
d. Reinforce appropriate asking to
visit others
, You are having trouble getting Kenny C
on the van. Apparently, the action is
effortful, as he has to climb up the
stairs, which gives him trouble. In
fact, he has actually given up even
trying. Using behavioral momentum,
how can this be treated?
a. Provide a reinforcer for getting on
the van.
b. Prompt him briskly down the hall,
and release him right before he
reaches the steps of the van. Then
fade the release point backwards.
c. Give a reinforcer for some low
effort actions then give the direction
to "get on the van."
d. Give small reinforcers for just
looking at the van, then slowly
increase the size of the reinforcer as
he begins getting up to walk toward
the van.
You are working with a client who B
finds physical touch to be aversive.
When the person is off task, the
program calls for you to give a
warning by counting to "10"; at that
point, you gently touch him if he has
not back on task. The touch remains
until he returns to task. Please note
that being touched is aversive for this
particular individual.
If the person gets back on task during
the counting, this is an example of:
a. Escape
b. Avoidance
c. Positive reinforcement
d. Stimulus fading
2025-2026
Final Exam Questions with
Verified Answers | Grade A+ |
New Version
,A client under your supervision B
engages in frequent rumination that
appears to have resulted in
substantial weight loss. What is the
first assessment task?
a. Systematic manipulation of some
variable
b. Records review
c. Nothing - the behavior is not
change worthy
d. Conduct an IQ test
You find that one of your clients has a C
substantial anxiety reaction to being
in the lunchroom. You posit that there
is some kind of respondent
conditioning process that has caused
this, and you wish to try respondent
extinction. This would involve
a. Social extinction - ignore the child
when he becomes anxious
b. Escape extinction - do not let the
child escape from the lunchroom
c. Have the child frequently enter the
lunchroom without any "traumatic"
events occurring.
d. Have the child perform a task while
in the lunchroom.
The philosophy of determinism, as B
applied to the analysis of behavior,
assumes that behavior is:
a. subject to random occurrences.
b. caused by some event or
combination of events.
c. a cause of other events.
d. determined by the will of the
person.
,You take an initial baseline on "in B
seat" behavior. You then implement a
token economy in which in seat
behavior is reinforced with tokens.
Your treatment team decides to
demonstrate the efficacy of the token
system, and recommends an A-B-C-B
reversal design. Which of the
following is an example of such a
design?
a. In the 3rd phase, stop
implementing the token system
b. In the 3rd phase, present tokens
for out of seat behavior
c. Present the tokens for in seat
behavior in another setting
d. Implement a schedule of less
frequent tokens in phase 3
You are talking with a staff member A
about a client's behavior, and that
staff tells you that the client exhibited
a tantrum the other day. You wish to
set up a program, but you feel that
you will need consent to do it. What
are the three elements needed?
a. capacity, informed, voluntariness
b. informed, voluntariness, older than
18 years old
c. no coercion, cost/benefits, approval
d. informed, approval, legal age
Describe how a DRI schedule might B
be used to decrease the frequency of
walking around and bothering other
workers at the work site.
a. Have the person earn a reinforcer
contingent on the absence of
bothering others
b. Provide a reinforcer contingent on
working diligently and quietly at his
seat
c. Move his seat away from others
and make it somewhat "isolated."
d. Reinforce appropriate asking to
visit others
, You are having trouble getting Kenny C
on the van. Apparently, the action is
effortful, as he has to climb up the
stairs, which gives him trouble. In
fact, he has actually given up even
trying. Using behavioral momentum,
how can this be treated?
a. Provide a reinforcer for getting on
the van.
b. Prompt him briskly down the hall,
and release him right before he
reaches the steps of the van. Then
fade the release point backwards.
c. Give a reinforcer for some low
effort actions then give the direction
to "get on the van."
d. Give small reinforcers for just
looking at the van, then slowly
increase the size of the reinforcer as
he begins getting up to walk toward
the van.
You are working with a client who B
finds physical touch to be aversive.
When the person is off task, the
program calls for you to give a
warning by counting to "10"; at that
point, you gently touch him if he has
not back on task. The touch remains
until he returns to task. Please note
that being touched is aversive for this
particular individual.
If the person gets back on task during
the counting, this is an example of:
a. Escape
b. Avoidance
c. Positive reinforcement
d. Stimulus fading
