BCBA EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
Kim a 8yr old girl loves drawing but hates maths.Her teacher designed an intervention to increase her
compliance in maths.She allowed her to do drawing first before presenting any maths problem. she gave
full prompt to finish her maths problem and also ignored her tantrums before letting her to draw again.
What interventions this scenario involves:-
a)NCR,extinction,prompt
b)high-p request,extinction and prompt
c)behavior momentum, extinction
d)NCR, behavior momentum,extinction ,prompt - ANSWER b/d?
Louise is teaching Julien to identify colors. She has 3 colored bears on the table. She says, "Touch blue."
Which is the BEST example of a prompt:
A. She moves the blue bear closer to Julien, and he selects the green bear.
B. She briefly glances at the blue bear, and Julien selects the blue bear.
C. She places a black slash from a marker on the blue bear before delivering the Sd.
D. Julien touches the yellow bear, and she hand-over-hand has him touch the blue bear. - ANSWER B. She
briefly glances at the blue bear, and Julien selects the blue bear.
George 7yr old child has a behavior of stuffing his school toilet with tissue paper.Her teacher decided to
lock the toilet.The procedure was:-
a)extinction of behavior maintained by social positive reinforcement.
b)MO alteration by increasing response effort
C) Punishment
d) extinction of behavior maintained by automatic reinforcement. - ANSWER
A prompt is:
, A) an antecedent stimulus
B) a consequence as in a "No-No Prompt" procedure
C) might not always evoke correct responding
D) should always maintain its stimulus control - ANSWER A) an antecedent stimulus
George, a BCBA recently accepted a case involving a young child diagnosed with autism who bangs his
head and has limited communication skills. Upon meeting the child's parents for the first time, George
asked them about potential reinforcers (favorite toys, foods, activities, etc), what times of day he seems
to engage in head banging, why the child does this and what happens before/ after head banging.
a. The questions George asked are acceptable
b. The questions George asked are somewhat acceptable
c. The questions George asked are not acceptable
d. George should not have asked any questions, he should've conducted an FA first - ANSWER b. The
questions George asked are somewhat acceptable
Franklin barks at the mailman when he delivers mail. His owner sprays him with water as the mailman
approaches the house. In the future, Franklin's rate of barking increases when the mailman is present.
The procedure used could best be described as:
A. Positive punishment
B. Negative punishment
C. Positive reinforcement
D. Negative reinforcement - ANSWER C. Positive reinforcement
Mrs. M has a student she is toilet training. He is successful 70% of occasions. She beings to notice a
correlation between elastic waist pants and pants with a button and zipper and number of accidents.
Which is the most parsimonious explanation?
A. He needs more occupational therapy.
B. He can't undo a button on pants.
ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
Kim a 8yr old girl loves drawing but hates maths.Her teacher designed an intervention to increase her
compliance in maths.She allowed her to do drawing first before presenting any maths problem. she gave
full prompt to finish her maths problem and also ignored her tantrums before letting her to draw again.
What interventions this scenario involves:-
a)NCR,extinction,prompt
b)high-p request,extinction and prompt
c)behavior momentum, extinction
d)NCR, behavior momentum,extinction ,prompt - ANSWER b/d?
Louise is teaching Julien to identify colors. She has 3 colored bears on the table. She says, "Touch blue."
Which is the BEST example of a prompt:
A. She moves the blue bear closer to Julien, and he selects the green bear.
B. She briefly glances at the blue bear, and Julien selects the blue bear.
C. She places a black slash from a marker on the blue bear before delivering the Sd.
D. Julien touches the yellow bear, and she hand-over-hand has him touch the blue bear. - ANSWER B. She
briefly glances at the blue bear, and Julien selects the blue bear.
George 7yr old child has a behavior of stuffing his school toilet with tissue paper.Her teacher decided to
lock the toilet.The procedure was:-
a)extinction of behavior maintained by social positive reinforcement.
b)MO alteration by increasing response effort
C) Punishment
d) extinction of behavior maintained by automatic reinforcement. - ANSWER
A prompt is:
, A) an antecedent stimulus
B) a consequence as in a "No-No Prompt" procedure
C) might not always evoke correct responding
D) should always maintain its stimulus control - ANSWER A) an antecedent stimulus
George, a BCBA recently accepted a case involving a young child diagnosed with autism who bangs his
head and has limited communication skills. Upon meeting the child's parents for the first time, George
asked them about potential reinforcers (favorite toys, foods, activities, etc), what times of day he seems
to engage in head banging, why the child does this and what happens before/ after head banging.
a. The questions George asked are acceptable
b. The questions George asked are somewhat acceptable
c. The questions George asked are not acceptable
d. George should not have asked any questions, he should've conducted an FA first - ANSWER b. The
questions George asked are somewhat acceptable
Franklin barks at the mailman when he delivers mail. His owner sprays him with water as the mailman
approaches the house. In the future, Franklin's rate of barking increases when the mailman is present.
The procedure used could best be described as:
A. Positive punishment
B. Negative punishment
C. Positive reinforcement
D. Negative reinforcement - ANSWER C. Positive reinforcement
Mrs. M has a student she is toilet training. He is successful 70% of occasions. She beings to notice a
correlation between elastic waist pants and pants with a button and zipper and number of accidents.
Which is the most parsimonious explanation?
A. He needs more occupational therapy.
B. He can't undo a button on pants.
