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BCBA MOCK EXAM 2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALL
ANSWERED {150 Q & A} ALREADY GRADED A+ |
BRAND NEW!
A student for whom you are providing behavior analysis services
lives with her mother. Her parents are divorced and her mother
has custody per a court order. The father calls you and asks for a
progress report on his daughter. What do you tell the father?
a) Tell him that since he is no longer the legal guardian, you are
not ethically permitted to release any information on the student
without written authorization from the mother
b) Since he is the father, you tell him how his daughter is doing
c) You tell him that since he and the mother are divorced, you are
only permitted to send a written report in the mail.
d) Tell him that he needs to call the school principal for the
information as you are ethically not permitted to do so. - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > A
Billy is a 5-year child with Down's Syndrome who exhibits some
mild tantrums when examined by his physician. The tantrums
comprise crying, whining, and occasionally throwing himself on
the floor. The initial assessment suggests that the tantrums are
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escape maintained behavior. The most reasonable initial plan of
action when Billy exhibits a tantrum is to:
a. Temporarily place him in the waiting room until he calms
down.
b. Have Billy stay with the physician to ensure safety, and make
sure that
before Billy leaves the office, he has been cooperative for at least
1 minute.
c. Have Billy go to an adjoining room and perform some
overcorrection
activities by practicing appropriate social behavior
d. Use a water mist procedure. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > B
Select the best staff training package.
a. Staff is given a book on behavior analysis and asked to read it.
Comprehension tests are given after each chapter.
b. Staff is given explanations of the procedures and given a quiz.
Then a weekly feedback system is implemented to sharpen their
skills.
c. Explanations of each procedure are given to the staff. Then the
supervisor demonstrates the procedures. Then staff is given
opportunities to practice the skills in real life situations followed
by feedback from the trainer.
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d. The supervisor conducts role playing sessions with the staff
with weekly feedback provided for performance. - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > C
A researcher systematically varies the conditions of an earlier
experiment in order to examine its generality. This is an example
of a:
a) Direct reproduction
b) Systematic replication
c) Component analysis
d) Systematic reproduction - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > B
If you collect baseline data on head slapping, have the parents
praise their son on a CRF schedule for saying, "Come here,
please" instead of head slapping, and then have the parents offer
attention on a Fixed Time 10' schedule, then in the next condition
provide praise again on a CRF schedule when he says "come
here please" instead of head slapping, what kind of design did
you utilize?
a) Multiple Baseline
b) Changing Criterion
c) Withdrawal Design
d) ABCB Reversal Design - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > D
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An experimenter implements a reinforcement program in a
classroom setting to increase John's rate of reading. During the
study, he measures the number of words read per hour. He also
measures the number of words read in a science class, even
though the reinforcement program is not used in this 2nd class.
Why is the experimenter measuring John's behavior in the 2nd
class?
a) To measure stimulus generality of the effects of instruction
b) To measure response generalization
c) To conduct a systematic replication to examine setting
generality
d) To measure stimulus generalization of the reading skills - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > D
The term, "schedule thinning" refers to:
a) A prompting reduction plan
b) Changing a reinforcement schedule from continuous to
intermittent
c) No occurrences of the behavior are reinforced.
d) Switching from a high to a low rate of responses for the target
behavior - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > B
Which reinforcement schedule results in a scalloped pattern of
responding?
BCBA MOCK EXAM 2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALL
ANSWERED {150 Q & A} ALREADY GRADED A+ |
BRAND NEW!
A student for whom you are providing behavior analysis services
lives with her mother. Her parents are divorced and her mother
has custody per a court order. The father calls you and asks for a
progress report on his daughter. What do you tell the father?
a) Tell him that since he is no longer the legal guardian, you are
not ethically permitted to release any information on the student
without written authorization from the mother
b) Since he is the father, you tell him how his daughter is doing
c) You tell him that since he and the mother are divorced, you are
only permitted to send a written report in the mail.
d) Tell him that he needs to call the school principal for the
information as you are ethically not permitted to do so. - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > A
Billy is a 5-year child with Down's Syndrome who exhibits some
mild tantrums when examined by his physician. The tantrums
comprise crying, whining, and occasionally throwing himself on
the floor. The initial assessment suggests that the tantrums are
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escape maintained behavior. The most reasonable initial plan of
action when Billy exhibits a tantrum is to:
a. Temporarily place him in the waiting room until he calms
down.
b. Have Billy stay with the physician to ensure safety, and make
sure that
before Billy leaves the office, he has been cooperative for at least
1 minute.
c. Have Billy go to an adjoining room and perform some
overcorrection
activities by practicing appropriate social behavior
d. Use a water mist procedure. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > B
Select the best staff training package.
a. Staff is given a book on behavior analysis and asked to read it.
Comprehension tests are given after each chapter.
b. Staff is given explanations of the procedures and given a quiz.
Then a weekly feedback system is implemented to sharpen their
skills.
c. Explanations of each procedure are given to the staff. Then the
supervisor demonstrates the procedures. Then staff is given
opportunities to practice the skills in real life situations followed
by feedback from the trainer.
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d. The supervisor conducts role playing sessions with the staff
with weekly feedback provided for performance. - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > C
A researcher systematically varies the conditions of an earlier
experiment in order to examine its generality. This is an example
of a:
a) Direct reproduction
b) Systematic replication
c) Component analysis
d) Systematic reproduction - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > B
If you collect baseline data on head slapping, have the parents
praise their son on a CRF schedule for saying, "Come here,
please" instead of head slapping, and then have the parents offer
attention on a Fixed Time 10' schedule, then in the next condition
provide praise again on a CRF schedule when he says "come
here please" instead of head slapping, what kind of design did
you utilize?
a) Multiple Baseline
b) Changing Criterion
c) Withdrawal Design
d) ABCB Reversal Design - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > D
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An experimenter implements a reinforcement program in a
classroom setting to increase John's rate of reading. During the
study, he measures the number of words read per hour. He also
measures the number of words read in a science class, even
though the reinforcement program is not used in this 2nd class.
Why is the experimenter measuring John's behavior in the 2nd
class?
a) To measure stimulus generality of the effects of instruction
b) To measure response generalization
c) To conduct a systematic replication to examine setting
generality
d) To measure stimulus generalization of the reading skills - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > D
The term, "schedule thinning" refers to:
a) A prompting reduction plan
b) Changing a reinforcement schedule from continuous to
intermittent
c) No occurrences of the behavior are reinforced.
d) Switching from a high to a low rate of responses for the target
behavior - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > B
Which reinforcement schedule results in a scalloped pattern of
responding?
