BCAT Exam – 2025/2026 Updated Study Guide
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Which of the following statements is true?
A. Accurate data is sometimes necessary for making sure that behavior change plans
are relevant to the person receiving them.
B. Accurate data is always necessary for building behavior change plans and measuring
progress.
C. If most of the data collected is accurate, then it will be enough to make decisions
about the behavior.
D. If only a small amount of data is collected over time, we still can make conclusions
about the success of failure of a treatment plan. - correct answerB
Under What circumstances is it alright not to take data immediately after a behavior
occurs?
A. When you don't have a pencil or date collection device handy.
B. When it is time to transition to another activity and you might have time later.
C. When the demands of the intervention of the behavior of the person precludes taking
data immediately. - correct answerC
Least intrusive interventions are preferable because:
A. They offer the person a greater opportunity to self-monitor their own behavior.
B. They are not preferable because they take too long to be affective.
C. They are the easiest to use.
D. they are always appropriate. - correct answerA
If an intrusive intervention such as punishment or physical intervention must be used, it
is important to:
A. Make sure staff has clean background checks.
B. Make sure that only the bigger staff members implement them.
C. Make sure the data and the client are monitored for unintended side effects and the
rate of progress.
D. Make sure the intervention is used on only the days that the behaviors are really bad.
- correct answerC
The end goal is to generalize imitation skills so students are able to copy the behavior
of:
A. Peers.
B. Teachers.
C. Skill trainers/paraprofessionals.
D. Parents.
,E. All of the above - correct answerE
Another end goal of imitation training is for the learner to continue to imitate behaviors in
the absence of:
A. Direct instruction and continuous reinforcement.
B. A model.
C. the SD "Do this".
D. Direct reinforcement. - correct answerA
True or False: Motor Imitation and Verbal Imitation can be taught simultaneously.
A. True
B. False - correct answerA
The antecedent of imitation is:
A. Reinforcement of imitative behavior.
B. The person mimicking the movement of the model.
C. The SD "Do this".
D. A stimulus involving motor movements by a model. - correct answerD
In the early phases of a toy or object imitation, it is best to start with:
A. Novel materials that the child has not been exposed to.
B. Toys that the student has shown interest in.
C. objects that evoke problem behavior in the learner.
D. Musical instruments because all children with autism enjoy music. - correct answerB
The SD for both gross motor and toy imitation should be:
A. Specific
B. Non-specific - correct answerB
What kind of imitation generally assists in the development of verbal imitation and
speech?
A. Fine motor
B. Gross motor
C. Object
D. Oral motor - correct answerD
Pointing, giving thumbs up, squeezing playdough, and pressing buttons are common
beginning targets of what kind of imitation?
A. toy/object imitation.
B. Gross motor imitation.
C. Fine motor imitation.
D. Oral motor imitation. - correct answerC
Targets should be chosen based on:
A. What the teacher thinks is important.
, B. The individual skill level of the student, as determined through assessments such as
the VB-MAPP.
C. General expectations of like-aged learners.
D. The most complex skills that are age appropriate. - correct answerB
True or False: There are no prerequisite skills necessary to begin teaching imitation.
A. True
B. False - correct answerB
True or False: If you are working at a table you must be engaged in discrete trial
instruction.
A. True
B. False - correct answerB
True or False: Teaching sessions should be across a variety of settings, materials,
types of responses and verbal operants.
A. True
B. False - correct answerA
True or False: One of the basic assumptions of NaTS is that skills should be taught at
the table before transitioning into the natural environment.
A. True
B. False - correct answerB
True or False: NaTS usually has fewer teaching trails than DTT/ITT
A. True
B. False - correct answerA
NaTS came about in what decade and was called incidental Teaching by Hart and
Risley?
A. 1960s
B. 2000s
C. 1980s
D. 1940s - correct answerA
Josh's Instructor _________________ the tools with reinforcement so the tools may
become conditional reinforcers.
A. replaced
B. alternated
C. Functionally related
D. Paired - correct answerD
True or False: If a learner echoes the word candy and is given a ball, this is
demonstrating a functional relation.
A. True
B. False - correct answerB
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Which of the following statements is true?
A. Accurate data is sometimes necessary for making sure that behavior change plans
are relevant to the person receiving them.
B. Accurate data is always necessary for building behavior change plans and measuring
progress.
C. If most of the data collected is accurate, then it will be enough to make decisions
about the behavior.
D. If only a small amount of data is collected over time, we still can make conclusions
about the success of failure of a treatment plan. - correct answerB
Under What circumstances is it alright not to take data immediately after a behavior
occurs?
A. When you don't have a pencil or date collection device handy.
B. When it is time to transition to another activity and you might have time later.
C. When the demands of the intervention of the behavior of the person precludes taking
data immediately. - correct answerC
Least intrusive interventions are preferable because:
A. They offer the person a greater opportunity to self-monitor their own behavior.
B. They are not preferable because they take too long to be affective.
C. They are the easiest to use.
D. they are always appropriate. - correct answerA
If an intrusive intervention such as punishment or physical intervention must be used, it
is important to:
A. Make sure staff has clean background checks.
B. Make sure that only the bigger staff members implement them.
C. Make sure the data and the client are monitored for unintended side effects and the
rate of progress.
D. Make sure the intervention is used on only the days that the behaviors are really bad.
- correct answerC
The end goal is to generalize imitation skills so students are able to copy the behavior
of:
A. Peers.
B. Teachers.
C. Skill trainers/paraprofessionals.
D. Parents.
,E. All of the above - correct answerE
Another end goal of imitation training is for the learner to continue to imitate behaviors in
the absence of:
A. Direct instruction and continuous reinforcement.
B. A model.
C. the SD "Do this".
D. Direct reinforcement. - correct answerA
True or False: Motor Imitation and Verbal Imitation can be taught simultaneously.
A. True
B. False - correct answerA
The antecedent of imitation is:
A. Reinforcement of imitative behavior.
B. The person mimicking the movement of the model.
C. The SD "Do this".
D. A stimulus involving motor movements by a model. - correct answerD
In the early phases of a toy or object imitation, it is best to start with:
A. Novel materials that the child has not been exposed to.
B. Toys that the student has shown interest in.
C. objects that evoke problem behavior in the learner.
D. Musical instruments because all children with autism enjoy music. - correct answerB
The SD for both gross motor and toy imitation should be:
A. Specific
B. Non-specific - correct answerB
What kind of imitation generally assists in the development of verbal imitation and
speech?
A. Fine motor
B. Gross motor
C. Object
D. Oral motor - correct answerD
Pointing, giving thumbs up, squeezing playdough, and pressing buttons are common
beginning targets of what kind of imitation?
A. toy/object imitation.
B. Gross motor imitation.
C. Fine motor imitation.
D. Oral motor imitation. - correct answerC
Targets should be chosen based on:
A. What the teacher thinks is important.
, B. The individual skill level of the student, as determined through assessments such as
the VB-MAPP.
C. General expectations of like-aged learners.
D. The most complex skills that are age appropriate. - correct answerB
True or False: There are no prerequisite skills necessary to begin teaching imitation.
A. True
B. False - correct answerB
True or False: If you are working at a table you must be engaged in discrete trial
instruction.
A. True
B. False - correct answerB
True or False: Teaching sessions should be across a variety of settings, materials,
types of responses and verbal operants.
A. True
B. False - correct answerA
True or False: One of the basic assumptions of NaTS is that skills should be taught at
the table before transitioning into the natural environment.
A. True
B. False - correct answerB
True or False: NaTS usually has fewer teaching trails than DTT/ITT
A. True
B. False - correct answerA
NaTS came about in what decade and was called incidental Teaching by Hart and
Risley?
A. 1960s
B. 2000s
C. 1980s
D. 1940s - correct answerA
Josh's Instructor _________________ the tools with reinforcement so the tools may
become conditional reinforcers.
A. replaced
B. alternated
C. Functionally related
D. Paired - correct answerD
True or False: If a learner echoes the word candy and is given a ball, this is
demonstrating a functional relation.
A. True
B. False - correct answerB
