BCAT LATEST 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
✔✔Which teaching procedure is therapist directed, structured, and uses contrived
reinforcers?
A. Natural environment teaching
B. Discrete Trial Training
C. Shaping
D. Differential reinforcement - ✔✔B
✔✔What teaching procedure uses the ABC contingency to teach goals?
A. Natural environment teaching
B. Discrete Trial Training
C. No-No Prompting
D. Both A and B - ✔✔D
✔✔RBT's can deviate from the plan or design their own interventions.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE - ✔✔B
✔✔The most effective interventions combine both NET and DTT
A. TRUE
B. FALSE - ✔✔A
✔✔Stimulus control is when a response is more likely to occur in the presence of a
certain stimulus
A. TRUE
B. FALSE - ✔✔A
✔✔You put three pictures on the table in front of your client: a car, a block, and a dog.
Then, you say "Point to dog." If your client points to the dog you say "YAY!" and give
them a preferred toy. If they point to the car or the block, you do not say anything and
move on to another trial. This lesson (delivering reinforcement for the correct response,
no reinforcement for incorrect response) will result in:
A. Stimulus fading
B. Stimulus control
C. Response control
D. Response analysis - ✔✔B
,✔✔When Julie sees her friend Carlos, she says "Carlos!" and Carlos looks at Julie and
says "Hi, Julie!" When Julie sees her friend Tina, she says "Carlos!" and Tina does not
look at Julie or say hi. These consequences will eventually lead to Julie only saying
"Carlos" when Carlos is present, meaning her response of saying "Carlos" is now under
stimulus control.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE - ✔✔A
✔✔Which of the following factors is NOT involved in discrimination training?
A. Client Response
B. Punishment
C. Reinforcement
D. Discriminative Stimulus - ✔✔B
✔✔During discrimination training, the RBT provides reinforcement when:
A. "The picture of the car is present when the client says "car""
B. "The picture of the bike is present when the client says "car""
C. "The picture of the bike is present when the client says "bike""
D. Both A and C - ✔✔D
✔✔You are teaching a client to respond correctly to the instruction "sit down." On your
first trial you say "sit down" and the client begins running around the room. What
consequence should you provide?
A. Give him a high five
B. "Say "great job" and move on"
C. Say nothing and move on
D. "Say "that's bad" and tell his parents?" - ✔✔C
✔✔A prompt is a response the client makes before making the correct response to a
question.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE - ✔✔B
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a type of prompt?
A. Gesture
B. Physical
C. Imitation
D. Model - ✔✔C
, ✔✔What is most-to-least prompting?
A. Presenting a stimulus the most amount of times to the least amount
B. Letting the client make the most amount of errors to the least amount of errors
C. Beginning with the least intrusive prompt and working up to the most intrusive prompt
D. Beginning with the most intrusive prompt and working up to the least intrusive prompt
- ✔✔D
✔✔Prompt dependency is always the client's fault because they know being is easier
than responding correctly
A. TRUE
B. FALSE - ✔✔B
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a way to prevent prompt dependency?
A. Fade prompts as quickly as possible
B. Mix new targets and mastered targets
C. Ask client if they are ready for the prompt to be faded
D. Use the correct prompt type - ✔✔C
✔✔Which of the following is NOT an example of a skill taught via task analysis?
A. Washing Hands
B. Tying Shoes
C. "Saying "Car""
D. Preparing a meal - ✔✔C
✔✔About how many steps make up a task analysis?
A. 3
B. 6
C. 10
D. It depends on the client and skills being taught - ✔✔D
✔✔Kathy is teaching her client how to put on a jacket. First, she teaches her client to
pick up the jacket. After the client completes this step independently, she teaches him to
put one arm through a sleeve. After he is doing that independently, she teaches him to
put the second arm through and so on. What chaining procedure is Kathy using?
A. Forward Chaining
B. Backward Chaining
C. Total Task
D. None of the Above - ✔✔A
GRADED A+
✔✔Which teaching procedure is therapist directed, structured, and uses contrived
reinforcers?
A. Natural environment teaching
B. Discrete Trial Training
C. Shaping
D. Differential reinforcement - ✔✔B
✔✔What teaching procedure uses the ABC contingency to teach goals?
A. Natural environment teaching
B. Discrete Trial Training
C. No-No Prompting
D. Both A and B - ✔✔D
✔✔RBT's can deviate from the plan or design their own interventions.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE - ✔✔B
✔✔The most effective interventions combine both NET and DTT
A. TRUE
B. FALSE - ✔✔A
✔✔Stimulus control is when a response is more likely to occur in the presence of a
certain stimulus
A. TRUE
B. FALSE - ✔✔A
✔✔You put three pictures on the table in front of your client: a car, a block, and a dog.
Then, you say "Point to dog." If your client points to the dog you say "YAY!" and give
them a preferred toy. If they point to the car or the block, you do not say anything and
move on to another trial. This lesson (delivering reinforcement for the correct response,
no reinforcement for incorrect response) will result in:
A. Stimulus fading
B. Stimulus control
C. Response control
D. Response analysis - ✔✔B
,✔✔When Julie sees her friend Carlos, she says "Carlos!" and Carlos looks at Julie and
says "Hi, Julie!" When Julie sees her friend Tina, she says "Carlos!" and Tina does not
look at Julie or say hi. These consequences will eventually lead to Julie only saying
"Carlos" when Carlos is present, meaning her response of saying "Carlos" is now under
stimulus control.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE - ✔✔A
✔✔Which of the following factors is NOT involved in discrimination training?
A. Client Response
B. Punishment
C. Reinforcement
D. Discriminative Stimulus - ✔✔B
✔✔During discrimination training, the RBT provides reinforcement when:
A. "The picture of the car is present when the client says "car""
B. "The picture of the bike is present when the client says "car""
C. "The picture of the bike is present when the client says "bike""
D. Both A and C - ✔✔D
✔✔You are teaching a client to respond correctly to the instruction "sit down." On your
first trial you say "sit down" and the client begins running around the room. What
consequence should you provide?
A. Give him a high five
B. "Say "great job" and move on"
C. Say nothing and move on
D. "Say "that's bad" and tell his parents?" - ✔✔C
✔✔A prompt is a response the client makes before making the correct response to a
question.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE - ✔✔B
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a type of prompt?
A. Gesture
B. Physical
C. Imitation
D. Model - ✔✔C
, ✔✔What is most-to-least prompting?
A. Presenting a stimulus the most amount of times to the least amount
B. Letting the client make the most amount of errors to the least amount of errors
C. Beginning with the least intrusive prompt and working up to the most intrusive prompt
D. Beginning with the most intrusive prompt and working up to the least intrusive prompt
- ✔✔D
✔✔Prompt dependency is always the client's fault because they know being is easier
than responding correctly
A. TRUE
B. FALSE - ✔✔B
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a way to prevent prompt dependency?
A. Fade prompts as quickly as possible
B. Mix new targets and mastered targets
C. Ask client if they are ready for the prompt to be faded
D. Use the correct prompt type - ✔✔C
✔✔Which of the following is NOT an example of a skill taught via task analysis?
A. Washing Hands
B. Tying Shoes
C. "Saying "Car""
D. Preparing a meal - ✔✔C
✔✔About how many steps make up a task analysis?
A. 3
B. 6
C. 10
D. It depends on the client and skills being taught - ✔✔D
✔✔Kathy is teaching her client how to put on a jacket. First, she teaches her client to
pick up the jacket. After the client completes this step independently, she teaches him to
put one arm through a sleeve. After he is doing that independently, she teaches him to
put the second arm through and so on. What chaining procedure is Kathy using?
A. Forward Chaining
B. Backward Chaining
C. Total Task
D. None of the Above - ✔✔A
