BCAT 2026 ALL TESTED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Stimulus - ✔✔a thing that evokes a specific functional reaction; a thing that arouses
activity or energy in someone, something that can elicit or evoke a physiological
response
✔✔Discriminative Stimulus - ✔✔(the cue)(SD) a specific environmental event or
condition in response to which a child is expected to exhibit particular behavior
✔✔Stimulus Control - ✔✔When the phone rings you answer it. When the class bell
rings, the students change classes. When you ask "what is your favorite color?" the
child says " red".
✔✔Response - ✔✔the specific instance of a particular behavior, (Correct, Incorrect, No
Response)
✔✔Discrete Trial Training - ✔✔(DTT) an intervention method based on the science of
ABA a highly structures method of teaching skills by breaking them down
✔✔Discrete Trial Training - ✔✔TX tells child to "touch cup" Child touches cup, the TX
gives the child a piece of apple
, ✔✔Discrimination Training - ✔✔The process of reinforcing a target response only when
the target antecedent or SD is present, the child is learning to tell the difference
between two or more SD's
✔✔Discrete Trial Training - ✔✔A specific method of teaching in which a task is isolated
and taught across multiple trials. A specific opportunity is presented and a specific
response from the learner is expected. A consequence follows the learners response
✔✔Natural Environment Training - ✔✔(NET) teaching in the natural environment
✔✔Fluency-Based Instruction - ✔✔a teaching model that encourages educators to
teach specific elements of behavior over and over again until the behavior becomes
fluent
✔✔Generalization - ✔✔the process of taking a skill learned in one setting and applying
it in other settings, the process of taking one skill and applying it in different ways
✔✔Maintenance - ✔✔the continuation of a behavior change after all or a part of the
intervention responsible for the behavior change has been faded or terminated
✔✔Caregiver Training - ✔✔training for the parents and/or family members or
caregivers, given by the BCBA so they can support learning and skill practice
throughout the day
✔✔Premack Principle - ✔✔a principle that states that contingent access to high-
frequency behaviors (preferred activities) serves as a reinforcer for the performance of
low-frequency behavior
✔✔Preference Assessment - ✔✔a collection of methods used to predict the extent to
which stimuli will function as reinforcers for a given individual
✔✔Prompt - ✔✔a cue or hint meant to induce a person to perform a desired behavior,
an antecedent that induces a person to perform a behavior that otherwise does not
occur
✔✔Errorless Learning - ✔✔a therapy strategy that ensures children always respond
correctly, as each skill is taught children are provided with a prompt or cue immediately
following an instruction, the immediate prompt prevents any chance for incorrect
responses
✔✔Most-to-Least Prompting - ✔✔Fading from one type of prompt to another less
intrusive prompt, using the most intrusive (full physical) to the least intensive (stimulus
manipulation) used when teaching a new skill
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Stimulus - ✔✔a thing that evokes a specific functional reaction; a thing that arouses
activity or energy in someone, something that can elicit or evoke a physiological
response
✔✔Discriminative Stimulus - ✔✔(the cue)(SD) a specific environmental event or
condition in response to which a child is expected to exhibit particular behavior
✔✔Stimulus Control - ✔✔When the phone rings you answer it. When the class bell
rings, the students change classes. When you ask "what is your favorite color?" the
child says " red".
✔✔Response - ✔✔the specific instance of a particular behavior, (Correct, Incorrect, No
Response)
✔✔Discrete Trial Training - ✔✔(DTT) an intervention method based on the science of
ABA a highly structures method of teaching skills by breaking them down
✔✔Discrete Trial Training - ✔✔TX tells child to "touch cup" Child touches cup, the TX
gives the child a piece of apple
, ✔✔Discrimination Training - ✔✔The process of reinforcing a target response only when
the target antecedent or SD is present, the child is learning to tell the difference
between two or more SD's
✔✔Discrete Trial Training - ✔✔A specific method of teaching in which a task is isolated
and taught across multiple trials. A specific opportunity is presented and a specific
response from the learner is expected. A consequence follows the learners response
✔✔Natural Environment Training - ✔✔(NET) teaching in the natural environment
✔✔Fluency-Based Instruction - ✔✔a teaching model that encourages educators to
teach specific elements of behavior over and over again until the behavior becomes
fluent
✔✔Generalization - ✔✔the process of taking a skill learned in one setting and applying
it in other settings, the process of taking one skill and applying it in different ways
✔✔Maintenance - ✔✔the continuation of a behavior change after all or a part of the
intervention responsible for the behavior change has been faded or terminated
✔✔Caregiver Training - ✔✔training for the parents and/or family members or
caregivers, given by the BCBA so they can support learning and skill practice
throughout the day
✔✔Premack Principle - ✔✔a principle that states that contingent access to high-
frequency behaviors (preferred activities) serves as a reinforcer for the performance of
low-frequency behavior
✔✔Preference Assessment - ✔✔a collection of methods used to predict the extent to
which stimuli will function as reinforcers for a given individual
✔✔Prompt - ✔✔a cue or hint meant to induce a person to perform a desired behavior,
an antecedent that induces a person to perform a behavior that otherwise does not
occur
✔✔Errorless Learning - ✔✔a therapy strategy that ensures children always respond
correctly, as each skill is taught children are provided with a prompt or cue immediately
following an instruction, the immediate prompt prevents any chance for incorrect
responses
✔✔Most-to-Least Prompting - ✔✔Fading from one type of prompt to another less
intrusive prompt, using the most intrusive (full physical) to the least intensive (stimulus
manipulation) used when teaching a new skill
