Leading BCABA Free Demo For Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst Certification

NEW QUESTION 1
The use of an alternating treatments design should be considered iF.

• A. it is important that multiple interventions be evaluated quickl
• B. one needs to evaluate the effects of a single intervention across multiple setting
• C. the results of multiple reversal designs are ambiguou
• D. there is the possibility that the effect of one intervention will influence the effect of anothe

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 2
The response rate for this cumulative record would BEST be described as:

• A. a steady stat
• B. increasing tren
• C. decreasing tren
• D. This graph is not a cumulative recor

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 3
Trials to criterion refers to a measure of

• A. fluenc
• B. performanc
• C. rate of correct respondin
• D. interobserver agreemen

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 4
Robert has been referred because he is losing significant amounts of weight due to refusal of most foods. What should the behavior analyst consider first?

• A. possible medical conditions
• B. meal content/texture of food
• C. caloric content of preferred foods
• D. ecological variables during mealtimes

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 5
All of the following are examples of the use of setting events EXCEPT:

• A. giving consumers choices of which tasks they would like to perform and which reinforcers they would like to receiv
• B. moving activities to locations where maladaptive behaviors are highly unlikely to occu
• C. planning to ignore the target behavior within all environment
• D. prefacing hard tasks with easy task

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 6
This graph BEST exemplifies:

• A. clear demonstration of an effective interventio
• B. a decrease in variability due to the interventio
• C. a change in the level between baseline and intervention phase
• D. a change in the trend between baseline and intervention phase

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 7
Data were collected on the percentage of intervals at the end of which Thomas was present at his workstation. Which is the BEST method for displaying these data?

• A. cumulative record
• B. equal-interval line graph
• C. scatterplot
• D. standard behavior (semilogarithmic) chart

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 8
The reinforcement schedule that produces a high steady rate of responding is:

• A. F
• B. F
• C. V
• D. V

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 9
When LeRoy sees his father arrive home, he begins to clean his room. Given this information, we can conclude ONLY that the father's arrival is:

• A. an anteceden
• B. a discriminative stimulu
• C. an establishing operatio
• D. a visual promp

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 10
Mark is a 28-year-old man with multiple physical disabilities. The doctor and physical therapist have recommended a variety of positions to benefit Mark's overall health. When Mark is placed in a prescribed position, he yells, arches his back, and bites his wrist. Subsequently, Mark slips out of position. The behavior analyst seeks to help Mark tolerate his positions. Which statement BEST defines a treatment goal?

• A. Mark will tolerate his recommended position
• B. Mark will not yell during positionin
• C. Mark will be placed in his recommended positions for the prescribed amount of tim
• D. Mark will maintain all recommended positions for the prescribed amount of tim

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 11
Jack, a behavior analyst, is consulting about a student who engages in face slapping. A recent functional analysis clearly determined that the behavior is maintained by automatic reinforcement. In the past, reinforcement procedures alone were found to be ineffective. The current intervention consists of a punishment procedurE. pulling the student's hands away from his face contingent on any attempts to slap and saying, "No!" Jack shoulD.

• A. move ahead and collect data on the plan and revise as indicated regularl
• B. refer to another behavior analyst who works with punishment only case
• C. re-do the assessment, add a reinforcement procedure, and plan to eliminate all punishment procedure
• D. add a reinforcement procedure that focuses on replacement and/or incompatible behaviors and move forward with the pla

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 12
An approach to reducing problem behavior called involves providing reinforcers on a (n) schedule regardless of the occurrence of the problem behavior.

• A. noncontingent reinforcement; interval
• B. differential reinforcement; interval
• C. noncontingent reinforcement; ratio
• D. differential reinforcement; ratio

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 13
Reinforcing "picking up shoe" in a shoe-tying program would be an example of a step in which type of training procedure?

• A. chaining
• B. discrete trial
• C. naturalistic
• D. shaping

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 14
Which of the following would MOST clearly demonstrate a functional relationship?

• A. Conduct narrative recordings in various setting
• B. Then compile a sequence analysi
• C. Directly observe environmental events and target behaviors as they normally occur in an unobtrusive manner, in the natural environmen
• D. Execute repeated rapid alternations between different environmental condition
• E. Collect and graph dat
• F. Use a scatterplot to both collect and graph dat
• G. When sufficient baseline data have been collected, complete a pattern analysi

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 15
A behavior analyst has taught a student to look at the teacher when the teacher is speaking. Later, the student is observed looking at a classmate when the classmate is speaking. The student looking at the classmate is a result oF.

• A. discrimination trainin
• B. response maintenanc
• C. stimulus generalizatio
• D. response generalizatio

Answer: C

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