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BACB BCABA - Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst

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Total 272 questions

According to the BACB Guidelines for Responsible Conduct, documenting professional and scientific work is necessary to:

A.

prevent litigation.

B.

ensure accountability.

C.

bill for third-party insurance payments.

D.

maintain ongoing contractual relationships.

Disruptive behavior occurs at a moderate rate and consistent intensity level throughout the school day. How should the teacher collect data on the behavior?

A.

Keep a running tally of the occurrences on the chalk board.

B.

Record each occurrence using a portable counter.

C.

Use a timer and record the number of minutes for each occurrence.

D.

Document whether or not the behavior occurred every hour.

A mother wants to reduce the amount of time that it takes for her son to come to her when she calls him. What should be measured?

A.

latency

B.

inter-response time

C.

duration

D.

rate

A young child who has learned to say "Daddy" to her father now says "Daddy" to other men. This is a type oF.

A.

stimulus fading.

B.

stimulus generalization.

C.

response generalization.

D.

response induction.

Accuracy of measurement refers to the extent to whicH.

A.

the data have high interobserver agreement.

B.

the person collecting the data reports that it is accurate.

C.

the data match the true values of the events or behavior measured.

D.

precise values can be depicted in a graph to show behavior change.

A teacher's students were asking for individual assistance at a high rate when they were instructed to work independently using their textbooks and other resource material available in the classroom. The teacher posted a "No Questions" sign and systematically ignored the students' questions when the sign was up. The rate of question-asking decreased to zero. Now the teacher simply puts up the sign whenever the students are to work independently and removes it when the students can ask questions. With respect to asking questions, the sign functions as:

A.

a negative reinforcer.

B.

an SDp.

C.

an SΔ.

D.

an SP.

Missy has learned that if she is thirsty and wants juice, she says, "Juice" and gets juice. The connection between saying "Juice" and receiving juice is BEST described as:

A.

a behavior chain.

B.

an establishing operation.

C.

a functional relationship.

D.

respondent conditioning.

Which procedure is the MOST reasonable and effective application of incidental teaching?

A.

Conduct discrete trial training for signing "eat," "drink," and "help."

B.

Conduct training for the student to sign "eat" and "drink" during language classes.

C.

Conduct training for the student to sign for items while going through the lunch line.

D.

Conduct training to sign for "help" across a variety of environmental contexts.

Why should extinction be used in combination with reinforcement-based procedures?

A.

to ensure effectiveness of the extinction procedure

B.

to eliminate the need for a punishment procedure

C.

to reduce the response effort and resistance to extinction

D.

to reduce undesirable effects such as extinction bursts and aggression

Which action would MOST likely increase the effectiveness of a punisher?

A.

Clearly explain the punishment consequences to the person whose behavior is targeted for reduction.

B.

Discontinue reinforcement contingencies for the behavior targeted for reduction.

C.

Ensure that the punisher fits the behavior targeted for reduction.

D.

Remove attention for the behavior targeted for reduction.