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BACB BCABA - Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst

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Total 272 questions

By definition, a data recording system is valid if it:

A.

consistently measures the behavior.

B.

has demonstrated social validity.

C.

has high interobserver agreement.

D.

measures what it is supposed to.

Specifying the hand with which Linda eats, writes, and works is an example oF.

A.

response function.

B.

an operant class.

C.

a stimulus class.

D.

response topography.

Which is the BEST description of the results obtained during the second session of the baseline condition?

A.

The behavior had an increasing trend.

B.

The frequency was 7.

C.

The level was low.

D.

The behavior was stable.

A behavior analyst has been consulting for a client who repeatedly pushes her knuckles into her eyes. After conducting a functional analysis, implementing a function-based intervention plan, and ensuring all staff were thoroughly trained on the intervention procedures, data indicate the client's behavior has increased over the last month. What consideration is MOST likely to have been overlooked prior to conducting the FA?

A.

The behavior may be a symptom of the client's disability.

B.

Staff may lack competence for carrying out the intervention.

C.

There may be a biological/medical variable affecting the client.

D.

The increase in the behavior should have been anticipated due to an extinction burst.

Sammy is having a difficult time completing his independent math worksheet on two-digit division. He is frustrated and doesn't understand how to solve the equations.

Sammy raises his hand and asks for "help." The teacher assists Sammy. Sammy's asking for "help" is?

A.

receptive language.

B.

an intraverbal.

C.

an autoclitic.

D.

a mand.

All of the following are appropriate methods for promoting maintenance and generalization of newly trained behaviors EXCEPT:

A.

gradually adding stimuli from the natural environment into the training setting.

B.

gradually altering the training antecedents to match naturally occurring ones.

C.

training others to reinforce the behavior in the natural setting.

D.

varying cues in the natural environment to match those in the training setting.

The purpose of including untaught items or tasks within a Discrete Trial Instruction program is to assess:

A.

context.

B.

fluency.

C.

generalization.

D.

mastery.

A married couple wants a behavior analyst to assist them in creating a happier home life for their family. The behavior analyst shoulD.

A.

provide counseling to the couple related to the problems that they identify as most important.

B.

refer the family to another professional, since this type of issue is not amenable to applied behavior analysis.

C.

set up contracts between the parents and children that require the parents to reinforce appropriate behavior using things that the children identify as important to them.

D.

explain how behavior analysis could be used to assist the family so that they can make an informed decision about proceeding.

When providing behavior analytic services to a child in a school setting, a behavior analyst should

A.

work independently while completing the functional assessment.

B.

solicit treatment recommendations from other team members.

C.

enlist the support of other members of the interdisciplinary team.

D.

avoid collaborating with providers who use non-scientifically validated procedures.

Harley tells a variety of offensive and inoffensive jokes to coworkers at lunchtime who laugh at all of the jokes, telling Harley that he's funny. When Harley tells jokes at the evening meal to housemates, they complain to Harley about the offensive jokes. If the behavior analyst wants the evening meal with housemates to become an SΔ for Harley's offensive joke-telling, she should instruct Harleys'?

A.

housemates to provide attention for Harley's inoffensive joke-telling.

B.

housemates to provide no attention for Harley's offensive joke-telling.

C.

coworkers to provide no attention for Harley's offensive joke-telling.

D.

coworkers to provide attention for Harley's inoffensive joke-telling.