BACB BCABA Exam Dumps

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

A behavior analyst for a local group home has a case involving a person who engages in spitting. First, the behavior analyst conducts a functional assessment and takes a week of baseline data. An intervention is designed and tested for two weeks. The behavior analyst then implements a brief return to baseline, followed by a return to the intervention. This process is primarily an example of which fundamental characteristic of behavior analysis? 

A. technological 
B. empiricism 
C. philosophic doubt 
D. parsimony

Answer: B

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 training.
 B. response maintenance. 
C. stimulus generalization. 
D. response generalization. 

Answer: C

A 4-year-old child is lying in bed at night while the parents are sitting in the living room talking to guests. The child begins to make loud noises. In the past, the parents have gone into the child's room to quiet him. The parents and guests agree to ignore the child completely and continue to talk. If the parents stick with this approach and the child stops making noises, the parents have successfully useD. 

A. time-out. 
B. planned ignoring. 
C. extinction. 
D. negative reinforcement. 

Answer: C

Which action would MOST likely increase the effectiveness of a punishment procedure? 

A. Clearly explain the punishment consequences to the person whose behavior is targeted for reduction. 
B. Eliminate the reinforcement contingency maintaining the target behavior. 
C. Ensure that the punisher fits the target behavior. 
D. Progressively increase the intensity of the punisher. 

Answer: B

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. 

Answer: D

Which is NOT a necessary component of a token economy system? 

A. backup reinforcers 
B. exchange procedures 
C. generalized conditioned reinforcers 
D. response cost procedures 

Answer: D

When using time out in a classroom, which of the following should be considered? 

A. Escape behavior could be punished. 
B. Positive reinforcement for the teacher is likely to contribute to increased duration of time out. 
C. The technique is easily abused and needs to be monitored and supervised carefully. 
D. For children who are relatively non-disruptive and for innocuous behavior time out is optimal. 

Answer: C

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 antecedent. 
B. a discriminative stimulus. 
C. an establishing operation. 
D. a visual prompt. 

Answer: A

Self-management strategies are: 

A. applying behavior analysis principles to change one's own behavior. 
B. a method for capitalizing on an individual's will power. 
C. primarily used for extinguishing one's own undesirable behaviors. 
D. based on personalized systems of instruction. 

Answer: A

Which of the following is an example of a listener response? 

A. At dinner time, the client says "fork, please." 
B. The client labels "fork" when not instructed to do so. 
C. The client repeats the word "fork" throughout the day. 
D. Staff says, "pick up your fork," and the client picks up his or her fork. 

Answer: D

A behavior analyst is developing a generalization procedure for a newly mastered response. What strategy should be included in the procedure? 

A. positive practice 
B. reinforcement 
C. limited exemplars 
D. self-mediation 

Answer: B

A child diagnosed with autism engages in hand flapping almost continuously at home, day care and school. An intervention is devised to alleviate this challenging behavior. Which type of experimental design would be BEST? 

A. reversal 
B. multi-element 
C. withdrawal 
D. multiple baseline 

Answer: D

Abigale is in her preschool classroom where she sees a toy named Elmo on a shelf and then says, "Elmo." No one drew her attention to Elmo. This is an example of a (n): 

A. autoclitic. 
B. intraverbal. 
C. mand. 
D. tact. 

Answer: D

The employees at a group home have not been meeting their supervisor's expectations concerning on-time arrival to work. To address this issue, their supervisor implemented an intervention that allows for each staff member who arrives on time for all scheduled shifts in a given week to obtain an extended lunch break on Fridays. What type of intervention was implemented? 

A. Contingency contract 
B. Dependent group contingency 
C. Independent group contingency 
D. Interdependent group contingency

Answer: C

Amanda is evaluating the effects of video modeling on play skills. Her participants often show reactivity when they are observed. The BEST design to evaluate the video modeling is:

 A. withdrawal. 
B. multiple probe. 
C. changing criterion. 
D. alternating treatments. 

Answer: B

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.

Answer: C

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

Which measurement would be MOST useful when evaluating a procedure designed to teach a person to respond at a uniform pace? 

A. duration 
B. inter-response time 
C. latency 
D. frequency 

Answer: B