Free Board Certified Behavior Analyst Exam BCBA Exam Practice Test

In reference to maintenance, functional arrangements between behavior and antecedent and consequence events that occur in the environment in which the behavior of interest is to be maintained are called:

• Stimulus discriminates
• Natural contingencies
• Generalization
• Maintenance schedules

In behavior analysis, the __________________ is usually __________________.

• Independent variable; a measure of behavior
• Dependent variable; a measure of behavior
• Baseline measure; unrelated to the behavior
• Independent variable; implemented before the baseline measure

A reliable measure is one that is:

• socially valid as indicated by caregiver reports.
• effective as evidenced by peer-reviewed journal articles.
• trusted to be practical and to produce accurate data.
• consistent across observers and measurement occasions.

The specific, or technical, name for the type of procedure used in the above question is:

• Restitution
• Stimulus shaping
• Over-correction
• Corporal punishment

A parent reports that her 2-year-old daughter uses a number of stalling techniques to avoid bedtime once she is told to go to bed. What would be a good progress measure for going to bed when told?

• frequency
• inter-response time
• latency
• compliance

During the hour immediately following meals, Bill asks for more food. Data are collected only during this hour after each meal. Which method of data collection would be MOST accurate?

• duration recording
• frequency recording
• narrative recording
• partial-interval recording

A behavior analyst is measuring the time it takes for a client to say, ''You're welcome'' after the staff says, ''Thank you.'' The behavior analyst is measuring __________________.

• Frequency
• Duration
• Inter-response time
• Latency

Which situation is the BEST example of contingency-shaped behavior?

• A task analysis is used to teach Lilly how to clean her room.
• Dean is able to change the scale on a computerized graph after reading ''how to'' instructions.
• Billy's mother tells him not to touch the stove because he could burn himself. Billy does not touch the stove.
• Jennifer sees a candy bar and she mands for it. Jennifer's sister gives her the candy bar and she eats it.

Steve is a behavior analyst working with staff members who are not implementing programs on a consistent basis. Staff report that the heavy workload interferes with their ability to run the programs consistently. What should Steve do FIRST to address this problem?

• Go to the direct supervisor and request that an incentive system be implemented for all staff.
• Begin to assess the staff's daily routine in order to identify any time conflicts that might exist.
• Revise the daily work schedules and routines, with the assistance of the supervisor, so that potential time conflicts can be avoided.
• Implement additional training for staff that are not able to perform to criterion.

The behavior analyst reviews Sandra's data and concludes that her behavior is spontaneous; that is, it occurs randomly, and not as a result of any other event(s).Which of the assumptions underlying behavior analysis has been violated in this interpretation?

• determinism
• empiricism
• philosophic doubt
• parsimony