BCBA Mock Exam OBHS | 145 Questions with 100% Correct Answers

B - A client under your supervision engages in frequent rumination that appears to have resulted in substantial weight loss. What is the first assessment task? a. Systematic manipulation of some variable b. Records review c. Nothing - the behavior is not change worthy d. Conduct an IQ test C - You find that one of your clients has a substantial anxiety reaction to being in the lunchroom. You posit that there is some kind of respondent conditioning process that has caused this, and you wish to try respondent extinction. This would involve a. Social extinction - ignore the child when he becomes anxious b. Escape extinction - do not let the child escape from the lunchroom c. Have the child frequently enter the lunchroom without any "traumatic" events occurring. d. Have the child perform a task while in the lunchroom. B - The philosophy of determinism, as applied to the analysis of behavior, assumes that behavior is: a. subject to random occurrences. b. caused by some event or combination of events. c. a cause of other events. d. determined by the will of the person. B - You take an initial baseline on "in seat" behavior. You then implement a token economy in which in seat behavior is reinforced with tokens. Your treatment team decides to demonstrate the efficacy of the token system, and recommends an A-B-C-B reversal design. Which of the following is an example of such a design? a. In the 3rd phase, stop implementing the token system b. In the 3rd phase, present tokens for out of seat behavior c. Present the tokens for in seat behavior in another setting d. Implement a schedule of less frequent tokens in phase 3 A - You are talking with a staff member about a client's behavior, and that staff tells you that the client exhibited a tantrum the other day. You wish to set up a program, but you feel that you will need consent to do it. What are the three elements needed? a. capacity, informed, voluntariness b. informed, voluntariness, older than 18 years old c. no coercion, cost/benefits, approval d. informed, approval, legal age