BCBA MOCK EXAM (ACTUAL EXAM) WITH
180+ QUESTIONS WITH VERY ELABORATED
ANSWERS CORRECTRY WELL ORGANIZED
LATEST 2024 – 2025 ALREADY GRADED A+
A - ANSWERS-You are a school behavior specialist who has been asked to consider
the possibility of a system-wide training project for classroom teachers. According
to a report, there are many classrooms that are becoming increasingly chaotic,
and children's achievement test scores are plummeting.
What would be the first step in this process?
a. Assess the need for training
b. Define training objectives
c. Design a curriculum
d. Set up training classes for all teachers
C - ANSWERS-You are a school behavior specialist who has been asked to consider
the possibility of a system-wide training project for classroom teachers. According
to a report, there are many classrooms that are becoming increasingly chaotic,
,and children's achievement test scores are plummeting. What might be the most
effective training package of procedures?
a. Classroom lectures for teachers
b. A combination of role playing and classroom situations
c. Some lecture combined with real-life demonstrations and feedback
d. A self instructional format on computers complete with simulations
D - ANSWERS-You are a school behavior specialist who has been asked to consider
the possibility of a system-wide training project for classroom teachers. According
to a report, there are many classrooms that are becoming increasingly chaotic,
and children's achievement test scores are plummeting. What would be the most
important measure of the success of the project?
a. Pre- and post-tests of teacher competencies
b. Social validation scales for the parents
c. Teacher evaluations of the program
d. Measures of the students' behavior and progress in the classrooms
B - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-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
B - ANSWERS-Describe how a DRI schedule might be used to decrease the
frequency of walking around and bothering other workers at the work site.
a. Have the person earn a reinforcer contingent on the absence of bothering
others
, b. Provide a reinforcer contingent on working diligently and quietly at his seat
c. Move his seat away from others and make it somewhat "isolated."
d. Reinforce appropriate asking to visit others
C - ANSWERS-You are having trouble getting Kenny on the van. Apparently, the
action is effortful, as he has to climb up the stairs, which gives him trouble. In fact,
he has actually given up even trying. Using behavioral momentum, how can this
be treated?
a. Provide a reinforcer for getting on the van.
b. Prompt him briskly down the hall, and release him right before he reaches the
steps of the van. Then fade the release point backwards.
c. Give a reinforcer for some low effort actions then give the direction to "get on
the van."
d. Give small reinforcers for just looking at the van, then slowly increase the size
of the reinforcer as he begins getting up to walk toward the van.
B - ANSWERS-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
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