BCBA Mock Exam Mock Questions - Jessica Leichtqeisz With Correct Answers

BCBA Mock Exam Mock Questions -
Jessica Leichtqeisz With Correct Answers

Jim always shares his toys with his friends. His teacher told the classroom aide
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that Jim has a big heart since he always share his toys. The aide asked "why does
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he share his toy?" the teacher replied "because he has a big heart" What does
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this best exemplify?
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A. Pragmaticism
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B. Circular Reasoning
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C. Explanatory Fiction
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D. Parsimony - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B. Circular Reasoning
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Task list A | |




Susan is a BCBA working with Joanna. Joanna is a nonverbal nine-year-old with
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autism. Joanne keeps putting her hand on her mouth and crying. Susan suggests
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that mom take her to the dentist to see if she could have a toothache. What is a
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toothache?


A. Explanatory Fiction
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B. Hypothetical Construct
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C. A functional relation
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,D. A private event - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D. A private event. This is a behavior
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that cannot be observed. Private events do affect behavior even if we cannot see
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it. |




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Joan is a BCBA who works in a preschool classroom for children with autism and
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related learning differences. While at the nail salon, she reads an article in a
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tabloid about how having a pet hamster can improve social skills for kids. She
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immediately stops at the pet store on the way home and buys Freddy, a hamster
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for the classroom. She writes lesson plans for all her students to include daily
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time with Freddy. What attitude of science did Joan violate?
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A. Philosophical doubt
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B. Parsimony
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C. Empiricism
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D. Experimentation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C. Empiricism
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Joan based this on an article in a tabloid. This is not scientific evidence.
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Which form of behavior science recognizes and seeks to understand the influence
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of private events on behavior?
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A. Radical behaviorism
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,B. Experimental analysis of the behavior
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C. Ontogeny
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D. Methodological behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. Radical behaviorism
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Type of behaviorism based on Skinner. We may not be able to observe but it does
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effect behavior.
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Task list A | |




Jessica puts Lucky in his crate every time that she goes to yoga. One day, when
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Jessica picked up her yoga mat, Lucky went int his crate without being asked.
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Jessica praised Lucky and gave him a treat. Now every night when Jessica picks up
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|her yoga met, Lucky goes into his cage. What explains this?
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A Generality
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B Pragmatism
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C Phylogeny
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D Ontogeny - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D Ontogeny
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This is something he learned to do over his lifetime based on the consequence of
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getting the treat. | |




Task list A | |

, Timothy is BCBA who is going on vacation in Peru. Carlos will see all of his kids
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when he is away. Timothy made sure all of his plans were easy for Carlos to
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understand and follow. Which characteristic of ABA does this best represent?
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A Effective
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B Generality
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C Conceptually systematic
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D Technological - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D Technological. Timothy made sure his
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plans were written and easy to follow.
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Task list A | |




Tomas was taught four phrases to greet a peer. Hello. Hi. What's up? Hey! How
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are these four behaviors related?
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A. They are functionally equivalent
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B. They are topographical equivalent
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C. They are temporally equivalent
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D. They are relational frames - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. They are functionally
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equivalent


They serve the same effect, function, and purpose on the environment.
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Task list B | |