BCBA CORE MAIN EXAMINATION SET QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔D - ✔✔Trina reviewed a video recording of a student 3 times, and took data on the
student's eye contact using a stopwatch, each time she counted 17 seconds. The client
actually engaged in 23 seconds of eye contact. The fact that these two numbers don't
match is because Trina's measurements lack:
A)
Reliability
B)
Treatment integrity
C)
Validity
D)
Accuracy
,✔✔A - ✔✔Data indicate no progress for a client; however, other members of a school
interdisciplinary team state the client seems happy and that the intervention plan should
not change. What is the best course of action for the behavior analyst to take?
A)
Continue to make treatment suggestions and decisions based on data.
B)
Maintain confidentiality when reporting ethical violations to the principal.
C)
Tell the team members how to use the current data to guide treatment decision making.
D)
Independently implement programs using data to guide intervention decisions.
✔✔D - ✔✔Which of the following is a core feature of precision teaching?
A)
Teachers graph student performance on equal-interval graphs improving the speed and
accuracy of teaching decisions.
B)
Teachers use scripts and choral responding to better identify exactly which students are
and are not meeting mastery objectives.
C)
Students move through curricula as they demonstrate mastery of academic skills by
achieving at least 90% on any particular skill.
D)
Teaching decisions are continuously made based upon data that is graphed
immediately following student performance.
✔✔C - ✔✔Shirley is working with a two-year-old client, Maura. She is teaching Maura to
put the square shape in the square hole. According to the table, how long did it take
Maura to reach criterion?
Criterion = 3 consecutive correct responses
,1+ 2- 3+ 4+ 5- 6+ 7- 8+ 9- 10- 11+ 12+ 13+ 14+ 15+
A)
4 trials
B)
15 trials
C)
13 trials
D)
3 trials
✔✔A - ✔✔Basma wants her student to correctly tact as many pictures as possible from
a very large array of pictures. Of the following, which best describes a free-operant
arrangement?
A)
Basma places all of the cards face up on a table at the same time, asks the student to
name them, and counts tacts per minute.
B)
Basma individually presents the cards while asking the student to name them, corrects
errors, and collects data on accuracy as a count.
C)
Basma models the correct response, waits for the student to respond, reinforces
successive approximations, and collects data on number correct.
D)
Basma individually presents the cards while asking the student to name them, corrects
errors, and collects data on accuracy as a percentage.
✔✔B - ✔✔If Alex is using a shaping procedure to teach Lauren to use the complete
ASL sign to mand for water, what would the procedure look like?
A)
, Alex makes the sign for water, then gives Lauren water when she makes the sign. Over
time, Alex stops making the sign and only provides water when Lauren independently
does so.
B)
Alex gives Lauren water contingent upon a modified sign. Over time, Alex only provides
water as each sign attempt becomes more like the real sign for water.
C)
Alex points to the picture of water and gives Lauren water after Lauren does a modified
sign for water. Over time, Alex only provides water after fading the picture from the
environment.
D)
Alex manually prompts Lauren to do the sign and gives her water. Over time, Alex only
gives assistance as needed, providing water at each success.
✔✔A - ✔✔A behavior analyst has just accepted the case of a 7 year old girl with
behavioral and gastro-intestinal problems after determining that the case is within her
level of competence and resources. Now that she has accepted the case, there are a
few things she should do first. Which of the following should the behavior analyst NOT
attempt to do first?
A)
Conduct a functional analysis.
B)
Ask the client's guardians if she has been evaluated by a medical doctor
C)
Review the client's old behavior plans and records
D)
Conduct a functional assessment interview
✔✔D - ✔✔When teaching a person to tact a cookie, which of the following is likely the
best description of a possible tact training procedure?
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔D - ✔✔Trina reviewed a video recording of a student 3 times, and took data on the
student's eye contact using a stopwatch, each time she counted 17 seconds. The client
actually engaged in 23 seconds of eye contact. The fact that these two numbers don't
match is because Trina's measurements lack:
A)
Reliability
B)
Treatment integrity
C)
Validity
D)
Accuracy
,✔✔A - ✔✔Data indicate no progress for a client; however, other members of a school
interdisciplinary team state the client seems happy and that the intervention plan should
not change. What is the best course of action for the behavior analyst to take?
A)
Continue to make treatment suggestions and decisions based on data.
B)
Maintain confidentiality when reporting ethical violations to the principal.
C)
Tell the team members how to use the current data to guide treatment decision making.
D)
Independently implement programs using data to guide intervention decisions.
✔✔D - ✔✔Which of the following is a core feature of precision teaching?
A)
Teachers graph student performance on equal-interval graphs improving the speed and
accuracy of teaching decisions.
B)
Teachers use scripts and choral responding to better identify exactly which students are
and are not meeting mastery objectives.
C)
Students move through curricula as they demonstrate mastery of academic skills by
achieving at least 90% on any particular skill.
D)
Teaching decisions are continuously made based upon data that is graphed
immediately following student performance.
✔✔C - ✔✔Shirley is working with a two-year-old client, Maura. She is teaching Maura to
put the square shape in the square hole. According to the table, how long did it take
Maura to reach criterion?
Criterion = 3 consecutive correct responses
,1+ 2- 3+ 4+ 5- 6+ 7- 8+ 9- 10- 11+ 12+ 13+ 14+ 15+
A)
4 trials
B)
15 trials
C)
13 trials
D)
3 trials
✔✔A - ✔✔Basma wants her student to correctly tact as many pictures as possible from
a very large array of pictures. Of the following, which best describes a free-operant
arrangement?
A)
Basma places all of the cards face up on a table at the same time, asks the student to
name them, and counts tacts per minute.
B)
Basma individually presents the cards while asking the student to name them, corrects
errors, and collects data on accuracy as a count.
C)
Basma models the correct response, waits for the student to respond, reinforces
successive approximations, and collects data on number correct.
D)
Basma individually presents the cards while asking the student to name them, corrects
errors, and collects data on accuracy as a percentage.
✔✔B - ✔✔If Alex is using a shaping procedure to teach Lauren to use the complete
ASL sign to mand for water, what would the procedure look like?
A)
, Alex makes the sign for water, then gives Lauren water when she makes the sign. Over
time, Alex stops making the sign and only provides water when Lauren independently
does so.
B)
Alex gives Lauren water contingent upon a modified sign. Over time, Alex only provides
water as each sign attempt becomes more like the real sign for water.
C)
Alex points to the picture of water and gives Lauren water after Lauren does a modified
sign for water. Over time, Alex only provides water after fading the picture from the
environment.
D)
Alex manually prompts Lauren to do the sign and gives her water. Over time, Alex only
gives assistance as needed, providing water at each success.
✔✔A - ✔✔A behavior analyst has just accepted the case of a 7 year old girl with
behavioral and gastro-intestinal problems after determining that the case is within her
level of competence and resources. Now that she has accepted the case, there are a
few things she should do first. Which of the following should the behavior analyst NOT
attempt to do first?
A)
Conduct a functional analysis.
B)
Ask the client's guardians if she has been evaluated by a medical doctor
C)
Review the client's old behavior plans and records
D)
Conduct a functional assessment interview
✔✔D - ✔✔When teaching a person to tact a cookie, which of the following is likely the
best description of a possible tact training procedure?
