FIT BCBA mock exam
1. Personalized System of Instruction is beneficial be- C
cause:
A)each student is given an individualized learning cur-
riculum that will maximize their potential of learning
difficult subject matter.
B)students get to choose what they want to learn and
this increases motivation to stay on task.
C)students learn at their own pace, which may reduce
frustration for some students.
D)All the above.
2. A dog is watching a movie filled with other animals B
with its owner. When a dog appears on the television
screen and begins to stand on its hind legs so too
does the pet dog. In this example, the dog movie star
on screen serves as a(n) ___________ and the pet dog
serves as a(n) ____________.
A)Planned model; imitator
B)Unplanned model; imitator
C)Imitator; unplanned model
D)Imitator; planned model
3. You are working with an elderly man who frequently D
gives out his private contact information (phone num-
ber, address, etc) to random people because he does
not understand the risks of giving out personal infor-
mation to others. You help him make a list of people
he can give personal information to, which includes
only family and friends.
Making a list of ONLY people he can give personal
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information to is an example of:
A)Stimulus maintenance
B)Stimulus generalization
C)Stimulus equivalence
D)Stimulus discrimination
4. The completion of one step in a behavioral chain al- B
ways results in:
A)token reinforcers.
B)a discriminative stimulus to complete the next step
of the behavior chain (except during the last step)
.C)the ability to do so correctly in the future.
D)social praise.
5. When using punishment, the person delivering the C
punishment should:
A)deliver the punishing stimulus intermittently, at
least at first, to avoid the learner having strong emo-
tional responses.
B)start with very mild punishment and increase the
magnitude of punishment each time it is delivered so
that it decreases the learner's motivation to repeat the
punished behavior.
C)deliver the punishment immediately, whenever it is
possible, to maximize its effectiveness.
D)(None of the above)
6. marksman team is split up into 4 different groups, C
each containing 2 marksmen. Each marksman gets
to shoot their firearm once at a bullseye target down
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the firing range. Then, each 2-marksman group finds
the mean distance of their groups shots from the
center of the bullseye by adding the distances from
the center of the bullseye to where they hit on the
target, divided by 2. The group that has the smallest
average distance from the bullseye (that hit closest to
the bullseye on average per hit) gets to go home early
(a reward). What type of group contingency is this?
A)The Good Behavior Game
B)A dependent group contingency
C)An interdependent group contingency
D)An independent group contingency
7. Dennis is a BCBA® who has worked with his company C
for a few years. He is well-known and well-liked by his
coworkers and supervisees. He has supervised several
BCBA® candidates while at this company and each
of them have become behavior analyst themselves.
Today Dennis has been asked to supervise a new
BCBA® candidate at his company. Before providing
supervision, what should Dennis provide?
A)a written description of the purpose of providing
supervision and the requirements and expectations of
the supervisee.
B)the criteria that will be used to evaluate the perfor-
mance of the supervisee.
C)(Both A and B)
D)Dennis does not need to provide any information,
he is well-known at his company and his company has
already told the BCBA® candidate what to expect.
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8. When using incidental teaching, the therapist should: A
A)reinforce every correct response, even if the re-
sponse was prompted. B)reinforce every response,
whether it is correct or not.
C)reinforce every unprompted correct response and
withhold reinforcement for every prompted correct
response.
D)(None of the above)
9. When teaching echoics, it is crucial that the learner B
has:
A)high motivation for the word he is echoing.
B)a verbally imitative repertoire.
C)already learned how to tact that item.
D)(None of the above)
10. What type of graph is this? D
A)BABA Design
B)ABAB Design
C)Changing Criterion Design
D)(Cannot determine)
11. Event recording would be MOST appropriate to use C
with which behavior?
A)The number of times a woodpecker pecks wood in
a day
B)The number of steps a child takes in one day
C)The number of lollipop suckers a child eats in a day
1. Personalized System of Instruction is beneficial be- C
cause:
A)each student is given an individualized learning cur-
riculum that will maximize their potential of learning
difficult subject matter.
B)students get to choose what they want to learn and
this increases motivation to stay on task.
C)students learn at their own pace, which may reduce
frustration for some students.
D)All the above.
2. A dog is watching a movie filled with other animals B
with its owner. When a dog appears on the television
screen and begins to stand on its hind legs so too
does the pet dog. In this example, the dog movie star
on screen serves as a(n) ___________ and the pet dog
serves as a(n) ____________.
A)Planned model; imitator
B)Unplanned model; imitator
C)Imitator; unplanned model
D)Imitator; planned model
3. You are working with an elderly man who frequently D
gives out his private contact information (phone num-
ber, address, etc) to random people because he does
not understand the risks of giving out personal infor-
mation to others. You help him make a list of people
he can give personal information to, which includes
only family and friends.
Making a list of ONLY people he can give personal
, FIT BCBA mock exam
information to is an example of:
A)Stimulus maintenance
B)Stimulus generalization
C)Stimulus equivalence
D)Stimulus discrimination
4. The completion of one step in a behavioral chain al- B
ways results in:
A)token reinforcers.
B)a discriminative stimulus to complete the next step
of the behavior chain (except during the last step)
.C)the ability to do so correctly in the future.
D)social praise.
5. When using punishment, the person delivering the C
punishment should:
A)deliver the punishing stimulus intermittently, at
least at first, to avoid the learner having strong emo-
tional responses.
B)start with very mild punishment and increase the
magnitude of punishment each time it is delivered so
that it decreases the learner's motivation to repeat the
punished behavior.
C)deliver the punishment immediately, whenever it is
possible, to maximize its effectiveness.
D)(None of the above)
6. marksman team is split up into 4 different groups, C
each containing 2 marksmen. Each marksman gets
to shoot their firearm once at a bullseye target down
, FIT BCBA mock exam
the firing range. Then, each 2-marksman group finds
the mean distance of their groups shots from the
center of the bullseye by adding the distances from
the center of the bullseye to where they hit on the
target, divided by 2. The group that has the smallest
average distance from the bullseye (that hit closest to
the bullseye on average per hit) gets to go home early
(a reward). What type of group contingency is this?
A)The Good Behavior Game
B)A dependent group contingency
C)An interdependent group contingency
D)An independent group contingency
7. Dennis is a BCBA® who has worked with his company C
for a few years. He is well-known and well-liked by his
coworkers and supervisees. He has supervised several
BCBA® candidates while at this company and each
of them have become behavior analyst themselves.
Today Dennis has been asked to supervise a new
BCBA® candidate at his company. Before providing
supervision, what should Dennis provide?
A)a written description of the purpose of providing
supervision and the requirements and expectations of
the supervisee.
B)the criteria that will be used to evaluate the perfor-
mance of the supervisee.
C)(Both A and B)
D)Dennis does not need to provide any information,
he is well-known at his company and his company has
already told the BCBA® candidate what to expect.
, FIT BCBA mock exam
8. When using incidental teaching, the therapist should: A
A)reinforce every correct response, even if the re-
sponse was prompted. B)reinforce every response,
whether it is correct or not.
C)reinforce every unprompted correct response and
withhold reinforcement for every prompted correct
response.
D)(None of the above)
9. When teaching echoics, it is crucial that the learner B
has:
A)high motivation for the word he is echoing.
B)a verbally imitative repertoire.
C)already learned how to tact that item.
D)(None of the above)
10. What type of graph is this? D
A)BABA Design
B)ABAB Design
C)Changing Criterion Design
D)(Cannot determine)
11. Event recording would be MOST appropriate to use C
with which behavior?
A)The number of times a woodpecker pecks wood in
a day
B)The number of steps a child takes in one day
C)The number of lollipop suckers a child eats in a day
