BCBA MOCK EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025-2026
Due to a parent only implementing punishment procedures, she finds thatPher son begins to avoi
d her. Which of the following best explains this effect?
A)
The parent became a discriminative stimulus for negative reinforcement.
B)
The parent became a conditioned aversive stimulus.
C)
The parent elicited emotional responses.
D)
The parent became an unconditioned aversive stimulus. CORRECT ANSWER B
When teaching a client to engage in recreational activities, which of the following strategies is th
e least likely to be used when programming for maintenance?
A)
,Set a behavior trap for the leisure skills that are targeted by the plan.
B)
Ensure that there is sufficient contact with reinforcement from the start.
C)
Assess the performance of the skill after instruction has ended.
D)
Use a CRF schedule to reinforce until the activity is no longer preferred. CORRECT ANSWER D
Don is a BCBA with a license in Marriage and Family Therapy. Don provides both behavior analysi
s and marriage therapy to hisPclients. He is considering hiring a behavior specialist that has no tr
aining in Marriage and Family Therapy. Of the following, which is best practice?
A)
Don should only hire behavior analysts that also have a background in marriage and family thera
py, then provide supervision as needed.
B)
Ensure that the new employee only engages in behavior analytic practice. Supervise the new em
ployee only regarding the practice of ABA.
,C)
Teach the new employee the techniques required to do marriage therapy and family therapy, if t
hat's whatPthe client needs. Supervise the employee.
D)
Teach and supervise the new employee on both behavior analytic practice and marriage and fa
mily therapy. Ensure that the client receives the treatment(s) they need. CORRECT ANSWER
B
Of the following procedures, which is likely the best generative instruction strategy?
A)
A teacher shows her students the formulas for determining every geometric shape in the text, a
nd assesses the student's ability to remember the formulas.
B)
A student is taught to match a picture of a car to a picture of a car, then is taught to match a pict
ure of an apple to a picture of an apple. The student's matching skills are assessed.
C)
A student is taught the sounds that each letter and common letter blends make, then the studen
t is assessed on his ability to form and pronounce untaught combinations of those letters.
, D)
A teacher develops a stackPof flash cards with whole words on them, and teaches his students to
fluently respond correctly to each card, when the card is presented. CORRECT ANSWER C
A loud noise elicits the activation syndrome. In the past, a bright light has been paired with a lou
d noise. Now, a bright light elicits the activation syndrome. What type of relation is this?
A)
CS-CR
B)
US-UR
C)
S-R-S
D)
A-B-C CORRECT ANSWER A
Trina reviewed a video recording of a student 3 times, and took data on the student's eye contac
t using a stopwatch, each time she counted 17 seconds. The client actually engaged in 23 second
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025-2026
Due to a parent only implementing punishment procedures, she finds thatPher son begins to avoi
d her. Which of the following best explains this effect?
A)
The parent became a discriminative stimulus for negative reinforcement.
B)
The parent became a conditioned aversive stimulus.
C)
The parent elicited emotional responses.
D)
The parent became an unconditioned aversive stimulus. CORRECT ANSWER B
When teaching a client to engage in recreational activities, which of the following strategies is th
e least likely to be used when programming for maintenance?
A)
,Set a behavior trap for the leisure skills that are targeted by the plan.
B)
Ensure that there is sufficient contact with reinforcement from the start.
C)
Assess the performance of the skill after instruction has ended.
D)
Use a CRF schedule to reinforce until the activity is no longer preferred. CORRECT ANSWER D
Don is a BCBA with a license in Marriage and Family Therapy. Don provides both behavior analysi
s and marriage therapy to hisPclients. He is considering hiring a behavior specialist that has no tr
aining in Marriage and Family Therapy. Of the following, which is best practice?
A)
Don should only hire behavior analysts that also have a background in marriage and family thera
py, then provide supervision as needed.
B)
Ensure that the new employee only engages in behavior analytic practice. Supervise the new em
ployee only regarding the practice of ABA.
,C)
Teach the new employee the techniques required to do marriage therapy and family therapy, if t
hat's whatPthe client needs. Supervise the employee.
D)
Teach and supervise the new employee on both behavior analytic practice and marriage and fa
mily therapy. Ensure that the client receives the treatment(s) they need. CORRECT ANSWER
B
Of the following procedures, which is likely the best generative instruction strategy?
A)
A teacher shows her students the formulas for determining every geometric shape in the text, a
nd assesses the student's ability to remember the formulas.
B)
A student is taught to match a picture of a car to a picture of a car, then is taught to match a pict
ure of an apple to a picture of an apple. The student's matching skills are assessed.
C)
A student is taught the sounds that each letter and common letter blends make, then the studen
t is assessed on his ability to form and pronounce untaught combinations of those letters.
, D)
A teacher develops a stackPof flash cards with whole words on them, and teaches his students to
fluently respond correctly to each card, when the card is presented. CORRECT ANSWER C
A loud noise elicits the activation syndrome. In the past, a bright light has been paired with a lou
d noise. Now, a bright light elicits the activation syndrome. What type of relation is this?
A)
CS-CR
B)
US-UR
C)
S-R-S
D)
A-B-C CORRECT ANSWER A
Trina reviewed a video recording of a student 3 times, and took data on the student's eye contac
t using a stopwatch, each time she counted 17 seconds. The client actually engaged in 23 second
