BCBA EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025-2026
3 levels of scientific understanding CORRECT ANSWER DPC
Description
Prediction
Control
Description CORRECT ANSWER Systematic observations that can be quantified & classified
Prediction CORRECT ANSWER AKA: correlation; covariation
2 events may regularly occur at the same time. This does not mean one causes the other
Control CORRECT ANSWER AKA: causation
Functional relation.
The highest level of scientific understanding.
Experimental demonstration that manipulating one event (IV) results in another event (DV).
6 attitudes of science
Philosophical assumptions of bx CORRECT ANSWER DEER PP
Determinism
Empiricism
,Experimentation
Replication
Parimony
Philosophical Doubt
Determinism CORRECT ANSWER Cause & effect
Lawfulness
Orderly & predictable
Empiricism CORRECT ANSWER Facts
Experimental, data-based scientific approach, drawing upon observation & experience.
Requires objective qualification & detailed description of events.
Experimentation CORRECT ANSWER Basic strategy of most sciences.
Requires manipulating variables to see effects on DV.
Experiment to determine if one event caused another.
Replication CORRECT ANSWER Repeating experiments
Parisomy CORRECT ANSWER The simplest theory.
All simple & logical explanations must be ruled out first before complex explanations.
,Philosophical Doubt CORRECT ANSWER Having healthy skepticism & a critical eye
7 dimensions of ABA CORRECT ANSWER BATCAGE or GET A CAB
Behavioral
Applied
Technological
Conceptually Systematic
Analytic
Generality
Effective
Behavioral CORRECT ANSWER Observable events.
Must be a bx in need of improvement.
Applied CORRECT ANSWER Socially significant bxs
Technological CORRECT ANSWER Procedures clearly & precisely so they are replicable.
RECIPE
Conceptually Systematic CORRECT ANSWER
Procedures should be based on principles of ABA
Analytic CORRECT ANSWER AKA: Functional Relation, Experimentation, Control, Causation
, A functional relation is demonstrated.
Generality CORRECT ANSWER AKA: Generalization
Extends bx change across time, settings, or other bxs
Effective CORRECT ANSWER Improves bx in a practical manner
Mentalism Terminology CORRECT ANSWER Hypothetical Constructs
Explanatory Fictions
Circular Reasoning
4 Branches of Behavior Analysis CORRECT ANSWER CASE
Conceptual Analysis of Behavior
ABA
Behavior Service Delivery
Experimental Analysis of Bx (EAB)
2 types of bx CORRECT ANSWER Respondent
Operant
Respondent Bx CORRECT ANSWER AKA: Reflex, Reflexive Relations, Unconditioned, US-UR
Elicited
Involuntary
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025-2026
3 levels of scientific understanding CORRECT ANSWER DPC
Description
Prediction
Control
Description CORRECT ANSWER Systematic observations that can be quantified & classified
Prediction CORRECT ANSWER AKA: correlation; covariation
2 events may regularly occur at the same time. This does not mean one causes the other
Control CORRECT ANSWER AKA: causation
Functional relation.
The highest level of scientific understanding.
Experimental demonstration that manipulating one event (IV) results in another event (DV).
6 attitudes of science
Philosophical assumptions of bx CORRECT ANSWER DEER PP
Determinism
Empiricism
,Experimentation
Replication
Parimony
Philosophical Doubt
Determinism CORRECT ANSWER Cause & effect
Lawfulness
Orderly & predictable
Empiricism CORRECT ANSWER Facts
Experimental, data-based scientific approach, drawing upon observation & experience.
Requires objective qualification & detailed description of events.
Experimentation CORRECT ANSWER Basic strategy of most sciences.
Requires manipulating variables to see effects on DV.
Experiment to determine if one event caused another.
Replication CORRECT ANSWER Repeating experiments
Parisomy CORRECT ANSWER The simplest theory.
All simple & logical explanations must be ruled out first before complex explanations.
,Philosophical Doubt CORRECT ANSWER Having healthy skepticism & a critical eye
7 dimensions of ABA CORRECT ANSWER BATCAGE or GET A CAB
Behavioral
Applied
Technological
Conceptually Systematic
Analytic
Generality
Effective
Behavioral CORRECT ANSWER Observable events.
Must be a bx in need of improvement.
Applied CORRECT ANSWER Socially significant bxs
Technological CORRECT ANSWER Procedures clearly & precisely so they are replicable.
RECIPE
Conceptually Systematic CORRECT ANSWER
Procedures should be based on principles of ABA
Analytic CORRECT ANSWER AKA: Functional Relation, Experimentation, Control, Causation
, A functional relation is demonstrated.
Generality CORRECT ANSWER AKA: Generalization
Extends bx change across time, settings, or other bxs
Effective CORRECT ANSWER Improves bx in a practical manner
Mentalism Terminology CORRECT ANSWER Hypothetical Constructs
Explanatory Fictions
Circular Reasoning
4 Branches of Behavior Analysis CORRECT ANSWER CASE
Conceptual Analysis of Behavior
ABA
Behavior Service Delivery
Experimental Analysis of Bx (EAB)
2 types of bx CORRECT ANSWER Respondent
Operant
Respondent Bx CORRECT ANSWER AKA: Reflex, Reflexive Relations, Unconditioned, US-UR
Elicited
Involuntary
