BCABA Exam Questions with Correct
Answers 2025-2026
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is a approach or discovering environmental
and for developing a of
that is and . CORRECT ANSWER
Scientific, variables,technology, behavior change, practical, applicable.
Science is a approach for and knowledge about the
world. Science is based on . CORRECT
ANSWER systematic, seeking, organizing, natural,determinism
Purpose of Science is to achieve a understanding of the under st
udy. - CORRECT ANSWER -thorough, phenomena
In ABA, the phenomena are .-
CORRECT ANSWER -socially, important (significant) behaviors
What are the three levels of scientific understanding ? CORRECT ANSWER
Description, Prediction, Control (Dinosaurs Play Cars)
Description is observations that can be and
. Not . - CORRECT ANSWER -
scientific, quantified, classified. Causal explanations.
Prediction (AKA: Correlation; covariation);Two events may regularly occur at the tim
e. This does not necessarily mean that they each other. CORRECT
ANSWER same,cause
Example of Description - CORRECT ANSWER -
Number of praise statements made my teachers in a classroom.
,Example of prediction - CORRECT ANSWER -
When the weather is hot there are more drowning deaths. They are related, but we can not a
ssume hot weather causes drowning deaths.
Control (AKA Causation) Relation: The level of un
derstanding. demonstration that one event (
variable) results in another event ( variable.) - CORRECT ANSWER -
Functional. Highest. Experimental, manipulating, independent,dependent.
Example of Control - CORRECT ANSWER -
Students with longer breaks in a classroom had less problem behavior. Exhibited multiple time
s yielding same results.
Penicillin bacterial Infection
What's another word for prediction? - CORRECT ANSWER -Correlation or covariation
What's another word for Control? - CORRECT ANSWER -Causation
What are the six attitudes of science/ philosophical assumptions of behavior? -
CORRECT ANSWER -1. Determinism
2. Empiricism
3. Experimentation (AKA: Experimental Analysis)
4. Replication
5. Parsimony
6. Philosophical Doubt
Determinism is:
,A. and
B. Lawfulness / Statements
C. The world is and . - CORRECT ANSWER -Cause and Effect
If/ then,
Orderly and Predictable
Empiricism is:
A.
B. , -
based approach, drawing upon and .
C. Requires quantification and detailed of events. -
CORRECT ANSWER -Facts.
Experimental, data, Scientific, observation and experience
Experimentation is:
The strategy of most .
Requires variables so as to see the on the
_.
A to determine if one event another event. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Basic, sciences
manipulating, effects, dependent variable (DV)
assessment, caused
What is another name for experimentation - CORRECT ANSWER -Experimental Analysis
Replication is:
experiments
, The method that use to determine the and o
f their findings.
How scientists discover their . thus making science a -
enterprise . - CORRECT ANSWER -Repeating
Scientists, reliability and usefulness
mistakes, self-correcting
Parsimony is:
The theory
All and explanations must be before considering
more explanations.
Help scientists fit findings within the fields - knowledge base. -
CORRECT ANSWER -simpliest
simple, logical, ruled out, complex
existing
Philosophical Doubt is:
Having and eye about the of your studies and y
our with clients. - CORRECT ANSWER -healthy, skepticism, critical, results, work
What are the 7 Dimensions of ABA? BATCAGE - CORRECT ANSWER -1. Behavioral
2. Applied
3. Technological
4. Conceptually Systematic
5. Analytical
6. Generality
7. Effective
Answers 2025-2026
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is a approach or discovering environmental
and for developing a of
that is and . CORRECT ANSWER
Scientific, variables,technology, behavior change, practical, applicable.
Science is a approach for and knowledge about the
world. Science is based on . CORRECT
ANSWER systematic, seeking, organizing, natural,determinism
Purpose of Science is to achieve a understanding of the under st
udy. - CORRECT ANSWER -thorough, phenomena
In ABA, the phenomena are .-
CORRECT ANSWER -socially, important (significant) behaviors
What are the three levels of scientific understanding ? CORRECT ANSWER
Description, Prediction, Control (Dinosaurs Play Cars)
Description is observations that can be and
. Not . - CORRECT ANSWER -
scientific, quantified, classified. Causal explanations.
Prediction (AKA: Correlation; covariation);Two events may regularly occur at the tim
e. This does not necessarily mean that they each other. CORRECT
ANSWER same,cause
Example of Description - CORRECT ANSWER -
Number of praise statements made my teachers in a classroom.
,Example of prediction - CORRECT ANSWER -
When the weather is hot there are more drowning deaths. They are related, but we can not a
ssume hot weather causes drowning deaths.
Control (AKA Causation) Relation: The level of un
derstanding. demonstration that one event (
variable) results in another event ( variable.) - CORRECT ANSWER -
Functional. Highest. Experimental, manipulating, independent,dependent.
Example of Control - CORRECT ANSWER -
Students with longer breaks in a classroom had less problem behavior. Exhibited multiple time
s yielding same results.
Penicillin bacterial Infection
What's another word for prediction? - CORRECT ANSWER -Correlation or covariation
What's another word for Control? - CORRECT ANSWER -Causation
What are the six attitudes of science/ philosophical assumptions of behavior? -
CORRECT ANSWER -1. Determinism
2. Empiricism
3. Experimentation (AKA: Experimental Analysis)
4. Replication
5. Parsimony
6. Philosophical Doubt
Determinism is:
,A. and
B. Lawfulness / Statements
C. The world is and . - CORRECT ANSWER -Cause and Effect
If/ then,
Orderly and Predictable
Empiricism is:
A.
B. , -
based approach, drawing upon and .
C. Requires quantification and detailed of events. -
CORRECT ANSWER -Facts.
Experimental, data, Scientific, observation and experience
Experimentation is:
The strategy of most .
Requires variables so as to see the on the
_.
A to determine if one event another event. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Basic, sciences
manipulating, effects, dependent variable (DV)
assessment, caused
What is another name for experimentation - CORRECT ANSWER -Experimental Analysis
Replication is:
experiments
, The method that use to determine the and o
f their findings.
How scientists discover their . thus making science a -
enterprise . - CORRECT ANSWER -Repeating
Scientists, reliability and usefulness
mistakes, self-correcting
Parsimony is:
The theory
All and explanations must be before considering
more explanations.
Help scientists fit findings within the fields - knowledge base. -
CORRECT ANSWER -simpliest
simple, logical, ruled out, complex
existing
Philosophical Doubt is:
Having and eye about the of your studies and y
our with clients. - CORRECT ANSWER -healthy, skepticism, critical, results, work
What are the 7 Dimensions of ABA? BATCAGE - CORRECT ANSWER -1. Behavioral
2. Applied
3. Technological
4. Conceptually Systematic
5. Analytical
6. Generality
7. Effective
