10 free, exam-style Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA) (BCaBA) practice questions with answers and explanations. No signup required. Work through them below, then take the full free BCaBA practice test to study every exam domain.
The BCaBA exam has 175 questions and runs 4 hours.
These 10 free BCaBA questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA) blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.
A behavior analyst uses an ABAB design to show that a token system, and not some other variable, is responsible for an increase in a student's on-task behavior. Demonstrating this functional relation satisfies which dimension of applied behavior analysis?
Correct answer: B - Analytic
During independent seatwork, a student begins to whine whenever a worksheet is placed in front of him. Each time he whines, the teacher removes the worksheet, and his whining has steadily increased over the past two weeks. The increase in whining is BEST explained by:
Correct answer: A - Negative reinforcement
A child who wants juice but cannot reach it says "juice," and a caregiver immediately hands her the juice. Under Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior, the response "juice" is a:
Correct answer: C - Mand
A child has not had access to water all morning, which increases how hard she will work to obtain a drink. This effect on the value of water as a reinforcer is BEST described as the result of a:
Correct answer: C - Motivating operation
A practitioner scores an interval as an occurrence if the target behavior happens at any point during that interval. Compared with the behavior's true duration, this measurement system will MOST likely:
Correct answer: D - Overestimate how much the behavior occurs
A team wants to evaluate whether an intervention is responsible for teaching a new, lasting reading skill. A reversal (ABAB) design would be a POOR choice in this situation PRIMARILY because:
Correct answer: D - The acquired skill is not expected to reverse when the intervention is withdrawn
A BCaBA is assigned a client whose presenting concern involves feeding difficulties, an area in which the BCaBA has no training or supervised experience. According to the ethics code, the BCaBA should FIRST:
Correct answer: C - Seek guidance, training, and supervision before providing services in this area
A student consistently throws his materials on the floor only during demanding math tasks. When this happens, he is sent to a quiet corner and the task is paused. Throwing rarely occurs during preferred activities. The MOST likely function of the throwing is:
Correct answer: A - Escape from demands
A behavior technician delivers a token to a learner at the end of every 5-minute interval in which no hair-pulling has occurred. Tokens are withheld during any interval in which hair-pulling happens. This procedure is:
Correct answer: C - Differential reinforcement of other behavior (DRO)
A token economy is in place, and each time a student leaves his seat without permission, the teacher removes one previously earned token. Out-of-seat behavior decreases. This procedure is an example of:
Correct answer: B - Response cost
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