The Rebirth Guide To BCABA Study Guide

NEW QUESTION 1
When Susan attempts to escape from a task, she exhibits several behaviors, including hitting her head, stomping her feet, and crying. This is an example of A.

• A. functional response clas
• B. respondent clas
• C. stimulus clas
• D. topographical response clas

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 2
Billy, a 20-year-old male, has the capacity to give consent for treatment. The behavior analyst has developed a program and explained it to Billy. Procedures, benefits, rights, and other information also were shown to him. The one element still needed for informed consent is approval from

• A. Bill
• B. clinical review committe
• C. human rights committe
• D. Billy's parent

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 3
The "hero procedure" refers to a contingency in which an individual, or small group, earns a reward for a class. This procedure is an example of what type of group contingency?

• A. dependent
• B. independent
• C. interdependent
• D. semi-dependent

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 4
As the latency between the targeted behavior and delivery of consequences increases, which is MORE likely?

• A. The behavior will be reinforce
• B. The effectiveness of the reinforcer will be increase
• C. An intervening response might occu
• D. The reinforcer will be generalize

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 5
A functional relationship exists only iF.

• A. changes in a response class produce a functional consequenc
• B. changes in a stimulus class consistently alter a property of a response clas
• C. reinforcement is contingent upon respondin
• D. a stimulus elicits a response without previous conditionin

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 6
Available resources, applicable federal and state laws, programmatic costs, and a person's
adaptive skills, learning history, and personal interests should all be considered as part of the
process oF.

• A. collecting empirical dat
• B. conducting a baseline of target behavior
• C. manipulating ecological factor
• D. prioritizing goals and objective

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 7
A teacher's students were asking for individual assistance at a high rate when they were instructed to work independently using their textbooks and other resource material available in the classroom. The teacher posted a "No Questions" sign and systematically ignored the students' questions when the sign was up. The rate of question-asking decreased to zero. Now the teacher simply puts up the sign whenever the students are to work independently and removes it when the students can ask questions. With respect to asking questions, the sign functions as:

• A. a negative reinforce
• B. an SD
• C. an
• D. an S

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 8
The MOST critical consideration when selecting a behavior change intervention is:

• A. availability of competent staf
• B. ease of implementatio
• C. increasing a person’s independenc
• D. compliance with guardian request

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 9
When presenting extinction as a possible treatment option to a client and his or her family, it is MOST important for a behavior analyst to

• A. assure them that extinction is supported in the literature as an effective procedur
• B. present it along with other interventions, including reinforcement based alternative
• C. discuss the risks and benefits of using extinction and assure them that it is the best optio
• D. explain his or her experience using extinction with similar case

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 10
Which situation is likely to be an example of negative reinforcement?

• A. A child puts a coin into a machine and gets a gumbal
• B. An employee submits reports to a nagging boss and boss stops naggin
• C. An employee submits time sheet to payroll department and gets paid on Frida
• D. A student has a tantrum and the teacher gives a hug to calm them dow

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 11
Observation sessions should be scheduled so that the representativeness of the data can be maximized. Considering behaviors occurring in a school setting, which of the following options is consistent with this recommendation?

• A. Behaviors are given letter-codes that represent the complete topographical definition of the behaviors, e.g., “on-task academic behavior” is represented by “O” on the recording shee
• B. Observations should be made only when the behavior is likely to occur most frequently during a day, for instance, during a particular academic clas
• C. Recordings of behavior during the whole school day may be needed initially to assess the representativeness of samples within the da
• D. Representativeness can be assured by scheduling observations in sessions of 60 minutes or more in the morning and afternoon school schedul

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 12
A teacher gives a student a piece of paper and asks him to draw a picture. To request a crayon, the student looks at the teacher and says, "Crayon." In response to this, the teacher replies, "Say, 'Crayon please'." The student complies with the request and the teacher gives them a crayon. This exchange is an example oF.

• A. coincidental teachin
• B. incidental teachin
• C. precision teachin
• D. vicarious teachin

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 13
The behavior analyst has had good results with an intervention she designed that makes access to video games contingent upon playing with other children. She now wants to compare the effects of differing amounts of video game access time. She should conduct a

• A. changing criterion stud
• B. nonparametric stud
• C. parametric stud
• D. reversal stud

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 14
The BEST definition for mouthing behavior would be any instance of LukE.

• A. placing his mouth on any object for at least 5 second
• B. placing his open mouth on a non-nutritive object or placing a non-nutritive object in his mout
• C. making contact with his mouth to any non-nutritive objec
• D. mouthing a non-nutritive item for 3 or more consecutive instances within a 30 second interva

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 15
Abigale is in her preschool classroom where she sees a toy named Elmo on a shelf and then says, "Elmo." No one drew her attention to Elmo. This is an example of a (n):

• A. autocliti
• B. intraverba
• C. man
• D. tac

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 16
A client with a history of escape maintained problem behavior begins to throw the puzzle pieces a few minutes after starting to work on the task. What is the BEST programmatic change for the behavior analyst to make?

• A. Remove the puzzle and implement a time-out procedur
• B. Teach the client to request escape using an adaptive behavio
• C. Implement an overcorrection procedure to reduce puzzle piece throwin
• D. Increase the amount of social praise delivered for successful task completio

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 17
What must happen for an alternating-treatments design to be optimally effective?

• A. An additional return to baseline is undertake
• B. Criterion changes are gradual to ensure complianc
• C. Participants discriminate easily between treatment condition
• D. Participants engage in multiple problem behavior

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 18
Mary Lee has been working on compliance. Given the same mand, in a 15-min. segment, Mary Lee complied with her teacher 4/5 times, her speech therapist, physical education teacher and mother 2/5 times. Six months later, given the same mand, in a 15-min. segment, Mary Lee complied with the bus driver 4/5 times, her physical therapist 4/5 times, the lunch lady 4/5 times and the vice-principal 4/5 times. This scenario is an example oF.

• A. response generalizatio
• B. stimulus discriminatio
• C. stimulus generalizatio
• D. stimulus equivalenc

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 19
Fred does not follow some of the directives imposed by the direct care staff. A behavior analyst has been asked to put a program in place that will get Fred to comply with all directives. The behavior analyst should FIRST

• A. differentiate between compliance rates across different directive
• B. request that staff provide a ratio of compliant behaviors to noncompliant one
• C. determine a list of potential reinforcers for the behavior progra
• D. consider the ethical implications of training Fred to comply with all directive

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 20
Elizabeth engages in skin scratching that never occurs when others are present. Additionally, no one has commented on this behavior, and it has occurred undetected by others for quite a long while. Elizabeth hides the scratch marks under clothing. The scratching behavior is MOST likely to be maintained by:

• A. adventitious reinforcemen
• B. social reinforcemen
• C. tangible reinforcemen
• D. automatic reinforcemen

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 21
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