BCBAstudy Mock Questions Flashcards

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The response deprivation hypothesis is most commonly associated with which of the following terms? 
A – high probability request sequence 
B – premack principal 
C – motivating operations 
D - negative punishment
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PreMac principle

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Before actual data collection, it is important that new technicians and trainees experience what?
A different behaviors demonstrating the four different functions of behavior
B a functional behavior assessment conducted by behavior analyst
C numerous practice sessions
D training from multiple behavior analysis

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C numerous practice sessions

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Jimmy engages in severe attention seeking behavior while his dad is on the phone. His dad expresses to you that it happens several times per hour, and it has started to impact his performance at work. You recommend a NCR procedure to manipulate the MO for attention. Which of the following best describes the steps you should take to implement the NCR intervention?
A. Immediately start providing noncontingent reinforcement to Jimmy while his dad is on the phone
B. Provide noncontingent reinforcement to Jimmy only when he does not engage in attention seeking behavior
C. Take data on Jimmy’s attention seeking behavior and determine how often it happens per hour provide NCR just before the behavior typically occurs
D. Implement a punishment procedure along with NCR

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C. Take data on Jimmy’s attention seeking behavior and determine how often it happens per hour. Provide NCR just before the behavior typically occurs

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When running DTT with the client provide the prompt before or after the response?

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Before the response

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Ryan’s client just got a job as a cashier at the local grocery store Ryan needs to train his client on all the skills he would need to do the job, Ryan wants to make sure he trains in a way that will encourage generalization. which of the following would least likely help with generalization?
A. Ryan should encourage clients parents and siblings to practice with the client
B. The environment is set up so that the client comes in contact with several different stimuli he might encounter while working at the store
C. The learning environment is distinctive from the actual store. Slowly, Brian makes the environment mimic the store.
D. Client should create a list of key things to remember that he could bring to the store

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C.

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A subject is placed inside a room with a variety of toys and activities during a functional analysis. The subject is allowed access to all toys and activities for 10 minutes. The subject is then taken out of the room, and the next condition is prepared. What condition does the scenario most likely represent?
A. control condition 
B. Alone condition 
C. Contingent escape condition
D. contingent attention condition 
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A. Control condition A.k.a. play condition, free-access to all activities and toys

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You want to develop a task analysis for a 10-year-old who wants to learn a pre-shot routine for hitting a golf ball. Which of the following would be least appropriate to use in the development of the task analysis?
A. Observe a pro golfers pre-shot routine and model your steps after him or her
B. Observe other 10-year-olds as they do their pre-shot routines
C. Generate a task analysis and then modify and refine it using trial and error
D. Consult a golf and coach on the appropriate way to perform a pre-shot routine

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B. Observing peers that might not be doing it correctly it’s not recommended. Generating a task analysis and then modifying it is typical and acceptable

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Glenn’s client loves to eat hershey’s kisses. Glenn suggests that they use chocolate as a reinforcer. The client’s parents explain they don’t want to use sugar as a reinforcer because they are worried about cavities. How should Glenn proceed?
A. explain to the parent that chocolate is reinforcing and use chocolate despite their protest.
B. request that chocolate be used temporarily. Each time chocolate is delivered also deliver praise and a token.
C. Terminate services with the client due to the parent’s inability to cooperate.
D. Use the client’s toys as the reinforcer instead of chocolate

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B. Use chocolate temporarily while programming for generalized reinforcement by pairing praise and a token to promote conditioned reinforcers. D is not the best answer because the question doesn’t mention toys being a reinforcer. All we know is that chocolate is a reinforcer. 

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