BCBA Online Practice Questions and Answers

Which does NOT increase the effectiveness of punishment?

A. availability of alternative responses

B. inability to avoid the punisher

C. intermittent delivery of the punisher

D. reinforcement frequency for alternative behavior

Self-management is best defined as the:

A. Personal application of behavior change tactics that produces a desired change in behavior

B. Personal application of behavior change tactics that produces an increase in a desired behavior

C. Personal application of behavior change tactics that produces an decrease in a desired behavior

D. Application of behavior change tactics that causes changes to a particular behavior

A punishment contingency is LEAST likely to produce which effect?

A. Undesirable emotions may result.

B. Aggressive or violent behavior may be evoked.

C. A more appropriate replacement behavior may develop.

D. The person delivering the punisher may become an aversive stimulus.

In order to obtain the GREATEST increase in the value of an identified reinforcer after satiation has occurred, the behavior analyst shoulD.

A. deliver the reinforcer non-contingently.

B. reduce the magnitude of the reinforcer.

C. thin the schedule of reinforcement.

D. temporarily remove the reinforcer.

Non-contingent reinforcement is this type of intervention:

A. Antecedent intervention

B. Consequent intervention

C. Punishment strategy

D. Behavioral momentum intervention

The use of a withdrawal design is LEAST appropriate when:

A. evaluating an intervention for severe problem behavior.

B. evaluating the effects of an intervention for behavior that has multiple functions.

C. extraneous variables cannot be controlled.

D. multiple participants are being evaluated.

A DRI schedule designed to decrease the frequency of running around class and tapping other children on the head involves:

A. Arranging for the child to earn a reinforcer in the absence of these behaviors

B. Providing a reinforcer contingent on being on task and sitting quietly in his seat

C. Changing the seating arrangement of the class

D. Ensuring the child had breakfast that morning

In general, when a behavior analyst is asked to help someone make friends, the behavior analyst shoulD.

A. avoid interfering in interpersonal relationships.

B. refer the person to a counselor, social worker, or other professional.

C. evaluate the current social repertoire.

D. set up a social skills training program.

An experimenter examines the level of noise in a school bus full of children under the following conditions: baseline, rock music, baseline, classical music. In this experiment, the dependent variable is:

A. Time

B. The number of children on the bus

C. The level of noise

D. The type of music

Teaching a student a self-talk strategy consisting of, "After I use the toilet, I must flush." is an example oF.

A. contingency shaped behavior.

B. direct instruction.

C. imitative instruction.

D. rule-governed behavior.