BCAT Practice Test Questions Already Graded A+
1. Autism is a:
A. Neurodevelopmental Disorder ️
B. Mood Disorder
C. Metabolic Disorder
2. ASD is characterized by:
A. "Challenges with reading, writing, and mathematics"
B. "Struggles in social interaction, communication, and...
A. "Challenges with reading, writing, and mathematics"
B. "Struggles in social interaction, communication, and repetitive behaviors" ✔️
C. "Issues with communication, acting out, and academics"
D. "Problems with following instructions and self-harming"
3. ABA is the cure for autism:
A. TRUE
B. FALSE ✔️
4. The three-term contingency is:
A. Antecedent-Behavior-Consequence ✔️
B. Lions-Tigers-Bears
C. Environmental Event-Behavior-Consequence
D. Antecedent-Behavior-Reward
5. Behavior must:
A. Occur outside of the individual
B. Be observable by someone else
C. Be labeled as good or bad
D. A and B ✔️
,6. We seek to understand how ________ influence the occurrence of behavior:
A. Everything
B. Private Events
C. Environmental Events ✔️
D. Rewards
7. Which is not an area we would work on with our clients?
A. Hitting classmates
B. Communication
C. Feeling Angry ✔️
D. Difficulties with social interaction
8. Frequency is:
A. The time taken to START a behavior after instructions are given
B. Assigning numbers to various prompt levels
C. The number of times the behavior occurs ✔️
D. The total duration of a behavior
9. ABC Data:
A. "Records the antecedent, behavior, and consequence of problem behaviors" ✔️
B. Indicates when target behaviors happen
C. The duration of a behavior
D. The ratio of behavior occurrences per unit of time
10. Whole-Interval Time Sampling:
A. Records the antecedent, behavior, and consequence of problem behaviors
B. The target behavior is marked as (+) if it occurs throughout the entire interval ✔️
, C. The duration of a behavior
D. The time taken to START a behavior
11. Rate:
A. The behavior is marked as (+) if it occurs at least once during the interval
B. The number of times the behavior occurs
C. Assigns numbers to different prompt levels
D. The ratio of the number of times a behavior occurs per unit of time ✔️
12. Percent:
A. Count of Behavior/number of opportunities X 100 ✔️
B. The ratio of the number of times a behavior occurs per unit of time
C. The total occurrences of a behavior
D. The total duration of a behavior
13. Scatterplot:
A. The total duration of a behavior
B. The total occurrences of a behavior
C. When the target behavior occurs ✔️
D. The behavior is marked as (+) if it occurs at least once during the interval
14. Duration:
A. The ratio of the number of times a behavior occurs per unit of time
B. The time taken to START a behavior after instruction is given
C. The total occurrences of a behavior
D. The total duration of a behavior ✔️
15. Prompt Level:
, A. When the target behavior occurs
B. Assigning numbers to different prompt levels ✔️
C. Count of Behavior/number of opportunities X 100
D. Records the antecedent, behavior, and consequence of problem behaviors
16. Partial Interval Time Sampling:
A. The behavior is marked as (+) if it occurs at least once during the interval ✔️
B. The target behavior is marked as (+) if it occurs throughout the entire interval
C. The time taken to START a behavior after instruction is given
D. The total occurrences of a behavior
Latency
A. The length of time that a behavior occurs
B. When the behavior occurs
C. The length of time it takes to START a behavior after the instruction is given
D. Count of behavior/number of opportunities X100 ✔️C
Positive reinforcement is when you add a stimulus to the environment to increase the future frequency
of that behavior.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE ✔️A
Low effort responses should receive the most powerful reinforcers.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE ✔️B
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