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General BCBA Exam Questions andAnswers (100% Correct) Latest Update
2025
A behavior analyst has implemented a behavior support plan
that includes extinction, DRA, and a mild punisher (firmly
saying "no"). The behavior support plan is effective in
reducing the child's aggressive behavior. The behavior
analyst is uncertain which intervention(s) is producing the
behavior reduction. What could the behavior analyst do to
determine which of the interventions is effecting the
behavior? - Correct Answer ✅ conduct a component
analysis
A behavior analyst is attempting to determine the most
effective amount of attention to use as a reinforcer for a
school child. After a baseline with no praise contingent on
completing a math problem, treatment is implemented which
involves 10 seconds of praise, 20 seconds of praise, or 5
seconds of praise. This type of analysis is called a _____ -
Correct Answer ✅ parametric analysis
A behavior that has sudden and dramatic consequences that
extend well beyond the idiosyncratic change itself because it
exposes the person to new environments, reinforcers,
,General BCBA Exam Questions and
Answers (100% Correct) Latest Update
2025
contingencies, responses, and stimulus controls is called
_____ - Correct Answer ✅ behavioral cusp
A behavior that is elicited by antecedent stimuli and is
"brought about" by a stimulus that precedes it is _____ -
Correct Answer ✅ respondent
A consequence that, when given contingent on the
occurrence of a behavior, decreases the likelihood of the
behavior occurring in the future - Correct Answer ✅
positive punishment
A contingency contract - Correct Answer ✅ specifies how
two people will behavior towards each other
A guiding principle for promoting generalized behavior
change includes - Correct Answer ✅ involving significant
others, choosing both the least intrusive and least costly
tactics, and contriving intervention tactics as needed
,General BCBA Exam Questions and
Answers (100% Correct) Latest Update
2025
A limitation of descriptive analysis is - Correct Answer ✅ it
can be misleading, as environmental variables that occur
close to the behavior may not be causally related to the
behavior
A motivating operation that decreases the reinforcing
effectiveness of a stimulus, object or event is called a(n) _____
- Correct Answer ✅ abolishing operation
A motivating operation whose value-altering effect does not
depend on a learning history is called a(n) _____ - Correct
Answer ✅ unconditioned motivating operation
A philosophical position that views behavioral events that
cannot be publicly observed as outside of the realm of
science is called _____ - Correct Answer ✅ methodological
behaviorism
A previously neutral stimulus that now functions as a
punisher because of prior pairing with one or more punishers
is called a _____ - Correct Answer ✅ conditioned punisher
, General BCBA Exam Questions and
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2025
A relation between the stimulus and response or response
product that occurs when the beginning, middle, and end for
the verbal stimulus matches the beginning, middle, and end
of the verbal response is called - Correct Answer ✅ point-
to-point correspondence
A situation in which the frequency, latency, duration or
amplitude of a behavior is altered by the presence or absence
of an antecedent stimulus is called _____ - Correct Answer
✅ stimulus control
A stimulus change that does not elicit respondent behavior is
______ - Correct Answer ✅ neutral stimulus
A stimulus that acquires its MO effect by being paired with
another MO and has the same value-altering and behavior-
altering effects as the MO with which it was paired is called
a(n) _____ - Correct Answer ✅ surrogate conditioned MO
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