BACB Certifications BCABA Exam Questions and Answers PDF

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Question 8

A behavioral assessment indicates that the problem behavior of a young woman is maintained by others bringing things to her or taking things away following occurrence of the behavior. Since the behavior results in physical injury, the decision to decrease its occurrence has been made. Which is the BEST general approach?

Options:

Determine a potential punisher and deliver it following every occurrence of the behavior, but do not provide or remove other things following the occurrence.

Prevent the behavior by physically blocking each response.

Stop providing or removing things following the behavior and allow it to undergo extinction.

Use protective equipment that prevents injury and establish a replacement behavior that results in things being provided to or removed from the woman.

Question 9

An approach to reducing problem behavior called __________ involves providing reinforcers on a (n) __________ schedule regardless of the occurrence of the problem behavior.

Options:

noncontingent reinforcement; interval

differential reinforcement; interval

noncontingent reinforcement; ratio

differential reinforcement; ratio

Question 10

During three 30-minute observations, Linda gouged her eye 8, 17, and 12 times, respectively. Each incident lasted between 1 and 3 seconds, with an average duration of 1.3 seconds. Which is the BEST dimension to continue to measure?