FREE BCAT Principles of ABA Questions and Answers

Question 1

A BCAT is teaching a child to say 'please'.
Each time the child says 'please' when asking for a toy, the technician gives them immediate praise and access to the toy.
This is an example of which ABA principle?

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Positive Reinforcement

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Negative Reinforcement

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Extinction

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Positive Punishment

Question 2

Which of the following best describes negative reinforcement?

Accepted Answer

Removing an aversive stimulus to increase a behavior.

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Presenting an aversive stimulus to decrease a behavior.

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Withholding a preferred item to decrease a behavior.

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Presenting a preferred stimulus to increase a behavior.

Question 3

During a session, a child begins to whine to get the technician's attention, a behavior that has been successfully reinforced in the past. The technician, following the behavior plan, ignores the whining and only provides attention when the child communicates appropriately. This strategy is known as:

Accepted Answer

Extinction

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Shaping

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Prompting

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Punishment

Question 4

In the 'ABC' model of behavior, what does the 'A' stand for?

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Antecedent

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Action

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Analysis

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Applied

Question 5

A behavior intervention plan must be written with enough clarity and detail that any trained technician can implement it exactly as intended. This aligns with which of the seven dimensions of ABA?

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Technological

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Behavioral

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Analytic

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Generality

Question 6

A technician provides a hand-over-hand gesture to help a client correctly use a fork. This is an example of what type of procedure?

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A prompt

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A consequence

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A reinforcer

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A shaping procedure