BACB Behavior Assessment

Question 1

Which type of functional behavior assessment (FBA) method involves directly manipulating antecedents and consequences to identify the function of a behavior?

Accepted Answer

Functional analysis

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Indirect assessment

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Descriptive assessment

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Scatter plot analysis

Question 2

During an indirect FBA, a behavior analyst interviews a teacher about a student's problem behavior. This method is considered indirect because:

Accepted Answer

It relies on secondhand reports rather than direct observation

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It uses structured observation in the natural environment

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It involves analog conditions in a clinic

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It measures behavior using permanent product recording

Question 3

In a functional analysis, the 'attention' condition typically involves the therapist:

Accepted Answer

Ignoring the client while attending to other tasks and briefly attending following problem behavior

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Providing continuous reinforcement for all behaviors

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Presenting demands and removing them contingent on problem behavior

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Providing free access to all preferred items

Question 4

A scatter plot assessment is best used to:

Accepted Answer

Identify temporal patterns in when a behavior occurs

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Identify the specific function of a behavior

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Determine the topography of a behavior

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Measure the intensity of a behavior across settings

Question 5

Which functional analysis condition serves as a control by providing continuous, noncontingent access to preferred items and no demands?

Accepted Answer

Play/control condition

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Tangible condition

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Demand condition

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Alone condition

Question 6

A descriptive FBA (e.g., ABC recording) differs from a functional analysis primarily because:

Accepted Answer

Descriptive FBAs occur in naturalistic settings without experimental manipulation

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Descriptive FBAs always identify the function with certainty

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Descriptive FBAs require the analyst to present specific stimuli

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Descriptive FBAs use rating scales completed by caregivers

Question 7

When a functional analysis reveals high rates of problem behavior only in the demand condition, the behavior is most likely maintained by:

Accepted Answer

Social-negative reinforcement (escape)

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Automatic reinforcement

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Social-positive reinforcement (attention)

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Tangible reinforcement