BCBA

BCBA practice questions, page 3 of 8, with answer review and explanations.

Question 11

The number of time intervals in a specific period of time during which a response occurs continuously for an entire interval is which measure?

  1. Partial-interval recording
  2. Whole-interval recording
  3. Momentary time sampling
  4. Percentage of occurrence

Question 12

In behavior analysis, the __________________ is usually __________________.

  1. Independent variable; a measure of behavior
  2. Dependent variable; a measure of behavior
  3. Baseline measure; unrelated to the behavior
  4. Independent variable; implemented before the baseline measure

Question 13

An experimenter examines the effects of three types of prompts on compliance in a developmentally disabled person. In this experiment, what is the independent variable?

  1. The location of the environment
  2. The three types of prompts
  3. The level of compliance
  4. The diagnosis of the individual

Question 14

An experimenter examines the level of noise in a school bus full of children under the following conditions: baseline, rock music, baseline, classical music. In this experiment, the dependent variable is:

  1. Time
  2. The number of children on the bus
  3. The level of noise
  4. The type of music

Question 15

A person is asked to make his bed. His caregiver checks 30 minutes later and the bed was made. No one else was present during that time. The caregiver records that the client made his bed even though he did not observe the behavior directly. The data collection method used is:

  1. Duration recording
  2. Whole-interval recording
  3. Latency recording
  4. Permanent product recording