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Board Certified Behavior Analyst Questions 71–75 (page: 16)

Updated On: 9-Feb-2026

A person "getting wet" in the rain is NOT considered an occurrence of behavior because "getting wet"

  1. does not specify an interaction between an organism and its environment.
  2. can occur under only one, very specific environmental condition.
  3. is a hypothetical construct and cannot therefore meet the criteria for an occurrence of behavior.
  4. does not have social or clinical significance in a science of human behavior.

Answer(s): A



The BEST definition for mouthing behavior would be any instance of Luke.

  1. placing his mouth on any object for at least 5 seconds.
  2. placing his open mouth on a non-nutritive object or placing a non-nutritive object in his mouth.
  3. making contact with his mouth to any non-nutritive object.
  4. mouthing a non-nutritive item for 3 or more consecutive instances within a 30 second interval.

Answer(s): B



Susan recorded data on a student's fidgeting behavior in the following way: She divided a 10-minute recording period into 10-second intervals and recorded in each interval a "+" if the target behavior occurred at least once. The percentage of intervals of target behavior occurrence was about 45%. The data resulting are most likely to be an

  1. accurate measure of inter-response times.
  2. inaccurate measure of inter-response times.
  3. overestimate of the occurrence of the behavior.
  4. underestimate of the occurrence of the behavior.

Answer(s): C



A major benefit of product recording is that:

  1. it is the easiest recording method.
  2. it is used when a behavior results in a certain tangible outcome.
  3. the observer does not have to be present when the behavior occurs.
  4. one can always determine who engaged in the behavior that led to the product that was recorded.

Answer(s): C



Observation sessions should be scheduled so that the representativeness of the data can be maximized. Considering behaviors occurring in a school setting, which of the following options is consistent with this recommendation?

  1. Behaviors are given letter-codes that represent the complete topographical definition of the behaviors, e.g., “on-task academic behavior” is represented by “O” on the recording sheet.
  2. Observations should be made only when the behavior is likely to occur most frequently during a day, for instance, during a particular academic class.
  3. Recordings of behavior during the whole school day may be needed initially to assess the representativeness of samples within the day.
  4. Representativeness can be assured by scheduling observations in sessions of 60 minutes or more in the morning and afternoon school schedule.

Answer(s): C



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