BCBA Selecting and Implementing Interventions Practice Questions
Domain H of the BCBA Test Content Outline (6th ed.) · 20 of the 175 scored questions (11%)
185 questions across all nine domains in 4 hours, with a score for selecting interventions so you know where you stand.
Free selecting interventions drillWhich Ethics Code standard directs behavior analysts to collaborate with professionals from other disciplines, to resolve conflicts by compromising when possible while prioritizing the client's best interest, and to document the actions taken?
Selecting and Implementing Interventions on the BCBA
Selecting and Implementing Interventions is 20 of the 175 scored questions. Where Behavior-Change Procedures asks how a procedure works, this domain asks which one to choose and what to do once it is running: writing measurable goals, choosing interventions that fit the client and the setting, planning for side effects and relapse, and making decisions from integrity and outcome data.
- Share of the exam
- 20 of 175 scored questions (11%) on every exam form
- Outline tasks
- 8 (H.1 to H.8)
- Our drill
- 10 questions from 59 selecting interventions questions, untimed, an explanation after every answer; one free attempt, unlimited with a pass
What selecting interventions questions test
- Writing intervention goals in observable and measurable terms (task H.1)
- Recommending interventions from assessment results, scientific evidence, client preferences and contextual fit, including caregiver skills, cultural variables and resources (task H.2)
- Choosing a socially valid replacement behavior when a target behavior is to be reduced (task H.3)
- Planning for unwanted effects of reinforcement, extinction and punishment, such as extinction bursts and emotional responding (task H.4)
- Planning for relapse, including resurgence and renewal (task H.5)
- Data-based decisions about procedural integrity and about the effectiveness of the intervention (tasks H.6–H.7)
- Collaborating with caregivers, teachers and other professionals (task H.8)
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185 questions across all nine domains in 4 hours, with a score for selecting interventions so you know where you stand.
Free selecting interventions drillHow to study it
- When a question asks what to recommend, check four things in order: does it match the function, is it supported by evidence, will the people involved accept it, and can they carry it out?
- A good replacement behavior serves the same function and takes less effort than the problem behavior.
- Before you change an intervention that is not working, check whether it is being implemented as written. Low procedural integrity is often the answer.
- Learn the relapse terms: resurgence (an old behavior returns when the alternative is extinguished) and renewal (it returns when the context changes).
Common questions
How is Selecting and Implementing Interventions different from Behavior-Change Procedures?
Behavior-Change Procedures (domain G) covers how procedures such as prompting, shaping and differential reinforcement work. Selecting and Implementing Interventions (domain H) covers choosing among them for a particular client and setting, then deciding from data whether to continue, change or improve how they are carried out.
How many intervention selection questions are on the BCBA exam?
Twenty of the 175 scored questions, 11% of the exam, across eight tasks from H.1 (measurable goals) to H.8 (collaborating with others).
185 questions across all nine domains in 4 hours, with a score for selecting interventions so you know where you stand.
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Sources
Original practice questions for exam preparation, written to the BACB’s BCBA Test Content Outline (6th ed.) and the Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts (2022). Independent practice, not affiliated with or endorsed by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB). BCBA® and BACB® are registered trademarks of the Behavior Analyst Certification Board.