Stimulus and response prompt fading: Prompting and fading.
Original BCBA scenario practice question with answer explanation and wrong-choice notes. Not an official BACB exam item. Last machine check: 2026-07-05.
During teaching, a client responds correctly with one example but errors increase with new materials and staff. Across 6 sessions in service week 8, 3 observers recorded 42 minutes of observation in the telehealth caregiver meeting. The BCBA should:
A
Train only one example and wait to see whether transfer happens naturally.
B
Fade prompts while reinforcing independent responding so control transfers to natural cues.
Correct answer
C
Keep the most intrusive prompt in place so errors stay low during teaching sessions.
D
Deliver the same consequence for the target response and the replacement response.
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What this question tests
Stimulus and response prompt fading: Prompting and fading. in Behavior-Change Procedures, with study tags for Prompting and fading, Stimulus and response prompt fading, prompt dependence, stimulus control transfer.
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Before reading the explanation, choose an answer and name the scenario clue. If you missed it, review Prompting and fading and try similar questions in this domain.
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The decision point is: Does the answer match the teaching or behavior-change procedure to the function, skill, and stimulus-control problem? This item specifically tests Stimulus and response prompt fading through a applied-client-service-scenario format. The key clue is in the stem facts: During teaching, a client responds correctly with one example but errors increase with new materials and staff. Across 6 sessions in service week 8, 3 observers recorded 42 minutes of observation in the telehealth caregiver meeting. The BCBA should: Answer B is strongest because it follows this rule: Fade prompts while reinforcing independent responding so control transfers to natural cues. It fits the source-backed rule without announcing that rule in the stem. The tempting mistake is to choose a shortcut before the scenario's prerequisite is satisfied. This choice overgeneralizes from limited evidence. The stronger answer checks the controlling variables before assuming the same relation holds elsewhere. Exam move: name the missing prerequisite first, then eliminate answers that jump to a label, a familiar procedure, a single data point, or an undocumented action.
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During teaching, a client responds correctly with one example but errors increase with new materials and staff. Across 6 sessions in service week 8, 3 observers recorded 42 minutes of observation in the telehealth caregiver meeting. The BCBA should:
Trap
Common trap
This choice overgeneralizes from limited evidence. The stronger answer checks the controlling variables before assuming the same relation holds elsewhere.
Next
If you missed it, review Prompting and fading
Then answer a few related scenarios before moving back to broad practice.
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Rule
Stimulus and response prompt fading: Prompting and fading
Does the answer match the teaching or behavior-change procedure to the function, skill, and stimulus-control problem?
Clue
What the stem gives you
During teaching, a client responds correctly with one example but errors increase with new materials and staff. Across 6 sessions in service week 8, 3 observers recorded 42 minutes of observation in the telehealth caregiver meeting. The BCBA should:
Trap
Common trap
Maintain full verbal prompt indefinitely. This often shows up as keeping strong prompts because errors are low..
Fix
If you missed this item
Rewrite the miss as a rule: "When I see Prompting and fading, I must identify the relevant evidence before choosing the action." Then answer two related G domain questions without reading explanations first.
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Next drill
Practice 3 more questions tagged to Prompting and fading, then explain why each wrong answer is weaker before moving back to mixed practice.
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Why the other choices are weaker
A
Choice A
This choice overgeneralizes from limited evidence. The stronger answer checks the controlling variables before assuming the same relation holds elsewhere.
C
Choice C
This choice moves too quickly toward a more intrusive response. The better answer checks function, risk, feasibility, and less intrusive options first.
D
Choice D
This choice treats a procedure or response form as enough. The scenario still requires matching the action to function, assessment results, or the decision rule.
Study tags
Prompting and fadingStimulus and response prompt fadingprompt dependencestimulus control transfer
This practice question is tagged to Behavior-Change Procedures. It also includes study tags for Prompting and fading, Stimulus and response prompt fading, prompt dependence, stimulus control transfer.
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