Practice question
Behavior Assessment

Choose a functionally matched replacement response.

Original BCBA scenario practice question with answer explanation and wrong-choice notes.

Question

Difficulty: medium. Skill: apply. Type: applied scenario.

Assessment suggests dropping to the floor is maintained by escape from noisy areas. Which replacement response should be prioritized? The team wants the next step to be defensible from the current data.

A
Teach an unrelated greeting response only
B
Require silence until the session ends
C
Teach an appropriate request for a break or help

Correct answer

D
Select a replacement response before confirming it is feasible

Explanation

Answer C

Functional communication should produce the same class of reinforcement in an appropriate and efficient way.

Why the other choices are weaker

A
Choice A

A replacement response should access the same functional outcome as the target behavior.

B
Choice B

This does not teach an efficient alternative response.

D
Choice D

Replacement behavior should be functionally matched and practical for the learner.

Study tags

FCTFunction-Based InterventionFunctional Assessment

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