Getting ready for your BCBA exam? You’re in the right place.

I created RBTExamPrep.com to give you the most realistic BCBA mock exam experience possible 185 questions designed to feel just like the real thing.

My goal isn’t just to help you pass, but to help you understand every concept deeply.
Whether you get a question right or wrong, you’ll see detailed feedback explaining why, so you’ll be ready for that type next time. I want you to walk into test day feeling confident, calm, and prepared.

Many students have shared that these questions felt almost identical to the real exam and that’s exactly what I was aiming for. I’d love to hear how you did please share your score in the comments below! It really helps encourage others who are preparing for the exam. 🙂

I built this site to keep high-quality BCBA prep resources free and accessible for everyone, which is why it’s supported by ads. If it helped you, it’d mean a lot if you shared it with your peers.

If you want to keep practicing, check out the BCBA section for more tests and study materials!

 

Results

#1. A client routinely orders a specific meal at their favorite restaurant. Over time, they begin to associate this meal with the need to have a particular hot sauce readily available, even if they hadn’t initially considered the hot sauce. The value of having the hot sauce increases specifically when the meal is ordered. Based on this scenario, what type of motivating operation is most likely at play regarding the hot sauce?

Unconditioned Motivating Operation (UMO)

Surrogate Motivating Operation (CMO-S)

Reflexive Motivating Operation (CMO-R)

Transitive Motivating Operation (CMO-T)

This scenario describes a Transitive Motivating Operation CMOT A CMOT occurs when one stimulus the ordered meal signals the need for another stimulus the hot sauce thereby increasing the value of the second stimulus as a reinforcer and evoking behaviors that have produced it The meal in this case establishes the hot sauce as a more effective reinforcer because its required for the completion of a sequence eating the meal in a preferred way Its not a Surrogate CMO CMOS because the meal is not taking on the properties of the hot sauce nor is it simply paired with an unconditioned MO Instead the meal motivates the pursuit of the hot sauce as an instrumental reinforcer for a larger chain of behavior Reflexive CMOs CMOR involve a stimulus that signals an impending worsening or improvement of conditions which is not the primary mechanism here An Unconditioned Motivating Operation UMO is innate and not learned such as food deprivation which is also not the case in this learned association

Next