Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) certification examination — Behavior Analyst Certification Board
The BCBA examination is the certification exam for behavior analysts. It covers the BACB test content outline (6th edition): behaviorism and philosophical foundations, concepts and principles, measurement, experimental design, ethical and professional issues, behavior assessment, behavior-change procedures, selecting and implementing interventions, and personnel supervision and management. SummitCert's portal gives you explained practice questions, flashcards, a timed 175-question mock and progress tracking by content area.
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Your full practice pool — 350 questions total, written to mirror the real exam blueprint, with full answer explanations for every question.
Including Behaviorism and Philosophical Foundations, Concepts and Principles, Measurement, Data Display, and Interpretation, and more.
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Topics you'll drill
8 core topics pulled straight from the real question bank.
- Behaviorism and Philosophical Foundations
- Concepts and Principles
- Measurement, Data Display, and Interpretation
- Experimental Design
- Ethical and Professional Issues
- Behavior Assessment
- Behavior-Change Procedures
- Selecting and Implementing Interventions
BCBA Exam exam requirements & cost
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The BACB BCBA Test Content Outline (6th edition, updated 09/2024) lists nine content areas with shares: Behaviorism and Philosophical Foundations 5 percent, Concepts and Principles 14, Measurement, Data Display and Interpretation 12, Experimental Design 7, Ethical and Professional Issues 13, Behavior Assessment 13, Behavior-Change Procedures 14, Selecting and Implementing Interventions 11, and Personnel Supervision and Management 11. The exam has 175 scored multiple-choice questions and also carries unscored questions, and candidates have four hours; the portal mock uses 175 questions and 240 minutes. The BACB reports a scaled score and does not publish a fixed percentage of correct answers needed to pass. The BACB reports a scaled score and does not publish a fixed percentage needed to pass, so the percent score in the portal mock is only a self-check target. The BACB and Pearson VUE set the application and exam fees, and published figures differ between sites, so no amount is quoted here; confirm the current fees in the BCBA Handbook on bacb.com. The content outline spreads questions across 9 areas; the largest are Concepts and Principles (14.0%); Behavior-Change Procedures (14.0%); Ethical and Professional Issues (13.0%). The full list of areas and weights is on the portal exam page. The BACB requires a qualifying graduate degree, behavior-analytic coursework and supervised fieldwork before it authorizes you to test; confirm the current requirements in the BCBA Handbook.
BCBA Exam exam blueprint
Real domain weighting from the certifying body's own published exam syllabus.
- Behaviorism and Philosophical Foundations5%
- Concepts and Principles14%
- Measurement, Data Display, and Interpretation12%
- Experimental Design7%
- Ethical and Professional Issues13%
- Behavior Assessment13%
- Behavior-Change Procedures14%
- Selecting and Implementing Interventions11%
- Personnel Supervision and Management11%
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