PEARSON RBT EXAM Question and Answer
(2026/2027) | Complete Revision Guide |
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• True/False: An RBT can practice independently of a BCBA -✓✓ False
• Rate is... -✓✓ the total count per a unit of time
• Duration is... -✓✓ the time from when the behavior begins to when it ends.
• Latency is... -✓✓ the time between the presentation of a stimulus and the
occurrence of a behavior
• Which of the following is a continuous recording method? -✓✓ All of the above
(duration, rate/frequency, and latency)
• calculate frequency/rate per hour and minute for a behavior that occurred 120
times over a 2 hour observation -✓✓ 60 per hour, 1 per minute
• partial-interval recording is... -✓✓ When the behavior must occur at least once
during the interval to be recorded
• Whole-interval recording is.... -✓✓ when the behavior must occur for the entire
interval to be recorded.
,• Momentary time sampling is.... -✓✓ when the behavior must be occurring at
the end of the interval to be recorded.
• Inter-response time is... -✓✓ The time between the end of one instance of the
behavior and the beginning of the next occurrence of behavior.
• which recording method would you expect to use when a target behavior is set
to increase? -✓✓ whole-interval recording
• Which recording method would you expect to use when a target behavior is set
to decrease? -✓✓ Partial-interval recording
• true or false? Partial interval recording has the tendency to under-estimate the
frequency of a target behavior while whole interval recording has the tendency to
over-estimate the frequency of the target behavior? -✓✓ False
• Which of the following are examples of "permanent products" that can be used
to collect data using permanent product recording procedures. -✓✓ Number of
broken windows and folded shirts
• True/False: permanent product recording is one of the lease cumbersome data
recording methods -✓✓ True
• Choose the best operational definition for a tantrum -✓✓ Any instance of the
client crying and hitting himself in the head with a closed fist which makes a
sound that can be heard within five feet. Instance must last longer than 30
seconds and are separated by 30 seconds of non-occurrence.
, • Define behavior: -✓✓ The activity of living organisms; human behavior includes
everything that people do.
• define environment: -✓✓ the conglomerate of real circumstances in which the
organism or references part of the organism exists; behavior cannot occur in the
absence of environment.
• List the four functions of behavior: -✓✓ Social positive (attention/access), Social
negative (escaping), Automatic Positive (sensory stimulation), Automatic Negative
(pain attenuation)
• A client gets out of his seat every time a demand is placed. When he gets out of
his seat his teacher says, "Oh you need a break", and does not follow through
with her demand. This client's out of seat behavior most likely serves what
function? -✓✓ Social negative (escape)
• A client frequently spits. You notice that he spits during work times, when he is
on a break, when he is playing with his favorite toys, during meal times, when you
or someone else is directly engaged with him, and even when he is by himself.
One day mom brings the client back from the dentist where he had to get 6
cavities filled. After this dentist appointment the spitting stopped. What function
does spitting most likely serve? -✓✓ Automatic negative (pain attenuation)
• Every time his mother removes items from him, a client engages in a tantrum.
Mom tries to ignore him but after around five minutes mom gives him back the
item she removed and the tantrum immediately stops. What function is most
likely maintaining the tantrums? -✓✓ Social Positive (attention/access)
(2026/2027) | Complete Revision Guide |
A+ Verified
• True/False: An RBT can practice independently of a BCBA -✓✓ False
• Rate is... -✓✓ the total count per a unit of time
• Duration is... -✓✓ the time from when the behavior begins to when it ends.
• Latency is... -✓✓ the time between the presentation of a stimulus and the
occurrence of a behavior
• Which of the following is a continuous recording method? -✓✓ All of the above
(duration, rate/frequency, and latency)
• calculate frequency/rate per hour and minute for a behavior that occurred 120
times over a 2 hour observation -✓✓ 60 per hour, 1 per minute
• partial-interval recording is... -✓✓ When the behavior must occur at least once
during the interval to be recorded
• Whole-interval recording is.... -✓✓ when the behavior must occur for the entire
interval to be recorded.
,• Momentary time sampling is.... -✓✓ when the behavior must be occurring at
the end of the interval to be recorded.
• Inter-response time is... -✓✓ The time between the end of one instance of the
behavior and the beginning of the next occurrence of behavior.
• which recording method would you expect to use when a target behavior is set
to increase? -✓✓ whole-interval recording
• Which recording method would you expect to use when a target behavior is set
to decrease? -✓✓ Partial-interval recording
• true or false? Partial interval recording has the tendency to under-estimate the
frequency of a target behavior while whole interval recording has the tendency to
over-estimate the frequency of the target behavior? -✓✓ False
• Which of the following are examples of "permanent products" that can be used
to collect data using permanent product recording procedures. -✓✓ Number of
broken windows and folded shirts
• True/False: permanent product recording is one of the lease cumbersome data
recording methods -✓✓ True
• Choose the best operational definition for a tantrum -✓✓ Any instance of the
client crying and hitting himself in the head with a closed fist which makes a
sound that can be heard within five feet. Instance must last longer than 30
seconds and are separated by 30 seconds of non-occurrence.
, • Define behavior: -✓✓ The activity of living organisms; human behavior includes
everything that people do.
• define environment: -✓✓ the conglomerate of real circumstances in which the
organism or references part of the organism exists; behavior cannot occur in the
absence of environment.
• List the four functions of behavior: -✓✓ Social positive (attention/access), Social
negative (escaping), Automatic Positive (sensory stimulation), Automatic Negative
(pain attenuation)
• A client gets out of his seat every time a demand is placed. When he gets out of
his seat his teacher says, "Oh you need a break", and does not follow through
with her demand. This client's out of seat behavior most likely serves what
function? -✓✓ Social negative (escape)
• A client frequently spits. You notice that he spits during work times, when he is
on a break, when he is playing with his favorite toys, during meal times, when you
or someone else is directly engaged with him, and even when he is by himself.
One day mom brings the client back from the dentist where he had to get 6
cavities filled. After this dentist appointment the spitting stopped. What function
does spitting most likely serve? -✓✓ Automatic negative (pain attenuation)
• Every time his mother removes items from him, a client engages in a tantrum.
Mom tries to ignore him but after around five minutes mom gives him back the
item she removed and the tantrum immediately stops. What function is most
likely maintaining the tantrums? -✓✓ Social Positive (attention/access)
