RBT Exam Skill Acquisition Practice Questions with Correct Solutions| Rated A+

Jill was working with her client Tammy. Tammy was working on tying her shoe laces, but was having difficulty, so Jill began to teach the steps to Tammy in a task analyzed format. Jill taught the entire set of steps in the task analysis, providing prompting and reinforcement for steps that Tammy typically had difficulty with. For steps that Tammy could already do, Tammy simply provided praise variably. What type of task analyses teaching method is Jill using with her client, Tammy? A) Tandem Teaching B) Incidental Teaching C) Progressive Task Ratio Analysis Format D) Whole or Total Task Training - D Which of the following is typically NOT included as an essential component in a skill acquisition plan? A)Response Definition B) Antecedents, Behaviors, Consequences C) Client's Diagnosis D) Long or Short Term Goals - C A therapist provides a "star" token on average every 5 times the learner responds correctly. After 5 tokens, the learner can exchange the tokens for a reinforcer from the reinforcer menu. What type of schedule of reinforcement is this? A) Fixed Ratio B) Fixed Interval C) Variable Ratio D) Variable Interval - C When planning a client's training to generalize a skill to other people, places, or settings, what should an analyst NOT do? A) Mediate Generalization B) Train & Hope C) Train Loosely D) Train Sufficient Exemplars - B Which of the following typically IS included as an essential component in a skill acquisition plan? A) Client's general likes/dislikes B) Client anxieties, fears, phobias C) the clients insurance information D) reinforcement procedures - D Cars, money, movies, stories, etc. - things whose reinforcing value is established through learned relations - are what types of _________ reinforcement? A) Conditioned B) Respondent C) Operant D) Unconditioned - A Which of the following is typically NOT included as an essential component in a skill acquisition plan? A) the consequences for correct/incorrect responding B) teaching material needed C) name of the clients BCBA D) SD - C Position bias refers to what? A) Responding incorrectly B)Liking to sit on the aisle when flying commercial C) Consistently selecting stimuli by their location when their location is irrelevant D) Selecting the item on the left when a teacher asks, "hand me the one on the left." - C Which of the following are examples of methods an analyst can use (as described by Stokes and Baer, 1968) to actively plan for skill generalization when creating a new instructional plan for a student? A) Instrumental Learning, Operant Learning, Respondent Learning B) Sequential Modifications, Training Loosely, Use Indiscriminable Contingencies C) Sequential Deletions, Training Rigorously, and Specific Schedules of Reinforcement D) Forward Chaining, Backwards Chaining, Total Task Training - B A therapist provides a "star" token every 5 times (exactly) the learner responds correctly. After 5 tokens, the learner can exchange the tokens for a reinforcer from the reinforcer menu. What type of schedule of reinforcement is this? Select the best answer from these choices: A) Variable Ratio B) Fixed Ratio C) Variable Interval D) Fixed Interval - B Every 10 minutes, pressing a button delivers a participant in an experiment a $1.00 bill. Pressing the button faster than once every 10 minutes produces no effect - it only works after at least a 10-minute "cooldown" period. What type of schedule of reinforcement does this example most closely resemble? A) FR B) FI C) VR D) VI - B A therapist is working with a client on tooth-brushing in a task-analyzed format. The therapist is teaching the entire set of steps in the task analysis, which means they are employing what method of task analysis training? Select the best answer from these choices: A) Partial Interval Recording B) Total task or whole task training C) Backwards chaining D) Forwards Chaining - B therapist is working with a client with limited vocal language. This child is stacking blocks on a table. As he interacts with the blocks, the therapist periodically asks the client what color, shape, and comparative size the blocks are as the child plays. What type of teaching strategy is this? Select the best answer from these choices: A) Discrete Trial Training (DTT) B) Incidental / Natural Environment Training (NET) C) Mand Training D) Montessori Programming - B