RBT PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
Stimulus control is when... - Answer-a behavior is emitted more often in the presence of
a particular discriminative stimulus in it's absence
What is backwards chaining? - Answer-prompting a learner through all the steps of
washing hands, but allowing them to throw away the towel independently
The phase change line demonstrates a change in a condition on a graph & is
represented by... - Answer-a solid vertical line
When practioners believe there may have been an ethical violation by another
practitioner or non behavioral colleague, they attempt to resolve it, first by - Answer-
bringing it to the attention of the individual
A _______________ employee who is required by the state to inform a designated
investigator of any suspected, witnessed, or alleged abuse or neglect - Answer-a
mandatory reporter
When our learner is on a roll with responding, reinforcement should be... - Answer-
continued at current levels or increased
Hilary has autism and she likes to push buttons on her toys over and over. After a while,
to her parent's satisfaction, the batteries wore out of the toy. Hilary stopped pushing the
buttons on the toy. What decreased her behavior? - Answer-extinction (removal of some
stimulus to decrease behavior)
True or False: HIPPA encourages people to use paper because it is the safest and
efficient way to communicate health information - Answer-Fasle: HIPPA doesn't
encourages people to use paper because it is the safest and most efficient way to
communicate health information
Which type of chaining results in the learner being reinforced after they perform the final
step in the chain? - Answer-backwards chaining
Discrimination training requires.. - Answer-one response and 2 antecedent conditions
Leila engages in hand mouthing. She is reinforced every time she is engaged in a
behavior that is incompatible with hand mouthing (i.e. drawing or building with legos).
This is an example of - Answer-DRI--> incompatible behavior
WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
Stimulus control is when... - Answer-a behavior is emitted more often in the presence of
a particular discriminative stimulus in it's absence
What is backwards chaining? - Answer-prompting a learner through all the steps of
washing hands, but allowing them to throw away the towel independently
The phase change line demonstrates a change in a condition on a graph & is
represented by... - Answer-a solid vertical line
When practioners believe there may have been an ethical violation by another
practitioner or non behavioral colleague, they attempt to resolve it, first by - Answer-
bringing it to the attention of the individual
A _______________ employee who is required by the state to inform a designated
investigator of any suspected, witnessed, or alleged abuse or neglect - Answer-a
mandatory reporter
When our learner is on a roll with responding, reinforcement should be... - Answer-
continued at current levels or increased
Hilary has autism and she likes to push buttons on her toys over and over. After a while,
to her parent's satisfaction, the batteries wore out of the toy. Hilary stopped pushing the
buttons on the toy. What decreased her behavior? - Answer-extinction (removal of some
stimulus to decrease behavior)
True or False: HIPPA encourages people to use paper because it is the safest and
efficient way to communicate health information - Answer-Fasle: HIPPA doesn't
encourages people to use paper because it is the safest and most efficient way to
communicate health information
Which type of chaining results in the learner being reinforced after they perform the final
step in the chain? - Answer-backwards chaining
Discrimination training requires.. - Answer-one response and 2 antecedent conditions
Leila engages in hand mouthing. She is reinforced every time she is engaged in a
behavior that is incompatible with hand mouthing (i.e. drawing or building with legos).
This is an example of - Answer-DRI--> incompatible behavior
