RBT Task List Study Guide Questions and
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Frequency-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-CountAofAeachAinstance
DurationA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
TimeAspentAengagedAinAsingleAinstanceAofAtargetAbehavior
LatencyA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-TimeAfromAonsetAofAstimulusAtoAonsetAofAresponse
ContinuousAmeasurementAproceduresA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
RecordingAeachAinstanceAofAtheAtargetAbehaviorAalongAtheAselectedAdimensionA(Frequenc
y,Aduration,AandAlatency)
DiscontinuousAmeasurementAproceduresA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
RecordingAaAsampleAofAinstancesAofAtheAtargetAbehaviorAaccordingAtoApredeterminedAsch
eduleA(MomentaryAtimeAsampling,ApartialAintervalArecording,AandAwholeAintervalArecording
)
MomentaryAtimeAsamplingA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-RecordingAoccurrence/non-
occurrenceAatAaAspecificApointAinAtime
PartialAintervalArecordingA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
RecordingAifAtheAtargetAbehaviorAoccurredAatAanyApointAinAtimeAinAaApredeterminedAinterval
WholeAintervalArecordingA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
RecordingAifAtheAtargetAbehaviorAoccurredAforAtheAentireAdurationAofAaApredeterminedAinter
val
PermanentAproductArecordingAproceduresA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
RecordingAperformanceAofAaAskillAbasedAonAobservingAaAfinishedAproduct,AnotAtheAactualAp
erformanceAofAtheAskill
EnterAdataAandAupdateAgraphsA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
RecordingAdataAaccordingAtoAtheAspecificAinstructionsAforAeachAprogram/targetAbehaviorAa
ndAupdatedAgraphicArepresentationA(asArelevant)AtoAdisplayAmostArecentAdataAcollected
ConductApreferenceAassessmentsA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
ConductingAformalAassessmentsAtoAdetermineAclientApreferencesAforAvariousAitems/activiti
esAand/orAimplementingAinformalA"preferenceAchecks"AthroughoutAsessionsAtoAensureAmo
tivationAremainsAhigh
MultipleAStimulusAWithoutAReplacementA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
ItemsAareApresentedAinAanAarrayAandAtheAclientAisAinstructedAtoApickAoneAandAgivenAtimeAto
AengageAwithAthatAitem.AAfterAtheAengagementAinterval,AtheAarrayAisApresentedAagainAwith
outAtheAalreadyAselectedAitemAandAtheAclientAselectsAagain.AProcessAcontinuesAuntilAallAite
msAareAchosenAorAclientAstopsAchoosingAitems.ATheAfullAarrayAisApresentedA3-
5AtimesAandAselectionApercentageAisAcalculatedAtoAgiveApreferenceAgradient.
MultipleAStimulusAWithAReplacementA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
ItemsAareApresentedAinAanAarrayAandAtheAclientAisAinstructedAtoApickAoneAandAgivenAtimeAto
AengageAwithAthatAitem.AAfterAtheAengagementAinterval,AtheAarrayAisApresentedAagainAwithA
theAselectedAitemAreturnedAandAtheAclientAselectsAagain.AProcessAcontinuesAforApredeterm
inedAnumberAofAselectionAopportunitiesAandAselectionApercentageAisAcalculated.
, PairedAchoiceA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
PotentialAreinforcersAareApresentedAinApairsA(eachAitemApairedAwithAeachAotherAitem)AandAt
heAclientAisAinstructedAtoAselectAone.AAllApotentialApairsAareApresentedAandAselectionAperce
ntageAisAcalculated.ARequiresAcounter-balancingAforApositionalAbias.
InformalAPreferenceACheckA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-2-
3AitemsApresentedAeitherAbeforeAstartingAnewAtaskAtoAensureAtheAclientAisAmotivatedAtoAco
mpleteAtheAwork;ApresentationAofA2-
3AoptionsAtoAworkAforAuponArecognizingAdecreaseAinAmotivation/attentionAtoAtasksAtoAre-
captureAmotivation
FunctionalAassessmentAproceduresA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
ParticipatesA(asAtrained)AtoAcompleteArelevantAelementsAofAassessmentAtoAdetermineAtheAf
unction(s)AofAchallengingAbehaviorAoccurringAduringAtherapyAsessions.
ABCADataA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
DataArecordedAonAtheAimmediateAantecedentAandAconsequenceAforAobservedAinstancesAo
fAtargetAbehavior
RatingAScaleA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
StructuredAassessmentAformAwithAquestionsAregardingAvariousAfunctionsAofAchallengingAb
ehaviorAusedAtoAidentifyAlikelyAfunction(s)AtoAbeAcompletedAbyAprimaryAcaregiversAandAoth
ersAfamiliarAwithAclient
FASTA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-16-
itemAassessmentAwithAyes/no/NAAoptionsAforAwhetherAtargetAbehaviorAoccursAunderAdescr
ibedAcircumstances
MASA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-16-itemAassessmentAwithA0-
6ALikertAscaleAoptionsAforAcontextsAinAwhichAtargetAbehaviorAmayAorAmayAnotAoccur
ContingenciesAofAreinforcementA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
EffectivelyAusingAprincipleAofAreinforcementAtoAincreaseAtargetAskillsAwithAappropriateAfreq
uencyAandAmagnitudeAthroughoutAskillAacquisitionAprogrammingA(bothAstructuredAandAuns
tructured)
ReinforcementA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
TheAprocessAofAprovidingAaAreinforcerAcontingentAonAtheAclientAengagingAinAaAbehaviorAtha
tAyouAwantAtoAincrease
ReinforcerA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
AAstimulusA(item,Aactivity,Astatement,Aetc.)Athat,AwhenAprovidedAimmediatelyAafterAaArespo
nse,AresultsAinAanAincreaseAinAtheAfutureAfrequencyAofAthatAresponse
UnconditionedAreinforcerA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
AAstimulusAthatArequiresAnoAlearningAhistoryAtoAhaveAreinforcingAvalue
ConditionedAreinforcerA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
AAstimulusAthatArequiresAlearningAhistoryAofApairingAwithAotherAreinforcingAstimuliAtoAhaveAr
einforcingAvalue
IntermittentAreinforcementA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
OnlyAsomeAinstancesAofAaAbehaviorAresultAinAaAreinforcer.AResultsAinAgreaterAresistanceAto
Aextinction.
FixedARatioA(FR)AReinforcementA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
AAreinforcerAfollowsAaAfixedAnumberAofAresponses.
VariableARatioA(VR)AReinforcementA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
AAreinforcerAfollowsAaAvariableAnumberAofAresponses.
Answers Latest Update
Frequency-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-CountAofAeachAinstance
DurationA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
TimeAspentAengagedAinAsingleAinstanceAofAtargetAbehavior
LatencyA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-TimeAfromAonsetAofAstimulusAtoAonsetAofAresponse
ContinuousAmeasurementAproceduresA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
RecordingAeachAinstanceAofAtheAtargetAbehaviorAalongAtheAselectedAdimensionA(Frequenc
y,Aduration,AandAlatency)
DiscontinuousAmeasurementAproceduresA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
RecordingAaAsampleAofAinstancesAofAtheAtargetAbehaviorAaccordingAtoApredeterminedAsch
eduleA(MomentaryAtimeAsampling,ApartialAintervalArecording,AandAwholeAintervalArecording
)
MomentaryAtimeAsamplingA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-RecordingAoccurrence/non-
occurrenceAatAaAspecificApointAinAtime
PartialAintervalArecordingA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
RecordingAifAtheAtargetAbehaviorAoccurredAatAanyApointAinAtimeAinAaApredeterminedAinterval
WholeAintervalArecordingA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
RecordingAifAtheAtargetAbehaviorAoccurredAforAtheAentireAdurationAofAaApredeterminedAinter
val
PermanentAproductArecordingAproceduresA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
RecordingAperformanceAofAaAskillAbasedAonAobservingAaAfinishedAproduct,AnotAtheAactualAp
erformanceAofAtheAskill
EnterAdataAandAupdateAgraphsA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
RecordingAdataAaccordingAtoAtheAspecificAinstructionsAforAeachAprogram/targetAbehaviorAa
ndAupdatedAgraphicArepresentationA(asArelevant)AtoAdisplayAmostArecentAdataAcollected
ConductApreferenceAassessmentsA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
ConductingAformalAassessmentsAtoAdetermineAclientApreferencesAforAvariousAitems/activiti
esAand/orAimplementingAinformalA"preferenceAchecks"AthroughoutAsessionsAtoAensureAmo
tivationAremainsAhigh
MultipleAStimulusAWithoutAReplacementA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
ItemsAareApresentedAinAanAarrayAandAtheAclientAisAinstructedAtoApickAoneAandAgivenAtimeAto
AengageAwithAthatAitem.AAfterAtheAengagementAinterval,AtheAarrayAisApresentedAagainAwith
outAtheAalreadyAselectedAitemAandAtheAclientAselectsAagain.AProcessAcontinuesAuntilAallAite
msAareAchosenAorAclientAstopsAchoosingAitems.ATheAfullAarrayAisApresentedA3-
5AtimesAandAselectionApercentageAisAcalculatedAtoAgiveApreferenceAgradient.
MultipleAStimulusAWithAReplacementA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
ItemsAareApresentedAinAanAarrayAandAtheAclientAisAinstructedAtoApickAoneAandAgivenAtimeAto
AengageAwithAthatAitem.AAfterAtheAengagementAinterval,AtheAarrayAisApresentedAagainAwithA
theAselectedAitemAreturnedAandAtheAclientAselectsAagain.AProcessAcontinuesAforApredeterm
inedAnumberAofAselectionAopportunitiesAandAselectionApercentageAisAcalculated.
, PairedAchoiceA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
PotentialAreinforcersAareApresentedAinApairsA(eachAitemApairedAwithAeachAotherAitem)AandAt
heAclientAisAinstructedAtoAselectAone.AAllApotentialApairsAareApresentedAandAselectionAperce
ntageAisAcalculated.ARequiresAcounter-balancingAforApositionalAbias.
InformalAPreferenceACheckA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-2-
3AitemsApresentedAeitherAbeforeAstartingAnewAtaskAtoAensureAtheAclientAisAmotivatedAtoAco
mpleteAtheAwork;ApresentationAofA2-
3AoptionsAtoAworkAforAuponArecognizingAdecreaseAinAmotivation/attentionAtoAtasksAtoAre-
captureAmotivation
FunctionalAassessmentAproceduresA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
ParticipatesA(asAtrained)AtoAcompleteArelevantAelementsAofAassessmentAtoAdetermineAtheAf
unction(s)AofAchallengingAbehaviorAoccurringAduringAtherapyAsessions.
ABCADataA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
DataArecordedAonAtheAimmediateAantecedentAandAconsequenceAforAobservedAinstancesAo
fAtargetAbehavior
RatingAScaleA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
StructuredAassessmentAformAwithAquestionsAregardingAvariousAfunctionsAofAchallengingAb
ehaviorAusedAtoAidentifyAlikelyAfunction(s)AtoAbeAcompletedAbyAprimaryAcaregiversAandAoth
ersAfamiliarAwithAclient
FASTA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-16-
itemAassessmentAwithAyes/no/NAAoptionsAforAwhetherAtargetAbehaviorAoccursAunderAdescr
ibedAcircumstances
MASA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-16-itemAassessmentAwithA0-
6ALikertAscaleAoptionsAforAcontextsAinAwhichAtargetAbehaviorAmayAorAmayAnotAoccur
ContingenciesAofAreinforcementA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
EffectivelyAusingAprincipleAofAreinforcementAtoAincreaseAtargetAskillsAwithAappropriateAfreq
uencyAandAmagnitudeAthroughoutAskillAacquisitionAprogrammingA(bothAstructuredAandAuns
tructured)
ReinforcementA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
TheAprocessAofAprovidingAaAreinforcerAcontingentAonAtheAclientAengagingAinAaAbehaviorAtha
tAyouAwantAtoAincrease
ReinforcerA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
AAstimulusA(item,Aactivity,Astatement,Aetc.)Athat,AwhenAprovidedAimmediatelyAafterAaArespo
nse,AresultsAinAanAincreaseAinAtheAfutureAfrequencyAofAthatAresponse
UnconditionedAreinforcerA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
AAstimulusAthatArequiresAnoAlearningAhistoryAtoAhaveAreinforcingAvalue
ConditionedAreinforcerA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
AAstimulusAthatArequiresAlearningAhistoryAofApairingAwithAotherAreinforcingAstimuliAtoAhaveAr
einforcingAvalue
IntermittentAreinforcementA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
OnlyAsomeAinstancesAofAaAbehaviorAresultAinAaAreinforcer.AResultsAinAgreaterAresistanceAto
Aextinction.
FixedARatioA(FR)AReinforcementA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
AAreinforcerAfollowsAaAfixedAnumberAofAresponses.
VariableARatioA(VR)AReinforcementA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
AAreinforcerAfollowsAaAvariableAnumberAofAresponses.