PEARSON RBT EXAM LATEST 2025/2026 UPDATE EXAM REVIEW| QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
ANSWERS| 100% CORRECT| GRADE A+ |100% PASS
The roles and responsibilities of the RBT include which of the following? - ANSWER All of the above
(deliver discrete trial instruction and incidental teaching, record data, and implement behavior
interventions plans as written as a BCBA)
Choose the best operational definition for a tantrum - ANSWER 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: - ANSWER The activity of living organisms; human behavior includes everything that
people do.
define environment: - ANSWER 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: - ANSWER 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? - ANSWER 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? - ANSWER 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? - ANSWER Social Positive
(attention/access)
, A client hits other students in his class during work and break times. Each time he hits another students
the teacher immediately provides a verbal reprimand. What function does his hitting most like serve? -
ANSWER Social Positive (attention/access)
You work with a client who drops legos on the floor for hours if left alone. The client does this even if
others are playing with him, when no demands are being placed, and when given free access to a
number of preferred toys. What is the function of the lego dropping behavior? - ANSWER Automatic
Positive (sensory stimulation)
What is an antecedent? - ANSWER A stimulus that occurs before the behavior
What is a consequence? - ANSWER A stimulus that occurs after the behavior
Why do we conduct assessments? - ANSWER All of the above
(to discover behavioral deficits, to discover behavior excesses, to identify environment variables)
True/False: A functional assessment is a set of procedures used to identify the cause of a problem
behavior or socially inappropriate behavior. - ANSWER True
A functional analysis is... - ANSWER The deliberate manipulation of variables to evoke a target behavior
to determine the function of the behavior.
A Functional Behavior Assessment is... - ANSWER all of the above
(a set of interviews conducted to identify the function of a behavior, observations of the problem
behavior as it is occurring in the natural setting, and functional analysis)
True/False: An RBT can practice independently of a BCBA - ANSWER False
Rate is... - ANSWER the total count per a unit of time
Duration is... - ANSWER the time from when the behavior begins to when it ends.
, Latency is... - ANSWER the time between the presentation of a stimulus and the occurrence of a
behavior
Which of the following is a continuous recording method? - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 60 per hour, 1 per minute
partial-interval recording is... - ANSWER When the behavior must occur at least once during the interval
to be recorded
Whole-interval recording is.... - ANSWER when the behavior must occur for the entire interval to be
recorded.
Momentary time sampling is.... - ANSWER when the behavior must be occurring at the end of the
interval to be recorded.
Inter-response time is... - ANSWER 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? - ANSWER
whole-interval recording
Which recording method would you expect to use when a target behavior is set to decrease? - ANSWER
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? - ANSWER False
ANSWERS| 100% CORRECT| GRADE A+ |100% PASS
The roles and responsibilities of the RBT include which of the following? - ANSWER All of the above
(deliver discrete trial instruction and incidental teaching, record data, and implement behavior
interventions plans as written as a BCBA)
Choose the best operational definition for a tantrum - ANSWER 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: - ANSWER The activity of living organisms; human behavior includes everything that
people do.
define environment: - ANSWER 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: - ANSWER 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? - ANSWER 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? - ANSWER 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? - ANSWER Social Positive
(attention/access)
, A client hits other students in his class during work and break times. Each time he hits another students
the teacher immediately provides a verbal reprimand. What function does his hitting most like serve? -
ANSWER Social Positive (attention/access)
You work with a client who drops legos on the floor for hours if left alone. The client does this even if
others are playing with him, when no demands are being placed, and when given free access to a
number of preferred toys. What is the function of the lego dropping behavior? - ANSWER Automatic
Positive (sensory stimulation)
What is an antecedent? - ANSWER A stimulus that occurs before the behavior
What is a consequence? - ANSWER A stimulus that occurs after the behavior
Why do we conduct assessments? - ANSWER All of the above
(to discover behavioral deficits, to discover behavior excesses, to identify environment variables)
True/False: A functional assessment is a set of procedures used to identify the cause of a problem
behavior or socially inappropriate behavior. - ANSWER True
A functional analysis is... - ANSWER The deliberate manipulation of variables to evoke a target behavior
to determine the function of the behavior.
A Functional Behavior Assessment is... - ANSWER all of the above
(a set of interviews conducted to identify the function of a behavior, observations of the problem
behavior as it is occurring in the natural setting, and functional analysis)
True/False: An RBT can practice independently of a BCBA - ANSWER False
Rate is... - ANSWER the total count per a unit of time
Duration is... - ANSWER the time from when the behavior begins to when it ends.
, Latency is... - ANSWER the time between the presentation of a stimulus and the occurrence of a
behavior
Which of the following is a continuous recording method? - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 60 per hour, 1 per minute
partial-interval recording is... - ANSWER When the behavior must occur at least once during the interval
to be recorded
Whole-interval recording is.... - ANSWER when the behavior must occur for the entire interval to be
recorded.
Momentary time sampling is.... - ANSWER when the behavior must be occurring at the end of the
interval to be recorded.
Inter-response time is... - ANSWER 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? - ANSWER
whole-interval recording
Which recording method would you expect to use when a target behavior is set to decrease? - ANSWER
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? - ANSWER False
