RBT Competency Assessment
Question and answers verified to pass
2025/2026
baseline - correct answer ✔first you determine baseline levels of behavior before behavior intervention
plan begins.
used to determine if
-improvements are being made
-to evaluate effects of treatment
-to determine if interventions are effective or need to be revised.
Continuous Measurement - correct answer ✔record EVERY instance throughout ENTIRE session. a form
of DIRECT measurement conducted in a way in which ALL INSTANCES of a RESPONSE class are recorded
during an observation period. record using stop watch or timer.
1. frequency
2. rate
3. duration
4. latency
5. inter-response time (IRT)
how to record:
1. determine target behavior
2. determine how long observation period will last
3. break into several intervals.
,1. Frequency - correct answer ✔how MANY times that a behavior occurred. (count)
to record: mark a tally, check mark, etc EVERY TIME the target behavior occurs.
types of behavior record:
-hitting, spitting, kicking, throwing, cursing.
example: target behavior is hitting. 15 minute intervals.
12:30-12:45- XX
12:45-1:00
1:00- 1:15-X
1:15-1:30- XX
2. rate - correct answer ✔ratio of count per observable time. Just frequency with a time component
added.
-if the frequency is 10- 10 per hour, 10 per day, 10 per session is your RATE.
how to calculate: number of responses/# of time units.
(could be per minute, per hour, per day, etc).
ex: Michael cried 10 times in 5 minutes. 10/5=2.
3. duration - correct answer ✔how LONG the response lasts. response starts, response ends- how
much time ELAPSED? A measure of the total time that the behavior occurs.
, -used to increase a desired behavior and decrease a problematic behavior.
-used for behaviors that vary in length of time.
behaviors: thumb sucking, screaming, singing, time it takes to complete class work, sitting, tantrums.
ex: target behavior- tantrums
start time-3:15. end time-3:45. duration= 30 min
start time-4:00. end time- 4:23. duration= 23 min
4. latency - correct answer ✔the onset of a stimulus to the start of a response. time between the
STIMULUS and RESPONSE.
ex: I give the instruction to sit down and it takes 20 seconds for the client to sit down.
-your alarm clock goes off, it takes you 10 seconds to get out of bed.
Types of behaviors: behaviors that follow a command/directive.
ex: target behavior- identifying objects
start time: 12:00:00. end time: 12:00:15- it took 15 seconds to identify object.
start time:12:00:30-12:00:47- it took 17 seconds
5. inter-response time (IRT) - correct answer ✔the time BETWEEN the end of a response with the start
to another response. how much time elapses between 2 EVENTS.
ex: screaming ends, 30 minutes later screaming starts again. IRT 30 Minutes
you eat at 10 am, you dont eat till 10pm. IRT 12 hours.
Question and answers verified to pass
2025/2026
baseline - correct answer ✔first you determine baseline levels of behavior before behavior intervention
plan begins.
used to determine if
-improvements are being made
-to evaluate effects of treatment
-to determine if interventions are effective or need to be revised.
Continuous Measurement - correct answer ✔record EVERY instance throughout ENTIRE session. a form
of DIRECT measurement conducted in a way in which ALL INSTANCES of a RESPONSE class are recorded
during an observation period. record using stop watch or timer.
1. frequency
2. rate
3. duration
4. latency
5. inter-response time (IRT)
how to record:
1. determine target behavior
2. determine how long observation period will last
3. break into several intervals.
,1. Frequency - correct answer ✔how MANY times that a behavior occurred. (count)
to record: mark a tally, check mark, etc EVERY TIME the target behavior occurs.
types of behavior record:
-hitting, spitting, kicking, throwing, cursing.
example: target behavior is hitting. 15 minute intervals.
12:30-12:45- XX
12:45-1:00
1:00- 1:15-X
1:15-1:30- XX
2. rate - correct answer ✔ratio of count per observable time. Just frequency with a time component
added.
-if the frequency is 10- 10 per hour, 10 per day, 10 per session is your RATE.
how to calculate: number of responses/# of time units.
(could be per minute, per hour, per day, etc).
ex: Michael cried 10 times in 5 minutes. 10/5=2.
3. duration - correct answer ✔how LONG the response lasts. response starts, response ends- how
much time ELAPSED? A measure of the total time that the behavior occurs.
, -used to increase a desired behavior and decrease a problematic behavior.
-used for behaviors that vary in length of time.
behaviors: thumb sucking, screaming, singing, time it takes to complete class work, sitting, tantrums.
ex: target behavior- tantrums
start time-3:15. end time-3:45. duration= 30 min
start time-4:00. end time- 4:23. duration= 23 min
4. latency - correct answer ✔the onset of a stimulus to the start of a response. time between the
STIMULUS and RESPONSE.
ex: I give the instruction to sit down and it takes 20 seconds for the client to sit down.
-your alarm clock goes off, it takes you 10 seconds to get out of bed.
Types of behaviors: behaviors that follow a command/directive.
ex: target behavior- identifying objects
start time: 12:00:00. end time: 12:00:15- it took 15 seconds to identify object.
start time:12:00:30-12:00:47- it took 17 seconds
5. inter-response time (IRT) - correct answer ✔the time BETWEEN the end of a response with the start
to another response. how much time elapses between 2 EVENTS.
ex: screaming ends, 30 minutes later screaming starts again. IRT 30 Minutes
you eat at 10 am, you dont eat till 10pm. IRT 12 hours.
