Pearson RBT Exam with 150 Test Questions and Correct Answers (Updated 2025/2026)

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300 MOST TEST QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
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The roles and responsibilities of the RBT include which of the following? - Correct answer-All of the above
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(deliver discrete trial instruction and incidental teaching, record data, and implement behavior interventions
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plans as written as a BCBA)
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True/False: An RBTcan practice independently of a BCBA - Correct answer-False
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Rate is... - Correct answer-the total count per a unit of time
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Durationis... - Correct answer-the time from when the behavior begins to when it ends.
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Latency is... - Correct answer-the time between the presentation of a stimulus and the occurrence of a
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behavior
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Which of the following is a continuous recording method? - Correct answer-All of the above
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(duration,rate/frequency, andlatency) 1 11 1

,calculate frequency/rate per hour and minute for a behavior that occurred 120 times over a 2 hour observation
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- Correct answer-60 per hour, 1 per minute
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partial-interval recording is... - Correct answer-When the behavior must occur at least once during the
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interval to be recorded
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Whole-interval recording is.... - Correct answer-when the behavior must occur for the entire interval to be
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recorded.
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Momentary time sampling is.... - Correct answer-when the behavior must be occurring at the end of the
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interval to be recorded.
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Inter-response time is... - Correct answer-The time between the end of one instance of the behavior and the
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beginning of the next occurrence of behavior.
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which recording method would you expect to use when a target behavior is set to increase? - Correct
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answer-whole-interval recording
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Which recording method would you expect to use when a target behavior is set to decrease? - Correct
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answer-Partial-interval recording
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true or false? Partial interval recording has the tendency to under-estimate the frequency of a target
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behavior while whole interval recording has the tendency to over-estimate the frequency of the target
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behavior? - Correct answer-False
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Which of the following are examples of "permanent products" that can be used to collect data using
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permanent product recording procedures. - Correct answer-Number of broken windows and folded
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shirts
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True/False: permanent product recording is one of the lease cumbersome data recording methods -
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Correct answer-True
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, Choose the best operational definition for a tantrum - Correct answer-Any instance of the client crying and
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hitting himself in the head with a closed fist which makes a sound that can be heard within five feet. Instance
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must last longer than 30 seconds and are separated by 30 seconds of non-occurrence.
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Define behavior: - Correct answer-The activity of living organisms; human behavior includes everything that
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people do.
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define environment: - Correct answer-the conglomerate of real circumstances in which the organism or
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references part of the organism exists; behavior cannot occur in the absence of environment.
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List the four functions of behavior: - Correct answer-Social positive (attention/access), Social negative
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(escaping), Automatic Positive (sensory stimulation), Automatic Negative (pain attenuation)
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A client gets out of his seat every time a demand is placed. When he gets out of his seat his teacher says, "Oh
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you need a break", and does not follow through with her demand. This client's out of seat behavior most
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likely serves what function? - Correct answer-Social negative (escape)
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A client frequently spits. You notice that he spits during work times, when he is on a break, when he is playing
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with his favorite toys, during meal times, when you or someone else is directly engaged with him, and even
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when he is by himself. One day mom brings the client back from the dentist where he had to get 6 cavities
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filled. After this dentist appointment the spitting stopped. What function does spitting most likely serve? -
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Correct answer-Automatic negative (pain attenuation)
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Every time his mother removes items from him, a client engages in a tantrum. Mom tries to ignore him but
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after around five minutes mom gives him back the item she removed and the tantrum immediately stops.
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What function is most likely maintaining the tantrums? - Correct answer-Social Positive (attention/access)
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A client hits other students in his class during work and break times. Each time he hits another students the
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teacher immediately provides a verbal reprimand. What function does his hitting most like serve? - Correct
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answer-Social Positive (attention/access)
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You work with a client who drops legos on the floor for hours if left alone. The client does this even if others are
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playing with him, when no demands are being placed, and when given free access to a
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