Pearson RBT Exam LATEST REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

What is your role in a functional assessment as an RBT ? a) To criticize the assessment b) To assist with the assessment c) To conduct the assessment d) To standy by and do nothing - ANSWER- TO ASSIST WITH THE ASSESSMENT What is your primary role as an RBT? a) Treatment planning b) Preference assessment c) Parent training d) Implementation - ANSWER- IMPLEMENTATION Which of the following behaviors is defined in the most observable and measurable terms? a) Susie snapper her pencil in half after she incorrectly answered the math problem b) Susie was angry so she snapped her pencil in half c) Susie snapped her pencil in half because she has autism d) Susie's anxiety caused her to snap her pencil in half - ANSWER- Susie snapper her pencil in half after she incorrectly answered the math problem You want to decrease the time it takes your client to eat their meal. You are told to record thelength of time in between bites. What kind of data are you collecting? a) Duration b) Total task c) IRT d) Latency - ANSWER- IRT What is the difference between frequency and rate? a) Rate is frequency with a time component added b) Rate requires duration data c) There is no difference between the two d) Rate is more accurate than frequency - ANSWER- Rate is frequency with a time component added Before you can start collecting data, what is the first thing that should be done? a) Collect your required materials b) Define the target behavior c) Report to your supervisor d) Select a data collection method - ANSWER- DEFINE THE TARGET BEHAVIOR What type of interval recording underestimates the occurrence of behavior? a) Partial interval b) Whole interval c) Momentary time sampling d) Frequency - ANSWER- WHOLE INTERVAL Which of the following is a type of discontinuous measurement? a) Frequency b) Rate c) Duration d) Partial interval recording - ANSWER- PARTIAL INTERVAL RECORDING What is the goal of a preference assessment? a) Find out what is reinforcing to the client b) Determine punishers for the individual c) Identify stimuli that may be motivating d) Allow the client to choose what they want to work on during session - ANSWERIdentify stimuli that may be motivating You are teaching your client to say "bubble." Your client says "b" and you deliver reinforcement. Next time your client says "b" you don't deliver reinforcement. Instead, you waituntil your client says "bub". You repeat this process and slowly increase the requirements for reinforcement up until your client says "bubble." What are you implementing? a) Shaping b) Task chaining c) FCT d) Punishment - ANSWER- SHAPING You are trying to teach your client to wash your hands. Your BCBA instructs you to usebackwards chaining to teach this. What step might you teach first? a) Turning the water on b) Putting soap on their hands c) Drying their hands off with a towel d) Entering the bathroom - ANSWER- c) Drying their hands off with a towel A student stands up and walks around the room at inappropriate times. You decide you aregoing to deliver reinforcement on a FI-3 reinforcement schedule for the student sitting in their chair. If the student gets up and walks around no reinforcement is delivered. What type ofprocedure is this? a) DRI b) DRO c) DRA d) DRL - ANSWER- A) DRI Your client screams for extended periods of time throughout the day. Your BCBA instructs youto deliver reinforcement any time the client is not screaming. What type of procedure is this? a) DRI b) DRO c) DRA d) DRH - ANSWER- B) DRO Linda elopes from the table when presented with a lengthy task. You start functional communication training with Linda in hopes you can teach her to ask for a break. Now, whenever Linda asks for a break when presented with a lengthy task, you provide reinforcement. What type of reinforcement procedure is this? a) DRI b) DRO c) DRD d) DRA - ANSWER- D) DRA In this type of teaching there is an antecedent, a behavior, a consequence, and a brief pausebefore the next antecedent. a) NET b) FCT c) Prompting d) DTT - ANSWER- D) DTT When should you deliver a prompt? a) After the consequence b) Before the SD c) After the response d) After the SD, before the response - ANSWER- d) After the SD, before the response Billy has soccer practice today. When it's time to leave, Billy's dad tells Billy to grab his soccerbag. Billy complies and grabs his stuff. His dad says "Nice job. Let's load up the car." In this scenario, what is the antecedent to Billy grabbing his stuff? a) Billy has soccer practice today b) There is no clear antecedent c) Billy's dad telling Billy to grab his soccer bag d) "Nice job. Let's load up the car." - ANSWER- c) Billy's dad telling Billy to grab his soccer bag The process of breaking down a skill into smaller, more manageable components by doing thetask yourself, or watching someone else do the task, is called? a) Task analysis b) Task chaining c) Forward Chaining d) DTT - ANSWER- A) TASK ANAYSIS You have been working with your client for two years. Your client's mom tells you they aregoing out with friends tomorrow and offers to pay you to babysit. If you accepted, what would you be violating? a) Dual relationships b) Respondinga appropriately to feedback c) Legal compliance d) Effective communication - ANSWER- a) Dual relationships Your session takes place during lunch time each day. The client's parents have started to buyyou lunch and requested you eat lunch with them each day. What is the best course of action? a) Eat lunch with the family b) Politely decline and inform your supervisor c) Get rid of the client d) Change the session time - ANSWER- B. POLITELY DECLINE AND IMFORM YOUR SUPERVISOR During proper discrimination training, reinforcement is available for one response, but not foranother. Which of the following is an example of discrimination training? a) Shoe tying b) You praise your client when they put on their pants independently c) You tell your client to touch "blue." You deliver reinforcement when your cilent touches blue, but not when he touches green. d) Your client has started calling all animals "dogs" - ANSWER- c) You tell your client to touch "blue." You deliver reinforcement when your cilent touches blue, but not when he touches green. Which of the following is an example of generalization? a) You teach your client to make purchases at the clinic. Now, your client is able to buyhis own lunch at school. b) Your client will have a conversation with the math teacher, but not any of his other teachers c) Your client has learned to count to 10 d) You ask your client to touch the "blue" card. They touch the green card. - ANSWERa) You teach your client to make purchases at the clinic. Now, your client is able to buyhis own lunch at school. When explaining something to parents what should you try and do? a) Use technical language and jargon b) Never explain anything to parents c) Record every conversation you have with parents d) Use terminology that the parent is able to understand - ANSWER- d) Use terminology that the parent is able to understand Bobby is working with a client in-home. The client's mom wants the client to be able to preparetheir own breakfast. Bobby teaches the client to make scrambled eggs using a task chain procedure. Bobby helps the client by getting out the plate and utensils. The client turns on thestove, heats the pan, puts butter in the pan, cracks the eggs in the pan, scrambles the eggs, puts them on a plate, and turns off the stove. One day, Bobby does not put out the plate. Whatis he implementing? a) Forward chaining b) Behavior Chain Interruption Strategy (BCIS) c) Task analysis d) Fading - ANSWER- b) Behavior Chain Interruption Strategy (BCIS) Tangible, automatic, attention, and escape are? a) Irrelevant to ABA b) Mentalisms c) The four functions of behavior d) A type of punishment - ANSWER- C) THE FOUR FUNCTIONS OF BEHAVIOR