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RBT Exam - Skill Acquisition Practice
Questions and Answers
What are the essential components of a written skill acquisition plan? (7 steps) -
Correct Answer✔️✔️-Identify a skill deficit, create a goal to address it, identify
measurement procedures, assess current skill level (baseline), select and implement
procedures, collect data to determine effectiveness, and modify if necessary.
How do you prepare for a session, as required by the skill acquisition plan? - Correct
Answer✔️✔️-Determine where to start by looking at what occurred last session, select
which skill acquisition procedures to complete, ad prepare the materials you will need
for the procedure and data collection.
What is reinforcement? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Any stimulus that, when presented
immediately following a behavior, increases the frequency of the behavior.
What is unconditioned vs. conditioned reinforcement? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-
Inherent/natural stimuli that increase behavior vs. previously neutral stimuli that now
increases behavior due to association with an already established reinforcer.
What is continuous reinforcement (CRF) vs. intermittent reinforcement (INT)? - Correct
Answer✔️✔️-Reinforcement given consistently and frequently (each instance of
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behavior), used in learning new behaviors vs. reinforcement given occasionally (some
instances of behavior), used in maintaining behaviors and progressing to naturally
occurring reinforcement
What is fixed ratio vs. variable ratio? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Reinforcement occurring
every X response, vs reinforcement after a random/inconsistent number of responses.
What is fixed interval vs. variable interval? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Reinforcement
occurring after X amount of time, vs reinforcement occurring after a random/inconsistent
amount of time.
What are 5 discrete trial training procedures? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Mass Trial,
Distractor Trial, Random Rotation, Expanded Trial, Maintenance/Generalization
What is a mass trial? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Only one target, presented with prompts.
Prompt is faded until child is consistently correct.
What is a distractor trial? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Target is introduced with 1 or more other
items to serve as distractor. Child must discriminate between target and distractors.
What is a random rotation trial? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Target is introduced with a
distractor choice and a mastered choice.
What is an expanded trial? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Used often in expressive targets where
tangible distractors can't be used. Trial target, then mastered choices, then back to trial
target: "Touch your head!" "Where's your nose?" "Do this!" "Touch your head!"
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OWNER: EMILLYCHARLOTTE
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FIRST PUBLISHED: SEPTEMBER 2024
RBT Exam - Skill Acquisition Practice
Questions and Answers
What are the essential components of a written skill acquisition plan? (7 steps) -
Correct Answer✔️✔️-Identify a skill deficit, create a goal to address it, identify
measurement procedures, assess current skill level (baseline), select and implement
procedures, collect data to determine effectiveness, and modify if necessary.
How do you prepare for a session, as required by the skill acquisition plan? - Correct
Answer✔️✔️-Determine where to start by looking at what occurred last session, select
which skill acquisition procedures to complete, ad prepare the materials you will need
for the procedure and data collection.
What is reinforcement? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Any stimulus that, when presented
immediately following a behavior, increases the frequency of the behavior.
What is unconditioned vs. conditioned reinforcement? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-
Inherent/natural stimuli that increase behavior vs. previously neutral stimuli that now
increases behavior due to association with an already established reinforcer.
What is continuous reinforcement (CRF) vs. intermittent reinforcement (INT)? - Correct
Answer✔️✔️-Reinforcement given consistently and frequently (each instance of
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behavior), used in learning new behaviors vs. reinforcement given occasionally (some
instances of behavior), used in maintaining behaviors and progressing to naturally
occurring reinforcement
What is fixed ratio vs. variable ratio? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Reinforcement occurring
every X response, vs reinforcement after a random/inconsistent number of responses.
What is fixed interval vs. variable interval? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Reinforcement
occurring after X amount of time, vs reinforcement occurring after a random/inconsistent
amount of time.
What are 5 discrete trial training procedures? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Mass Trial,
Distractor Trial, Random Rotation, Expanded Trial, Maintenance/Generalization
What is a mass trial? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Only one target, presented with prompts.
Prompt is faded until child is consistently correct.
What is a distractor trial? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Target is introduced with 1 or more other
items to serve as distractor. Child must discriminate between target and distractors.
What is a random rotation trial? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Target is introduced with a
distractor choice and a mastered choice.
What is an expanded trial? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Used often in expressive targets where
tangible distractors can't be used. Trial target, then mastered choices, then back to trial
target: "Touch your head!" "Where's your nose?" "Do this!" "Touch your head!"
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