RBT Comprehensive Exam Questions And
Correct Answers
Echolalia should always be discouraged and stopped - ANSWER False
Once a child with autism learns to speak they become a good communicator - ANSWER
False
Speech, language and communication are all synonymous - ANSWER False
Visual supports can help make the rules and routines more understandable - ANSWER
True
Transitions are best avoided when possible with children with ASD - ANSWER False
Which Does not fall under pervasive development disorder - ANSWER *** Not all of the
above
It is estimated that what percentage of children with autism don't speak - ANSWER ***
Not 10%
Autism is the same as mental retardation - ANSWER False
An example of a communication deficit is - ANSWER *** Not eye contact
Research shows theres no causal relationship between immunizations and ASD -
ANSWER True
, If parents have a child with autism what is the chance they will have another child with it
- ANSWER 1 in 5
The ____ has direct responsibility for implementation of skill acquisition and behavior
reduction plans - ANSWER RBT
What are examples of good data collection from parents ANSWER They record a log
book with brief intervention and child's performance, record the frequency of a behavior
and record if the target behavior occurred
What is recording tangible items or environmental effects that result from a behavior? -
ANSWER *** Not whole interval recording
response latency - ANSWER The measure of time between an environmental event and a
response
What is magnitude? - ANSWER The force or intensity with which a response is emitted
_____ is something that appears to exist because of the way it is examined or recorded -
ANSWER *** Not event recording
What type of recording would you use when you are interested in recording ongoing
behaviors that you know will continue across intervals? - ANSWER Whole Interval
training
What does baseline data tell us - ANSWER Information gathering and and evaluation of
the intervention
Name 2 types of goals that baseline data is recorded on - ANSWER Academic, and
duration/shaping goals
Correct Answers
Echolalia should always be discouraged and stopped - ANSWER False
Once a child with autism learns to speak they become a good communicator - ANSWER
False
Speech, language and communication are all synonymous - ANSWER False
Visual supports can help make the rules and routines more understandable - ANSWER
True
Transitions are best avoided when possible with children with ASD - ANSWER False
Which Does not fall under pervasive development disorder - ANSWER *** Not all of the
above
It is estimated that what percentage of children with autism don't speak - ANSWER ***
Not 10%
Autism is the same as mental retardation - ANSWER False
An example of a communication deficit is - ANSWER *** Not eye contact
Research shows theres no causal relationship between immunizations and ASD -
ANSWER True
, If parents have a child with autism what is the chance they will have another child with it
- ANSWER 1 in 5
The ____ has direct responsibility for implementation of skill acquisition and behavior
reduction plans - ANSWER RBT
What are examples of good data collection from parents ANSWER They record a log
book with brief intervention and child's performance, record the frequency of a behavior
and record if the target behavior occurred
What is recording tangible items or environmental effects that result from a behavior? -
ANSWER *** Not whole interval recording
response latency - ANSWER The measure of time between an environmental event and a
response
What is magnitude? - ANSWER The force or intensity with which a response is emitted
_____ is something that appears to exist because of the way it is examined or recorded -
ANSWER *** Not event recording
What type of recording would you use when you are interested in recording ongoing
behaviors that you know will continue across intervals? - ANSWER Whole Interval
training
What does baseline data tell us - ANSWER Information gathering and and evaluation of
the intervention
Name 2 types of goals that baseline data is recorded on - ANSWER Academic, and
duration/shaping goals
