RBT MOCK EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE ANSWERS
When preparing for data collection, a RBT should do all of the following except:
A) Identify the target(s) behavior
B) Prepare materials prior to the start of the session
C) Have a 1:1 meeting with the parent to discuss assessment results and goals
D)Review client programming before starting a session - Answer-C)Have a 1:1 meeting
with the parent to discuss assessment results and goals
Your BCBA instructs you to take data on how many times your client engages in verbal
refusal in 30-minute intervals. What type of data collection use?
Frequency
Partial interval recording
Count
Rate - Answer-Rate
Your BCBA instructs you that he/she wants you to record how long your clients'
tantrums last. What type of data collection would you use?
Duration
Rate
Whole interval recording
Latency - Answer-Duration
The RBT recorded 18 instances of the child throwing items in the classroom. What type
of continuous measurement procedure is the RBT implementing?
Rate
Duration
Latency
Frequency - Answer-Frequency
The BCBA instructs you to measure the time between the end of one response to the
beginning of the same response. What continuous measurement procedure is being
implemented?
Latency
Whole Interval
IRT
Duration - Answer-IRT
, All of the following are discontinuous measurement procedures, except:
Whole interval recording
Momentary time sampling
Partial Interval recording
Inter-response time - Answer-Inter-response time
Which measurement procedure is being used if the observer is recording if the target
behavior occurred at any point in the interval?
Interval by interval recording
Partial interval recording
Whole interval recording
Momentary time sampling - Answer-Partial interval recording
A RBT sets a timer for 2 minutes. When the 2-minute timer goes off, the RBT looks up
immediately to see if their client is sitting in their seat.
Momentary time sampling
Whole interval recording
Partial interval recording
Latency - Answer-Momentary time sampling
The observer is recording data on tangible items (e.g., completed math worksheets) left
over in the environment that can be recorded at a later time. What measurement
procedure is being described?
Event recording
Duration
Permanent product recording
Tangible count - Answer-Permanent product recording
When graphing data, _______is labeled the X-Axis and _______is labeled the Y-Axis.
Time, Behavior
Behavior, Time
Intervention, time
Behavior, Progress - Answer-Time, Behavior
The Abscissa refers to which axis on a line graph?
X-axis
Y- axis
Ordinate
Coordinate - Answer-X-axis
COMPLETE ANSWERS
When preparing for data collection, a RBT should do all of the following except:
A) Identify the target(s) behavior
B) Prepare materials prior to the start of the session
C) Have a 1:1 meeting with the parent to discuss assessment results and goals
D)Review client programming before starting a session - Answer-C)Have a 1:1 meeting
with the parent to discuss assessment results and goals
Your BCBA instructs you to take data on how many times your client engages in verbal
refusal in 30-minute intervals. What type of data collection use?
Frequency
Partial interval recording
Count
Rate - Answer-Rate
Your BCBA instructs you that he/she wants you to record how long your clients'
tantrums last. What type of data collection would you use?
Duration
Rate
Whole interval recording
Latency - Answer-Duration
The RBT recorded 18 instances of the child throwing items in the classroom. What type
of continuous measurement procedure is the RBT implementing?
Rate
Duration
Latency
Frequency - Answer-Frequency
The BCBA instructs you to measure the time between the end of one response to the
beginning of the same response. What continuous measurement procedure is being
implemented?
Latency
Whole Interval
IRT
Duration - Answer-IRT
, All of the following are discontinuous measurement procedures, except:
Whole interval recording
Momentary time sampling
Partial Interval recording
Inter-response time - Answer-Inter-response time
Which measurement procedure is being used if the observer is recording if the target
behavior occurred at any point in the interval?
Interval by interval recording
Partial interval recording
Whole interval recording
Momentary time sampling - Answer-Partial interval recording
A RBT sets a timer for 2 minutes. When the 2-minute timer goes off, the RBT looks up
immediately to see if their client is sitting in their seat.
Momentary time sampling
Whole interval recording
Partial interval recording
Latency - Answer-Momentary time sampling
The observer is recording data on tangible items (e.g., completed math worksheets) left
over in the environment that can be recorded at a later time. What measurement
procedure is being described?
Event recording
Duration
Permanent product recording
Tangible count - Answer-Permanent product recording
When graphing data, _______is labeled the X-Axis and _______is labeled the Y-Axis.
Time, Behavior
Behavior, Time
Intervention, time
Behavior, Progress - Answer-Time, Behavior
The Abscissa refers to which axis on a line graph?
X-axis
Y- axis
Ordinate
Coordinate - Answer-X-axis
