RBT EXAM #3 Q&A
Registered behavior technicians should be prepared to collect data. Which of the
following
answer choices is not part of preparing for data collection?
a) Read data from last session
b) Determine what programs you will run
c) Gather materials for programs
d) Plan your programs after you arrive at the client's session - Answer-Plan your
programs after you arrive at the client's session
There are advantages to permanent product recording. Which of the following answer
choices best describes permanent product recording?
a) Dianne instructs her children to go clean their rooms before they leave for the day. 10
minutes later Dianne walks in the rooms to check and see if they are cleaning.
b) John set up cameras around the office so he could monitor work progress even when
he was out of town or at his own home.
c) Mary was out sick on the day she was supposed to give a quiz. She asked the
substitute to distribute the quiz anyway. The next day, Mary graded and scored the
student's performance.
d) Glen tells his children to go upstairs and brush their teeth. When they come
downstairs, Glen asks them if they are done brushing teeth. - Answer-Mary was out sick
on the day she was supposed to give a quiz. She asked the substitute to distribute the
quiz anyway. The next day, Mary graded and scored the student's performance.
Your BCBA designs a new behavior plan to target your client's aggression. You
implement it for two weeks, and then start to think that the plan isn't effective. What
should you do?
a) Change the plan immediately. You shouldn't implement an ineffective plan.
b) Communicate with your BCBA immediately and share your thoughts with them.
c) Wait for further guidance from your BCBA before you do or say anything.
d) Start to train the parents on the plan. Part of the problem is the plan isn't being
implemented
at home. - Answer-Communicate with your BCBA immediately and share your thoughts
with them.
Extinction, along with reinforcement and punishment, is a behavior change principle. Of
the following answer choices, what does not accurately represent extinction?
a) Extinction works to reduce behavior
b) Extinction works as a punishment procedure
c) Extinction can involve planned ignoring
d) Extinction should be implemented 100% of opportunities - Answer-Extinction works
as a punishment procedure
,Bill and his mother in law do not get along. Bill's wife notices that whenever her mother
plans a visit, Bill immediately books a golf outing with his friends. What would you
hypothesize is the function of Bill's planning a golf trip behavior?
a) Attention
b) Tangible
c) Escape/Avoidance
d) Automatic - Answer-Escape/Avoidance
Your best friend is an RBT. She works at the same company as you, and works under
the supervision of the same BCBA. You like your BCBA, but your friend doesn't agree
with the feedback that the BCBA gives. When the BCBA gives her feedback, she
ignores it, and doesn't implement it or improve her services. What has your friend failed
to do?
a) Actively seek clinical direction from a supervisor in a timely manner
b) Respond appropriately to feedback
c) Communicate with stakeholders
d) Maintain professional boundaries to avoid dual relationships - Answer-Respond
appropriately to feedback
Every 6 months Miranda receives her favorite bottle of wine from her boss as a thank
you gift for her hard work throughout the year. The last two times Miranda received this
gift, her siblings drank the entire bottle when they visited for the weekend. The next time
her siblings visited her, Miranda hid the bottle and served other wine. What type of
intervention did Miranda
implement?
a) Antecedent
b) Consequence
c) Avoidance
d) Differential reinforcement - Answer-Antecedent
You spent the first month with your client managing behaviors and identifying
reinforcers. This week, your BCBA wants you to identify what your client can and can't
do in terms of skills.
What procedure are you most likely going to implement?
a) Task analysis procedures
b) Probing procedures
c) Generalization procedures
d) Maintenance procedures - Answer-Probing procedures
Mary's session notes included the following passage: "When I arrived at session the
client was eating breakfast. Mom asked him 3 times to pick up his trash and received no
response. The fourth time she asked he screamed. The client was visibly frustrated at
this point. I prompted the client to pick up his trash, and provided reinforcement upon
completion." What should not
be included in her session notes?
a) "When I arrived at session the client was eating breakfast"
, b) "Mom asked him 3 times to pick up his trash and received no response"
c) "The client was visibly frustrated at this point"
d) "I prompted the client to pick up his trash, and provided reinforcement upon
completion" . - Answer-"The client was visibly frustrated at this point"
Your BCBA designs a token economy to use during discrete trial training. Your BCBA
wants to target sitting in a chair, responding in a timely manner, and working promptly.
Your BCBA instructs you to provide tokens every 3-5 correct responses. What answer
choice accurately describes the reinforcement schedule you will be using?
a) FI4
b) VI4
c) FR4
d) VR4 - Answer-VR4
You and your friends have a tradition where you set off hundreds of dollars of fireworks
on the Fourth of July. Since you are preparing for your RBT exam, you want to measure
one aspect of the fireworks. You are most interested in the length of time it takes to set
off one firework after the last one went off. What would be the most appropriate
measurement to use to track this?
a) Frequency
b) Rate
c) IRT
d) Latency - Answer-IRT
Jen's husband golfs every Sunday morning with his buddies. Whenever he comes home
he leaves his muddy shoes in the middle of the floor and Jen scolds him. Jen decides
she will now give verbal attention to her husband when he puts his shoes in the closet,
and will ignore him when he puts his shoes in the middle of the floor. What procedure is
she using?
a) DRA
b) DRI
c) DRO
d) DRL - Answer-DRI
RBTs have several roles in service delivery. Which of the following is NOT the role of an
RBT.
a) Implement behavior plans
b) Conduct indirect assessments
c) Assist with parent training
d) Design reinforcement systems - Answer-Design reinforcement systems
Ben is asked to assist his BCBA with a new client assessment. The two arrive at the
client's house and start to set-up. As they are setting up, the BCBA is asking the client
"what's your name?", "what's 2+2?", "Can you spell dog?" What most likely explains
what your BCBA is
doing?
Registered behavior technicians should be prepared to collect data. Which of the
following
answer choices is not part of preparing for data collection?
a) Read data from last session
b) Determine what programs you will run
c) Gather materials for programs
d) Plan your programs after you arrive at the client's session - Answer-Plan your
programs after you arrive at the client's session
There are advantages to permanent product recording. Which of the following answer
choices best describes permanent product recording?
a) Dianne instructs her children to go clean their rooms before they leave for the day. 10
minutes later Dianne walks in the rooms to check and see if they are cleaning.
b) John set up cameras around the office so he could monitor work progress even when
he was out of town or at his own home.
c) Mary was out sick on the day she was supposed to give a quiz. She asked the
substitute to distribute the quiz anyway. The next day, Mary graded and scored the
student's performance.
d) Glen tells his children to go upstairs and brush their teeth. When they come
downstairs, Glen asks them if they are done brushing teeth. - Answer-Mary was out sick
on the day she was supposed to give a quiz. She asked the substitute to distribute the
quiz anyway. The next day, Mary graded and scored the student's performance.
Your BCBA designs a new behavior plan to target your client's aggression. You
implement it for two weeks, and then start to think that the plan isn't effective. What
should you do?
a) Change the plan immediately. You shouldn't implement an ineffective plan.
b) Communicate with your BCBA immediately and share your thoughts with them.
c) Wait for further guidance from your BCBA before you do or say anything.
d) Start to train the parents on the plan. Part of the problem is the plan isn't being
implemented
at home. - Answer-Communicate with your BCBA immediately and share your thoughts
with them.
Extinction, along with reinforcement and punishment, is a behavior change principle. Of
the following answer choices, what does not accurately represent extinction?
a) Extinction works to reduce behavior
b) Extinction works as a punishment procedure
c) Extinction can involve planned ignoring
d) Extinction should be implemented 100% of opportunities - Answer-Extinction works
as a punishment procedure
,Bill and his mother in law do not get along. Bill's wife notices that whenever her mother
plans a visit, Bill immediately books a golf outing with his friends. What would you
hypothesize is the function of Bill's planning a golf trip behavior?
a) Attention
b) Tangible
c) Escape/Avoidance
d) Automatic - Answer-Escape/Avoidance
Your best friend is an RBT. She works at the same company as you, and works under
the supervision of the same BCBA. You like your BCBA, but your friend doesn't agree
with the feedback that the BCBA gives. When the BCBA gives her feedback, she
ignores it, and doesn't implement it or improve her services. What has your friend failed
to do?
a) Actively seek clinical direction from a supervisor in a timely manner
b) Respond appropriately to feedback
c) Communicate with stakeholders
d) Maintain professional boundaries to avoid dual relationships - Answer-Respond
appropriately to feedback
Every 6 months Miranda receives her favorite bottle of wine from her boss as a thank
you gift for her hard work throughout the year. The last two times Miranda received this
gift, her siblings drank the entire bottle when they visited for the weekend. The next time
her siblings visited her, Miranda hid the bottle and served other wine. What type of
intervention did Miranda
implement?
a) Antecedent
b) Consequence
c) Avoidance
d) Differential reinforcement - Answer-Antecedent
You spent the first month with your client managing behaviors and identifying
reinforcers. This week, your BCBA wants you to identify what your client can and can't
do in terms of skills.
What procedure are you most likely going to implement?
a) Task analysis procedures
b) Probing procedures
c) Generalization procedures
d) Maintenance procedures - Answer-Probing procedures
Mary's session notes included the following passage: "When I arrived at session the
client was eating breakfast. Mom asked him 3 times to pick up his trash and received no
response. The fourth time she asked he screamed. The client was visibly frustrated at
this point. I prompted the client to pick up his trash, and provided reinforcement upon
completion." What should not
be included in her session notes?
a) "When I arrived at session the client was eating breakfast"
, b) "Mom asked him 3 times to pick up his trash and received no response"
c) "The client was visibly frustrated at this point"
d) "I prompted the client to pick up his trash, and provided reinforcement upon
completion" . - Answer-"The client was visibly frustrated at this point"
Your BCBA designs a token economy to use during discrete trial training. Your BCBA
wants to target sitting in a chair, responding in a timely manner, and working promptly.
Your BCBA instructs you to provide tokens every 3-5 correct responses. What answer
choice accurately describes the reinforcement schedule you will be using?
a) FI4
b) VI4
c) FR4
d) VR4 - Answer-VR4
You and your friends have a tradition where you set off hundreds of dollars of fireworks
on the Fourth of July. Since you are preparing for your RBT exam, you want to measure
one aspect of the fireworks. You are most interested in the length of time it takes to set
off one firework after the last one went off. What would be the most appropriate
measurement to use to track this?
a) Frequency
b) Rate
c) IRT
d) Latency - Answer-IRT
Jen's husband golfs every Sunday morning with his buddies. Whenever he comes home
he leaves his muddy shoes in the middle of the floor and Jen scolds him. Jen decides
she will now give verbal attention to her husband when he puts his shoes in the closet,
and will ignore him when he puts his shoes in the middle of the floor. What procedure is
she using?
a) DRA
b) DRI
c) DRO
d) DRL - Answer-DRI
RBTs have several roles in service delivery. Which of the following is NOT the role of an
RBT.
a) Implement behavior plans
b) Conduct indirect assessments
c) Assist with parent training
d) Design reinforcement systems - Answer-Design reinforcement systems
Ben is asked to assist his BCBA with a new client assessment. The two arrive at the
client's house and start to set-up. As they are setting up, the BCBA is asking the client
"what's your name?", "what's 2+2?", "Can you spell dog?" What most likely explains
what your BCBA is
doing?
