The RBT Competency Assessment (2025)
comprehensive questions and verified answers
(elaborated) get it 100% accurate
RBTs must be supervised a minimum of 5% of their direct therapy hours a month and receive 2
face-to-face contacts a month - ✔✔What are the monthly supervision requirements for
RBTs?
Only praise when they touch the cracker ("Nice, that's the cracker!") and if they don't, provide a
prompt to touch the cracker. - ✔✔Your BCBA wants you to roleplay a DTT session with them
by having you lay out 3 cards and giving the SD, "Touch cracker." How can you show them
Discrimination Training?
Momentary Time Sampling - ✔✔Your BCBA is going to have you watch a video to record only
if the behavior is happening at the end of the interval. What type of measurement are they
checking for competency?
-You will need 4 items (items A, B, C, D)
-You will offer two items at a time
-You will say something like, "Choose one" or "Pick one"
-They can play with the item for around 30 seconds to a minute
-When they choose an item, you mark which item they chose on your data sheet
-You determine which is the highest and lowest preferred by counting the total amount of
times each item was picked. The highest preferred is the item that was chosen the most -
✔✔The BCBA asks you to show them how to do a Paired Choice preference assessment.
How will you set this up:
-How many items will you need?
-How many items at a time will you offer?
-What will you say to encourage them to pick an item?
, -How long do they get to play with the item they chose?
-When they choose an item, how will you record data?
-How do we determine which is the patient's highest and lowest preferred?
A-RBT tells them to "Clean up"
B-Screams and throws blocks
C-RBT prompts a mand for more time to play - ✔✔During a shadow session, the BCBA asks
you to record ABC data on one behavior you see. This is what you see while the patient is
playing in the gym:
They are playing blocks when the RBT tells them to "Clean up." The patient screams and throws
the blocks. The RBT prompts a mand for more time to play. What are the ABCs of this scenario?
-You will gather 4-6 items
-You need a timer to time the duration of engagement with each item
-They are free to engage with any item for however long they wish
-When they choose an item, you will time how long they engage with each item and then
record that on your data sheet
-The highest preferred item will be the item they play with the longest and the lowest preferred
will be what they engage with for the shortest duration - ✔✔The BCBA wants you to show
them how to do a Free Operant preference Assessment.
-How many items will you need to gather?
-What other materials do you need for data collection purposes?
-How long do they get to engage with each item?
-When they choose an item, how will you record data?
-How will you determine what is their highest and lowest preferred item(s)?
Shaping - ✔✔What is the term for reinforcing successive approximations towards a target
behavior?
comprehensive questions and verified answers
(elaborated) get it 100% accurate
RBTs must be supervised a minimum of 5% of their direct therapy hours a month and receive 2
face-to-face contacts a month - ✔✔What are the monthly supervision requirements for
RBTs?
Only praise when they touch the cracker ("Nice, that's the cracker!") and if they don't, provide a
prompt to touch the cracker. - ✔✔Your BCBA wants you to roleplay a DTT session with them
by having you lay out 3 cards and giving the SD, "Touch cracker." How can you show them
Discrimination Training?
Momentary Time Sampling - ✔✔Your BCBA is going to have you watch a video to record only
if the behavior is happening at the end of the interval. What type of measurement are they
checking for competency?
-You will need 4 items (items A, B, C, D)
-You will offer two items at a time
-You will say something like, "Choose one" or "Pick one"
-They can play with the item for around 30 seconds to a minute
-When they choose an item, you mark which item they chose on your data sheet
-You determine which is the highest and lowest preferred by counting the total amount of
times each item was picked. The highest preferred is the item that was chosen the most -
✔✔The BCBA asks you to show them how to do a Paired Choice preference assessment.
How will you set this up:
-How many items will you need?
-How many items at a time will you offer?
-What will you say to encourage them to pick an item?
, -How long do they get to play with the item they chose?
-When they choose an item, how will you record data?
-How do we determine which is the patient's highest and lowest preferred?
A-RBT tells them to "Clean up"
B-Screams and throws blocks
C-RBT prompts a mand for more time to play - ✔✔During a shadow session, the BCBA asks
you to record ABC data on one behavior you see. This is what you see while the patient is
playing in the gym:
They are playing blocks when the RBT tells them to "Clean up." The patient screams and throws
the blocks. The RBT prompts a mand for more time to play. What are the ABCs of this scenario?
-You will gather 4-6 items
-You need a timer to time the duration of engagement with each item
-They are free to engage with any item for however long they wish
-When they choose an item, you will time how long they engage with each item and then
record that on your data sheet
-The highest preferred item will be the item they play with the longest and the lowest preferred
will be what they engage with for the shortest duration - ✔✔The BCBA wants you to show
them how to do a Free Operant preference Assessment.
-How many items will you need to gather?
-What other materials do you need for data collection purposes?
-How long do they get to engage with each item?
-When they choose an item, how will you record data?
-How will you determine what is their highest and lowest preferred item(s)?
Shaping - ✔✔What is the term for reinforcing successive approximations towards a target
behavior?
