THE RBT COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT
EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. Turning pages (do this, requesting to turn pages, "turn the page"), 2. Animal sounds, 3.
Identifying animals, 4. Body parts, 5. counting; honorable mentions: "Find the...", "Touch
the...," colors, "Put the book away," "What's your favorite animal?," Echoics like "Say moo" -
ANS Name 5 things you might teach if your learner was engaging with a farm animal book.
Reinforcing successive approximations towards a target behavior; provide reinforcement for
each step closer (each approximation) the learner makes towards the goal - ANS Define
shaping
Forward - ANS You are working with your learner to brush their teeth. You are teaching them
how to grab their toothbrush by gesturing towards the toothbrush on the counter and then
errorlessly prompting them through all the rest of the steps using a full or partial physical. What
type of chaining is this (forward or backward)?
Provide a prompt immediately following the incorrect response and fade the prompts until they
respond independently to "Match blue." - ANS You and your BCBA are roleplaying a DTT
session with the SD, "Match blue." They tell you "This time I'm going to get it wrong when you
tell me to match blue. Show me a stimulus control transfer." What do they want you to do?
1. Have materials ready, 2. use the correct SD and follow the program procedure carefully, and
3. utilize the correct amount of reinforcement - ANS What are 3 things you need to do in
order to successfully pass the DTT part of the competency?
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, Frequency - ANS Your BCBA tells you they are going to have you watch a video and count
how many times the child in the video says, "Oh my gosh." What type of measurement are they
going to have you use?
Whole Interval Recording - ANS Your BCBA wants you to record data on if the lady in a video
lays down for the entire 1 minute interval. What type of discontinuous measurement is this?
Shaping - ANS You are working with your learner to say, "Apple." You provide some
reinforcement when they say "ahh," a little more reinforcement when they say "Ahhpp"
because it's more progress than saying "Ahhh." What procedure are you using?
VR2 - ANS Your BCBA wants you to deliver tokens for about every 1-3 correct responses
given during a DTT session with a patient. What schedule do they want you to use?
Token Economy - ANS reinforcement system with 3 components
1. Target behaviors
2. Generalized conditioned reinforcers (tokens or points)
3. Backup reinforcers
Set a timer, use a first then ("First let's go potty and then we can come back outside"), giving a
verbal warning/priming ("We're going to go potty here soon"), behavioral momentum ["Hey
buddy, come here" ("Wow, nice listening!"), "High five" ("You're a rockstar!"), "Skip to the
door." ("Awesome!"), "Time to go potty"] - ANS Your BCBA is supervising you during a
shadow session and asks you to transition the learner inside to use the restroom in the next 10
minutes. What is an antecedent strategy you might use to do this?
Possible examples might be: using an appropriate tone of voice, monitoring your body
language, getting down on their level, closing the door for diaper changes or while they are
engaged in a behavior, not talking about the patient in front of them, not denying food/water -
ANS Name one example of how to maintain client dignity.
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EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. Turning pages (do this, requesting to turn pages, "turn the page"), 2. Animal sounds, 3.
Identifying animals, 4. Body parts, 5. counting; honorable mentions: "Find the...", "Touch
the...," colors, "Put the book away," "What's your favorite animal?," Echoics like "Say moo" -
ANS Name 5 things you might teach if your learner was engaging with a farm animal book.
Reinforcing successive approximations towards a target behavior; provide reinforcement for
each step closer (each approximation) the learner makes towards the goal - ANS Define
shaping
Forward - ANS You are working with your learner to brush their teeth. You are teaching them
how to grab their toothbrush by gesturing towards the toothbrush on the counter and then
errorlessly prompting them through all the rest of the steps using a full or partial physical. What
type of chaining is this (forward or backward)?
Provide a prompt immediately following the incorrect response and fade the prompts until they
respond independently to "Match blue." - ANS You and your BCBA are roleplaying a DTT
session with the SD, "Match blue." They tell you "This time I'm going to get it wrong when you
tell me to match blue. Show me a stimulus control transfer." What do they want you to do?
1. Have materials ready, 2. use the correct SD and follow the program procedure carefully, and
3. utilize the correct amount of reinforcement - ANS What are 3 things you need to do in
order to successfully pass the DTT part of the competency?
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, Frequency - ANS Your BCBA tells you they are going to have you watch a video and count
how many times the child in the video says, "Oh my gosh." What type of measurement are they
going to have you use?
Whole Interval Recording - ANS Your BCBA wants you to record data on if the lady in a video
lays down for the entire 1 minute interval. What type of discontinuous measurement is this?
Shaping - ANS You are working with your learner to say, "Apple." You provide some
reinforcement when they say "ahh," a little more reinforcement when they say "Ahhpp"
because it's more progress than saying "Ahhh." What procedure are you using?
VR2 - ANS Your BCBA wants you to deliver tokens for about every 1-3 correct responses
given during a DTT session with a patient. What schedule do they want you to use?
Token Economy - ANS reinforcement system with 3 components
1. Target behaviors
2. Generalized conditioned reinforcers (tokens or points)
3. Backup reinforcers
Set a timer, use a first then ("First let's go potty and then we can come back outside"), giving a
verbal warning/priming ("We're going to go potty here soon"), behavioral momentum ["Hey
buddy, come here" ("Wow, nice listening!"), "High five" ("You're a rockstar!"), "Skip to the
door." ("Awesome!"), "Time to go potty"] - ANS Your BCBA is supervising you during a
shadow session and asks you to transition the learner inside to use the restroom in the next 10
minutes. What is an antecedent strategy you might use to do this?
Possible examples might be: using an appropriate tone of voice, monitoring your body
language, getting down on their level, closing the door for diaper changes or while they are
engaged in a behavior, not talking about the patient in front of them, not denying food/water -
ANS Name one example of how to maintain client dignity.
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