Pearson RBT EXAM WITH QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATED
What is the difference between frequency and rate? a)
Rate is frequency with a time component added
b) Rate requires duration data
c) There is no difference between the two
d) Rate is more accurate than frequency - a) rate is frequency with a time component
added
Before you can start collecting data, what is the first thing that should be done? a)
Collect your required materials
b) Define the target behavior
c) Report to your supervisor
d) Select a data collection method - b) define the target behavior
You want to decrease the time it takes your client to eat their meal. You are told to
record the length of time in between bites. What kind of data are you collecting? a)
Duration
b) Total task
c) IRT
d) Latency - c) IRT
What type of interval recording underestimates the occurrence of behavior? a)
Partial interval
b) Whole interval
c) Momentary time sampling
d) Frequency - b) whole interval
Which of the following is a type of discontinuous measurement? a)
Frequency
b) Rate
c) Duration
d) Partial interval recording - d) partial interval recording
,What is the goal of a preference assessment?
a) Find out what is reinforcing to the client
b) Determine punishers for the individual
c) Identify stimuli that may be motivating
d) Allow the client to choose what they want to work on during session - c) identify
stimuli that may be motivating
You are teaching your client to say "bubble." Your client says "b" and you deliver
reinforcement. Next time your client says "b" you don't deliver reinforcement.
Instead, you wait until your client says "bub". You repeat this process and slowly
increase the requirements for reinforcement up until your client says "bubble." What
are you implementing? a) Shaping
b) Task chaining
c) FCT
d) Punishment - a) shaping
You are trying to teach your client to wash your hands. Your BCBA instructs you to use
backwards chaining to teach this. What step might you teach first? a) Turning the
water on
b) Putting soap on their hands
c) Drying their hands off with a towel
d) Entering the bathroom - c) drying their hands off with a towel
student stands up and walks around the room at inappropriate times. You decide you
are going to deliver reinforcement on a FI-3 reinforcement schedule for the student
sitting in their chair. If the student gets up and walks around no reinforcement is
delivered. What type of procedure is this? a) DRI
b) DRO
c) DRA
d) DRL - a) DRI
Your client screams for extended periods of time throughout the day. Your BCBA
instructs you to deliver reinforcement any time the client is not screaming. What type
of procedure is this? a) DRI
b) DRO
c) DRA
d) DRH - b) DRO
Linda elopes from the table when presented with a lengthy task. You start functional
communication training with Linda in hopes you can teach her to ask for a break.
Now, whenever Linda asks for a break when presented with a lengthy task, you
provide reinforcement. What type of reinforcement procedure is this? a) DRI
b) DRO
c) DRD
, d) DRA - d) DRA
In this type of teaching there is an antecedent, a behavior, a consequence, and a brief
pause before the next antecedent. a) NET
b) FCT
c) Prompting
d) DTT - d) DTT
When should you deliver a prompt?
a) After the consequence
b) Before the SD
c) After the response
d) After the SD, before the response - d) after the SD, before the response
Billy has soccer practice today. When it's time to leave, Billy's dad tells Billy to grab his
soccer bag. Billy complies and grabs his stuff. His dad says "Nice job. Let's load up the
car." In this scenario, what is the antecedent to Billy grabbing his stuff? a) Billy has
soccer practice today
b) There is no clear antecedent
c) Billy's dad telling Billy to grab his soccer bag
d) "Nice job. Let's load up the car." - c) Billy's dad telling Billy to grab his soccer bag
The process of breaking down a skill into smaller, more manageable components by
doing the task yourself, or watching someone else do the task, is called? a) Task
analysis
b) Task chaining
c) Forward Chaining
d) DTT - a) task analysis
Which of the following would be best at tracking frequency? a)
A stopwatch
b) Your hand
c) Counting in your head
d) A clicker counter - d) Clicker counter
You are recording how long it takes your client to get dressed in the morning. What type
of data are you taking? a) Frequency
b) IRT
c) Duration
d) Latency
. - c) Duration
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATED
What is the difference between frequency and rate? a)
Rate is frequency with a time component added
b) Rate requires duration data
c) There is no difference between the two
d) Rate is more accurate than frequency - a) rate is frequency with a time component
added
Before you can start collecting data, what is the first thing that should be done? a)
Collect your required materials
b) Define the target behavior
c) Report to your supervisor
d) Select a data collection method - b) define the target behavior
You want to decrease the time it takes your client to eat their meal. You are told to
record the length of time in between bites. What kind of data are you collecting? a)
Duration
b) Total task
c) IRT
d) Latency - c) IRT
What type of interval recording underestimates the occurrence of behavior? a)
Partial interval
b) Whole interval
c) Momentary time sampling
d) Frequency - b) whole interval
Which of the following is a type of discontinuous measurement? a)
Frequency
b) Rate
c) Duration
d) Partial interval recording - d) partial interval recording
,What is the goal of a preference assessment?
a) Find out what is reinforcing to the client
b) Determine punishers for the individual
c) Identify stimuli that may be motivating
d) Allow the client to choose what they want to work on during session - c) identify
stimuli that may be motivating
You are teaching your client to say "bubble." Your client says "b" and you deliver
reinforcement. Next time your client says "b" you don't deliver reinforcement.
Instead, you wait until your client says "bub". You repeat this process and slowly
increase the requirements for reinforcement up until your client says "bubble." What
are you implementing? a) Shaping
b) Task chaining
c) FCT
d) Punishment - a) shaping
You are trying to teach your client to wash your hands. Your BCBA instructs you to use
backwards chaining to teach this. What step might you teach first? a) Turning the
water on
b) Putting soap on their hands
c) Drying their hands off with a towel
d) Entering the bathroom - c) drying their hands off with a towel
student stands up and walks around the room at inappropriate times. You decide you
are going to deliver reinforcement on a FI-3 reinforcement schedule for the student
sitting in their chair. If the student gets up and walks around no reinforcement is
delivered. What type of procedure is this? a) DRI
b) DRO
c) DRA
d) DRL - a) DRI
Your client screams for extended periods of time throughout the day. Your BCBA
instructs you to deliver reinforcement any time the client is not screaming. What type
of procedure is this? a) DRI
b) DRO
c) DRA
d) DRH - b) DRO
Linda elopes from the table when presented with a lengthy task. You start functional
communication training with Linda in hopes you can teach her to ask for a break.
Now, whenever Linda asks for a break when presented with a lengthy task, you
provide reinforcement. What type of reinforcement procedure is this? a) DRI
b) DRO
c) DRD
, d) DRA - d) DRA
In this type of teaching there is an antecedent, a behavior, a consequence, and a brief
pause before the next antecedent. a) NET
b) FCT
c) Prompting
d) DTT - d) DTT
When should you deliver a prompt?
a) After the consequence
b) Before the SD
c) After the response
d) After the SD, before the response - d) after the SD, before the response
Billy has soccer practice today. When it's time to leave, Billy's dad tells Billy to grab his
soccer bag. Billy complies and grabs his stuff. His dad says "Nice job. Let's load up the
car." In this scenario, what is the antecedent to Billy grabbing his stuff? a) Billy has
soccer practice today
b) There is no clear antecedent
c) Billy's dad telling Billy to grab his soccer bag
d) "Nice job. Let's load up the car." - c) Billy's dad telling Billy to grab his soccer bag
The process of breaking down a skill into smaller, more manageable components by
doing the task yourself, or watching someone else do the task, is called? a) Task
analysis
b) Task chaining
c) Forward Chaining
d) DTT - a) task analysis
Which of the following would be best at tracking frequency? a)
A stopwatch
b) Your hand
c) Counting in your head
d) A clicker counter - d) Clicker counter
You are recording how long it takes your client to get dressed in the morning. What type
of data are you taking? a) Frequency
b) IRT
c) Duration
d) Latency
. - c) Duration
