PEARSON RBT Actual EXAM Questions And
Correct Answers (Verified Answers) Plus
Rationales 2026 Q&A.
Which of the following are examples of "permanent products" that can be
used to collect data using permanent product recording procedures.
✔️Answer✔️Number of broken windows and folded shirts
True/False: permanent product recording is one of the lease cumbersome
data recording methods ✔️Answer✔️True
Choose the best operational definition for a tantrum ✔️Answer✔️Any
instance of the client crying and hitting himself in the head with a closed fist
which makes a sound that can be heard within five feet. Instance must last
longer than 30 seconds and are separated by 30 seconds of non-occurrence.
Define behavior: ✔️Answer✔️The activity of living organisms; human
behavior includes everything that people do.
define environment: ✔️Answer✔️the conglomerate of real circumstances in
which the organism or references part of the organism exists; behavior
cannot occur in the absence of environment.
,List the four functions of behavior: ✔️Answer✔️Social positive
(attention/access), Social negative (escaping), Automatic Positive (sensory
stimulation), Automatic Negative (pain attenuation)
A client gets out of his seat every time a demand is placed. When he gets
out of his seat his teacher says, "Oh you need a break", and does not follow
through with her demand. This client's out of seat behavior most likely
serves what function? ✔️Answer✔️Social negative (escape)
A client frequently spits. You notice that he spits during work times, when
he is on a break, when he is playing with his favorite toys, during meal times,
when you or someone else is directly engaged with him, and even when he
is by himself. One day mom brings the client back from the dentist where he
had to get 6 cavities filled. After this dentist appointment the spitting
stopped. What function does spitting most likely serve?
✔️Answer✔️Automatic negative (pain attenuation)
Every time his mother removes items from him, a client engages in a
tantrum. Mom tries to ignore him but after around five minutes mom gives
him back the item she removed and the tantrum immediately stops. What
function is most likely maintaining the tantrums? ✔️Answer✔️Social Positive
(attention/access)
A client hits other students in his class during work and break times. Each
time he hits another students the teacher immediately provides a verbal
reprimand. What function does his hitting most like serve? ✔️Answer✔️Social
Positive (attention/access)
, You work with a client who drops legos on the floor for hours if left alone.
The client does this even if others are playing with him, when no demands
are being placed, and when given free access to a number of preferred toys.
What is the function of the lego dropping behavior? ✔️Answer✔️Automatic
Positive (sensory stimulation)
What is an antecedent? ✔️Answer✔️A stimulus that occurs before the
behavior
What is a consequence? ✔️Answer✔️A stimulus that occurs after the
behavior
Why do we conduct assessments? ✔️Answer✔️All of the above
(to discover behavioral deficits, to discover behavior excesses, to identify
environment variables)
True/False: A functional assessment is a set of procedures used to identify
the cause of a problem behavior or socially inappropriate behavior.
✔️Answer✔️True
A functional analysis is... ✔️Answer✔️The deliberate manipulation of
variables to evoke a target behavior to determine the function of the
behavior.
A Functional Behavior Assessment is... ✔️Answer✔️all of the above
Correct Answers (Verified Answers) Plus
Rationales 2026 Q&A.
Which of the following are examples of "permanent products" that can be
used to collect data using permanent product recording procedures.
✔️Answer✔️Number of broken windows and folded shirts
True/False: permanent product recording is one of the lease cumbersome
data recording methods ✔️Answer✔️True
Choose the best operational definition for a tantrum ✔️Answer✔️Any
instance of the client crying and hitting himself in the head with a closed fist
which makes a sound that can be heard within five feet. Instance must last
longer than 30 seconds and are separated by 30 seconds of non-occurrence.
Define behavior: ✔️Answer✔️The activity of living organisms; human
behavior includes everything that people do.
define environment: ✔️Answer✔️the conglomerate of real circumstances in
which the organism or references part of the organism exists; behavior
cannot occur in the absence of environment.
,List the four functions of behavior: ✔️Answer✔️Social positive
(attention/access), Social negative (escaping), Automatic Positive (sensory
stimulation), Automatic Negative (pain attenuation)
A client gets out of his seat every time a demand is placed. When he gets
out of his seat his teacher says, "Oh you need a break", and does not follow
through with her demand. This client's out of seat behavior most likely
serves what function? ✔️Answer✔️Social negative (escape)
A client frequently spits. You notice that he spits during work times, when
he is on a break, when he is playing with his favorite toys, during meal times,
when you or someone else is directly engaged with him, and even when he
is by himself. One day mom brings the client back from the dentist where he
had to get 6 cavities filled. After this dentist appointment the spitting
stopped. What function does spitting most likely serve?
✔️Answer✔️Automatic negative (pain attenuation)
Every time his mother removes items from him, a client engages in a
tantrum. Mom tries to ignore him but after around five minutes mom gives
him back the item she removed and the tantrum immediately stops. What
function is most likely maintaining the tantrums? ✔️Answer✔️Social Positive
(attention/access)
A client hits other students in his class during work and break times. Each
time he hits another students the teacher immediately provides a verbal
reprimand. What function does his hitting most like serve? ✔️Answer✔️Social
Positive (attention/access)
, You work with a client who drops legos on the floor for hours if left alone.
The client does this even if others are playing with him, when no demands
are being placed, and when given free access to a number of preferred toys.
What is the function of the lego dropping behavior? ✔️Answer✔️Automatic
Positive (sensory stimulation)
What is an antecedent? ✔️Answer✔️A stimulus that occurs before the
behavior
What is a consequence? ✔️Answer✔️A stimulus that occurs after the
behavior
Why do we conduct assessments? ✔️Answer✔️All of the above
(to discover behavioral deficits, to discover behavior excesses, to identify
environment variables)
True/False: A functional assessment is a set of procedures used to identify
the cause of a problem behavior or socially inappropriate behavior.
✔️Answer✔️True
A functional analysis is... ✔️Answer✔️The deliberate manipulation of
variables to evoke a target behavior to determine the function of the
behavior.
A Functional Behavior Assessment is... ✔️Answer✔️all of the above
