RBT Practice Exam 75 Questions and Answers Rated A+
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?
FI4
VI4
FR4
VR4
Santa is making his list, and checking it twice. Once he checks it twice, he gives it to his Elves
who prepare his sleigh with all the toys. Santa then checks to make sure all the toys are there.
Santa is using what type of measurement?
PLACHECK
Permanent Product
Frequency
Whole Interval
What measurement system in applied behavior analysis captures every instance that a behavior
occurs?
Continuous measurement
Discontinuous measurement
Interval recording
Permanent product recording
RBTs have several roles in service delivery. Which of the following is NOT the role of an RBT.
Implement behavior plans
Conduct indirect assessments
Assist with parent training
Design reinforcement systems
,In which of the following scenarios would duration be the most appropriate measurement?
Your client has an eating disorder. You want to track the length of time in between meals to
determine how often they are eating.
You are driving to the beach. You make a bet with a friend that your route is faster than theirs.
A teacher is tracking the number of attempts it takes for each group to solve 10 math problems
correctly
Your clients mom wants to reduce the amount of time it takes for your client to respond after she
calls their name
Your BCBA requested that you film a portion of your session for her to see. You comply, and
film 10 minutes of session using your iPhone. Later on, while at dinner with your friends, you
are showing your friends pictures on your iPhone and the video starts to play. Your client is
clearly visible in the video. Have you maintained client dignity in this scenario?
Yes, you didn't give out any personal information about the client. Your friends do not know
anything about the client.
Yes, your BCBA gave you permission to film the client.
No, you violated the client's privacy.
No, you should never film a client even when instructed to by a supervisor
Reinforcement and punishment are both acceptable interventions, but reinforcement should
always be used whenever possible instead of punishment. Which of the following answer choices
describes a potential problem with punishment?
Punishment is not permanent. If you stop punishment, the behavior will come back
Punishment does not reach a replacement behavior
Clients can resist punishment, leading to harsher forms of punishment
All the above
If a functional behavior assessment indicates that the learner's behavior is occuring to access a
tangible, how would you likely put the behavior on extinction?
Anytime the learner asks for the item, ignore the request
Whenever the learner attempts to obtain the item, withhold access
Prevent the sensory sensation of the behavior from occurring
Follow through when a task demand is placed on the learner
, A skill acquisition plan contains several essential components. First, a skill must be identified.
Then a goal is created to address the skill. Next, a measurement procedure is identified to use to
record data. What is the next step in a skill acquisition plan?
Implement the procedures
Collect and review intervention data
Gather baseline data
Modify the plan if necessary
Chris is allowed to stay at home by himself during summer vacation while his mom is at work.
When his mom leaves in the morning, she gives Chris a list of items that she needs him to
complete. What would be the best way for Chris' mom to measure whether or not Chris
completed the entire list?
Direct assessment
Event recording
Permanent product recording
Ask Chris when she got home
Devin struggles starting and finishing games with peers. Your BCBA asked you to record data on
peer play. It took Devin 6 minutes to start walking to the table when his peers asked him to play
a game with them. Devin sat for 10 minutes, took 2 minutes in between turns, and then asked if
he could be all done with the game 3 times. Which of the following answer choices represents
the latency of Devin walking to the table?
6 minutes
11 minutes
5 minutes
2 minutes
Use the graph below. What is the average frequency of elopement for Chad per session?
6
4
5
25
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?
FI4
VI4
FR4
VR4
Santa is making his list, and checking it twice. Once he checks it twice, he gives it to his Elves
who prepare his sleigh with all the toys. Santa then checks to make sure all the toys are there.
Santa is using what type of measurement?
PLACHECK
Permanent Product
Frequency
Whole Interval
What measurement system in applied behavior analysis captures every instance that a behavior
occurs?
Continuous measurement
Discontinuous measurement
Interval recording
Permanent product recording
RBTs have several roles in service delivery. Which of the following is NOT the role of an RBT.
Implement behavior plans
Conduct indirect assessments
Assist with parent training
Design reinforcement systems
,In which of the following scenarios would duration be the most appropriate measurement?
Your client has an eating disorder. You want to track the length of time in between meals to
determine how often they are eating.
You are driving to the beach. You make a bet with a friend that your route is faster than theirs.
A teacher is tracking the number of attempts it takes for each group to solve 10 math problems
correctly
Your clients mom wants to reduce the amount of time it takes for your client to respond after she
calls their name
Your BCBA requested that you film a portion of your session for her to see. You comply, and
film 10 minutes of session using your iPhone. Later on, while at dinner with your friends, you
are showing your friends pictures on your iPhone and the video starts to play. Your client is
clearly visible in the video. Have you maintained client dignity in this scenario?
Yes, you didn't give out any personal information about the client. Your friends do not know
anything about the client.
Yes, your BCBA gave you permission to film the client.
No, you violated the client's privacy.
No, you should never film a client even when instructed to by a supervisor
Reinforcement and punishment are both acceptable interventions, but reinforcement should
always be used whenever possible instead of punishment. Which of the following answer choices
describes a potential problem with punishment?
Punishment is not permanent. If you stop punishment, the behavior will come back
Punishment does not reach a replacement behavior
Clients can resist punishment, leading to harsher forms of punishment
All the above
If a functional behavior assessment indicates that the learner's behavior is occuring to access a
tangible, how would you likely put the behavior on extinction?
Anytime the learner asks for the item, ignore the request
Whenever the learner attempts to obtain the item, withhold access
Prevent the sensory sensation of the behavior from occurring
Follow through when a task demand is placed on the learner
, A skill acquisition plan contains several essential components. First, a skill must be identified.
Then a goal is created to address the skill. Next, a measurement procedure is identified to use to
record data. What is the next step in a skill acquisition plan?
Implement the procedures
Collect and review intervention data
Gather baseline data
Modify the plan if necessary
Chris is allowed to stay at home by himself during summer vacation while his mom is at work.
When his mom leaves in the morning, she gives Chris a list of items that she needs him to
complete. What would be the best way for Chris' mom to measure whether or not Chris
completed the entire list?
Direct assessment
Event recording
Permanent product recording
Ask Chris when she got home
Devin struggles starting and finishing games with peers. Your BCBA asked you to record data on
peer play. It took Devin 6 minutes to start walking to the table when his peers asked him to play
a game with them. Devin sat for 10 minutes, took 2 minutes in between turns, and then asked if
he could be all done with the game 3 times. Which of the following answer choices represents
the latency of Devin walking to the table?
6 minutes
11 minutes
5 minutes
2 minutes
Use the graph below. What is the average frequency of elopement for Chad per session?
6
4
5
25
