RBT Exam Things to Know
Permanent Product Measurement - correct answer refers to collecting data on the
real, concrete outcomes of a behavior. Permanent products can come in many forms - such as
completed homework assignments, smoked cigarettes discarded in an ash tray, or clumps of hair found
on the floor.
Cumulative Records - correct answer display a "running total" of behaviors that
have occurred over a certain time period. A special thing to note about cumulative records is that they
never decrease (slope downward) because they each point on the graph is always one more (+1) than
the previous.
7 Dimensions of ABA - correct answer 1) Applied: Applied interventions deal with 0
problems of demonstrated social importance.
2) Behavioral: Applied interventions deal with measurable behavior (or reports if they can be validated).
3) Analytic: Applied interventions require an objective demonstration that the procedures caused the
effect.
4) Technological: Applied interventions are described well enough that they can be implemented by
anyone with training and resources.
5) Conceptual Systems: Applied interventions arise from a specific and identifiable theoretical base
rather than being a set of packages or tricks.
6) Effective: Applied interventions produce strong, socially important effects.
7) Generality: Applied interventions are designed from the outset to operate in new environments and
continue after the formal treatments have ended.
Continuous Measurement Systems - correct answer 1) Frequency - counting each
individual event
2) Inter-Response Time - counting the time from the offset (end) of one response, to the onset (start) of
the next response.
3) Duration - the number of seconds from the onset (start) of the response to the offset (end) of the
response.
, Discontinuous Measurement Systems - correct answer 1) Whole-Interval Data
Recording - recording the behavior ONLY if the behavior occurs for the entire interval (from the
beginning until the end of the interval, without stopping!)
2) Partial-Interval Data Recording - recording the behavior if it happens at any point in the entire
interval.
3) Momentary Time Sampling- recording the behavior if it happens ONLY at a specific moment at time,
between the intervals. For example, if you were observing every 5 minutes, you'd set a timer for 5
minutes and look up upon the timer's alarm and identify (yes or no) if the behavior is occurring in that
instant and that instant only.
3 Types of Consequences - correct answer 1) Reinforcement: a stimulus that follows
a behavior and causes that behavior to increase in probability over time
2) Punishment: a stimulus that follows a behavior and causes that behavior to decrease in probability
over time
3) Extinction: witholding all reinforcement. A behavior that was previously being reinforced by a given
stimulus no longer contacts that stimulus. Extinction is usually followed by an extinction burst - a "spike"
along some dimension of a behavior, followed by a dramatic decrease in that behavior similar to the
effect of punishment.
Types of Conditioning - correct answer 1) Forward Conditioning: learning is fastest
in forward conditioning. During forward conditioning, the onset of the CS precedes the onset of the US.
2) Simultaneous Conditioning: during simultaneous conditioning, the CS and US are presented and
terminated at the same time
3) Backwards Conditioning: backward conditioning occurs when a CS immediately follows a US, and
usually has the opposite effect as forward conditioning: that is to say, the organism learns that the CS
signals the end of the US.
4) Extinction: the CS is repeatedly presented but the US does not follow. This, of course, must be done
after the CS is already conditioned
Conflict of Relationship - correct answer A situation in which personal and/or
financial considerations have the potential to influence or compromise professional judgment in clinical
service, research, consultation, instruction, administration, or any other professional activity.
Dual Relationships - correct answer Blending professional relationship with another
relationship.
Permanent Product Measurement - correct answer refers to collecting data on the
real, concrete outcomes of a behavior. Permanent products can come in many forms - such as
completed homework assignments, smoked cigarettes discarded in an ash tray, or clumps of hair found
on the floor.
Cumulative Records - correct answer display a "running total" of behaviors that
have occurred over a certain time period. A special thing to note about cumulative records is that they
never decrease (slope downward) because they each point on the graph is always one more (+1) than
the previous.
7 Dimensions of ABA - correct answer 1) Applied: Applied interventions deal with 0
problems of demonstrated social importance.
2) Behavioral: Applied interventions deal with measurable behavior (or reports if they can be validated).
3) Analytic: Applied interventions require an objective demonstration that the procedures caused the
effect.
4) Technological: Applied interventions are described well enough that they can be implemented by
anyone with training and resources.
5) Conceptual Systems: Applied interventions arise from a specific and identifiable theoretical base
rather than being a set of packages or tricks.
6) Effective: Applied interventions produce strong, socially important effects.
7) Generality: Applied interventions are designed from the outset to operate in new environments and
continue after the formal treatments have ended.
Continuous Measurement Systems - correct answer 1) Frequency - counting each
individual event
2) Inter-Response Time - counting the time from the offset (end) of one response, to the onset (start) of
the next response.
3) Duration - the number of seconds from the onset (start) of the response to the offset (end) of the
response.
, Discontinuous Measurement Systems - correct answer 1) Whole-Interval Data
Recording - recording the behavior ONLY if the behavior occurs for the entire interval (from the
beginning until the end of the interval, without stopping!)
2) Partial-Interval Data Recording - recording the behavior if it happens at any point in the entire
interval.
3) Momentary Time Sampling- recording the behavior if it happens ONLY at a specific moment at time,
between the intervals. For example, if you were observing every 5 minutes, you'd set a timer for 5
minutes and look up upon the timer's alarm and identify (yes or no) if the behavior is occurring in that
instant and that instant only.
3 Types of Consequences - correct answer 1) Reinforcement: a stimulus that follows
a behavior and causes that behavior to increase in probability over time
2) Punishment: a stimulus that follows a behavior and causes that behavior to decrease in probability
over time
3) Extinction: witholding all reinforcement. A behavior that was previously being reinforced by a given
stimulus no longer contacts that stimulus. Extinction is usually followed by an extinction burst - a "spike"
along some dimension of a behavior, followed by a dramatic decrease in that behavior similar to the
effect of punishment.
Types of Conditioning - correct answer 1) Forward Conditioning: learning is fastest
in forward conditioning. During forward conditioning, the onset of the CS precedes the onset of the US.
2) Simultaneous Conditioning: during simultaneous conditioning, the CS and US are presented and
terminated at the same time
3) Backwards Conditioning: backward conditioning occurs when a CS immediately follows a US, and
usually has the opposite effect as forward conditioning: that is to say, the organism learns that the CS
signals the end of the US.
4) Extinction: the CS is repeatedly presented but the US does not follow. This, of course, must be done
after the CS is already conditioned
Conflict of Relationship - correct answer A situation in which personal and/or
financial considerations have the potential to influence or compromise professional judgment in clinical
service, research, consultation, instruction, administration, or any other professional activity.
Dual Relationships - correct answer Blending professional relationship with another
relationship.
