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A compilation of questions and answers related to the registered behavior technician (rbt) certification exam. It covers a wide range of topics in applied behavior analysis (aba), including reinforcement schedules, measurement techniques, behavior support plans, and ethical considerations. Detailed explanations for each question, making it a valuable resource for individuals preparing for the rbt exam or seeking to deepen their understanding of aba principles and practices. The comprehensive nature of the content, combined with the latest update, suggests this document could be useful for university students, behavior analysts, and other professionals working in the field of aba.
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Leonard gives Sheldon a token about every 5th time Sheldon responds correctly. After Sheldon earns 5 tokens, he can exchange them for 10 minutes of video games time. Sheldon is earning tokens on what schedule of reinforcement? - Correct Answer ✅Variable ratio Food, sex, water, breathable air, and any other stimuli that are necessary for life are what types of reinforcement? - Correct Answer ✅unconditioned How many face-to-face supervision contacts are required every month? - Correct Answer ✅ 2 How many face-to-face supervision contacts are required every month? - Correct Answer ✅Pairing the instructions, "Make a sandwich" with a video model, then fading the video model until the patient can make a sandwich when given the instruction only. Which of the following is likely a conditioned reinforcer? - Correct Answer ✅Which of the following is likely a conditioned reinforcer?
April has recently been assigned on Ron's case. She is preparing for her first session with him by reading through his targets and behavior support plans, and ensuring she is familiar with them both before she starts. At the beginning of her session, she greets him and brings out a few toys. After conducting a preference assessment with the toys, she begins running targets. Ron engages in maladaptive behaviors and does not comply with demands. What is most likely the problem? - Correct Answer ✅April did not take enough time to build rapport with Ron before placing demands When teaching a patient to brush their teeth, you demonstrate with your own toothbrush and teeth. What type of prompt is used? - Correct Answer ✅modeling A therapist is working with a client with limited vocal language. This child is stacking blocks on a table. As he interacts with the blocks, the therapist periodically asks the client what color, shape, and comparative size the blocks are as the child plays. What type of teaching strategy is this? -
The teacher placed Mark's screaming on extinction. After several days, his screaming went away. However, it returned a week later. This is known as: - Correct Answer ✅Spontaneous recovery What is not part of a crisis/emergency protocol when providing behavioral services? - Correct Answer ✅call the main office Which of the following are signs of assent from the patient? - Correct Answer ✅Patient smiles at you throughout the session Patient invites you to play with them Patient greets you at the beginning of the session (All of the above) True or false. Token economies should be designed specific to individuals. - Correct Answer ✅true
Which is an example of an Intraverbal? - Correct Answer ✅Colby's uncle asks "Where do you go to school?" Colby replies "Abbot Elementary." The removal of a stimulus that decreases the future likelihood of a behavior is called: - Correct Answer ✅negative punishment A type of measurement that records behavior after it has occurred by the lasting physical change on the environment. - Correct Answer ✅Permanent Product A signal that reinforcement is available: - Correct Answer ✅Discriminative stimulus What is a motivating operation? - Correct Answer ✅An environmental variable that has value altering and behavior altering effects Nicole, a BCBA, is putting together a DRI for her patient who is hitting peers in the hallway while walking in line. Nicole
This behavior is to replace aggression and leading caregivers by the hand. What is the definition of consent? - Correct Answer ✅When an individual (typically parent or caregiver) legally permits another individual's participation, usually through spoken and written authorization. The form of verbal behavior when the speaker repeats the same sound or word that was said by another person is called: - Correct Answer ✅Echoic Functional Communication Training (FCT) is a special form of what? - Correct Answer ✅DRA Which of the following is NOT part of a Behavior Support Plan (BSP)? - Correct Answer ✅How the client feels when the behavior is occuring Aly took ABC data in order to find the function of her patient Nick's screaming behavior. During the ABC data collection,
she found that Nick would scream whenever they started to work or a demand was placed. Based on this ABC data, what is the function of Nick's screaming behavior? - Correct Answer ✅Escape Selena is reading a skill acquisition target that says the Sd is to hold up a red stimulus and say "red". The correct response is the patient vocalizes "red". A correct response earns a token; an incorrect response is followed by an additional full verbal prompt "Red". What does the token for a correct response symbolize in this example? - Correct Answer ✅Positive reinforcement All of the following are acceptable for a professional relationship between an RBT and supervising Behavior Analyst (BCBA) EXCEPT_____________? - Correct Answer ✅The BCBA can request that the RBT does parent trainings and functional behavior assessments for them. A _____________ is an employee who is required to inform a designated investigator of any suspected, witnessed, or
The use of reinforcement of successive approximations towards a terminal outcome: - Correct Answer ✅shaping elle is learning how to tie her shoes. Her staff completes all the steps except the last involved in tying a shoe, then prompts her to pull the loops tight. Once Belle can independently pull the loops tight, her staff completes all the steps for her until it's time to create the second loop. The staff prompts Belle to create the second loop, and allows her to independently pull the loops tight. Belle is learning to tie her shoes using what method? - Correct Answer ✅backwards chaining Your client walks over to you and says "I want yogurt." What kind of verbal operant is this? - Correct Answer ✅mand Elaine is measuring her patient's in-seat behavior using partial interval recording on a 5-minute interval. During the 5- minute interval, her patient sits in their seat 3 times; the first time for 5 seconds, the second time for 1 minute, the third
time for 20 seconds. Elaine should mark this interval as: - Correct Answer ✅'Yes' or 'Occurrence' Which of the following is the definition of assent? - Correct Answer ✅Non-legal agreement to participate that may be spoken, written or otherwise communicated. Of the following, which are examples of discontinuous data collection? - Correct Answer ✅Partial interval, whole interval, momentary time sampling Monica, an RBT, is providing ABA therapy in-home. During the session, the parent asks if you can start working on potty training. What should you do? - Correct Answer ✅Tell the parent you will tell the BCBA about their request and that the BCBA will contact them about it soon. An RBT is maintaining _________ when they do not accept a stakeholders social media request. - Correct Answer ✅professional boundaries
minutes are known as what? - Correct Answer ✅rate/frequency What type of measurement records the time between two successive responses? - Correct Answer ✅IRT (Inter- response time) General Responsibilities, Responsibilities in Providing Behavior-Technician Services, and Responsibilities to the BACB and BACB-Required Supervisor are the three sections that the ____________are divided into. - Correct Answer ✅RBT Ethics Code 2. Which is NOT an example of assent withdrawl? - Correct Answer ✅Patient allows you to play next to them Which of the following is NOT an example of protecting client dignity? - Correct Answer ✅Venting to your co-worker in the breakroom about how annoying your client is
Ted is tracking the behavior of Marshall spitting on his sister. He tracked between the hours of 12pm and 3pm. He tracked that he spit at the following times: 12:05, 12:51, 1:17, 2:34, and 2:47. What is the total count of spitting? - Correct Answer ✅ 5 Abby is providing direct care services to her patient, Leroy. While talking to mom to check for any relevant setting events, mom tells Abby that they went to the doctor yesterday and discovered that Leroy has Hypoglycemia. Mom is very stressed out about it because of the dietary restrictions involved, she just isn't sure she can keep it all straight. Abby also has Hypoglycemia and has found a simple way to manage her blood sugar without many dietary restrictions. Abby should: - Correct Answer ✅Withhold any advice she might have because she is not a doctor. How much supervision should you be getting as an RBT according to the BACB? - Correct Answer ✅5% of your applied behavior analytic working hours need to be supervised
The onset to start recording the length of time a behavior takes - specifically: crying (with or without tears) for longer than 10 seconds. The offset is described as: the totalabsence of crying (with or without tears) for at least 10 seconds. What type of data collection does this most likely describe? - Correct Answer ✅duration Which of the following is an appropriate way to communicate treatment progress to a client's caregivers? - Correct Answer ✅"Today we worked on brushing teeth. She was able to apply the toothpaste and brush her teeth without help for 30 seconds." A patient falls off a swing when you take them to the park. There are no visible injuries, but the child may have hit their head lightly on the ground. What should you do? - Correct Answer ✅Tell parents right away, and message the Behavior Analyst. Drake engages in shouting "Gimme, gimme, gimme" repeatedly, while reaching towards candy. He has learned
how to say "candy" and will request it occasionally. Josh, his consultant, decides to use an extinction procedure in which functional requests for candy will be reinforced continuously, and screaming will put on extinction. While implementing this Drake ends up slipping and falling. What should Josh do? - Correct Answer ✅Offer comfort and ensure he is not hurt, and continue to withhold the candy until he functionally requests it. The therapist place 7 items in a semi-circle on the floor. He had the client choose an item to engage in. He recorded duration of play for 5 minutes. He then removed the item and ran the trial with the remaining 6 stimuli. Which type of preference assessment did he implement? - Correct Answer ✅Multiple stimulus without replacement Lea is at the park with her patient, Morgan. Morgan is working on requesting to be pushed in the swing. After about 5 pushes, Lea stops the swing and waits for Morgan to request "push please". When Morgan requests "push please", Lea says "good job asking" and immediately begins pushing her again. After she has done this a few times, another adult walks up to her and asks her why she keeps stopping the
BCBA). They are supervised regularly (5% of their direct hours) by a certified analyst to ensure competency Showing respect at all times, maintaining privacy and confidentiality, and communicating effectively and professionally are examples of: - Correct Answer ✅Maintaining patient dignity What is DRI? - Correct Answer ✅differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior is a plan that detects and counters behaviors that are deemed inappropriate, particularly in children. 7 steps of instructional control - Correct Answer ✅1. Show child your in control