RBT EXAM Practice Questions

Which of the following is a good example of an instruction to provide during Discrete Trial Training? "Touch your head" "Can you touch your head?" "Do you know where your head is?" "Will you touch your head for me?"

"Touch your head"

How long should intertrial intervals be? Anything less than a minute is acceptable 30-45 seconds 2-5 seconds 10-20 seconds

2-5 seconds

What is an acceptable level of interobserver agreement? 85% or higher 70% or higher 50% of higher The percentage is unimportant in measuring IOA

85% or higher

A written skill acquisition plan includes all of the following except: Environment/Setting reinforcement A rating scale for the mood of the learner Target behavior

A rating scale for the mood of the learner

RBTs should report the following variables to their supervisor(s): Any reports from the parents New behaviors exhibited Legal, ethical, or compliance concerns (clients, other staff, etc.) Health or safety concerns Cannot locate data sheets or materials All are correct Lack of reinforcers for client

All are correct

When should you start to vary the way some aspects of Discrete Trial Training are implemented? After your BCBA approves After your learner is responding consistently to you After your learner masters basic learning skills All are correct

All are correct

One way to promote dignity and show respect could be: Using person first language Offering the client choices All choices are correct Showing respect for the client's cultural customs

All choices are correct

RBTs create, maintain, distribute, store, retain, and dispose of records and data relating to their services in a way that complies with the requirements of this code: All choices are correct in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and policies in a manner that allows for appropriate transition of service at any given time

All choices are correct

Common descriptions of why behavior occurs such as he is lazy or he has anger issues make it difficult to: All of these Understand the behavior Treat the behavior Measure the behavior

All of these

Naturalistic teaching involves teaching skills across which domains in the natural environment: Social/play domain Motor/adaptive ​domain All of these Communication domain

All of these

What type of skills can you teach during NET? Self-help skills Joint attention Play skills Imitation All of these

All of these

An event or stimulus that occurs prior to a behavior and "triggers" that behavior is known as an: Antecedent Behavior Consequence

Antecedent

Modification or removal of an SD is considered a type of Preference Assessment None of the these Consequence strategy Antecedent Manipulation Functional Behavior Assessment

Antecedent Manipulation

Of the following options, which best describes behavior? Anything you or another person can feel Anything observable and measurable Anything that you can describe well

Anything observable and measurable

Your learner has a history of dangerous property destruction and begins to throw items around the room during a non-preferred activity. What do you do? Leave the room Prompt the learner to pick the items up Reprimand the behavior Attempt to remove/secure potentially dangerous objects/substances

Attempt to remove/secure potentially dangerous objects/substances

Sophia loves talking on the phone with her mom. When mom is talking on the phone, Sophia starts to scream. Then, her mom begins to talk more by asking Sophia, "What's wrong?" Sophia's screaming is an example of what function: Attention Tangible Automatic/Sensory Escape

Attention

When Jill is nervous, she twirls a lock of her hair around her finger. Jill also twirls her hair around her finger when she is in deep thought, and when she is very excited. Twirling hair around her finger is an example of what function: Tangible Attention Automatic/Sensory Escape

Automatic/Sensory

Meg is learning to put on her pants using a task analysis and chaining procedure. The steps of putting on her pants are 1) get the pants from her drawer 2) shake them out 3) put the tag in the back 4) put right foot through right leg 5) put left foot through left leg 6) pull pants up to waist 7) zip pants. She is currently required to do steps 6-7 before earning reinforcement. Meg's parents currently do steps 1-5 for her. This is an example of what kind of chaining procedure? Backward chaining Shaping Forward chaining Total task chaining

Backward chaining

Cheryl is receiving her ABA therapy in school. She loves art class and this is a great setting to work on some social skills since the students are allowed to talk as they work on their projects. Cheryl's friend is talking about her softball game last night. The RBT gives Cheryl a card that says, "Ask your friend a question." Cheryl says, "What position did you play?" The friend replied, "Short Stop". In this scenario, what part of the 4-Term contingency is Cheryl's question of "What position did you play?" Motivating Operation Antecedent Behavior Consequence

Behavior

What is the first thing you should do when responding to a behavior incident? Give the learner their favorite toy to calm them down. Firmly tell the learner to stop. Leave the learner alone. Call for assistance.

Call for assistance.

Becky would like to use a physical prompt to teach her learner to "Sit down" when instructed. She remembers that he is very sensitive to touch and reacts poorly to physical prompts. She decides to use a model prompt instead. What is this an example of? Inadvertent prompting Choosing the correct prompt Prompt fading Too intrusive prompting

Choosing the correct prompt

When transferring stimulus control, what do you NOT need to worry about doing? Presenting the correct SD Using differential reinforcement Prompting effectively Cleaning up the room

Cleaning up the room

Naturalistic teaching focuses on increasing language (select all correct answers) Comprehension Application Complexity Variety Frequency

Complexity Variety Frequency

The components of the four-term contingency include: motivating operation, antecedent, behavior and which of the following? Consequence Abolishing operation Reinforcement Punishment

Consequence

When implementing Discrete Trial Training, the RBT is concerned with whether responses are which of the following? Good or Bad Fast or Slow Correct or Incorrect Easy or Hard

Correct or Incorrect

What type of data are recorded during single stimulus preference assessments? Outcome Duration Percentage Count

Duration

James is 16 years old and was caught ditching school. James' parents grounded him. James is told to wash the dishes that night and he says "no" and goes to his room. His parents allow him to go to his room. Saying "no" after being told to wash the dishes is an example of what function? Tangible Automatic/Sensory Escape Attention

Escape

A written skill acquisition plan is a permanent product; once it is written, it will not be changed or modified. FALSE TRUE

FALSE

Applied Behavior Analysis and Discrete Trial Training are synonymous. TRUE FALSE

FALSE

Consequences are always the same for every learner and targeted skill. FALSE TRUE

FALSE

If a learner is not following instructions, it is appropriate to threaten him or her with punishing consequences. TRUE FALSE

FALSE

Intervals and Ratios are different from each other in that intervals reflect frequency of responses and ratios reflect periods of time. TRUE FALSE

FALSE

It's okay to only use the phrase "good job" as social positive reinforcement. FALSE TRUE

FALSE

RBTs CANNOT be audited by the BACB. FALSE TRUE

FALSE

Research studies have demonstrated that many learners acquire skills taught by discrete trial teaching in fewer trials than when taught by naturalistic teaching. TRUE FALSE

FALSE

The primary responsibility of an RBT is to talk to the teacher about programs. TRUE FALSE

FALSE

The three procedures used in chaining are discrimination training, token economy, and chaining. TRUE FALSE

FALSE

When a learner engages in attention-seeking behavior, they only want fun interactions like hugs and tickles. TRUE FALSE

FALSE

You must observe the learner engage in the specific behavior of interest when utilizing Permanent Product Recording measures. TRUE FALSE

FALSE

You should never show a learner how to play with a new toy before a preference assessment. TRUE FALSE

FALSE

A method for teaching a behavior chain that begins with the learner being prompted and taught to perform the first behavior in a task analysis and the trainer completes the remaining steps is an example of: Shaping Forward chaining Backward chaining Total task chaining

Forward chaining

Ellen is learning to make a sandwich using a task analysis and chaining procedure. The steps of making a sandwich are 1) get two pieces of bread 2) get peanut butter 3) get jelly 4) spread one spoonful of peanut butter on bread 5) spread one spoonful of jelly on bread 6) put the pieces of bread together with peanut butter and jelly in the middle. She is currently required to do steps 1-3 before earning reinforcement. After Ellen independently completes step 3, the RBT does steps 4-6 for her. This is an example of what kind of chaining procedure? Backward chaining Forward chaining Shaping Total task chaining

Forward chaining

Increasing the number of vocalizations during a NET sessions is an example of shaping: Amplitude Duration Frequency Topography Latency

Frequency

Behavior should always be treated by its: Frequency Extinction Function Topography

Function

Sue is an RBT working with Sally. Sue has taught Sally to put on her own shoes and she is so excited! She writes a note home to Sally's parents saying that when Sally sits in a child sized chair, is told to "Put on shoes" and is handed first the right shoe, then the left shoe - Sally can put them on independently. Sally's parents are happy to hear this and decide to try having Sally put her own shoes on her feet at home before leaving for therapy. When they arrive the next day, they tell Sue that Sally did put her shoes on by herself that morning. What is this an example of? Generalization across people Generalization across settings Generalization across time Maintenance

Generalization across people Generalization across settings

George learns to wash the dishes in the sink and dishwasher at home after Mom teaches him all of the steps. George and his family go on vacation and Mom asks him to do the dishes. George is able to wash the dishes without prompting or help. What is this an example of? Generalization across interventions. Maintenance Generalization across people. Generalization across settings.

Generalization across settings.

Alan is working on receptively identifying animals by presenting an array of flashcards and asking the learner to "Touch (animal)." Alan does not realize it; but he always rests his hand above the correct card. Alan's learner knows to touch the card closest to Alan's hand. What is this an example of? Using too intrusive of a prompt Inadvertent prompting Prompt Fading Choosing the correct prompt

Inadvertent prompting

Which of the following is NOT a discontinuous measurement procedure? Inter-Response Time Magnitude Trials to Criterion Percentage

Inter-Response Time

The degree to which 2 or more independent observers report the same data after observing the same events is the definition of: Interobserver Agreement Operational Definition Accuracy Rate

Interobserver Agreement

Indirect preference assessments involve which of the following? Interviewing learner or caregivers Giving learner lots of toys Direct observation of the learner

Interviewing learner or caregivers

During NET, you are outside with Mandy on the playground. She is in the sandbox pretending she is at the beach making sandcastles. While playing you ask Mandy to name as many animals that live in the ocean as she can. Mandy listed dolphins, sharks, starfish, and whales. Which verbal operant are you teaching? Mand Tact Echoic Intraverbal

Intraverbal

Stimuli targeted during naturalistic teaching are selected based upon: RBT's motivation/interest BCBA's motivation/interest Parent's motivation/interest Learner's motivation/interest

Learner's motivation/interest

Pairing with a learner includes all of the following except: Staying within arm's reach of the learner Offering preferred items to the learner Saying the learner's name and giving praise Leaving the room if you feel the learner doesn't like you

Leaving the room if you feel the learner doesn't like you

During NET, Sally asks for a dress for her barbie doll so she can pretend to go to a birthday party by saying, "Dress please." You give Sally the barbie doll dress. Which verbal operant did you reinforce? Tact Intraverbal Mand Echoic

Mand

If a learner's graph is consistently showing data points at levels between 40-55%, you would say the behavior is occurring at a: Low Level Moderate Level High Level

Moderate Level

Olivia is conducting a preference assessment with her learner. She presents 6 items in an array in front of her learner and says, "Take One". After the learner picks an item and engages with it for a short amount of time, Olivia takes the item back. She then rotates the array, putting the chosen item back in the line and says, "Take One." What type of preference assessment is Olivia using? Multiple Stimulus with Replacement Multiple Stimulus without Replacement Paired Stimulus Free Operant

Multiple Stimulus with Replacement

Select all types of potential activities completed during the FBA process: Parent interview Functional Analysis Reinforcement Motivating Operations Collect ABC data Direct observation Collect scatter plot data

Parent interview Functional Analysis Collect ABC data Direct observation Collect scatter plot data

Which of the following is not a disadvantage of paired stimulus preference assessments? Poor at determining hierarchy of preference Takes the longest time to implement Problem behavior may occur due to removal of items Learner only gets to engage with toys for approximately 10 seconds

Poor at determining hierarchy of preference

Which of the following is a disadvantage of free operant preference assessments? Learner must possess several prerequisite skills Requires removal of items/activities Very difficult to implement Potentially limited information as learner may not play with all the toys

Potentially limited information as learner may not play with all the toys

Billy is a 5-year-old boy who has mastered a few vocal mands (e.g., car, drink, ball, and potty) within the last three months. During a naturalistic teaching session, Billy shows interest in a ball high up on a shelf out of his reach. You wait a few seconds to see if Billy will ask for the ball. Billy does not respond but continues to reach his arms up towards the ball. What should you do next? Prompt Billy to ask for the ball Go get the BCBA because Billy has not said anything, and you heard him ask for the ball yesterday Give Billy a different item to distract him from the ball Retrieve the ball and give it to Billy because you know that's what he wants

Prompt Billy to ask for the ball

Joe knows that his learner is likely to make an error when asked to "Touch toes". So, the first time he presents this instruction, he says, "Touch toes" and immediately provides a physical prompt to ensure that the learner is successful. What is this an example of? Prompting quickly Prompt fading Inadvertent Prompting None of these are correct

Prompting quickly

Your learner has a history of elopement. What should you avoid? Positioning yourself between them and exits Gently guiding the learner back to their area Pulling on their arms to get them to stop eloping away from you Calling for assistance

Pulling on their arms to get them to stop eloping away from you

Response effort modification for reducing problem behavior entails: Increasing the effort for the replacement behaviors and reducing effort for the problem behavior Reducing the effort for replacement behaviors and increasing effort for the problem behavior Increasing the effort for both replacement and problem behavior None of the these Reducing the effort for both replacement and problem behavior

Reducing the effort for replacement behaviors and increasing effort for the problem behavior

The process by which an occurrence of a behavior is followed by a consequence that results in an increase in the likelihood of the behavior occurring in the future is: Pairing Preference Assessment All are correct Reinforcement

Reinforcement

Which individualized assessment should you use after conducting a preference assessment? Vineland Essential for Living Reinforcer assessment Learning Accomplishment Profile

Reinforcer assessment

Which of the following behaviors is best measured by rate? Sitting on the toilet Eating meals Requests for preferred objects Tantrum behaviors

Requests for preferred objects

The amount of time between a stimulus and the initiation of a response refers to the behavior's: Duration Response Latency Rate Inter-Response Time

Response Latency

Bob is learning to tact animals in one of his skill acquisition programs. He is taught to say "dog" when the trainer shows him a card. Now when he sees a dog he says "pooch", "puppy", and "canine". What is this an example of? Response generalization Socialization Maintenance Stimulus generalization

Response generalization

A free operant preference assessment may be a good idea if a learner engages in problem behavior when items are taken away. TRUE FALSE

TRUE

ABA is an empirically proven intervention and is the gold standard for autism treatment. TRUE FALSE

TRUE

Access to attention is also referred to as social positive reinforcement: this behavior serves the function of gaining attention from others. FALSE TRUE

TRUE

Any RBT found to be substantially noncompliant with the supervision requirements above will be subject to immediate termination of their certification or termination of their eligibility to be recertified. TRUE FALSE

TRUE

Automatic positively maintained behaviors produce their own reinforcers. TRUE FALSE

TRUE

Bar graphs are a visual summary displaying and comparing discrete sets of data and are useful in looking at preference assessment or functional assessment data. FALSE TRUE

TRUE

Discrete Trial Training can be used to help address challenging behaviors as well as teach acquisition skills. TRUE FALSE

TRUE

During the pairing process, you are conditioning yourself as a reinforcer by pairing yourself with items or activities the learner is currently motivated to interact with. TRUE FALSE

TRUE

If an RBT is interested in reducing the amount of time between saying "Let's get ready to go home" and the learner packing up his backpack, a latency measure would be a good idea. TRUE FALSE

TRUE

One benefit of using a varied schedule of reinforcement is that the learner will not be able to predict when reinforcement will be delivered. TRUE FALSE

TRUE

Sleep is an unconditioned reinforcer. FALSE TRUE

TRUE

Supervisors should be the person to design interventions for clients TRUE FALSE

TRUE

To expand language using NET, you teach across all of the verbal operants requiring increasingly more complex language to gain access to reinforcement. TRUE FALSE

TRUE

When conducting stimulus control transfer procedures, you should remove prompts as quickly as possible. TRUE FALSE

TRUE

You should always practice under the close ongoing supervision of a qualified supervisor. FALSE TRUE

TRUE

The RBT Ethics code states: RBTs recognize that their personal problems and conflicts with others may impact their ability to perform their duties and refrain from providing services when this is the case. What should you do if this arises? (choose the best answer) Ignore it- things will get better eventually Quit your job with no notice Talk to your supervisor Tell your best friend

Talk to your supervisor

Which one is NOT an example of a way to communicate effectively with your supervisor? Talk to your supervisor whenever it is most convenient for you and them, no matter the issue. Always keep your supervisor in the loop Be prepared Choose the right modality

Talk to your supervisor whenever it is most convenient for you and them, no matter the issue.

Sam is working on teaching his learner imitation skills. Before providing the gross motor activity that the learner should imitate, Sam provides several different instructions such as "Do this", "Follow me", "Copy my actions", and "Do what I do." This is an example of using what strategy to program for generalization? This is not an example of programming for generalization Teaching loosely Teaching multiple exemplars Programming for common stimuli

Teaching loosely

Robin is teaching her learner to receptively identify a cup. When she gives the instruction to "Touch cup", she presents one of 3 pictures of different cups, or a toy cup. This is an example of using what strategy to program for generalization? Teaching multiple exemplars Teaching loosely This is not an example of programming for generalization Programming for common stimuli

Teaching multiple exemplars

The effects of motivation operations are which of the following? Constant Learned Permanent Temporary

Temporary

When analyzing data for Multiple Stimulus Without Replacement preference assessment, you look at what? None are correct The duration the learner played with each item The percent of opportunities each item was chosen The order that items were chosen

The order that items were chosen

What is a task analysis? A stimulus change that increases the future frequency of a behavior. The process of breaking down a complex skill into smaller and teachable units. Having the learner independently complete the first step of a complex response and prompting the rest. Reinforcing a response with generalized conditioned reinforcers.

The process of breaking down a complex skill into smaller and teachable units.

A learner really loves the movie Toy Story so his BCBA and RBT create a token board with Buzz Lightyear and Woody tokens. The learner loves the tokens so much, he wants to stare at his token board all day and stops attending to instructions. The best solution to this problem would be: Continue to use the Toy Story token system, he will get bored eventually Stop using tokens, this learner clearly does not understand how it works Try less preferred tokens (such as star stickers) and use Toy Story items & activities as reinforcers

Try less preferred tokens (such as star stickers) and use Toy Story items & activities as reinforcers

Which is NOT a component of discrimination training: Teach the correct response to occur in response to the SD Do not reinforce incorrect responses Reinforce the target response Use the learner's name to get their attention

Use the learner's name to get their attention

Which of the following is not a common prompting error? Not fading prompts Inadvertently prompting Using most to least prompting Utilizing the wrong prompt

Using most to least prompting

Select a modification of the SD to increase appropriate requests for preferred items Stop sign There are no antecedent visual aids for access-maintained behaviors Visual that shows a preferred toy the learner is able to point to Visual aid that says no crying

Visual that shows a preferred toy the learner is able to point to

What is maintenance? When a learner continues to perform a target behavior after intervention is terminated. An environmental condition occurring prior to a behavior. Altering programs so that they fit the learners need. Keeping the same schedule of reinforcement over time.

When a learner continues to perform a target behavior after intervention is terminated.

When you are using chaining procedures, when do you provide reinforcement? Every time the learner completes a step independently When the learner completes the last step When the learner completes the first step When the learner independently completes the designated, or target, step

When the learner independently completes the designated, or target, step

RBTs should communicate with the BACB if They change their contact information Change supervisors Have an ethics violation all are correct

all are correct

All of the following are conditioned reinforcers except: money amusement parks clocks milk

milk

Chloe is taught to say "Mom" when shown a picture of her mom. She is then taught to say "Mom" when she sees her mom. Soon, Chloe is calling any adult woman "Mom". What is this an example of? Overgeneralization Generalization across time Response generalization All of the these

overgeneralization

Extinction is the ____________ of reinforcement for a previously reinforced response

withholding