Measurement
An RBT is tracking how many times a student shouts out during a 30-minute lesson. They record a tally for every single occurrence. What is this measurement called?
A. Duration
B. Latency
C. IRT
D. Frequency
D. Frequency
Breaking a complex skill (like tying shoes) down into smaller, teachable steps is known as a:
A. Prompt Heirarchy
B. Behavioral Momentum
C. Task Analysis
D. Skill Sweep
C. Task Analysis
What are the four functions of behavior?
A. Eat, Sleep, Play, Work
B. Antecedent, behavior, consequence, data
C. Angry, Sad, Happy, Tired
D. Escape, Attention, Tangible, Sensory
D. Escape, Attention, Tangible Sensory
Which of the following is a 'Dual Relationship'?
A. Talking to a parent about child's progress
B. Being an RBT for a child and also babysitting every weekend.
C. Being an RBT and having a BCBA supervisor
D. Working with two different clients in the same clinic
B
A dual relationship occurs when a professional role and a personal/private role overlap.
You say 'Touch blue' and then point to the blue card. Pointing is what type of prompt?
A. Verbal Prompt
B. Physical Prompt
C. Gestural Prompt
D. Modeling Prompt
C. Gesture
You are told to record a '+' if the client engages in 'hand flapping' at any point during a 20-second interval. What is this procedure?
A. Momentary Time Sampling
B. Partial Interval
C. Whole Interval
D. Event Recording
B. Partial Interval Recording
You are teaching a child to wash hands. You physically guide them through every step until the very last one (drying hands). The child dries their hands independently and gets a prize. This is:
A. Backward Chaining
B. Total Task Chaining
C. Forward Chaining
D. Shaping
A. Backward Chaining
An RBT stops providing attention for a client's 'silly noises' which were previously reinforced by laughter. The noises initially get much louder and more frequent. This is called:
A. Response Blocking
B. Spontaneous Recovery
C. A punishment procedure
D. An extinction burst
D. An extinction burst
An extinction burst is a temporary increase in behavior when reinforcement is first withheld.
A parent offers you a $10 gift card to Starbucks for your hard work. You should:
A. Exchange it for a different gift
B. Accept it, its under $10
C. Take it but tell your supervisor later
D. Politely decline
D.
10 dollars or more is not allowed to be accepted. Must have a value of under 10 dollars. Gift cards in particular are not acceptable to accept.
'First finish your peas, then you can have a cookie.' This is an example of:
A. Extinction
B. Shaping
C. Chaining
D. The premack principle
D.
A supervisor asks you to record the time from when you say 'Sit down' to when the client's bottom actually touches the chair. This is:
A. Rate
B. Inter-Response Time
C. Latency
D. Duration
C. Latency
Which verbal operant is being used when a child sees a dog and says 'Dog' without being asked a question or wanting anything?
A. Tact
B. Intraverbal
C. Echoic
D. Mand
A. Tact
To reduce 'hand-biting,' you reinforce the client for keeping their hands in their pockets. They cannot bite their hands while they are in their pockets. This is:
A. DRO
B. DRI
C. Punishment
D. DRA
B. DRI
Reinforces a bx that is physically impossible to do at the same time.
You notice a suspicious bruise on your client. You should:
A. Take a photo and post it on reddit for advice.
B. Follow agency reporting protocol immediately.
C. Wait and see if it happens again.
D. Call the parents and ask what happened.
B.
You give a child a choice: 'Do you want to work for bubbles or the iPad?' This is a:
A. Functional Assessment
B. Preference Assessment
C. Behavior Plan
D. Mand training
B. Preference Assessment
Identify potential reinforcers for the client.
Which measurement procedure would be best for a behavior that results in a finished math worksheet or a cleaned room?
A. Permanent Product
B. Frequency
C. Whole Interval
D. Partial Interval
A. Permanent Product
Reinforcing gradual changes in a behavior (like moving from saying 'Buh' to 'Bub' to 'Bubbles') is called:
A. Chaining
B. Discrimination
C. Shaping
D. Fading
C. Shaping
You provide a gummy to a student every 5 minutes that they do NOT scream. If they scream, the timer restarts. This is:
A. DRI
B. DRO
C. Fixed Ratio Schedule
D. Extinction
B. DRO
Reinforces the ABSENCE of the problem behavior for a set time.
An RBT is at the store and sees a client's mother. The mother tries to talk about the child's session. The RBT should:
A. Ignore her completely and walk away
B. Introduce her to your friends as "my clients mom."
C. Politely explain you cannot discuss work in public.
D. Talk to her, its just being polite.
C.
Protecting confidentiality means not confirming a person is a client in public settings.
Reinforcement that is provided by another person (like a high-five or a candy) is considered:
A. Automatic Reinforcement
B. Negative Reinforcement
C. Primary Reinforcement
D. Socially Mediated Reinforcement
D
If a behavior occurs 10 times over 5 hours, what is the 'Rate' of that behavior?
A. 10 per hour
B. 50 per hour
C. 2 per hour
D. 5 per hour
C. 2 per hour
A learner can say 'Hi' to their RBT. Now they also say 'Hi' to their teacher, their mom, and the librarian. This is an example of:
A. Stimulus Generalization
B. Maintenance
C. Response Generalization
D. Prompting
A. Stimulus Generalization (Behavior occurs in the presence of different people, settings, or materials)
(Response would be doing a different but related behavior. Taught them how to say hi and then he waved).
A client throws their toy to get a break from a task. The BCBA says 'Do not allow the break; prompt them to finish the task.' This is extinction for which function?
A. Tangible
B. Attention
C. Escape
D. Sensory
C. Escape
Escape extinction involves not allowing the individual to escape the demand when the behavior occurs
What is the primary role of the RBT on the treatment team?
A. Changing the program if it isn't working
B. Conducting functional assessments independently.
C. Implementing the procedures described in the plan
D. Designing the behavior plan
C.
Direct implementation of skill and behavior programs
Which schedule of reinforcement is most resistant to extinction (like a slot machine)?
A. Fixed Interval
B. Fixed Ratio
C. Continuous Reinforcement
D. Variable Ratio
D. Variable Ratio
Provide reinforcement after an unpredictable number of responses, making them very durable.