Behavior Acquisition
What is the main purpose of reinforcement when teaching a new skill?
To make the behavior more likely to happen again.
A client frequently yells during a session. What should the RBT do FIRST when working on reducing this behavior?
A. Immediately punish the client
B. Collect data on the behavior
C. Ignore the treatment plan
D. Create a new treatment plan
B. collect data on the behavior
Which measurement tells you how many times a behavior occured?
A. Duration
B. Frequency
C. Latency
D. Intensity
B. Frequency
what is the main purpose of an assessment in ABA?
A. To punish problem behavior
B. To gather information about a client's skills and behavior
C. To replace data collection
D. To diagnose medical conditions
B. To gather information about a client's skills and behavior
Why is accurate documentation important for an RBT?
A. It helps track the client's progress
B. It replaces the treatment plan
C. It allows the RBT to diagnose the client
D. It eliminates the need for supervision
A. It helps track the client's progress
An RBT tells a client "pick up the toy," and the client does it. The RBT then gives the client a high- five. What is the high five?
A. To make the behavior less likely
B. To make the behavior more likely to happen again
C. To punish the client
D. To stop data collection
A Reinforcer
A child screams to get a toy. The RBT teaches the child to appropriately ask for the toy instead. What is the RBT teaching?
A replacement Behavior
A client cries for 8 minutes during a session. Which measurement tells you how long the crying lasted?
A. Frequency
B. Rate
C. Duration
D. Latency
C. Duration
During an assessment, an RBT observes a client and records what happens before and after a behavior. What types of information is being collected?
A. ABC data
B. Financial data
C. Medical history
D. IQ testing
A. ABC data
An RBT accidentally records the wrong number of occurrences for a behavior. What should the RBT do?
A. Erase the entire session's data
B. Leave the mistake because it is already recorded
C. Correct the error according to the organization's documentation procedures
D. Ask another client to fix it
C. correct the error according to the organization's documentation procedures
An RBT is helping a child learn how to tie their shoes. The RBT breaks the skill into several smaller steps and teaches each step separately. What procedure is being used?
A. Shaping
B. Task analysis
C. Extinction
D. Prompt fading
Task analysis
A client throws toys to escape from a difficult task. The RBT teaches the client to appropriately request a break instead of throwing toys. What type of intervention is this?
A. Functional Communication Training
B. Time-out
C. Response cost
D. Overcorrection
A. Functional communication training
An RBT gives a client an instruction. The client begins responding 15 seconds later. What measurement is used to record the 15 seconds?
A. Duration
B. Frequency
C. Latency
D. Rate
C. Latency
A BCBA asks an RBT to observe a client's behavior during different activities to help determine what may be causing the behaviors. What should the RBT do first?
A. Make up a function for the behavior
B. Collect accurate data as instructed
C. Change the client's treatment plan
D. Diagnose the client
B. collect accurate data as instructed
At the end of a session, an RBT notices that the client's behavior was significantly different from usual. What should the RBT do?
A. Hide the information
B. Document the observation accurately and report it to the supervisor
C. Change the treatment plan
D. Tell the client's classmates
B. Document the observation accurately and report it to the supervisor
A child is learning to say "ball." At first, the RBT reinforces close approximations. EX "ba." Later, the RBT only provides reinforcement when the child says the complete word "ball." What procedure is being used?
A. Task analysis
B. Shaping
C. Prompt fading
D. Generalization
Shaping
A child frequently grabs items from other people. The RBT reinforces the child for keeping their hands to themselves while following the behavior plan. What type of procedure is this?
A. Differential reinforcement
B. Extinction
C. Punishment
D. Prompt dependency
A. Differential reinforcement
A client engaged in 12 instances of aggression during a 2-hour session. What is the rate of aggression per hour?
A. 4 per hour
B. 6 per hour
C. 12 per hour
D. 24 per hour
B. 6 per hour
An RBT notices that a client is more likely to engage in problem behavior when asked to complete difficult tasks. What should the RBT do with this information?
A. Independently change the treatment plan
B. Document the observation and report it to the supervisor
C. Tell the client's other classmates
D. Stop collecting data
B. Document the observation and report it to the supervisor
A parent asks an RBT, “How is my child's treatment going?” What is the most appropriate response?
A. Give the parent your personal opinion about the treatment
B. Make changes to the treatment plan
C. Share information within the RBT's role and refer treatment-related questions to the supervisor when appropriate
D. Discuss another client's progress for comparison
C. Share information within the RBT's role and refer treatment-related questions to the supervisor when appropriate
A client learns to request "break" during therapy sessions. The client can request break in the therapy room but does not do so at school or at home. What should the RBT work on?
A. Punishment
B. Generalization
C. Extinction
D. Response blocking
Generalization
A client's tantrums have previously resulted in getting out of difficult tasks. The behavior plan requires the RBT to no longer allow tantrums to result in escape while reinforcing an appropriate request for a break. The tantrums temporarily become more frequent. What is this temporary increase called?
A. Generalization
B. Extinction burst
C. Shaping
D. Maintenance
B. Extinction burst
An RBT records the number of independent responses across five sessions: Session 1: 4, Session 2: 6, Session 3: 8, Session 4:10, Session 5: 12 What does this pattern show?
A. A decreasing trend
B. An increasing trend
C. No change
D. An inconsistent trend
B. An increasing trend
A BCBA is conducting a functional behavior assessment (FBA). The RBT is asked to collect ABC data. The RBT notices that the behavior occurs most often immediately after difficult tasks are presented. What can this information help the BCBA determine?
A. The client's medical diagnosis
B. A possible function of the behavior
C. The client's intelligence level
D. The client's age
B. A possible function of the behavior
An RBT realizes after leaving a session that they forgot to record important data. What should the RBT do?
A. Guess what the data probably was
B. Create numbers that look similar to previous sessions
C. Follow the organization's procedures and inform the supervisor about the missing data
D. Ask another RBT to make up the data
C. Follow the organization's procedures and inform the supervisor about the missing data