Free RBT Practice Exam 1

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RBT Practice Exam 1

RBT Practice Exam 1 is a set of 25 multiple-choice questions designed to test your understanding of key topics. It follows the same structure and style you’ll likely see on the real test. Perfect for checking what you know and spotting areas to review before exam day. Need an unofficial certificate to show your practice progress or boost your confidence? Just add your email, we’ll create one just for you!

1) When a client follows instructions only when reinforced, it shows:

Prompt dependency

Instructional control

Escape-maintained behavior

None

Instructional control occurs when the client consistently follows instructions because they are contingent upon reinforcement.

Instructional control occurs when the client consistently follows instructions because they are contingent upon reinforcement.

2) Measuring the time from the delivery of a demand to the student’s response is to as measuring in 10-second segments whether behavior occurred for the whole time is to .

Continuous measurement (like latency) captures every instance; discontinuous (like partial interval) records samples.

Continuous measurement (like latency) captures every instance; discontinuous (like partial interval) records samples.

3) Which of the following best describes a skill acquisition plan?

Behavior reduction goals

Ethical conduct rules

Step-by-step plan for teaching skills

Functional assessment summary

A skill acquisition plan outlines the specific steps for teaching new skills to a client, making it a structured plan for skill development.

A skill acquisition plan outlines the specific steps for teaching new skills to a client, making it a structured plan for skill development.

4) Token economies involve:

Punishment

Exchanging tokens for rewards

Measuring behavior

Giving free items

In a token economy, individuals earn tokens that can be exchanged for rewards, reinforcing desired behavior.

In a token economy, individuals earn tokens that can be exchanged for rewards, reinforcing desired behavior.

5) Sandra is collecting data in 3-minute intervals. From 9:00–9:03, her student spoke out loud once for 5 seconds. She marked that interval with a “+.” What type of recording method is this?

Whole interval

Momentary time sampling

Partial interval

Duration recording

Partial interval records whether behavior occurred at any time during the interval.

Partial interval records whether behavior occurred at any time during the interval.

6) What should be done before starting a session with a new client?

Record session data

Review client goals and programs

Ask the client for feedback

Design new targets

Before starting a session, it is crucial to review the client's goals and programs to ensure that the session is aligned with the established treatment plan.

Before starting a session, it is crucial to review the client's goals and programs to ensure that the session is aligned with the established treatment plan.

Free operant assessments allow learners to choose freely in a natural environment.

7) During a natural play session, you quietly observe what your client chooses to engage with and document their choices. What type of preference assessment is this?

Indirect assessment

Forced choice

Free operant

Single stimulus

Free operant assessments allow learners to choose freely in a natural environment.

8) In a paired choice preference assessment, how many items are typically shown to the learner at one time?

1

4

3

2

“Paired” means two items are shown at once. The learner picks one, helping identify preferences.

“Paired” means two items are shown at once. The learner picks one, helping identify preferences.

9) A therapist wants to calculate how much time passes between her client's repetitive tapping behaviors. What type of data is she gathering?

Frequency

Duration

Interresponse time

Latency

IRT is used to determine spacing or pauses between behaviors.

IRT is used to determine spacing or pauses between behaviors.

10) An RBT sees a client flapping hands when alone. This is likely:

Escape

Attention

Automatic reinforcement

Tangible

Hand flapping when alone is often a form of self-stimulatory behavior that is reinforced by its own sensory feedback, which is an example of automatic reinforcement.

Hand flapping when alone is often a form of self-stimulatory behavior that is reinforced by its own sensory feedback, which is an example of automatic reinforcement.

11) Ashley is tracking the time between her student’s outbursts. What type of data collection is she using?

Duration

Rate

Interresponse time

Latency

Interresponse time (IRT) tracks the time between two instances of the same behavior.

Interresponse time (IRT) tracks the time between two instances of the same behavior.

12) You're plotting a student’s daily attendance on a line graph. Where should you place the date values?

Y-axis

X-axis

Z-axis

Top row

The x-axis represents time. The y-axis shows the behavior or quantity being tracked.

The x-axis represents time. The y-axis shows the behavior or quantity being tracked.

13) DRO, DRA, and response blocking are examples of:

Antecedent interventions

Punishment procedures

Consequence interventions

Reinforcers

DRO (Differential Reinforcement of Other behavior), DRA (Differential Reinforcement of Alternative behavior), and response blocking all involve altering the consequences of a behavior, which are classified as consequence interventions.

DRO (Differential Reinforcement of Other behavior), DRA (Differential Reinforcement of Alternative behavior), and response blocking all involve altering the consequences of a behavior, which are classified as consequence interventions.

14) Why is a preference assessment important?

To identify items and activities that are reinforcing to an individual

To create new behaviors

To punish problem behaviors

To analyze behavior chains

Preference assessments help find effective reinforcers, which increase motivation and learning.

Preference assessments help find effective reinforcers, which increase motivation and learning.

15) A BCBA gives a caregiver a written form to complete regarding their child’s behavior patterns at home. What type of assessment tool is being used?

Direct assessment

ABC recording

Functional analysis

Indirect assessment

Indirect assessments gather secondhand information, like from forms or interviews.

Indirect assessments gather secondhand information, like from forms or interviews.

16) How should data collection be recorded?

Only on paper

Only electronically

Accurately and consistently

Through observation only

Data collection should be accurate and consistent, regardless of whether it is done on paper or electronically. The key is ensuring the data is reliable.

Data collection should be accurate and consistent, regardless of whether it is done on paper or electronically. The key is ensuring the data is reliable.

17) When logging ABC data, what key details must be included?

What the teacher did

Just the behavior itself

What the learner said

What occurred right before the behavior, what the behavior looked like, and what happened right after the behavior

ABC stands for Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence, essential to understanding why behavior happens.

ABC stands for Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence, essential to understanding why behavior happens.

18) Your BCBA wants help conducting an ABLLS-R assessment. What would you do during this type of assessment?

Complete a survey about the client’s interests

Interview the client’s teacher

Provide the instruction for the skill, allow your learner to respond, and record data on their response

Observe the learner without interacting

ABLLS-R is a skills-based assessment, requiring active testing and recording responses.

ABLLS-R is a skills-based assessment, requiring active testing and recording responses.

19) Which of these is an example of a clear and observable behavior description?

Sally was mad and rude to the teacher

Sally was agitated

Tom hit his brother on the arm with an open hand

Jane was disrespectful

“Tom hit…” is observable and measurable, unlike subjective terms like "mad" or "disrespectful."

“Tom hit…” is observable and measurable, unlike subjective terms like "mad" or "disrespectful."

20) During which assessment would you most likely document the antecedent, behavior, and consequence of an event?

Functional analysis

Descriptive assessment

Indirect assessment

Scatterplot analysis

Descriptive assessments involve naturalistic observations and ABC recording.

Descriptive assessments involve naturalistic observations and ABC recording.

21) Before starting an intervention to improve eye contact, your team takes several measures of the learner’s current behavior. What is this process called?

Baseline

Probe

Functional Analysis

Assessment

Baseline helps compare future behavior to determine if the intervention was successful.

Baseline helps compare future behavior to determine if the intervention was successful.

22) Operational definitions used in behavior analysis should always be:

Vague

Objective

Long

Opinion-based

Operational definitions must be objective — describing what can be seen and measured.

Operational definitions must be objective — describing what can be seen and measured.

23) After receiving apple juice from her dad, Lila throws the cup and starts crying. Her dad says, “But you asked for juice!” What triggered this behavior?

Lila’s dad giving her apple juice

Lila throwing the cup

Her dad’s response

Lila crying

The antecedent is the event right before the behavior, in this case, receiving the wrong juice.

The antecedent is the event right before the behavior, in this case, receiving the wrong juice.

24) You present an array of 4 toys to a child. After they choose one and play with it for a while, you remove it and allow them to choose again from the same group. What kind of preference assessment is this?

Paired stimulus

Single stimulus

Free operant

Multiple stimulus without replacement (MSWO)

MSWO removes chosen items to force the child to pick from remaining ones, identifying preferences in order.

MSWO removes chosen items to force the child to pick from remaining ones, identifying preferences in order.

25) An RBT is monitoring a behavior and checks if the behavior occurred exactly at the end of each preset interval. What data collection method is being used?

Partial Interval

Duration

Momentary Time Sampling

Frequency

Momentary Time Sampling involves recording whether a behavior occurs at the moment the interval ends, which is what is described in the scenario.

Momentary Time Sampling involves recording whether a behavior occurs at the moment the interval ends, which is what is described in the scenario.

Your score is

1) When a client follows instructions only when reinforced, it shows:

3) Which of the following best describes a skill acquisition plan?

4) Token economies involve:

5) Sandra is collecting data in 3-minute intervals. From 9:00–9:03, her student spoke out loud once for 5 seconds. She marked that interval with a “+.” What type of recording method is this?

6) What should be done before starting a session with a new client?

7) During a natural play session, you quietly observe what your client chooses to engage with and document their choices. What type of preference assessment is this?

8) In a paired choice preference assessment, how many items are typically shown to the learner at one time?

9) A therapist wants to calculate how much time passes between her client's repetitive tapping behaviors. What type of data is she gathering?

10) An RBT sees a client flapping hands when alone. This is likely:

11) Ashley is tracking the time between her student’s outbursts. What type of data collection is she using?

12) You're plotting a student’s daily attendance on a line graph. Where should you place the date values?

13) DRO, DRA, and response blocking are examples of:

14) Why is a preference assessment important?

15) A BCBA gives a caregiver a written form to complete regarding their child’s behavior patterns at home. What type of assessment tool is being used?

16) How should data collection be recorded?

17) When logging ABC data, what key details must be included?

18) Your BCBA wants help conducting an ABLLS-R assessment. What would you do during this type of assessment?

19) Which of these is an example of a clear and observable behavior description?

20) During which assessment would you most likely document the antecedent, behavior, and consequence of an event?

21) Before starting an intervention to improve eye contact, your team takes several measures of the learner’s current behavior. What is this process called?

22) Operational definitions used in behavior analysis should always be:

23) After receiving apple juice from her dad, Lila throws the cup and starts crying. Her dad says, “But you asked for juice!” What triggered this behavior?

24) You present an array of 4 toys to a child. After they choose one and play with it for a while, you remove it and allow them to choose again from the same group. What kind of preference assessment is this?

25) An RBT is monitoring a behavior and checks if the behavior occurred exactly at the end of each preset interval. What data collection method is being used?