RBT Comprehensive

conduct a preference assessment

What is the best way to determine what items to use as a reinforcer during a session?

-Ask the parents

-Give the client M&Ms because you know they like them

-Use whatever toys are in your bag

-Conduct a preference assessment

False

A conditioned reinforcer is a reinforcer that is not learned.

True

False

False (negative reinforcement is removing a desired stimulus in response to an undesired behavior/punishment is administering an undesired stimulus in response to an undesired behavior)

Negative reinforcement is the same thing as punishment.

True

False

False (continuous reinforcement)

You should use intermittent reinforcement when teaching a new skill.

True

False

All of the above

What can tokens be exchanged for?

Candy

Toys

Breaks

All of the above

True

Tokens should be delivered immediately after the desired behavior.

True

False

FI 12

Providing tokens for the first correct response after 12 minutes is on what schedule of reinforcement?

FI 12

VI 12

FR 12

VR 12

The number of times a behavior occurs

What is frequency?

The length of time it takes to start a behavior after the instruction is given

Assigning numbers to different prompt levels

The number of times a behavior occurs

The length of time that a behavior occurs

Count of a behavior/number of opportunities X 100

How do you measure the percentage of a behavior?

Count of a behavior/number of opportunities X 100

The ratio of the number of times a behavior occurs per unit of time

The number of times a behavior occurs

The length of time that a behavior occurs

A target behavior is recorded as a (+) if it occurs at least once at any point during the interval

What is partial interval time sampling?

A target behavior is recorded as a (+) if it occurs at least once at any point during the interval

A target behavior is recorded as a (+) if it occurs throughout the entire interval

The time it takes to start a behavior after the instruction is given

The number of times a behavior occurs

Description of an extinction procedure

Your client often engages in aggression when you place a demand on him (e.g., tell him to sit at the table, clean up, etc.). The behavior intervention plan includes a DRA, and provides instructions on how to reinforce compliance (e.g., when he does sit down or clean up, you give him access to a favorite toy). What is missing?

Description of a punishment procedure

Instructions on what the parents should do

Description of an extinction procedure

Description of a reinforcement procedure

DRO (Other)

Your client, Marisol, recently began hitting her peers in order to get their attention. A new behavior intervention plan is put in place, which instructs you to provide Marisol with a lot of social praise when she does anything except hit her friends. When she does hit her friends, you are instructed to give her minimal attention and attempt to prevent her peers from giving her attention. Which DR procedure is this?

DRI (Incompatible)

DRO (Other)

DRA (Alternative)

This is not a DR procedure

Approximations; terminal

Shaping involves differential reinforcement of successive __________ to a(n) __________ response.

Attempts; terminal

Errors; average

Approximations; temporary

Approximations; terminal

False (reinforcing successive approximations toward the desired behavior. The reinforcement is provided for behaviors that are closer to the target behavior, with a clear plan for what those approximations should be. The process is structured and intentional, rather than random guessing)

Shaping is a trial and error process where you allow the client to keep guessing what the approximation might be until they guess it right.

True

False

Discrete trial training

Which teaching procedure is therapist directed and structured, and uses contrived reinforcers?

Differential reinforcement

Natural environment teaching

Discrete trial training

Shaping

Both A and B

What teaching procedure uses the ABC contingency to teach goals?

Natural environment teaching

Discrete trial training

No-No prompting

Both A and B

False (trained to implement the treatment plan as designed by the supervising clinician or behavior analyst. Any changes or new interventions should be made by the supervisor or the person responsible for overseeing the treatment plan.)

Behavior Technicians can deviate from the treatment plan and design their own interventions.

True

False

Say nothing and move on

You are teaching a client to respond correctly to the instruction "Sit down". On you first trial you say "Sit down" and the client begins running around the room. What consequence should you provide?

Give him a high five

Say "Great job!" and move on

Say nothing and move on

Say "That's bad!" and tell his parents

False (prompt is a helpful cue or assistance provided by the therapist to encourage the correct response from the client. It is not the client's response but rather something the therapist gives to guide the client toward the correct behavior)

A prompt is a response the client makes before making the correct response to a question.

True

False

False (It can occur due to overuse or incorrect use of prompts by the therapist or instructor. If prompts are provided too frequently or are not faded appropriately, the client may become reliant on them.)

Prompt dependency is always the client's fault because they know being prompted is easier than responding correctly.

True

False

Saying "car"

Which of the following is not an example of a skill taught via task analysis?

Washing hands

Tying shoes

Saying "car"

Preparing a meal

forward chaining

Kathy is teaching her client how to put on a jacket. First, she teaches her client to pick up the jacket. After the client completes this step independently, she teaches him to put one arm through a sleeve. After he is doing that independently, she teaches him to put the second arm through, and so on. What chaining procedure is Kathy using?

Forward chaining

Backward chaining

Total task

None of the above

task analysis visual

Jack is working with a client on getting dressed. The client often stops halfway through the task or completes step out of order. What visual may be helpful for Jack's client?

First, then board

Choice board

Task analysis visual

Picture activity schedule

Use several examples of stimuli when teaching the client

What is one way to promote generalization?

Talk to the client about the importance of generalization

Tell the parents that generalization is their responsibility

Use several examples of stimuli when teaching the client

All of the above

Extinction; Tony's father will not respond

Tony often gets the attention of his mother by saying "Mommy!" when he sees her. After saying "Mommy!" his mother comes over and gives him a hug. Now, Tony also says "Mommy!" when he sees his father. What would the likely consequence be?

Reinforcement; Tony's father will give him a hug

Reinforcement; Tony's father will give him a high five

Extinction; Tony's father will not respond

Extinction; Tony's father will say "No"

Picture activity schedule

Elizabeth was engaging in tantrums each time her RBT asked her to transition from one activity to another. The BCBA and RBT decided to implement a program in which the RBT places several pictures of Elizabeth's activities on a board and Elizabeth removes each picture after they complete the corresponding activity. What type of visual aid is this?

Picture activity schedule

Choice board

First, then board

Communication visual

False ( t is essential for clients to apply learned skills across various settings, people, and situations to ensure that the skills are meaningful and functional in real-life contexts.)

Generalization is never the priority. It should only be worked on if there is spare time in the session.

True

False

A request

What is a mand?

A label of a stimulus

A conversation skill

A verbal imitation

A request

B.F. Skinner

Who conceptualized verbal behavior?

B.F. Skinner

Donald Baer

Edward Carr

Jon Bailey

False

It is acceptable to text a parent as a means of communication.

True

False

Parent or adult caregiver

Who should be present for in-home sessions?

Parent or adult caregiver

Teenage babysitter

Occupational Therapist

15-year-old sibling

True (provide more reliable and accurate information)

Direct assessment approaches are preferred over indirect approaches.

True

False

Escape/avoidance

The four functions of behavior include: attention, _________, tangible, and automatic reinforcement.

Escape

Power

Control

None of the above

False (BCBA is responsible for designing the assessment, interpreting data, and making treatment decisions. The RBT's role is to implement the assessment and treatment plans created by the BCBA.)

The RBT can design and guide the behavioral assessment process without the assistance of a BCBA.

False

True

Call the child abuse and neglect hotline and report the allegations using your full name and title, as required by your state

While working with Joey in a session, Joey mentions that his mother's boyfriend comes into his bedroom at night and makes him take his pants off. Following the organization's policies, you report this to the clinic director. The director states that she knows Joey's mother and her boyfriend and that this could not possibly be happening. What should you do next?

Take the director's word for it and let the issue drop

Call the child abuse and neglect hotline and report the allegations anonymously

Call the child abuse and neglect hotline and report the allegations using your full name and title, as required by your state

Call the parent and ask her if this happened

Leave the mall. Fred's information should not be left in a car. You need to secure it before running any personal errands

After your session with Fred you stop at the mall to return some shoes. You have Fred's behavior plan and data notebook with you while you stop. Ideally, what do you need to do before you go inside?

Nothing. You leave the materials on the passenger seat and head inside, forgetting to lock your car

You realize this could be problematic and lock the items in your trunk

Leave the mall. Fred's information should not be left in a car. You need to secure it before running any personal errands

You lock it in your lockbox in your trunk, and then lock your car before going in

To help conduct functional behavior assessments and functional analysis, provide intervention services to clients, and provide feedback to stakeholders.

What is your role as a Behavior Technician?

To create and conduct functional behavior assessments, create behavior plans, and run functional analysis assessments and client sessions

To help conduct functional behavior assessments and functional analysis, provide intervention services to clients, and provide feedback to stakeholders

To help conduct functional behavior assessments, write behavior plans, and provide feedback to stakeholders

To sit there and watch kids while taking data on occasion

Protect the client's privacy, take him or her into a separate room to change, avoid bringing attention to the accident, and provide a same sex adult to assist with changing if assistance is necessary and this adult is available

If a client who is fully toilet trained has a toileting accident, what is the best way to handle it?

Ask the client if he or she had an accident in front of peers, talk loudly in front of others about it, and then allow the client to get changed

Protect the client's privacy, take him or her into a separate room to change, avoid bringing attention to the accident, and provide a same sex adult to assist with changing if assistance is necessary and this adult is available

Take the child to a separate room to change, but continue talking about it for the rest of the day

Protect the client's privacy, take him or her into a separate room to change, avoid bringing attention to the accident, and provide a same sex adult to assist with changing and insist on the client allowing this adult to be in the room

Property destruction

Which common function of behavior is not socially maintained?

Attention

Property destruction

Automatic reinforcement

Escape

Consequence

Which portion of the three term contingency maintains the behavior?

Private events

Antecedent

Consequence

Attention

reinforcement

What is something that happens after a behavior occurs, that increases the likelihood of that behavior in the future?

Punishment

A private event

A good intervention

Reinforcement

Attention

Screaming at your sister because you want a hug is an example of what function of behavior?

Attention

Escape

Tangible

Automatic

Tangible

Being on time and working hard to do a great job at work to receive your paycheck is an example of what function of behavior?

Attention

Escape

Automatic

Tangible

Review expectations before starting the activity, or increase reinforcement for appropriate behaviors

A mother is waiting in the checkout line at the grocery store. Her daughter asks for a candy bar. The mother says "No" and the daughter throws herself on the floor and begins to scream. The mother then gives her the candy and the daughter stops screaming. How would you prevent her from screaming during a future grocery store trip?

Tell her if she screams she will be in time out when you get home

Give her the candy bar before she asks so she won't scream in the checkout line

Review expectations before starting the activity, or increase reinforcement for appropriate behaviors

Hope that it won't happen but if it does, leave the grocery store and the groceries behind

Teach appropriate ways to ask for attention

Whenever Sally's mother starts talking to another person, Sally immediately begins taking off her clothes and runs around the room. How could you prevent this behavior from occurring in the future?

Make sure that Sally is wearing her favorite clothes

Hold Sally by the hand so she can't take her clothes off

Put Sally in her room when you have visitors

Teach appropriate ways to ask for attention

The length of time it takes to start a behavior after an instruction is given

Which of the following best describes latency?

The length of time that a behavior occurs

When the behavior occurs

The length of time it takes to start a behavior after an instruction is given

Count of behavior/number of opportunities x 100

neurodevelopmental disorder

Autism is a

social interaction, communication, repetitive behaviors

what are the three areas that characterize ASD

True

Positive reinforcement is when you add a stimulus to the environment to increase the future frequency of that behavior.

True

False

False

Low effort responses should receive the most powerful reinforcers.

Food

Which of the following is an example of an unconditioned reinforcer:

Food

Iphone

TV

bubbles