RBT Mock Test

The roles & responsibilities of the RBT include which of the following?

a. Deliver discrete trial instruction & incidental teaching

b. Record data

c. Implement behavior interventions plans as written as a

BCBA

d. All of the above

d. All of the above

True/False: An RBT can practice independently of a BCBA

False

Rate is . . . .

a. The time from when the behavior begins to when it ends

b. The time between the presentation of a stimulus & a behavior

c. The total count per a unit of time

d. The total count of occurrence of a behavior

c. The total count per a unit of time

Duration is . . . .

a. The total count per a unit of time.

b. The time from when the behavior begins to when it ends

c. The time between behavior responses

d. The time between the presentation of a stimulus & the

occurrence of a behavior

b. The time from when the behavior begins to when it ends

Latency is . . . .

a. The time between the presentation of a stimulus & the

occurrence of a behavior

b. The total count of occurrence of a behavior

c. The time between each occurrence of the behavior

d. The time from when the behavior begins to when it ends

a. The time between the presentation of a stimulus & the

occurrence of a behavior

Which of the following is a continuous recording method?

a. Duration

b. Rate/Frequency

c. Latency

d. All of the above

d. All of the above

Calculate frequency/rate per hour & minute for a behavior that occurred 120 times over a 2 hour observation.

60/per hour & 1/per minute

Partial-interval recording is . . .

a. When the behavior must occur for the entire interval to

be recorded

b. When the behavior must occur at least once during the

interval to be recorded

c. When the behavior must be occurring at the end of the

interval to be recorded

d. The time between the end of one instance of the

behavior & the beginning of the next occurrence of

behavior

b. When the behavior must occur at least once

during the interval to be recorded

Whole-interval recording is . . . .

a. When the behavior must occur for the entire interval

to be recorded

b. When the behavior must occur at least once during

the interval to be recorded

c. When the behavior must occurring at the end of the

interval to be recorded

d. The time b/w the end of one instance of the

behavior & the beginning of the next occurrence of

behavior

a. When the behavior must occur for the

entire interval to be recorded

Momentary time sampling . . . .

a. When the behavior must occur for the entire entire

interval to be recorded

b. When the behavior must occur at least once during

the interval to be recorded

c. When the behavior must be occurring at the end of

the interval to be recorded

d. The time b/w the end of one instance of the

behavior & the beginning of the next occurrence

of behavior

c. When the behavior must be occurring at

the end of the interval to be recorded

Inter-response time is . . . .

a. When the behavior must occur for the entire entire

interval to be recorded

b. When the behavior must occur at least once during

the interval to be recorded

c. When the behavior must be occurring at the end of

the interval to be recorded

d. The time between the end of one instance of the

behavior & the beginning of the next occurrence

of behavior

d. The time between the end of one instance of

the behavior & the beginning of the next

occurrence of behavior

Which recording method would you expect to use when a target behavior is set to increase?

a. Momentary time sampling

b. Whole interval recording

c. Partial interval recording

d. All of the above

b. Whole interval recording

Which recording method would you expect to use when a target behavior is set to decrease?

a. Partial interval recording

b. Whole interval recording

c. Momentary time sampling

d. All of the above

a. Partial interval recording

True or False: Partial interval recording has the tendency to under-estimate the frequency of a target behavior while whole interval recording has the tendency to over-estimate the frequency of the target behavior.

False

Which of the following are examples of "permanent products" that can be used to collect data using permanent product recording procedures.

a. Number of broken windows

b. Sitting in seat

c. Folded shirts

d. All of the above

e. A & B

f. A & C

f. A & C

True/False: Permanent product recording is one of

the least cumbersome data recording methods.

True

Choose the best operational definition for a tantrum.

a. Any instance of crying & engaging in self injury

b. Throwing a fit

c. Having a meltdown

d. Any instance of the child crying & hitting himself in

the head with a closed fist which makes a sound that

can be heard win 5ft. Instance must last longer

than 30 seconds & are separated by 30 seconds of

nonoccurrence.

d. Any instance of the child crying & hitting

himself in the head with a closed fist which

makes a sound that can be heard win 5ft.

Instance must last longer than 30 seconds

& are separated by 30 seconds of

nonoccurrence.

True/False: A preference assessment can be as simple as letting a client play & watching what items they most frequently play with.

True

Define behavior.

The activity of living organisms; human behavior includes everything that people do. That portion of an organism's interaction with its environment that's characterized by detectable displacement in space through time of some part of the organism & that results in a measurable change in at least one aspect of the environment.

Define environment.

The conglomerate of real circumstances in which the organism or referenced part of the organism exists; behavior can't occur in the absence of environment

List 4 functions of behavior

Escape

Attention

Tangibles

Sensory/Automatic

A client gets out of his seat every time a demand is placed on him. When he gets out of his seat his teacher says, "Oh you need a break," & doesn't follow through w/her demand. This client's out of seat behavior most likely serves what function?

a. Attention

b. Escape

c. Sensory

d. Access to tangible

b. Escape

A client frequently spits. You notice that he spits during work times, when he is on break, when he is playing with his favorite toys, during meal times, when you or someone else is directly engaged with him, & even when he is by himself. One day mom brings the client back fr the dentist where he had to get 6 cavities filled. After this dentist appointment the spitting stopped. What function does spitting likely serve?

a. Attention

b. Escape

c. Access to tangibles

d. Sensory/Automatic

d. Sensory/Automatic

Every time his mother removes items from him, a client engages in a tantrum. Mom tries to ignore him but after around 5 minutes mom gives him back item she removed & the tantrum immediately stops. What function is most likely maintaining the tantrums.

a. Access to tangible

b. Escape

c. Sensory/Automatic

d. Attention

a. Access to tangible

A client hits other students in his class during work & break times. Each time he hits another student the teacher immediately provides verbal reprimand. What function does his hitting most likely serve?

a. Access to tangible

b. Escape

c. Sensory/Automatic

d. Attention

d. Attention

You work with a client who drops Legos on the floor for hrs if left alone. The client does this even if others are playing with him, when no demands are placed on him, & when given free access to a number of preferred toys. What is the function of the Lego dropping behavior?

a. Access to tangible

b. Escape

c. Sensory/Automatic

d. Attention

c. Sensory/Automatic

What is an antecedent?

a. A stimulus that occurs after the behavior

b. A stimulus that occurs immediately before the behavior

c. A consequence intervention

d. A type of measurement

b. A stimulus that occurs immediately before the behavior

What is a consequence?

a. A stimulus that occurs immediately after the behavior

b. A stimulus that occurs before the

behavior

c. A consequence intervention

d. A type of measurement

a. A stimulus that occurs immediately after the behavior

Why do we conduct assessments?

a. To discover behavioral deficits

b. To discover behavior excesses

c. To identify environment variables

d. All of the above

d. All of the above

True/False A functional assessment is a set of procedures used to identify the cause of a problem behavior or socially inappropriate behavior.

a. True

b. False

a. True

A functional analysis is . . . .

a. A set of interviews conducted to identify

the function of a behavior.

b. Observations of the problem behavior as

it is occurring in the natural setting

c. The deliberate manipulation of variables to evoke a target behavior to determine

the function of the behavior.

d. All of the above

c. The deliberate manipulation of

variables to evoke a target

behavior to determine the

function of the behavior.

A Functional Behavior Assessment is

a. A set of interviews conducted to identify

the function of a behavior.

b. Observations of the problem behavior as it is occurring in the natural setting

c. Functional Analysis

d. All of the above

d. All of the above

What does the ABC stand for in ABC recording?

a. Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence

b. Abolishing operation, Behavior,

Consequence

c. Antecedent, Behavior, Choices

d. Antecedent, BCBA intervention,

Consequence

a. Antecedent, Behavior,

Consequence

A reinforcer is . . .

a. A stimulus that decreases the future

frequency of a behavior.

b. Any preferred stimulus

c. A stimulus that increases or maintains the frequency of a behavior.

d. None of the above

c. A stimulus that increases or

maintains the frequency of a

behavior.

A punisher is . . .

a. A stimulus that decreases the future

frequency of a behavior.

b. Any non-preferred stimulus

c. A stimulus that increases or maintains the frequency of a behavior.

d. None of the above

a. A stimulus that decreases the

future frequency of a behavior.

Provide one example of a primary reinforcer.

Food, water, oxygen, warmth, & anything w/no particular learning history

Provide one example of a secondary reinforcer.

Bell, token, social attention, praise, & anything previously neutral that now functions as a reinforcer

The manipulation of Motivating Operations is a(n) . . .

a. Antecedent intervention

b. Replacement behavior

c. Consequence intervention

d. There is no such thing as Motivating

Operations

a. Antecedent intervention

True/False: an establishing operation increases the value of a particular reinforcer.

a. True

b. False

a. True

True/False: an abolishing operation decreases the value of a particular reinforcer.

a. True

b. False

a. True

What is the main purpose of pairing yourself with reinforcement?

a. To signal that reinforcement is available

b. To make you reinforcing to the client

c. To signal that the student should comply with your demands

d. To make your life easier

b. To make you reinforcing to the

client

What is the differential reinforcement?

a. Using different items to reinforce a

particular behavior

b. Using different social praise each time

c. Reinforcing a desired behavior while

discontinuing the reinforcement for an

undesired behavior

d. None of the above

c. Reinforcing a desired behavior

while discontinuing the

reinforcement for an undesired

behavior.

Which of the following is not a Differential Reinforcement procedure?

a. Differential reinforcement of alternative

behaviors

b. Differential reinforcement of

incompatible behaviors

c. Differential reinforcement of other

behaviors

d. Differential reinforcement of appropriate behaviors

d. Differential reinforcement of

appropriate behaviors

Which of the following is an incompatible behavior for hand flapping?

a. Squeezing hands together

b. Waving

c. Wiggling fingers

d. None of the above

a. Squeezing hands together

Define extinction.

The discontinuing of a reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior (i.e., responses no longer produce reinforcement); the primary effect is a decrease in the frequency of the behavior until it reaches a pre-reinforced level or ultimately ceases to occur.

True/False: Extinction is most effective when used as a stand alone procedure.

a. True

b. False

b. False

You are working with a client who engages in verbal aggression. The BCBA on the case has determined that the verbal aggression is maintained by escape from demands. The BCBA asks you to use Extinction as part of the intervention plan. Briefly describe what this procedure would look like for this case.

Not allowing the client to escape from demands when he/she engages in verbal aggression & providing no reaction or response to the verbal aggression.

You are working with a client who engages in tantrums that are maintained by access to tangibles. The BCBA instructs you to implement Extinction. Briefly describe what this procedure would look like.

Not providing tangibles when the client engages in tantrum behaviors & providing no reaction or response to the tantrum behavior.

True/False: There are times as an RBT you will have to implement emergency/crisis strategies.

a. True

b. False

a. True

Which of the following is an example of an emergency/crisis management strategy.

a. Relocate people

b. Remove unnecessary demands

c. Rearrange the environment

d. All of the above

d. All of the above

You are unsure that an emergency/crisis management procedure is appropriate for a particular behavior. Who should you consult with?

a. Developmental Pediatrician

b. BCBA

c. Particular

d. Another RBT

b. BCBA

What constitutes an emergency?

a. Self-injury

b. Injury to others

c. Destruction of Property

d. All of the above

d. All of the above

An acquisition program is a program designed to . . .

a. Reduce program behavior

b. Teach a new skill the individual doesn't

have

c. Fade reinforcement

d. Analyze the individual's thoughts &

feelings

b. Teach a new skill the individual

doesn't have

Acquisition programs can teach which of the following skills.

a. Daily living skills

b. Communication skills

c. Recreation/leisure skills

d. All of the above

d. All of the above

True/False: Another name for conditioned reinforcement is primary reinforcement.

a. True

b. False

b. False

Examples of unconditioned reinforcers include which of the following?

a. Skittles

b. Juice

c. Marbles

d. Toy cars

e. Sleeping

f. Social Praise

a. Skittles

b. Juice

e. Sleeping

List three examples of conditioned reinforcers?

Tokens

Social Praise

Toys

What is a reinforcement schedule?

a. A protocol that states who will deliver

reinforcement

b. A protocol that states exactly what

reinforcer will be delivered

c. A calendar that tells a client how many

tokens they have earned each day

d. A protocol that states the frequency of

which reinforcement will be delivered

d. A protocol that states the

frequency of which

reinforcement will be delivered

True/False: Intermittent reinforcement is most often used for maintaining previously learned behaviors.

a. True

b. False

a. True

When would you provide reinforcement if a client was on a continuous schedule of reinforcement?

Reinforcement is delivered for each occurrence of the target behavior (FR1)

What are the four schedules of intermittent reinforcement?

a. Fixed-ratio, Fixed-Interval, Variable-Ratio, Variable-Interval

b. Fixed-Count, Fixed-Interval, Variable-

Count, Variable-Interval

c. Fixed-Rate, Fixed-Interval, Variable-Rate, Variable-Interval

d. Fixed-Rate, Fixed-Time, Variable-Rate,

Variable-Time

a. Fixed-ratio, Fixed-Interval,

Variable-Ratio, Variable-Interval

When using a ratio schedule of reinforcement, reinforcement is delivered when?

Reinforcement is delivered after a certain number of responses.

When using a interval schedule of reinforcement, reinforcement is delivered when?

Reinforcement is delivered for the first response after a certain amount of time since the last response.

True/False: Discrete Trial Training (DTT) is a method of teaching in simplified and structured steps.

a. True

b. False

a. True

When teaching with DTT how quickly should you deliver reinforcement after a correct response?

a. Within 1-2 seconds

b. Within 5 seconds

c. Within 10 seconds

d. Within 1 minute

a. Within 1-2 seconds

True/False: Discrete Trial Training is a method of teaching in the natural environment, following what the client naturally gravitates toward.

a. True

b. False

b. False

True/False: Discrete Trial Training is an effective way to teach certain skills to some learners with ASD.

a. True

b. False

a. True

Which of the following will you want to do when delivering reinforcement during DTT?

a. Deliver a variety of reinforcers

b. Ensure that the effort to obtain

reinforcement is reasonable

c. Use an appropriate rate of reinforcement

d. Use an appropriate magnitude of

reinforcement

e. Minimize the time b/w the correct

response & delivering reinforcement

f. All of the above

f. All of the above

Define prompt:

A cue or assistance to encourage a desired response & used to provide assistance to increase client success & reduce frustration when learning new skills/behaviors.

Provide 3 examples of a prompt (the general categories are fine).

Physical

Verbal

Gestural

Prompts should be . . .

a. Gradually withdrawn

b. Withdrawn immediately

c. Never withdrawn

d. None of the above

a. Gradually withdrawn

Some advantages of NET are which of the following? CIrcle all that apply.

a. Use of client's MO to guide language

instruction

b. Reduce the amount of problem behavior

c. Conducted w/in a structure environment,

usually at a table

d. The verbal instructions are much more

characteristic of typical verbal

interactions

e. The training conditions are closer to how a client may be taught in the future

a. Use of client's MO to guide

language instruction

b. Reduce the amount of problem behavior

d. The verbal instructions are much

more characteristic of typical

verbal interactions

e. The training conditions are

closer to how a client may be

taught in the future

Provide an example of incidental teaching.

Providing structured learning opportunities in the natural environment by using client's interest & natural motivation, such as withholding reinforcing items until a client requests them appropriately.

True/False: Sometimes when using NET procedures you may have to contrive a situation to work on a skill.

a. True

b. False

a. True

True/False: Task analysis is the process of breaking down a skill into smaller, more manageable steps in order to teach the skill. Task analysis is an effective way to plan the teaching of skills that require several steps to be preformed.

a. True

b. False

a. True

Task-analysis can be used to teach which of the following types of skills:

a. Self-help skills

b. Life skills

c. Academic skills

d. All of the above

d. All of the above

Provide an example of a behavior that is most likely to be taught using a task analysis

Hand washing, toilet training, making a sandwich, completing chores, & completing a worksheet

When using backward chaining the RBT does which of the following?

a. Will ask the client to complete the 1st

step independently then prompt him/her

through the remainder of the steps.

Once a step is mastered the client is

expected to complete all mastered & the

1 acquisition step independently.

b. Will prompt the client through the steps & then expect the client to do the last step independently. Each time a step is mastered the client is expected to

complete the acquisition step & all

mastered steps.

c. Will present the task & will allow the

opportunity for the client to complete

each step independently in order each

time the task is presented, prompting

when necessary.

b. Will prompt the client through

the steps & then expect the

client to do the last step

independently. Each time a step

is mastered the client is

expected to complete the

acquisition step & all mastered

steps.

When using forward chaining the RBT does which of the following?

a. Will ask the client to complete the 1st

step independently then prompt him/her

through the remainder of the steps.

Once a step is mastered the client is

expected to complete all mastered & the

1 acquisition step independently.

b. Will prompt the client through the steps & then expect the client to do the last step independently. Each time a step is mastered the client is expected to

complete the acquisition step & all

mastered steps.

c. Will present the task & will allow the

opportunity for the client to complete

each step independently in order each

time the task is presented, prompting

when necessary.

a. Will ask the client to complete

the 1st step independently then

prompt him/her through the

remainder of the steps. Once a

step is mastered the client is

expected to complete all

mastered & the 1 acquisition

step independently.

When using total task presentation the RBT does which of the following?

a. Will ask the client to complete the 1st

step independently then prompt him/her

through the remainder of the steps.

Once a step is mastered the client is

expected to complete all mastered & the

1 acquisition step independently.

b. Will prompt the client through the steps & then expect the client to do the last step independently. Each time a step is mastered the client is expected to

complete the acquisition step & all

mastered steps.

c. Will present the task & will allow the

opportunity for the client to complete

each step independently in order each

time the task is presented, prompting

when necessary.

c. Will present the task & will allow

the opportunity for the client to

complete each step

independently in order each

time the task is presented,

prompting when necessary.

True/False: Discrimination training is a process of reinforcing or punishing a response in the presence of one stimulus & extinguishing it in the presence of other stimuli.

a. True

b. False

a. True

Which of the following is considered an error?

a. Repeating the correct answer more than once

b. Saying an off topic comment

c. Selecting the wrong item

d. All of the above

d. All of the above

True/False: The stimulus delta (S-Delta) is defined as a stimulus in the presence of which a particular response will be reinforced.

a. True

b. False

b. False

True/False: The discriminative stimulus (Sd) is defined as a stimulus in the presence of which a particular response will not be reinforced

a. True

b. False

b. False

Jacob often tantrums when he is denied access to his phone in the presence of his mother. His mother always promptly returns the phone when the tantrum begins. Jacob almost never tantrums when he is denied access to his phone by his father, because in the past his father has never returned the phone to him when he is engaging in tantrum behaviors.

a. What/Who is the Sd for tantrums?

b. What/Who is the S-Delta for tantrums?

a. Mom

b. Dad

Define stimulus control

A situation in which the frequency, latency, duration, or amplitude of a behavior is altered by the presence or absence of an antecedent stimulus.

True/False: Stimulus fading involves introducing or altering a new element, such as color, intensity, or size to the target stimulus, which is gradually faded by reducing its intensity or components.

a. True

b. False

a. True

True/False: Stimulus fading can often be used to desensitize a client to aversive stimuli

a. True

b. False

a. True

Provide an example of stimulus fading

Used to transfer stimulus control from prompted responses to natural stimulus & also to minimize the number of error responses occurring in the presence of the natural stimulus, such as, highlighting a physical dimension (e.g. color, size, position) of a stimulus to increase the likelihood of a correct response & then gradually fading in or out the physical dimension while the response essentially stays the same.

Stimulus fading can be used in what context(s)?

a. Academic skills

b. Adaptive skills

c. Behavior reduction

d. All of the above

d. All of the above

Which is a correct Most-to-least prompting hierarchy for prompt fading?

a. Model, Full physical, Partial physical,

Gesture

b. Gesture, Model, Full physical, Partial

physical

c. Full physical, Partial physical, Model,

Gesture

d. Model, Gesture, Full physical, Partial

physical

c. Full physical, Partial physical,

Model, Gesture

Which is a correct Most-to-least prompting hierarchy for prompt fading?

a. Full verbal, Partial verbal, Gestural,

Visual

b. Visual, Gestural, Full verbal, Partial verbal

c. Gestural, Full verbal, Partial verbal, Visual

d. Full verbal, Partial verbal, Visual, Gestural

a. Full verbal, Partial verbal,

Gestural, Visual

True/False: Failing to fade prompts can lead to a client being prompt dependent

a. True

b. False

a. True

The goal of instruction is to produce behavior change outside the training context . . . .

a. Over time

b. Across persons, settings, & stimuli

c. Spread to related behaviors

d. All of the above

d. All of the above

If a client can perform a skill in a different context then was taught, that skill has . . . .

a. Maintained

b. Generalized

c. Been learned

d. Been lost

b. Generalized

List one strategy for promoting maintenance

Asking a client to perform a skill after a portion or all of an intervention has been terminated.

List one strategy for promoting generalization.

Introduce natural contingencies, train sufficient exemplars, train loosely, use indiscriminable contingencies, program common stimuli, mediate generalization, & train generalization

Read the following scenario. "Alex successfully uses the toilet at the clinic, and over time he begins using the toilet at home as well." True/False: The skill of using the toilet has generalized

a. True

b. False

a. True

Parent training is a key part of any ABA program because of which of the following?

a. Parents have to pay the expensive

insurance deductibles

b. Parents have more interactions with their

client than anyone else so being trained

is a key component to the client being

successful.

c. Skills are not fully learned until they

generalize to caregivers

d. A & C

e. B & C

e. B & C

True/False: Parents should be surveyed frequently with regards to problem behavior, new skills, & potential reinforcers.

a. True

b. False

a. True