RBTS YAYs

An RBT prompted a child to raise her hand. She raised her hand 30 seconds after the request. What type of measurement should the RBT collect?
a) Rate
b) Duration
c) Latency
d) Inter-Response time

C) Latency

A motivating operation
a) Alters the reinforcing value of a stimulus
b) Evokes behavior or abates behavior
c) Indicates reinforcement is available
d) A&B

d) A&B

1. Select the item that is a primary reinforcer
   a) Water
   b) Praise
   c) Money
   d) Play

a) Water

An RBT delivers edibles such as a cookie to her client and tells her "good job" every time she completes a word problem. She plans to fade cookies over time. This process is considered

a) Negative reinforcement
b) Rewards
c) Pairing
d) Discriminative Stimulus

C

The respite staff recorded that it took the child 10 minutes to take a shower. What type of measurement did the staff use?
a) Frequency
b) Duration
c) Rate
d) Latency

B

A toddler was asked to clean up his toy blocks and put them into a box. He began placing the blocks into a box for 3 seconds and then started twirling one in his hand for 4 seconds. He began placing the blocks again for 5 seconds. Which measure and value is correct in regards to his behavior?
a) Duration of 12 seconds
b) Inter-Response Time of 4 seconds
c) Latency of 5 seconds
d) Frequency of 5 blocks

B

When you provide reinforcement for the absence of a behavior, you are using
a) DRO
b) DRH
c) DRI
d) DRL

A

When a treatment document is transported from a client home, who is responsible for making sure the document is kept safe?
a) BCBA
b) The parents
c) RBT
d) The agency
e) A&C

E

When a staff has data from sessions with a client for whom they provide services, they must file this data and keep it for how long?
a) One year
b) Seven years
c) Three years
d) Five years

B)

Susie, an RBT, is providing reinforcement every time her client raises his hand to ask for permission, rather than yelling. This is most likely what procedure?
a) DRO
b) DRH
c) DRI
d) DRA

D

Susie, an RBT, collects data on the number of times her client raises her hand per hour. What is the best type of measurement to use?
a) Rate
b) Duration
c) Latency
d) Inter-Response time

A

In order to be in compliance with the BACB ethics code, Behavior analysts and RBT's can accept what as gifts?
a) Free haircuts because the mother is a stylist
b) Baked goods
c) Gifts cards to restaurants
d) None of the above

D

What is a disadvantage of discontinuous measurement?
a) Most behavior cannot be recorded
b) It often over or under estimates true values of behavior
c) It doesn't work
d) It takes a lot of time

B

The RBT recorded that her client correctly responded to 4 out of 5 trials for waiting. What type of measurement should the RBT use?
a) Rate
b) Duration
c) Latency
d) Percent of trials correct
e) IRT

D

The behavior therapist recorded that the child said the word "chip" to request chips 6 times in the 3-minute session. What is the rate per minute?
a) 6
b) 3
c) 2
d) 1

C

Billy engages in task refusals and drops to the ground yelling when told to do his homework. His RBT should do what to increase his compliance with homework?
a) Threaten to take away his video games
b) Prompt him to ask for help
c) Separate his homework into sections to complete to lessen the work.
d) B&C

D

Five items are placed on a table for a client to chose. One item is chosen by the client, this is recorded, and they are told to pick another without replacing the first. The RBT ranks what items were chosen in what order. The RBT is using the
a) Single Stimulus Method
b) Multiple Stimulus Without Replacement Method
c) Multiple Stimulus With Replacement Method
d) Paired Stimulus Assessment

B

Negative reinforcement
a) Decreases behavior
b) Is better than punishment
c) Increases the future history of the behavior that preceded it
d) Can cause a delay in progress

C

The behavior aide prompted the child to put both hands on the grocery cart while shopping and provided a snack for time spent with hands on cart. The child has a history of grabbing food items off shelves and knocking them over. What procedure is the aide using?
a) DRI
b) DRL
c) DRA
d) Punishment

A

1. Satiation of a reinforcer happens when
   a) A reduction in responding occurs due to the behavior altering effect of an abolishing operation
   b) A reinforcer stops working
   c) A reduction in responding is due to an establishing operation
   d) Punishment causes the behavior to decrease

A)

Generalized conditioned reinforcers are beneficial because
a) They are fun to receive
b) They do not depend on a current EO for a particular reinforcer
c) Everyone loves getting money and praise
d) They are always potent

B

Tom is an RBT working with a child in an ABA clinic. He is sitting on the ground with a child playing with cars and asking him about the car, what sound it makes, how many wheels, etc. The procedure he is using is?
a) DTT
b) Shaping
c) Chaining
d) NET

D

When interacting with a BCBA, The RBT should
a) Ask for feedback
b) Ask them to meet in accordance with the RBT's schedule
c) Discuss any concerns about the client's behavior and mention how the RBT wants to fix it
d) Complain about the caregivers

A

RBTs and BCBAs ensure that the supervision experience meets the standards of
a) The agency
b) The RBTs interests
c) The BCBA
d) BACB

D

An RBT is providing a token for the first response a child makes after 3 minutes then, 4 minutes, then 5, and then 4. What is the most likely reinforcement schedule she is using?
a) FR 4
b) VR 4
c) VI 4
d) FI 4

C

An RBT finds a page on reddit.com where the users post RBT exam questions that they memorized after the BACB exam. He should
a) Report on reddit
b) Report to the board of behavioral sciences
c) Report to the BACB
d) Take advantage of the material for his use

C

The RBT is responsible for
a) Implementation of skill acquisition plan
b) Designing interventions
c) Creating data sheets
d) Completing assessments

a) Implementation of skill acquisition plan

What is one of the 4 functions of behavior?
a) Ignorance
b) Attention
c) Loneliness
d) Anger

b) Attention

The worker in the factory needs to assemble 20 car parts per day in order to meet the company standard. Which type of measure would be the most useful?
a) Rate
b) Latency
c) Frequency
d) Trials to criterion

c) Frequency

1. Which function is related to negative reinforcement?
   a) Escape
   b) Tangible
   c) Automatic
   d) Attention

a) Escape

1. Client Dignity includes
   a) Being respectful towards client's needs and wants
   b) Punishing the client with the most effective punisher
   c) Never doing anything to cause harm to the client
   d) A&C

d) A&C

1. Linda skipped breakfast because she was late to work. A coworker says to her that there are cookies in the conference room. Linda goes into the room and eats a cookie. In regards to her cookie eating behavior, skipping breakfast had what effect on her behavior?

a) Reinforcing
b) Evocative
c) Abative
d) Discriminative

B) Evocative

1. A Registered Behavior Technician recently got married and changed her last name but has not reported it to the BACB because her honeymoon lasted 2 months and she was enjoying her vacation. The RBT:
   a) Can email the board and if they don't answer, she is fine
   b) Is not in violation of the code because she was on a honeymoon
   c) Must report the change within 30 days
   d) Has no obligation to notify anyone of her last name change

a) Must report the change within 30 days

1. An RBT is accused of assaulting their spouse. The RBT pleads innocent during court. Is the RBT required to notify the BACB?
   a) Yes, the BACB needs to know of all formal accusations
   b) Yes, the BACB needs to be notified if the accusation leads to a police investigation
   c) No, he claims is innocent
   d) No, a verdict has not been given

a) Yes, the BACB needs to know of all formal accusations

1. An experienced behavior therapist has worked with his client for over a year and thinks that the client is always between 50-65% independent on requesting items. He then marks this percent correct on the data sheet to save time on running the trials and collecting data. The behavior therapist
   a) Can expect disciplinary action for falsifying data
   b) Saved time by predicting the data and not having to document at the end
   c) Is experienced and can predict the percent correct
   d) None of the above

a) Can expect disciplinary action for falsifying data

1. Which best represents a functional definition of "off task"?
   a) Any behavior that has historically resulted in or is likely to result in the client not doing work
   b) Staring at the wall during an exam
   c) Putting head on desk and closing eyes
   d) Throwing toys

c) Putting head on desk and closing eyes

1. Susie's mother asked her to clean her room. Susie began whining and complaining that she wants to do it later. Her mother reprimanded her and then told her she better do it later or she was not going to be able to go out to play. Susie's whining behavior increased in the future when asked to clean the room. This is an example of:
   a) Positive Punishment: Reprimands
   b) Positive Reinforcement
   c) Negative Reinforcement
   d) Negative Punishment

c) Negative Reinforcement

1. The child needed to complete 80% of the task in order to get iPad time. What measure should the RBT use?
   a) Latency
   b) Percent of Occurrence
   c) Frequency
   d) Duration

b) Percent of Occurrence

1. What are variables that an RBT is responsible for reporting in session notes?
   a) Illness
   b) Change in medication
   c) Relocation
   d) All of the above

d) All of the above

1. Behavior
   a) Can be private
   b) Is observable and measureable
   c) Is also known as a response
   d) All of the above

d) All of the above

1. Which is secondary reinforcer?
   a) Sex
   b) Money
   c) Food
   d) Water

b) Money

1. Unconditioned reinforcement
   a) Occurs when behavior is reinforced by primary reinforcers
   b) Occurs when behavior is reinforced by conditioned reinforcers
   c) Occurs with the help of a token system
   d) Is reinforcement that is learned

a) Occurs when behavior is reinforced by primary reinforcers

1. A reinforcer
   a) Increases behavior
   b) Decreases behavior
   c) Is something fun
   d) Is often candy

a) Increases behavior

1. Punishment occurs when
   a) A behavior decreases
   b) A child is reprimanded as a consequence for hitting
   c) A child is sent to time-out
   d) A child is given differential reinforcement

a) A behavior decreases

1. Which of the following would be helpful when defining aggression?
   a) Hitting others
   b) Being mean
   c) Includes instances of the child hitting with open hand causing bruising to others.
   d) Bad behavior

c) Includes instances of the child hitting with open hand causing bruising to others.

1. Objectivity refers to
   a) The exact behavior
   b) Measurement of the behavior or changes in the environment in observable terms
   c) The objects in the environment that are affected
   d) Behavior that is concise

b) Measurement of the behavior or changes in the environment in observable terms

1. The duration of a client's tantrum episodes were 5 minutes, 10 minutes, and 5 minutes. The duration per occurrence is
   a) 6.67 minutes
   b) 5 minutes
   c) 20 minutes
   d) 8 minutes

a) 6.67 minutes

During an 8-minute observation, the first challenging behavior occurs 5 seconds after the behavior aide asked the child to clean up. The same behavior occurs a second time after 3 seconds after the behavior aide repeats the request. Each challenging behavior instance lasted 4 seconds. What was the total duration of the challenging behavior?
a) 2 seconds
b) 8 seconds
c) 7 seconds
d) 1 minute

b) 8 seconds

Felicia signs up to work at a consulting agency and is given a case that the client is an adult that engages in sexually aggressive behavior. Felicia only has experience working with children with autism. Felicia should:
a) Take the case because adults and kids with autism are the same and she needs money.
b) Decline the case because she does not have the experience and this is in the ethical code
c) Google procedures for addressing sexual behaviors and ask the BCBA for training
d) Take the case and be careful about allowing others around the client.

b) Decline the case because she does not have the experience and this is in the ethical code

Trials to criterion is
a. Number of responses divided by number of opportunities and multiplied by 100
b. Number of response opportunities to achieve a performance standard
c. Measure of time from beginning to end of event
d. Number of responses

b. Number of response opportunities to achieve a performance standard

You stop the car, leave the keys connected, get out of the car to put gas, all within 1 minute. You get back in the car and you start driving. What would you record as the consequence of getting back in the car?
a. You start driving
b. Putting gas
c. Stopping the car
d. Leaving the keys connected

a. You start driving

An RBT may disclose confidential information about the client without the client's consent
a. To protect the client
b. Because the police asked for it
c. To a friend of the family
d. None of the above

a. To protect the client

You stop the car, enter the gas station, purchase a soda, and return to your car to leave. What would you record as the antecedent of getting back in the car?
a. Getting out of the car
b. Not having a soda
c. Purchasing the soda
d. Being thirsty

c. Purchasing the soda

50. You stop the car, enter the gas station, purchase a soda, and return to your car to leave. The fact that you stopped the car due to thirst functions as a?
    a. Reinforcer
    b. Punisher
    c. Establishing operation
    d. Discriminative stimulus

c. Establishing operation

50. A parent is practicing hand writing with their child using a workbook that has letters written to trace, that fade to dotted lines toward the end of the page. This is an example of:
    a. Backward chaining
    b. Response prompting
    c. Stimulus shaping
    d. DTT

c. Stimulus shaping

50. What is the most common type of graph used in ABA?
    a. Bar graph
    b. Line graph
    c. Pie Chart
    d. Cumulative Recorder

a. Bar graph

Which of the following are included in a behavior plan?
a. Assessment Data
b. History and medical information
c. Descriptions of interventions
d. All the above

d. All the above

The fact that clients may change their behavior due to the fact that they are being observed is considered:
a. Punishment
b. Reactivity
c. Shaping
d. Reinforcement

b. Reactivity

Which of the following would be the best replacement skill for a nonverbal adult with a history of hitting others for access to food items?
a. Raising his hand
b. Signing "more"
c. Using a tablet with pictures of his favorite foods that he can "touch to talk"
d. Keeping his hands in pocket so he doesn't hit others as often

c. Using a tablet with pictures of his favorite foods that he can "touch to talk"

You find out that a person who has a master's degree in psychology is advertising himself as a BCBA. He took courses in ABA but did not pass the exam. You should
a. Attempt to convince him to stop first
b. Not report because he took coursework needed to be eligible to take BCBA exam
c. Report him to the BACB
d. Contact his patients and warn them

a. Attempt to convince him to stop first

An RBT is allowed to:
a. Create Interventions
b. Collect Baseline Data
c. Create Functional Analysis Experiments
d. Manipulate antecedents in controlled environment

b. Collect Baseline Data

The BACB requires RBTs to be familiar with the code in order to
a. Ensure that RBTs engage in behavior of a high ethical standard
b. Be familiar with the law
c. Can become BCBAs in the future
d. Challenge other professionals

a. Ensure that RBTs engage in behavior of a high ethical standard

What are the principles of behavior?
a. Reinforcement
b. Punishment
c. Extinction
d. All of the above

d. All of the above

Extinction occurs when
a. The behavior is no longer reinforced
b. The behavior decreases
c. The behavior increases
d. The behavior no longer exists in the client's repertoire

a. The behavior is no longer reinforced

Which of these evoke behavior and increase the value of a stimulus?
a. SDP
b. AO
c. SD
d. EO

d. EO

50. An RBT is told to restrain the child each time he makes a loud noise by the BCBA supervising her. The restraining increases the child engagement in kicking, hitting, and screaming. The RBT is concerned the child will injure herself. The RBT should
    a. Avoid conflict with the employer and do what she is told to do
    b. Respect the authority of the BCBA supervising her
    c. Document concerns in writing, and discuss the observations with the BCBA
    d. Inform the police

c. Document concerns in writing, and discuss the observations with the BCBA

50. An RBT should expect feedback, when given correctly, to include:
    a. Praise
    b. Recognition of what was done wrong or incorrect
    c. Corrective techniques
    d. Training
    e. All of the above

e. All of the above

50. Which of the following is not a way for an RBT to contact their BCBA
    a. Text
    b. Email
    c. Phone Call
    d. Instagram DM

d. Instagram DM

An RBT should communicate with their supervisor
a. Weekly
b. Daily
c. Biweekly
d. With 30 days

a. Weekly

With whole interval recording you count the behavior
a. Only if it occurs throughout the whole interval
b. Occurs for a fraction of the interval
c. Occurs at the end of the interval
d. Occurs during a segment of the interval

a. Only if it occurs throughout the whole interval

Sarah is using momentary time sampling to record behavior
a. She should record the behavior if it occurs throughout the whole interval
b. She should record the behavior if it occurs throughout a part of the
interval
c. She should record the behavior if it occurs at the end of the interval
d. The start of the interval

c. She should record the behavior if it occurs at the end of the interval

Billy is learning how to make his bed. He often engages in escape behavior. He tolerates physical prompting. Which prompting procedure would best help him learn to
a. Total task chaining
b. Shaping
c. Backward Chaining
d. Forward Chaining

c. Backward Chaining

Natural environment training
a. Is difficult to teach
b. Is learner driven
c. Is therapist driven
d. Is the same as play therapy

b. Is learner driven

Prompts
a. Are supplemental stimuli that occasion the learner to engage in the correct response in the presence of the SD
b. Do no include response prompts
c. Should not include reinforcement
d. Are supplemental stimuli that occasion the learner to engage in the correct response in the absence of the SD

a- Are supplemental stimuli that occasion the learner to engage in the correct response in the presence of the SD

Positive Reinforcement occurs when
a. Something is added and the behavior increases in the future
b. Something that is perceived a positive by others occurs
c. Something is removed and the behavior increases in the future
d. Something is added and the behavior decrease in the future.

a. Something is added and the behavior increases in the future

74. Discrete trial training is made up of three parts:
    a. Prompts, Shaping, and correction trials
    b. The SD, Response, and Consequence
    c. Teaching, chaining, and reinforcement
    d. All of the above

b. The SD, Response, and Consequence

74. Transfer of stimulus control occurs when
    a. Control moves from the SD to the EO
    b. Control moves from the SD to the Prompt
    c. Control moves from the prompt to an SD
    d. Control moves from the artificial stimulus to an EO

a. Control moves from the SD to the EO

74. Samantha tells her 12-year-old son, "First clean, then play on the iPad."
    Samantha is using
    a. The Premack Principle
    b. The illusion of choice
    c. Reinforcement
    d. Punishment

a. The Premack Principle

74. We plan for generalization of skills by doing the following:
    a. Remove reinforcers from the learning environment
    b. Teach the skill with a variety of people, places, and settings.
    c. Wait until they learn the skill and then teach them do it with the parents as prompters
    d. Complete maintenance probes to see if they still know the skill

b. Teach the skill with a variety of people, places, and settings.

74. Brian, a newly registered RBT, wants to work at the agency his uncle owns and would be his direct supervisor. What code of ethics does this violate?
    a. Harmful reinforcers
    b. Dual relationships
    c. Provide services within boundaries of competence
    d. Representation of services

b. Dual relationships

74. Timeout serves as extinction
    a. If attention is the maintaining reinforcer for the maladaptive behavior
    b. If the timeout room is quiet
    c. When its purpose is to decrease the child's tantrums.
    d. If tantrums stop immediately

a. If attention is the maintaining reinforcer for the maladaptive behavior

74. A teacher has a sign on the door of the classroom that is red when students may not enter and green when they can. The process of students entering only on green after taught through consequences is known as
    a. Shaping
    b. Stimulus Equivalence
    c. Discrimination Training
    d. Positive Reinforcement

c. Discrimination Training

74. An RBT should use a continuous schedule of reinforcement when:
    a. Using DTT
    b. Using forward chaining
    c. Generalizing a skill
    d. Teaching a new behavior

d. Teaching a new behavior

1. Tom has had many health problems related to smoking and his doctor recommended he enlist the assistance of a behavior analyst to develop a program to help him stop. The supervising analyst asked Mona, an RBT, to collect baseline data to determine how many cigarettes Tom smoked in an hour. Mona counted the number of cigarettes in the ash tray each day and recorded that he smoked 12 cigarettes per hour. She arrived at this using:
   a. Partial interval recording
   b. Permanent product recording
   c. Whole interval recording
   d. Momentary time sampling

b. Permanent product recording

Which of the following is an example of a permanent product?
a. Written homework assignments
b. Number of completed arithmetic problems
c. Creative writing assignments
d. All of the above

d. All of the above

3. Permanent product recording is useful because the behavior does not have to be
   observed as it occurs.
   a. True
   b. False

A

3. To measure a behavior that does not have a distinct beginning and end, which method is best to use?
   a. Interval recording
   b. Duration
   c. Latency
   d. Frequency

a. Interval recording

3. Laura is recording data on the behavior of several clients in a day program. Select the best method of data collection from the list below.
   a. Momentary time sampling
   b. Partial interval recording
   c. Whole interval recording
   d. None of the above

A

Mrs. Paul is collecting data on how many times Ronald is off task during a given assignment, and this is a behavior she wants to decrease. She observed him for 30 seconds every 30 minutes for 4 hours, and he engaged in the behavior 7 out of 8 observations. Which data collection method did she use?
Partial interval recording
Whole interval recording
Duration
Permanent product

A

You are collecting data on the elopement of a student. Elopement is defined as leaving the classroom without permission or exiting the main doors of the school during the school day. Which of the following is the most appropriate method for measuring the client's behavior?
Frequency
IRT
Momentary time sampling
Duration
None of the above

A

While working in a client's home, you ask the client to complete a non-preferred activity. The client initially refuses to complete the task, but begins 10 minutes and 24 seconds later. Which measurement does this represent?
Rate
Duration
Latency
IRT

C

. You are working with a client who frequently tantrums for attention. If your data reflects the time between tantrums, what are you measuring?
IRT
Duration
Frequency
Momentary time sampling
All of these are types of continuous measurement

A

Which of the following is/are not methods of discontinuous measurement?
Whole interval
IRT
Partial interval
Both a and c

b. IRT

Which of the following best describes whole interval recording?
Response occurs at any time during interval
Response occurs during entire interval
Response occurs at the beginning of the interval
Response occurs at the end of the interval

b. Response occurs during entire interval

A student frequently engages in escape maintained behaviors when presented with a task, including playing with materials, walking around the classroom, and talking to other students. Which of the following is the best method for the RBT to use to measure the student's behavior (consider accuracy of these data collection methods)?
Partial interval recording
Duration
Momentary time sampling
Frequency

b. Duration

You are working with a BCBA on a new case in which the child engages in severe SIB. Your analyst has conducted structured interviews and at least one rating scale. She also directly observed the client and conducted experimental manipulations of environmental variables. This combination of assessment methods is called a _.
Formative assessment
Summative assessment
Functional assessment
Functional analysis

C) Functional assessment

A combination of indirect assessments, descriptive assessments, and experimental functional analysis is likely to produce the most accurate information, which includes:
The operational definition of the target behavior(s).
The situations under which the target behaviors are likely and unlikely to occur
The potential environmental events that may affect the likelihood of a future response
All of the above

All of the above

. Amy is a new client, during an observation you noticed her taking marshmallows from one of her peers. Her parents didn't list marshmallows on the list of reinforcers. In order to determine if marshmallows could be a potential reinforcer you conduct:
Free operant observation
ABC data collection
Multiple Stimuli preference assessment
Trial based assessments

Multiple Stimuli preference assesment

Your analyst asks you to observe and record the environmental events surrounding a client's tantrums. Which of the following would not capture these patterns?
Scatterplot
Narrative recording
A-B-C checklist
Frequency and interval (time-sampling) data

D) Frequency and interval (time-sampling) data

. Features of a well-designed data sheet may include:
Date of session
Definitions of behavior(s)
Mastery criteria
All of the above

D) all of the above