RBT Practice Exam – Test 2

1. A client loves candy, but their dentist warns against its use due to severe cavities. What should the RBT do?

2. A therapist explains a session summary to a parent in a crowded store. What is the primary concern here?

3. A therapist uses tokens that can be exchanged for different rewards. One day, the client chooses candy, another day, a break. What kind of reinforcer are tokens?

4. A client flaps their hands during sessions. The team begins providing chewy toys and praise when the child keeps their hands in pockets. What type of reinforcement is being used?

5. You are measuring how long it takes a student to respond after hearing the instruction “clean up.” Which measurement system is this?

6. A therapist reinforces a child every time they raise their hand and does not reinforce yelling. Over time, yelling decreases. What strategy is being used?

7. During a session, a child is told to “match the pictures.” The therapist shows two identical pictures and the child places one on top of the other. No prompts were given. How should this trial be recorded?

8. A client is taught to wash hands using backward chaining. What does this look like in practice?

9. A BCBA reviews progress with the RBT and notices that no changes have been made to the program after 3 months. The RBT says the plan hasn't been updated. What’s the best course of action?

10. You observe that a client is given a toy for saying “car” but receives no toy when saying “train.” Over time, the client only says “car.” What process is being used here?

11. During a preference assessment, the client is allowed to move freely around the room and interact with any of the toys available. The therapist records how long the child interacts with each toy. What type of assessment is this?

12. A therapist shows a red card and gives the instruction “say red.” The child says “red” and receives praise and a gummy. What component of the three-term contingency is the red card?

13. After throwing a toy, a child is told to clean it up and is not given attention. As a result, the child stops throwing toys. What type of consequence led to the behavior change?

14. A therapist presents a bell sound before offering juice to a child. Over time, the child begins to salivate at the sound of the bell alone. What type of conditioning is being demonstrated?

15. During a session, you observe that every time the therapist gives a demand, the client starts screaming. The therapist continues the session without providing the item the client is screaming for. What part of the ABC model does the therapist’s action represent?

16. Jessica provides learning opportunities across different environments, materials, and people to promote skill use in various contexts. What is she targeting?

17. When a BCBA gives a learner a series of tasks to complete without prior instruction to assess current skill levels, what is this process called?

18. What is the appropriate way to store and transport client data that includes protected health information (PHI)?

19. Which differential reinforcement procedure is used to increase the rate of a target behavior?

20. Which type of graph is most commonly used in ABA to track behavioral data over time?

21. On a line graph, which axis is referred to as the abscissa?

22. Reinforcing a behavior that cannot occur at the same time as a problem behavior is known as which differential reinforcement procedure?

23. An RBT observes whether a client is sitting at the exact moment a 2-minute timer ends. What type of data collection is this?

24. If an RBT counts 18 instances of a child throwing a toy, what type of measurement is being recorded?

25. Which chaining method involves teaching all steps of a task in every session until the skill is mastered?

26. When a client puts money in a vending machine and receives a drink without another person being involved, what type of reinforcement is this?

27. Measuring the time between one bite and the next during a meal is an example of what type of measurement?

28. When groceries are used as proof that a client completed a shopping task, what type of data collection is being used?

29. A child says “cookie” upon seeing a cookie on the table, without being asked or prompted. This is an example of which verbal operant?

30. Which of the following is NOT considered a type of functional behavior assessment?

31. Which of the following is an example of continuous measurement?

32. Noah is reinforced for keeping his hands in his pockets, which physically prevents him from sucking his fingers. What type of differential reinforcement is this?

33. Liam teaches color identification by having the client sort pens by color. What teaching strategy is this an example of?

34. Jhon counts how many times a client engages in pinching during a session. What type of measurement is being used?

35. What is interresponse time (IRT) in behavior measurement?

36. What does latency measure in the context of behavior?

37. When Sam’s mother praises him for using a soft voice and tapping but ignores his yelling, what type of strategy is being implemented?

38. What is considered best practice when an RBT communicates with caregivers or other stakeholders?

39. In a continuous reinforcement schedule (FR1), how often is reinforcement delivered?

40. When Sheila uses toy dinosaurs as a reward after a child earns tokens, the dinosaurs function as what type of reinforcer?

41. Extinction, Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO), and Response Blocking are all considered what type of intervention?

42. A teacher records whether a behavior occurred during the full duration of 20 daily one-minute intervals. What type of data collection method is this?

43. When reducing a problem behavior through punishment or extinction, what additional step should be taken to promote long-term success?

44. What type of measurement is being collected when an RBT gathers five days of baseline data before implementing an intervention?

45. When a behavior is more likely to occur in the presence of a specific stimulus than in its absence, this demonstrates which behavioral principle?

46. Which preference assessment involves presenting two items at a time and ensuring all possible combinations are shown?

47. Which of the following is an example of an unconditioned punisher?

48. What is the primary purpose of observing the consequences following a behavior during a functional assessment?

49. In which type of preference assessment are selected items removed after each choice, and no new items are added?

50. Which type of preference assessment allows the client to interact freely with available items, while the therapist records the duration and frequency of engagement without providing any prompts?