RBT Practice Exam 2

1. When a behavior analyst breaks down a difficult behavior into a series of discrete steps, this is called a _ _ _ _?

2. A differential reinforcement procedure where all behaviors EXCEPT one specific behavior are reinforced is referred to as _ _ _ _?

3. Todd walks up to a vending machine, puts some coins inside, and punches in the code for his favorite beverage. The vending machine dispenses a beverage, which Todd then drinks.

What type of consequence (from the choices below) does this example most closely exemplify?

4. Noah struggles with sucking on his fingers. During a session, he is reinforced when he keeps his hand in his pocket. Which of the following is this an example of?

5. What is the definition of latency in behavior measurement?

6. What is interresponse time (IRT)?

7. Which of the following is an example of a Three-Term-Contingency that uses Positive Reinforcement?

8. Billy is teaching a student to wash her hands using a task analysis. He teaches the first step and then completes all subsequent steps for his students. When his student masters the first step, he introduces the second step in the task analysis into teaching.

What type of chaining method is this called?

9. Your BCBA instructs you to use a continuous schedule of reinforcement for a new goal. What does this mean?

10. Which of the following is NOT a type of functional behavioral assessment procedure?

11. We can reduce behavior through punishment or extinction. However, whenever we reduce a behavior, what else should we do?

12. Which of the following is considered the best practice for an RBT to communicate with stakeholders?

13. What type of differential reinforcement procedure involves strengthening a response that is physically impossible to perform simultaneously with some other, non-preferred response?

14. While teaching his pet monkey to dance, Tim observes that when he rewards the monkey with dried banana chips for performing a trick correctly, the monkey consistently performs the trick correctly in subsequent attempts. This demonstrates a noticeable increase in the desired behavior. What type of consequence does this most closely exemplify?

15. Which axis on a line graph does the Abscissa refer to?

16. Sheila is working with a 3-year-old boy. He enjoys playing with toy dinosaurs, so she brings a bag full of toy dinosaurs to her session and allows him to play with them when he earns 5 tokens for following his rules. Toy dinosaurs would be a:

17. Jhon is counting how many times their client pinches themselves. What type of measurement is Jhon using?

18. Difference between Antecedents and Consequences:

19. You are taking data continuously on a client’s multiplication problem-solving behavior. Which option below is a type of CONTINUOUS data collection?

20. Alex is teaching a client to wash their hands. Alex completes all the steps of handwashing for the client using hand-over-hand prompting, but on the final step, Alex uses prompting and reinforcement until the client independently completes that step. Once the final step is mastered, Alex begins teaching the second-to-last step, continuing to collect data on the final step as “maintenance.” This backward progression continues until the client can independently complete the entire task.

What type of teaching procedure is this?

21. In the break room in their clinic, a BCBA made a casual comment, which was more of a joke, which Sally (an RBT) felt a little uneasy about. The BCBA said, “I don’t care what the teacher thinks! My job is to get the kid to behave; if it disrupts her class a little bit, that’s her problem. We have enough problems as it is!” What, if anything, is wrong with this statement?

22. A therapist is working with a client who is learning to tie his shoes. He only has trouble with a few of the steps, and the BCBA has asked the therapist to teach each step in the chain using an across-topographies prompt hierarchy. Over a few weeks, the client begins to become increasingly independent until they have mastered the skill of tying their shoes.

What type of task analysis teaching method is this?

23. A differential reinforcement procedure where the inter-trial interval has decreased, resulting in an increased rate of behavior, is referred to as _ _ _ _?

24. When Jessica is working with her client, she ensures she is always providing learning opportunities across different stimuli, various times of the day, incorporating new people, and in teaching in different settings. What is Jessica programming for?

25. Tim is working with a client who has expressed concern with how much he eats and his overall weight gain. Tim notices that his client takes bites rather quickly and begins to measure the time from the end of one bite until the beginning of another bite.

What type of measurement is the duration from the end of one behavior until another instance of that same behavior?

26. During an initial assessment, an RBT was assisting a BCaBA. The RBT was asked to pay close attention to the consequences of problematic behaviors. The BCaBA told the RBT that he wanted to hypothesize about the WHY behind the client’s responses. The RBT is most likely assisting with a(n) _ _ _ 

27. The RBT recorded 18 instances of the child throwing items in the classroom. What type of continuous measurement procedure is the RBT implementing?

28. A client with dental issues and chronic health issues related to being overweight consults with a BCBA. She identifies that candy, ice cream, donuts, and other sugar snacks are valuable stimuli during an informal preference assessment.

What ethical issues, if any, are there to using these types of reinforcers with this type of client?

29. During a Naturalistic Observation, a client was presented with an array of stimuli. The client was free to interact with them. As the client interacted with the potential reinforcers, the therapist was collecting the time and number of interactions. The therapist used _ _ _

30. Terry gets a list of groceries to buy at the store from his girlfriend. He arrives at the store and checks each item off the list as he buys it, forgetting not a single item. When he gets home, Terry’s girlfriend checks the shopping bags to ensure Terry buys all the things he needs.

Using the purchased groceries as a method to verify Terry’s behavior of “purchasing items on a shopping list” is what type of data collection method?

31. Liam’s client enjoys collecting pens and has a bucket filled with different colors. During a session, Liam works with his client to sort the pens into different containers by color, using this activity to help the client identify and name the colors.

32. Essential components of a written skill acquisition plan include all of the following except:

33. Tim, an RBT, is at the supermarket when he sees a client with whom he regularly works. He excitedly greets his client and talks about their most recent therapy session. After he heads home, he realizes he did something wrong – what was it?

34. Extinction, Differential reinforcement of other behaviors, and Response block are all examples of?

35. During a Naturalistic Observation, a client was presented with an array of stimuli. As the client selected stimuli, these were removed from the environment. No other stimuli were added to the array. Which Preference Assessment did the RBT implement?

36. A classroom teacher is told to take 20 minutes of data on Brian’s behavior once per day. The teacher should set a timer for 1 minute, 20 times, and record a response if the behavior happens the full minute. What type of data collection is this?

37. _ _ _ are all involved in Operant Conditioning as Consequences

38. The rate of a given behavior is higher in the presence of a stimulus than then that stimulus is absent. This is an example of _ _ _ 

39. Sam yells loudly to get his mother’s attention. His mother reinforces close approximations to low speaking volumes and taps her to get her attention while ignoring the loud screams. This process of reinforcing appropriate responses and withholding reinforcement for inappropriate responses is an example of:

40. _ _ _ are involved in Classical Conditioning as Antecedent Conditrions

41. Which of the following ways is a safe way to store data collected during a therapy session that may contain PHI (Personal Health Information)?

42. A child sees a cookie and says, “Cookie.” Without any knowledge of the child’s motivation, what type of verbal operant does this most closely describe?

43. Avery has a goal to request (mand) for preferred items independently. Which of the following would be this goal’s most precise mastery criteria?

44. Your daughter is struggling in reading class, so you are referred to a specialist. The specialist informs you that they want your daughter to complete a 5-day assessment before the intervention starts in order to gather data. What type of data is the specialist gathering?

45. The BCBA gave the RBT 10 tasks to have the learner perform to assess whether the learner can perform the tasks or not. This is an example of:

46. An RBT was conducting a preference assessment. The client was presented with 2 stimuli at a time. The location of these was interchanged, and all potential pairings were presented to the client. Which Preference Assessment did the RBT implement?

47. What is the most common graph used in applied behavior analysis?

48. Which of the following means to stop reinforcing a previously reinforced behavior?

49. Which of the following is an example of an Unconditioned Punisher?

50. A RBT sets a timer for 2 minutes. When the 2-minute timer goes off, the RBT looks up immediately to see if their client is sitting in their seat.