RBT Exam Practice Questions and
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When preparing for data collection, a RBT should do all of the following except:
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Identify the target(s) behavior II II II
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Have a 1:1 meeting with the parent to discuss assessment results and goals
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Review client programming before starting a session - Have a 1:1 meeting with the
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parent to discuss assessment results and goals
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Your BCBA instructs you to take data on how many times your client engages in verbal
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refusal in 30-minute intervals. What type of data collection use? - Rate
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Your BCBA instructs you that he/she wants you to record how long your clients' tantrums
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last. What type of data collection would you use? - Duration
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The RBT recorded 18 instances of the child throwing items in the classroom. What type
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of continuous measurement procedure is the RBT implementing? - Frequency
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The BCBA instructs you to measure the time between the end of one response to the
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beginning of the same response. What continuous measurement procedure is being
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implemented? - Inter-response time
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All of the following are discontinuous measurement procedures, except:
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Whole interval recording II II
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Partial Interval recording II II
Inter-response time - Inter-response time II II II II II II
Which measurement procedure is being used if the observer is recording if the target
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behavior occurred at any point in the interval? - Partial Interval Recording
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A RBT sets a timer for 2 minutes. When the 2-minute timer goes off, the RBT looks up
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immediately to see if their client is sitting in their seat. - Momentary Time Sampling
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The observer is recording data on tangible items (e.g., completed math worksheets) left
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over in the environment that can be recorded at a later time. What measurement
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procedure is being described? - Permanent Product Recording
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II II. When graphing data, _______is labeled the X-Axis and _______is labeled the Y-Axis. -
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II II The Abscissa refers to which axis on a line graph? - X-Axis
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, II IIWhat is the most common graph used in applied behavior analysis? - Line graph
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Which term is used to describe anything an organism does that is observable and
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measurable? - Behavior
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A BCBA is describing to the RBT the target response for data collection. He/she then
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describes the physical form or shape of the behavior, in other words, what the behavior
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looks like. The BCBA is describing the ________ of the target behavior. - Topography
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The RBT instructed the learner that it is time to go to the classroom to practice tracing
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lower case letters. Once seated, the learner engages in elopement each time the RBT
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presents the instruction "Let's Trace." Based on the scenario and the 4 functions of
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behavior, what appears to be the function? - Escape
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. The RBT is working with a new client on identifying preferences. The RBT presents 5
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items in front of the child including a car, bubbles, a train, a stuffed animal, and a puzzle.
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The RBT states "Pick one." The child chooses the bubbles. In the next presentation of the
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stimuli, the bubbles are taken out of the array and the other items are re-arranged. The
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RBT instructs the client again to "Choose one." Which preference assessment is being
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implemented? - Multiple Stimuli without Replacement
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The BCBA gave the RBT 10 tasks to have the learner perform to assess whether the
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learner can perform the tasks or not. This is an example of: - Probing
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Essential components of a written skill acquisition plan include all of the following,
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except:
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Identify a measurement procedure for data collection
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Review data on average once every 2 months - Review data on average once every 2
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months
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First, the RBT gathered the necessary materials needed for data collection and program
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implementation. Next, the RBT spent 15 minutes before their session reviewing the
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updated behavior intervention plan and programming to prepare for their session. The
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RBT had 2 questions and reached out to the supervising BCBA for clarification before
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beginning the session. These are all necessary components of: - Preparing for the
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session as required by the skill acquisition plan
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This describes a principle of behavior describing a response consequence functional
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relation in which the response is followed immediately by a stimulus change that results in
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similar responses occurring more often in the future: - Reinforcement
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John receives a token (as part of a token economy) every time he brushes his teeth
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before going to bed. This is an example of:
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Positive reinforcement II
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