PEARSON RBT EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The roles and responsibilities of the RBT include which of the following? - answer- All of
the above
(deliver discrete trial instruction and incidental teaching, record data, and implement
behavior interventions plans as written as a BCBA)
True/False: An RBT can practice independently of a BCBA - answer- False
Rate is... - answer- the total count per a unit of time
Duration is... - answer- the time from when the behavior begins to when it ends.
Latency is... - answer- the time between the presentation of a stimulus and the
occurrence of a behavior
Which of the following is a continuous recording method? - answer- All of the above
(duration, rate/frequency, and latency)
calculate frequency/rate per hour and minute for a behavior that occurred 120 times
over a 2 hour observation - answer- 60 per hour, 1 per minute
partial-interval recording is... - answer- When the behavior must occur at least once
during the interval to be recorded
Whole-interval recording is.... - answer- when the behavior must occur for the entire
interval to be recorded.
Momentary time sampling is.... - answer- when the behavior must be occurring at the
end of the interval to be recorded.
True/False: An Abolishing Operation decreases the value of a particular reinforcer -
answer- True
What is the main purpose of pairing yourself with reinforcement: - answer- to make you
reinforcing to the client
What is differential reinforcement? - answer- reinforcing a desired behavior while
discontinuing the reinforcement for an undesired behavior.
Which of the following is not a Differential Reinforcement procedure? - answer-
Differential reinforcement of appropriate behaviors.
Which of the following is an incompatible behavior for hand flipping? - answer-
Squeezing hands together.
, Define Extinction: - answer- Discontinuation of a reinforcement of a previously
reinforced behavior; the primary effect is a decrease in the frequency of 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? -
answer- False.
You are working with a client who engages in verbal aggression. The BCBA on the case
has determined that the verbal aggression is maintain by escape from demands. The
BCBA asks you to use extinction as a part of the intervention plan. Briefly describe what
this procedure would look like. - answer- Not allowing the client to escape from
demands when he/she engages in verbal aggression and providing no reaction or
response to the verbal aggression.
Inter-response time is... - answer- The time between the end of one instance of the
behavior and the beginning of the next occurrence of behavior.
which recording method would you expect to use when a target behavior is set to
increase? - answer- whole-interval recording
Which recording method would you expect to use when a target behavior is set to
decrease? - answer- 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? - answer- False
Which of the following are examples of "permanent products" that can be used to collect
data using permanent product recording procedures. - answer- Number of broken
windows and folded shirts
True/False: permanent product recording is one of the lease cumbersome data
recording methods - answer- True
Choose the best operational definition for a tantrum - answer- Any instance of the client
crying and hitting himself in the head with a closed fist which makes a sound that can be
heard within five feet. Instance must last longer than 30 seconds and are separated by
30 seconds of non-occurrence.
Define behavior: - answer- The activity of living organisms; human behavior includes
everything that people do.
define environment: - answer- the conglomerate of real circumstances in which the
organism or references part of the organism exists; behavior cannot occur in the
absence of environment.
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