RBT Mock Test – 85 Questions | Free Practice Exam 2026

During a discrete trial training session at a clinic, an RBT is teaching a 6-year-old named Marcus to identify colors. After Marcus correctly points to the red card, the RBT immediately says “Great job!” and gives him a small sticker. What is the sticker functioning as in this scenario?

An RBT is collecting data on how many times a 9-year-old named Priya raises her hand during a 30-minute classroom session. Which measurement system is the RBT using?

A behavior technician is working with 14-year-old Jordan at home. Jordan’s mother enters the room and Jordan immediately stops engaging with the therapist and begins screaming. The ABC data shows: A = Mother enters room, B = Jordan screams, C = Session ends early. What function does this behavior most likely serve?

An RBT is using a whole interval recording system to collect data on 7-year-old Aisha’s on-task behavior. If Aisha is on-task for only the last 5 seconds of a 10-second interval, how should the RBT record this interval?

During a community outing to a grocery store, 19-year-old Damian, who has autism, begins hitting his head against the shopping cart. The RBT should FIRST:

An RBT is recording the time between when a teacher says “Line up” and when 8-year-old Kenji begins walking to the door. What type of measurement is this?

A parent reports that their child, 5-year-old Sofia, has started throwing food at mealtimes. The RBT should:

An RBT is teaching 10-year-old Eli to brush his teeth by first teaching him to pick up the toothbrush, then apply toothpaste, then brush. This approach is called:

During a session, the RBT notices that 16-year-old Nia seems very upset and tearful. Nia says her parents are fighting a lot at home. The RBT should:

A BCBA instructs an RBT to use extinction for a behavior maintained by attention. Which of the following is the correct implementation?

An RBT is using a partial interval recording system with 15-second intervals to track 6-year-old Liam’s out-of-seat behavior during a 10-minute session. Liam is out of his seat for 5 seconds in one interval. How should this be recorded?

Which of the following is the BEST example of negative reinforcement?

An RBT is running a preference assessment with 11-year-old Tobias by placing several items in front of him and allowing him to freely choose among them over multiple trials. What type of preference assessment is this?

During session, 4-year-old Maya grabs the RBT’s tablet without asking. The BIP states to use differential reinforcement of alternative behavior (DRA). What should the RBT do?

An RBT is working on manding with a 3-year-old named Leo who is nonverbal. Leo reaches toward a juice box. The RBT holds up the juice box and waits. This is an example of which prompting strategy?

Which of the following BEST describes the role of a discriminative stimulus (SD)?

An RBT working with a 13-year-old named Carlos notices bruising on his arms that was not there last week. What is the MOST appropriate action?

During a skill acquisition program, an RBT provides a full physical prompt to help 5-year-old Grace complete a puzzle piece. Over time, the RBT moves from full physical to partial physical to gestural prompting. This process is called:

A client’s BIP requires the RBT to collect ABC data. “C” in ABC data stands for:

An RBT is teaching 15-year-old Ahmed to greet his co-workers appropriately during a vocational training program at a local business. The skill is being trained in the actual workplace rather than a clinic. This is an example of:

Which of the following behaviors would MOST likely be measured using duration recording?

An RBT is working with 8-year-old Zoe, who engages in elopement at school. The RBT should NOT:

A child earns tokens during a session and exchanges them for a preferred item at the end. This is an example of:

Which of the following is an example of an antecedent intervention?

An RBT is collecting momentary time sampling data every 5 minutes on 12-year-old Raj’s stereotypy. The RBT looks up at exactly the 5-minute mark and records whether the behavior is occurring at that exact moment. This is:

Which of the following BEST describes extinction burst?

An RBT is running a paired-stimulus preference assessment with 9-year-old Destiny. Which procedure is being used?

During a session, the supervising BCBA asks the RBT to implement a new procedure the RBT has never been trained on. The RBT should:

An RBT is using backward chaining to teach 7-year-old Noah to put on a jacket. Which step would be taught FIRST?

Which of the following is an example of differential reinforcement of other behavior (DRO)?

An RBT is working with 17-year-old Serena, who engages in self-injurious behavior (SIB) determined to be automatically reinforced. Which intervention would be MOST consistent with this function?

A parent asks an RBT to share their child’s therapy progress notes with the child’s teacher. The RBT should:

An RBT is teaching 6-year-old Isabella to say “ball” when shown a ball. Over many trials, Isabella begins saying “ball” when she sees a ball at home, at school, and at the park. This is an example of:

Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of a functional behavior assessment (FBA)?

An RBT notices that a previously mastered skill — 10-year-old Ben identifying the letters of the alphabet — is beginning to deteriorate. What phase of learning is this decline associated with?

During a mand training session, the RBT holds up a cookie and asks 4-year-old Mia “What do you want?” Mia says “cookie.” The RBT gives Mia the cookie. In this exchange, “cookie” (the verbal response) is an example of:

An RBT is implementing a token economy with 8-year-old Derek. Derek earns a token for every 5 minutes he remains on-task. He needs 10 tokens to earn his preferred activity. One session, the RBT removes 3 tokens after Derek throws materials. The removal of tokens is an example of:

Which of the following is an example of a continuous measurement procedure?

A behavior technician is working with 20-year-old Marcus in a supported employment setting. Marcus’s behavior plan calls for using a fixed ratio 3 (FR3) schedule of reinforcement. This means Marcus receives reinforcement:

Which of the following is the MOST appropriate way for an RBT to respond if a client makes a statement suggesting they may be experiencing abuse at home?

An RBT is using a most-to-least prompting hierarchy with 5-year-old Chloe during a matching task. What does this mean?

Which of the following scenarios BEST illustrates shaping?

An RBT should maintain client confidentiality in all of the following situations EXCEPT:

During a session, 11-year-old Tyler begins engaging in problem behavior during a demand. The RBT immediately removes the task. Over time, Tyler’s problem behavior during demands increases. What has the RBT inadvertently done?

An RBT records the following data for a 20-minute session using 1-minute partial interval recording: behavior was observed in 14 out of 20 intervals. What percentage of intervals did the behavior occur?

A client’s parent asks the RBT, “Do you think my daughter will ever talk?” The MOST appropriate RBT response is:

Which of the following is an example of stimulus delta (S-delta)?

A 3-year-old named Caden does not yet have any identified reinforcers. The BCBA asks the RBT to conduct a preference assessment. Which assessment should the RBT use to identify potential reinforcers when the child has no clear preferences yet?

Which of the following describes the BACB’s requirement regarding dual relationships for RBTs?

An RBT has been asked to measure how long it takes 12-year-old Jake to complete a math worksheet from the moment the worksheet is placed in front of him until he writes the last answer. This is:

An RBT is working with 22-year-old Devon in a supported living setting. Devon earns reinforcement after an unpredictable number of responses, sometimes after 2 and sometimes after 8, with an average of 5. This is an example of:

The BACB requires RBTs to receive ongoing supervision from a qualified supervisor. What is the minimum supervision requirement for RBTs per month?

Which of the following BEST defines a punisher in behavioral terms?

An RBT is working with 7-year-old Harper, who engages in frequent tantrums when her tablet is taken away. The function is access to tangibles. The MOST appropriate function-based intervention is:

A client’s behavior has been placed on an extinction procedure. The RBT notices that the client has begun engaging in a new, equally disruptive behavior. This phenomenon is known as:

During a home session, the RBT observes that the child’s older sibling is consistently teasing the client, which triggers the client’s aggressive behavior. The RBT should:

Which of the following is an example of a conditioned reinforcer?

An RBT is collecting ABC data on 8-year-old Felix. Which of the following would be recorded as the antecedent?

An RBT is working with 13-year-old Simone, who has been successfully taught to wash her hands at the clinic. The BCBA asks the RBT to probe this skill at Simone’s school and at home. This is called:

An RBT’s supervisor provides corrective feedback after a session. The MOST professional response from the RBT is:

An RBT is collecting data on 9-year-old Anna’s crying. The RBT records a “+” for every 10-second interval in which crying occurs for any portion of the interval. This is:

An RBT is instructed to run a “cool-down” procedure after a crisis. What is the PRIMARY purpose of this post-crisis period?

Which of the following is NOT within the scope of practice for an RBT?

An RBT is running a DTT session and consistently delivers reinforcement 10 seconds after the client’s response. What problem does this timing error create?

Which of the following is the BEST example of incidental teaching?

An RBT is implementing discrete trial training (DTT) with a 7-year-old. Which of the following is the correct sequence of a DTT trial?

A new RBT is reviewing a client’s data and notices a consistent flat trend across 10 sessions for a skill in acquisition. What does this suggest?

During a naturalistic teaching session at a park, 5-year-old Lucia spontaneously labels a dog as “dog” without any prompt from the RBT. This is an example of:

An RBT is recording data on 10-year-old Mateo’s aggressive behavior. The RBT records the time the behavior starts and the time it ends. Which measurement system is being used?

A BCBA has determined that 16-year-old Jasmine’s aggressive behavior serves an escape function. Which of the following interventions would BEST address the escape function?

An RBT is working in a school setting with 10-year-old Omar on reading comprehension. The supervising BCBA is not present. Omar’s teacher asks the RBT to skip the behavior program and just help Omar with a class test instead. The RBT should:

Which of the following is an example of a motivating operation (MO)?

An RBT working with 6-year-old Elena in a home setting is using least-to-most prompting. Elena does not respond to a verbal prompt. What should the RBT do NEXT?

An RBT completes a session and notices an error in the data she already submitted. She should:

A 10-year-old client named Zara has just mastered sorting objects by color. Her BCBA wants to teach her to sort by shape next. Before beginning the new program, the RBT should:

An RBT is working with 8-year-old Nadia in a clinic setting. Nadia is learning to identify community helpers (doctor, firefighter, teacher) using picture cards. After Nadia correctly identifies all three pictures in a row without any prompts across three consecutive sessions, what phase of learning has she most likely reached?

During a home session, an RBT is working with 25-year-old Raymond on cooking skills. Raymond’s program uses a task analysis. After Raymond completes each step independently, the RBT marks a “+” on the data sheet. If Raymond needs a prompt, the RBT marks a “−”. What type of data collection is this?

A supervising BCBA tells an RBT to implement a non-contingent reinforcement (NCR) procedure with 9-year-old Khalid, whose property destruction is attention-maintained. Which of the following BEST describes how NCR should be implemented in this case?

An RBT is working with 6-year-old twin sisters, Amara and Kezia, at the same agency but on separate programs. A staff member who works with Kezia approaches the RBT and casually asks, “How is Amara doing in her sessions lately?” The RBT should:

An RBT is running a discrete trial training session with 5-year-old Theo on receptive identification of body parts. The RBT says “Touch your nose,” Theo touches his ear, and the RBT immediately says “Nice try” and moves to the next trial. Which component of the DTT trial is missing or incorrectly implemented?

An RBT is working with 11-year-old Marcus in a school setting. During a math task, Marcus begins tapping his pencil repeatedly on the desk. The RBT ignores the tapping and continues the session. Later, the RBT notices the tapping has increased significantly over the past two weeks. What does this pattern most likely indicate?

An RBT is teaching 7-year-old Fatima to request items using a picture exchange communication system (PECS). Fatima picks up a picture of a pretzel and hands it to the RBT. The RBT immediately gives Fatima a pretzel. In behavioral terms, handing the picture card to the RBT is functioning as:

During a session at a community recreational center, 17-year-old Darius begins engaging in loud vocal outbursts. Several members of the public are staring. The RBT feels embarrassed and moves Darius to a quieter corner of the building away from the crowd. Over the following weeks, vocal outbursts in community settings increase. What has most likely occurred?

A BCBA asks an RBT to track the time between each individual response during a 15-minute rapid naming task with 13-year-old Sofia. For example, the RBT records the time between when Sofia says one letter and when she says the next. What measurement system is being used?

An RBT has been working with 4-year-old Lily for six months. Lily’s family has become very fond of the RBT and invites her to Lily’s birthday party at their home. The RBT should: