RBT Practice Exam 2

During a session, a child hits his peer. Your immediate action should be to:

A Behavior Analyst is training you to take data on a client who engages in aggression. The Behavior Analyst instructs you to record the number of times the client hits, kicks, or bites a person or object during a 60-minute session. Which type of measurement is the Behavior Analyst asking you to use?

Your supervisor asks you to collect data on a client’s hand-flapping behavior. They instruct you to record whether the behavior occurred at all during a 10-second interval. This type of measurement can sometimes overestimate the occurrence of the behavior. What type of discontinuous measurement are you using?

Recording whether a behavior occurred at the end of each 30-second interval is called:

You are a newly certified RBT working with a client. The client’s parent sends you a friend request on social media. What is the most appropriate course of action?

You are documenting a session in which a client met a skill acquisition goal. The most professional and objective way to write a note about this is:

A client is learning to identify farm animals. Your supervisor presents a picture of a horse and says, “Show me the horse.” You wait for 10 seconds, but the client does not respond. What are you measuring in this scenario?

What should you do if you notice inaccurate data collection by another staff member?

A graph shows that a child’s on-task behavior is increasing steadily over 4 weeks. What does this suggest?

A client often whines and cries in the morning. When this happens, their parents immediately give them a tablet to watch videos. Your BCBA hypothesizes that this behavior is maintained by what function?

What is the RBT’s primary responsibility during sessions?

You are told to collect data on a client’s hand-flapping behavior. Your supervisor wants to know the total amount of time the client engages in the behavior during a 30-minute observation. What type of measurement are you using?

Which of the following is an example of shaping?

A client consistently engages in hitting behavior during group play. Your BCBA instructs you to reinforce the client with a token and praise whenever they are using their hands appropriately to play with toys. What type of differential reinforcement is this?

A client engages in self-injurious behavior (SIB) when they are alone in their room. Your BCBA hypothesizes that the behavior provides a form of internal stimulation. What is the likely function of the SIB?

The BACB requires RBTs to be supervised for a minimum of what percentage of their direct service hours per month?

A token economy is most effective when:

A client has mastered a skill in the therapy room with their RBT. Now, the BCBA wants the client to be able to use the skill at home with their parents and at school with their teacher. What principle of ABA is the BCBA focusing on?

You are working with a client and notice they are starting to show signs of frustration. You give them a choice between playing with a train or a car before a behavior occurs. This is an example of what type of intervention?

Which of the following is an example of objective data?

If a child tantrums and the parent removes the demand, what type of reinforcement is happening?

While at a grocery store, a client is crying and pointing to a bag of chips. The client’s parent immediately hands them the chips, and the crying stops. What is the most likely function of the crying?

A BCBA asks you to collect data on a student’s on-task behavior. You are told to record whether the student is on task at the very end of a 3-minute interval. What type of measurement are you using?

An RBT is told to take data on how long it takes a client to respond to a prompt. The RBT uses a stopwatch to measure the time between the prompt “Sit down” and the moment the client’s bottom touches the chair. What is the RBT measuring?

During a session, a BCBA tells you to reinforce the client for every 5 minutes they are not yelling. What type of differential reinforcement are you using?