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PEARSON VUE RBT MOCK EXAM 2026 | 85 Q&A (FULL
SIMULATOR) | 2ND & 3RD ED. TASK LIST | A+
As part of your supervision, your BCBA requires you to pick up coffee and bring it to each
session and meeting. Is this acceptable?
A. Yes, your BCBA is your boss
B. Yes, this could be considered part of supervision
C. No, BCBAs should not abuse their authority
D. Yes, it is okay if you are an RBT trainee accumulating hours
C
If you suspect a client is being abused or neglected, what is your ethical responsibility?
Discuss your concerns with the client's family.
Report your suspicions to the appropriate authorities.
Wait and see if the situation improves.
Ignore it unless you have concrete proof.
B
Maggie's client is a 9-year-old girl who likes to play dress-up. Usually, the client is
easygoing and fun to work with. Today, the client seems in a particularly bad mood and is
refusing to work. The client's mom tells Maggie that the client did not sleep well last night.
What should Maggie do?
End the session and let the client sleep.
Inform her supervisor and write it in the session notes.
Change the treatment plan to better fit the situation.
Offer advice on better sleep to the client's parents.
B
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You're implementing a behavior plan and start to feel uncertain about a couple of
procedures written into the plan due to how the client is responding to the procedures.
What should you do?
Stop implementing those procedures until the client feels more comfortable.
Stop implementing the plan altogether until you can talk to your supervisor.
Continue implementing the plan but attempt to contact your supervisor as soon as you can.
Continue implementing the plan as written unless told otherwise.
B
David is working with a client who has been making significant progress in reducing her
aggressive behaviors. One day, the client's dad asked David to provide a written testimonial
about the progress the client has made for her school records. David knows that sharing
information about clients must be done carefully to ensure confidentiality and ethical
compliance. What should he do?
Write the testimonial but keep it anonymous.
Explain that the testimonial would violate privacy and that he can't do it.
Tell the mom that he will first get approval from a supervisor before writing anything.
Call the school person at least so that the testimonial is not in writing.
C
Prior to the start of the session with the client, Thomas receives an updated treatment plan
from his supervisor. Thomas has never seen this behavior plan before and is confused about
certain strategies, but the supervisor tells him to implement it as well as he can
immediately. What should Thomas do?
Follow his supervisor instructions and implement the plan as well as he can.
Tell the supervisor he will implement the plan but not actually implement it during the
session.
Don't show up to the session until he is trained on the new plan.
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Tell the supervisor he is not comfortable with the new plan, but he will work on things he
knows how to do currently.
D
You show up to a client's house to do a session, but the client's parents are not there and
their older brother who is 15 years old is the only one present. What should you do?
Run the session as planned
Leave the house and tell your supervisor
Call your supervisor and ask what to do
Call the parents and see if they will be back soon
C
A newly hired employee is learning a complex data entry system. To minimize errors
during training, the supervisor immediately points to the correct fields on the screen before
the employee attempts to enter data. As the employee gains proficiency, the supervisor
gradually fades these prompts. What teaching method is exemplified by the supervisor's
initial pointing?
Discrete trial training (DTT)
Errorless teaching
Task analysis
Naturalistic teaching
B
Jason is visiting his grandmother, who makes delicious chocolate chip cookies. His
grandmother tells him he can have a cookie only after he finishes all of his lunch. Which
behavioral strategy does this represent?
Task chain
Task analysis
Premack principle
PEARSON VUE RBT MOCK EXAM 2026 | 85 Q&A (FULL
SIMULATOR) | 2ND & 3RD ED. TASK LIST | A+
As part of your supervision, your BCBA requires you to pick up coffee and bring it to each
session and meeting. Is this acceptable?
A. Yes, your BCBA is your boss
B. Yes, this could be considered part of supervision
C. No, BCBAs should not abuse their authority
D. Yes, it is okay if you are an RBT trainee accumulating hours
C
If you suspect a client is being abused or neglected, what is your ethical responsibility?
Discuss your concerns with the client's family.
Report your suspicions to the appropriate authorities.
Wait and see if the situation improves.
Ignore it unless you have concrete proof.
B
Maggie's client is a 9-year-old girl who likes to play dress-up. Usually, the client is
easygoing and fun to work with. Today, the client seems in a particularly bad mood and is
refusing to work. The client's mom tells Maggie that the client did not sleep well last night.
What should Maggie do?
End the session and let the client sleep.
Inform her supervisor and write it in the session notes.
Change the treatment plan to better fit the situation.
Offer advice on better sleep to the client's parents.
B
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You're implementing a behavior plan and start to feel uncertain about a couple of
procedures written into the plan due to how the client is responding to the procedures.
What should you do?
Stop implementing those procedures until the client feels more comfortable.
Stop implementing the plan altogether until you can talk to your supervisor.
Continue implementing the plan but attempt to contact your supervisor as soon as you can.
Continue implementing the plan as written unless told otherwise.
B
David is working with a client who has been making significant progress in reducing her
aggressive behaviors. One day, the client's dad asked David to provide a written testimonial
about the progress the client has made for her school records. David knows that sharing
information about clients must be done carefully to ensure confidentiality and ethical
compliance. What should he do?
Write the testimonial but keep it anonymous.
Explain that the testimonial would violate privacy and that he can't do it.
Tell the mom that he will first get approval from a supervisor before writing anything.
Call the school person at least so that the testimonial is not in writing.
C
Prior to the start of the session with the client, Thomas receives an updated treatment plan
from his supervisor. Thomas has never seen this behavior plan before and is confused about
certain strategies, but the supervisor tells him to implement it as well as he can
immediately. What should Thomas do?
Follow his supervisor instructions and implement the plan as well as he can.
Tell the supervisor he will implement the plan but not actually implement it during the
session.
Don't show up to the session until he is trained on the new plan.
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Tell the supervisor he is not comfortable with the new plan, but he will work on things he
knows how to do currently.
D
You show up to a client's house to do a session, but the client's parents are not there and
their older brother who is 15 years old is the only one present. What should you do?
Run the session as planned
Leave the house and tell your supervisor
Call your supervisor and ask what to do
Call the parents and see if they will be back soon
C
A newly hired employee is learning a complex data entry system. To minimize errors
during training, the supervisor immediately points to the correct fields on the screen before
the employee attempts to enter data. As the employee gains proficiency, the supervisor
gradually fades these prompts. What teaching method is exemplified by the supervisor's
initial pointing?
Discrete trial training (DTT)
Errorless teaching
Task analysis
Naturalistic teaching
B
Jason is visiting his grandmother, who makes delicious chocolate chip cookies. His
grandmother tells him he can have a cookie only after he finishes all of his lunch. Which
behavioral strategy does this represent?
Task chain
Task analysis
Premack principle
