lOMoARc PSD|17103908
RBT EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
UPDATED QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
ALREADY GRADED
1) Which of the following would be best at tracking frequency?
a) A stopwatch
b) Your hand
c) Counting in your head
d) A clicker counter
.
2) You are recording how long it takes your client to get dressed in the morning. What type of
data are you taking?
a) Frequency
b) IRT
c) Duration
d) Latency
.
3) Billy's mom gave him a list of items to buy at the grocery store while Billy's mom was at work.
When she returned home, she checked to make sure Billy had bought all of the items on the
list. What type of data collection is this?
a) Permanent Product
b) Frequency
c) IRT
d) Rate
.
4) Your role in a functional assessment as an RBT is?
a) To criticize the assessment
b) To assist with the assessment
c) To conduct the assessment
d) To standy by and do nothing
.
5) What is your primary role as an RBT?
a) Treatment planning
b) Preference assessment
c) Parent training
d) Implementation
.
6) Which of the following behaviors is defined in the most observable and measurable terms?
a) Susie snapper her pencil in half after she incorrectly answered the math problem
b) Susie was angry so she snapped her pencil in half
c) Susie snapped her pencil in half because she has autism
d) Susie's anxiety caused her to snap her pencil in half
.
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7) You want to decrease the time it takes your client to eat their meal. You are told to record the
length of time in between bites. What kind of data are you collecting?
a) Duration
b) Total task
c) IRT
d) Latency
.
8) What is the difference between frequency and rate?
a) Rate is frequency with a time component added
b) Rate requires duration data
c) There is no difference between the two
d) Rate is more accurate than frequency
.
9) Before you can start collecting data, what is the first thing that should be done?
a) Collect your required materials
b) Define the target behavior
c) Report to your supervisor
d) Select a data collection method
.
10) What type of interval recording underestimates the occurrence of behavior?
a) Partial interval
b) Whole interval
c) Momentary time sampling
d) Frequency
.
11) Which of the following is a type of discontinuous measurement?
a) Frequency
b) Rate
c) Duration
d) Partial interval recording
.
12) What is the goal of a preference assessment?
a) Find out what is reinforcing to the client
b) Determine punishers for the individual
c) Identify stimuli that may be motivating
d) Allow the client to choose what they want to work on during session
.
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13) You are teaching your client to say "bubble." Your client says "b" and you deliver
reinforcement. Next time your client says "b" you don't deliver reinforcement. Instead, you wait
until your client says "bub". You repeat this process and slowly increase the requirements for
reinforcement up until your client says "bubble." What are you implementing?
a) Shaping
b) Task chaining
c) FCT
d) Punishment
.
14) You are trying to teach your client to wash your hands. Your BCBA instructs you to use
backwards chaining to teach this. What step might you teach first?
a) Turning the water on
b) Putting soap on their hands
c) Drying their hands off with a towel
d) Entering the bathroom
.
15) When explaining something to parents what should you try and do?
a) Use technical language and jargon
b) Never explain anything to parents
c) Record every conversation you have with parents
d) Use terminology that the parent is able to understand
.
16) Bobby is working with a client in-home. The client's mom wants the client to be able to
prepare their own breakfast. Bobby teaches the client to make scrambled eggs using a task
chain procedure. Bobby helps the client by getting out the plate and utensils. The client turns
on the stove, heats the pan, puts butter in the pan, cracks the eggs in the pan, scrambles the
eggs, puts them on a plate, and turns off the stove. One day, Bobby does not put out the
plate. What is he implementing?
a) Forward chaining
b) Behavior Chain Interruption Strategy (BCIS)
c) Task analysis
d) Fading
.
17) Tangible, automatic, attention, and escape are?
a) Irrelevant to ABA
b) Mentalisms
c) The four functions of behavior
d) A type of punishment
.
RBT EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
UPDATED QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
ALREADY GRADED
1) Which of the following would be best at tracking frequency?
a) A stopwatch
b) Your hand
c) Counting in your head
d) A clicker counter
.
2) You are recording how long it takes your client to get dressed in the morning. What type of
data are you taking?
a) Frequency
b) IRT
c) Duration
d) Latency
.
3) Billy's mom gave him a list of items to buy at the grocery store while Billy's mom was at work.
When she returned home, she checked to make sure Billy had bought all of the items on the
list. What type of data collection is this?
a) Permanent Product
b) Frequency
c) IRT
d) Rate
.
4) Your role in a functional assessment as an RBT is?
a) To criticize the assessment
b) To assist with the assessment
c) To conduct the assessment
d) To standy by and do nothing
.
5) What is your primary role as an RBT?
a) Treatment planning
b) Preference assessment
c) Parent training
d) Implementation
.
6) Which of the following behaviors is defined in the most observable and measurable terms?
a) Susie snapper her pencil in half after she incorrectly answered the math problem
b) Susie was angry so she snapped her pencil in half
c) Susie snapped her pencil in half because she has autism
d) Susie's anxiety caused her to snap her pencil in half
.
1
, lOMoARc PSD|17103908
7) You want to decrease the time it takes your client to eat their meal. You are told to record the
length of time in between bites. What kind of data are you collecting?
a) Duration
b) Total task
c) IRT
d) Latency
.
8) What is the difference between frequency and rate?
a) Rate is frequency with a time component added
b) Rate requires duration data
c) There is no difference between the two
d) Rate is more accurate than frequency
.
9) Before you can start collecting data, what is the first thing that should be done?
a) Collect your required materials
b) Define the target behavior
c) Report to your supervisor
d) Select a data collection method
.
10) What type of interval recording underestimates the occurrence of behavior?
a) Partial interval
b) Whole interval
c) Momentary time sampling
d) Frequency
.
11) Which of the following is a type of discontinuous measurement?
a) Frequency
b) Rate
c) Duration
d) Partial interval recording
.
12) What is the goal of a preference assessment?
a) Find out what is reinforcing to the client
b) Determine punishers for the individual
c) Identify stimuli that may be motivating
d) Allow the client to choose what they want to work on during session
.
, lOMoARc PSD|17103908
13) You are teaching your client to say "bubble." Your client says "b" and you deliver
reinforcement. Next time your client says "b" you don't deliver reinforcement. Instead, you wait
until your client says "bub". You repeat this process and slowly increase the requirements for
reinforcement up until your client says "bubble." What are you implementing?
a) Shaping
b) Task chaining
c) FCT
d) Punishment
.
14) You are trying to teach your client to wash your hands. Your BCBA instructs you to use
backwards chaining to teach this. What step might you teach first?
a) Turning the water on
b) Putting soap on their hands
c) Drying their hands off with a towel
d) Entering the bathroom
.
15) When explaining something to parents what should you try and do?
a) Use technical language and jargon
b) Never explain anything to parents
c) Record every conversation you have with parents
d) Use terminology that the parent is able to understand
.
16) Bobby is working with a client in-home. The client's mom wants the client to be able to
prepare their own breakfast. Bobby teaches the client to make scrambled eggs using a task
chain procedure. Bobby helps the client by getting out the plate and utensils. The client turns
on the stove, heats the pan, puts butter in the pan, cracks the eggs in the pan, scrambles the
eggs, puts them on a plate, and turns off the stove. One day, Bobby does not put out the
plate. What is he implementing?
a) Forward chaining
b) Behavior Chain Interruption Strategy (BCIS)
c) Task analysis
d) Fading
.
17) Tangible, automatic, attention, and escape are?
a) Irrelevant to ABA
b) Mentalisms
c) The four functions of behavior
d) A type of punishment
.
