CERTIFIED BEHAVIOR REDUCTION
SPECIALIST EXAMINATION GUIDE 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ 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.
⩥ 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.
⩥ List the four functions of behavior:. Answer: Social positive
(attention/access), Social negative (escaping), Automatic Positive
(sensory stimulation), Automatic Negative (pain attenuation)
SPECIALIST EXAMINATION GUIDE 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ 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.
⩥ 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.
⩥ List the four functions of behavior:. Answer: Social positive
(attention/access), Social negative (escaping), Automatic Positive
(sensory stimulation), Automatic Negative (pain attenuation)
