Registered Behavior Technician Exam
Behavior assessment Correct Answer: A variety of methods to identify targets for behavior change.
Direct observation, interview, checklist, tests
Direct Assessment Correct Answer: Skill assessment that involves direct observation of the client and
tests.
Indirect Assessment Correct Answer: Skill assessment that involves interviews and checklists conducted
by others. (parents, teachers, etc)
Functional Behavior assessment (FBA) Correct Answer: Systematic method of assessment for obtaining
information about the purposes a problem behavior serves for a person.
Baseline Data Correct Answer: A condition of an experiment in which the intervention has not been
introduced
Stimulus Preference Assessment Correct Answer: Variety of procedures used to determine the item that
the client prefers.
Antecedent Correct Answer: An environmental condition that occurs prior to the behavior of interest.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Correct Answer: A group of complex neurodevelopment disorders.
Behavior Correct Answer: An act that can be clearly defined and observed. Examples include: laughing,
crying, jumping, smiling etc.
Consequence Correct Answer: A stimulus change that follows a behavior of interest.
Private Events Correct Answer: Events that are not observable: thoughts, feelings, emotions. Only the
person who has them can "observe" them.
Social validity Correct Answer: refers to the extent to which target behaviors are appropriate,
intervention procedures are acceptable, and important significant changes in target and collateral
behaviors are produced
Socially significant behavior Correct Answer: Behaviors that have immediate and long term benefits for
the person engaging in them.
Three-term contingency Correct Answer: Basic unit of analysis in analysis of behavior—antecedent-
behavior-consequence
Functions of behavior Correct Answer: All behavior has a purpose, thus a function: to get something, to
escape something, to gain attention or to entertain oneself
, Escape or Avoidance Correct Answer: function of behavior that is motivated by desire to get away from
a situation
Attention Correct Answer: function of behavior that is motivated by desire for attention from another
person
Sensory/Automatic Correct Answer: Behaviors that are internally reinforcing. They happen
independently of the external environment. They reduce boredom or stress.
Tangible Correct Answer: Behaviors that grant access to an item or desired activity. (Child screams for
candy in store: given candy)
Antecedent manipulations Correct Answer: Strategies that change a person's behavior by manipulating
conditions that precede the behavior.
Consequence Manipulation Correct Answer: As a consequence after the behavior has occurred, the
response you have will either increase the likelihood of that behavior occurring again, or decrease the
likelihood.
Differential reinforcement Correct Answer: Reinforcing a behavior in the presence of one stimulus while
not reinforcing in the presence of another stimulus. Combines extinction and reinforcement into one
procedure
Differential Reinforcement of Alternative Behavior (DRA) Correct Answer: Reinforcement is delivered
for a behavior that servers as a desirable alternative to the behavior targeted for reduction and withheld
following instances of problem behavior
Differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior (DRI) Correct Answer: Reinforcement is delivered
for a behavior that is incompatible with the behavior targeted for reduction and withheld following
problem behavior
Shaping Correct Answer: differential reinforcement of successive approximations of a target behavior
until the person exhibits the target behavior
Approximations Correct Answer: any behavior that resembles the desired behavior or takes the person
closer to the desired behavior
Data Correct Answer: The results of measurement, usually in quantifiable form
Duration Correct Answer: the amount of time in which something occurs
Frequency Correct Answer: The number of times the behavior occurs.
Interval Recording Correct Answer: Presence or absence of the target behavior within an interval
(Whole or partial)
Latency Correct Answer: Time between the delivery of a stimulus and the response
Behavior assessment Correct Answer: A variety of methods to identify targets for behavior change.
Direct observation, interview, checklist, tests
Direct Assessment Correct Answer: Skill assessment that involves direct observation of the client and
tests.
Indirect Assessment Correct Answer: Skill assessment that involves interviews and checklists conducted
by others. (parents, teachers, etc)
Functional Behavior assessment (FBA) Correct Answer: Systematic method of assessment for obtaining
information about the purposes a problem behavior serves for a person.
Baseline Data Correct Answer: A condition of an experiment in which the intervention has not been
introduced
Stimulus Preference Assessment Correct Answer: Variety of procedures used to determine the item that
the client prefers.
Antecedent Correct Answer: An environmental condition that occurs prior to the behavior of interest.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Correct Answer: A group of complex neurodevelopment disorders.
Behavior Correct Answer: An act that can be clearly defined and observed. Examples include: laughing,
crying, jumping, smiling etc.
Consequence Correct Answer: A stimulus change that follows a behavior of interest.
Private Events Correct Answer: Events that are not observable: thoughts, feelings, emotions. Only the
person who has them can "observe" them.
Social validity Correct Answer: refers to the extent to which target behaviors are appropriate,
intervention procedures are acceptable, and important significant changes in target and collateral
behaviors are produced
Socially significant behavior Correct Answer: Behaviors that have immediate and long term benefits for
the person engaging in them.
Three-term contingency Correct Answer: Basic unit of analysis in analysis of behavior—antecedent-
behavior-consequence
Functions of behavior Correct Answer: All behavior has a purpose, thus a function: to get something, to
escape something, to gain attention or to entertain oneself
, Escape or Avoidance Correct Answer: function of behavior that is motivated by desire to get away from
a situation
Attention Correct Answer: function of behavior that is motivated by desire for attention from another
person
Sensory/Automatic Correct Answer: Behaviors that are internally reinforcing. They happen
independently of the external environment. They reduce boredom or stress.
Tangible Correct Answer: Behaviors that grant access to an item or desired activity. (Child screams for
candy in store: given candy)
Antecedent manipulations Correct Answer: Strategies that change a person's behavior by manipulating
conditions that precede the behavior.
Consequence Manipulation Correct Answer: As a consequence after the behavior has occurred, the
response you have will either increase the likelihood of that behavior occurring again, or decrease the
likelihood.
Differential reinforcement Correct Answer: Reinforcing a behavior in the presence of one stimulus while
not reinforcing in the presence of another stimulus. Combines extinction and reinforcement into one
procedure
Differential Reinforcement of Alternative Behavior (DRA) Correct Answer: Reinforcement is delivered
for a behavior that servers as a desirable alternative to the behavior targeted for reduction and withheld
following instances of problem behavior
Differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior (DRI) Correct Answer: Reinforcement is delivered
for a behavior that is incompatible with the behavior targeted for reduction and withheld following
problem behavior
Shaping Correct Answer: differential reinforcement of successive approximations of a target behavior
until the person exhibits the target behavior
Approximations Correct Answer: any behavior that resembles the desired behavior or takes the person
closer to the desired behavior
Data Correct Answer: The results of measurement, usually in quantifiable form
Duration Correct Answer: the amount of time in which something occurs
Frequency Correct Answer: The number of times the behavior occurs.
Interval Recording Correct Answer: Presence or absence of the target behavior within an interval
(Whole or partial)
Latency Correct Answer: Time between the delivery of a stimulus and the response
