RBT Practice Exam QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
RBT stands for ____________________________ . Correct Answer: Registered Behavior Technician
In order to be eligible for the RBT credential, a behavior technician must complete _________ of
training, pass a competency assessment, and pass the RBT exam. Correct Answer: 40 hours
What is the RBT NOT responsible for:
a. The direct implementation of skill-acquisition and behavior-reduction plans
b. Conducting certain types of assessments (e.g., stimulus preference assessments)
c. Designing intervention or assessment plans Correct Answer: c. Designing intervention or assessment
plans
Behavioral Skills Training (BST) involves 4 components as followed:
a. Instructions, Rehearsal, Modeling, Feedback
b. Rehearsal, Modeling, Instruction, Feedback
c. Instructions, Modeling, Rehearsal, Feedback
d. Feedback, Instructions Modeling, Rehearsal Correct Answer: c. Instructions, Modeling, Rehearsal,
Feedback
Manding is ___________________.
a. Labeling
b. Answering questions
c. Requesting
d. Following directions Correct Answer: c. Requesting
Which of the following is not a way to mand for things?
a. Pointing
b. "I want tickles"
c. Sign language
d. Tantrum
e. All of the above are ways that individuals can mand Correct Answer: e. All of the above are ways that
individuals can mand
A tact is a label. Which of the following is a correct instruction to get a child to verbally identify the letter
A?
a. "Do this" while signing A
b. "Touch A" with a FO3 letters
c. "What is the first letter in the alphabet?"
, d. "What letter?" while holding up the letter A Correct Answer: d. "What letter?" while holding up the
letter A
Applied Behavior Analysis is the scientific study of:
a. Autism
b. Children
c. Behavior
d. None of the above Correct Answer: c. Behavior
Following instructions or complying with the mands of others are types of _____________ skills.
a. Tacting
b. Receptive
c. Intraverbals
d. Imitation Correct Answer: b. Receptive
Filling in songs, greetings, and answering questions are all examples of:
a. Intraverbals
b. Receptive Skills
c. Visual Performance tasks
d. Fine Motor Tasks Correct Answer: a. Intraverbals
Which of the following is/are ways to fade your prompts?
a. Location
b. Intensity
c. Type
d. Latency
e. All of the above are ways to fade your prompts Correct Answer: e. All of the above are ways to fade
your prompts
Schedules of reinforcement are either determined by the number of responses a child has to emit
before getting a reinforcer which is called a _________ schedule or by the first correct response after a
defined amount of time has elapsed which is called an __________ schedule.
a. Ratio, interval
b. Interval, ratio
c. Acquisition, maintenance Correct Answer: a. Ratio, interval
If you place too many demands on the child without reinforcement, you may get what is called
________.
a. Reactivity
b. Ratio availability
c. Ratio strain Correct Answer: c. Ratio strain
RBT stands for ____________________________ . Correct Answer: Registered Behavior Technician
In order to be eligible for the RBT credential, a behavior technician must complete _________ of
training, pass a competency assessment, and pass the RBT exam. Correct Answer: 40 hours
What is the RBT NOT responsible for:
a. The direct implementation of skill-acquisition and behavior-reduction plans
b. Conducting certain types of assessments (e.g., stimulus preference assessments)
c. Designing intervention or assessment plans Correct Answer: c. Designing intervention or assessment
plans
Behavioral Skills Training (BST) involves 4 components as followed:
a. Instructions, Rehearsal, Modeling, Feedback
b. Rehearsal, Modeling, Instruction, Feedback
c. Instructions, Modeling, Rehearsal, Feedback
d. Feedback, Instructions Modeling, Rehearsal Correct Answer: c. Instructions, Modeling, Rehearsal,
Feedback
Manding is ___________________.
a. Labeling
b. Answering questions
c. Requesting
d. Following directions Correct Answer: c. Requesting
Which of the following is not a way to mand for things?
a. Pointing
b. "I want tickles"
c. Sign language
d. Tantrum
e. All of the above are ways that individuals can mand Correct Answer: e. All of the above are ways that
individuals can mand
A tact is a label. Which of the following is a correct instruction to get a child to verbally identify the letter
A?
a. "Do this" while signing A
b. "Touch A" with a FO3 letters
c. "What is the first letter in the alphabet?"
, d. "What letter?" while holding up the letter A Correct Answer: d. "What letter?" while holding up the
letter A
Applied Behavior Analysis is the scientific study of:
a. Autism
b. Children
c. Behavior
d. None of the above Correct Answer: c. Behavior
Following instructions or complying with the mands of others are types of _____________ skills.
a. Tacting
b. Receptive
c. Intraverbals
d. Imitation Correct Answer: b. Receptive
Filling in songs, greetings, and answering questions are all examples of:
a. Intraverbals
b. Receptive Skills
c. Visual Performance tasks
d. Fine Motor Tasks Correct Answer: a. Intraverbals
Which of the following is/are ways to fade your prompts?
a. Location
b. Intensity
c. Type
d. Latency
e. All of the above are ways to fade your prompts Correct Answer: e. All of the above are ways to fade
your prompts
Schedules of reinforcement are either determined by the number of responses a child has to emit
before getting a reinforcer which is called a _________ schedule or by the first correct response after a
defined amount of time has elapsed which is called an __________ schedule.
a. Ratio, interval
b. Interval, ratio
c. Acquisition, maintenance Correct Answer: a. Ratio, interval
If you place too many demands on the child without reinforcement, you may get what is called
________.
a. Reactivity
b. Ratio availability
c. Ratio strain Correct Answer: c. Ratio strain
