RBT FINAL Exam QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Ethical Correct Answer: Pertaining to right and wrong in conduct. Being in accordance with the rules or
standards for right conduct or practice
Feedback and Reflection Correct Answer: Respond appropriately to feedback and maintain or improve
performance. Take feedback and be a reflective practitioner.
Communication Correct Answer: Communication with stakeholders as authorized.
Follow protocol of how to communicate.
Communicate effectively with all team members.
Professional Boundaries Correct Answer: Avoid dual relationships, conflicts of interest, social media
contacts. Always take notes.
Client Dignity Correct Answer: Be respectful and thoughtful about the client's needs and wants.
Never do or say anything to cause embarrassment to the client.
Do not do something in front of your client that you would not do if working with a typical developing
child.
How to Prepare for Data Collection Correct Answer: 1. Read data from last session
2. Prepare material and programs for current session based on data from last session.
3. Determine what programs you plan to work on during the session.
4. Gather materials for those programs.
5. Set up the first set of programs so they are ready for the client when you begin your session.
The Role of the RBT in the Service Delivery System Correct Answer: Implement measurement,
assessment, skill acquisition, behavior reduction, documentation and reporting, and maintain
professional conduct in the scope of the practice under the direct supervision of a BCBA or BCaBA.
RBT Assisting with Individual Assessment Procedures Correct Answer: The RBT can interview
stakeholders, gather baseline data by observing the client's behaviors in his/her natural environment, or
probe client by asking them to perform a task we are unsure they can perform without providing
assistance.
Dealing with Stakeholders Correct Answer: The RBT should only communicate with stakeholders as
authorized by the supervisor. Any specific questions should be deferred to the BCBA or BCaBA. If you do
communicate you must be objective, use behavioral language, avoid speculation, stick to topic
appropriate for an RBT.
Assist Training Stakeholders Correct Answer: RBT can assist with training stakeholders by giving them
instruction, modeling, rehearsal, and feedback with regard to behavioral skills training.
Report Other Variables Correct Answer: illness, relocation or change in medication.
,Components of a Written Behavior Plan Correct Answer: 1. Identify, describe, create a goal for a
behavior in observable terms.
2. Assess antecedent/consequence that may maintain behavior.
3. Identify hypothesis of function of behavior.
4. Identify possible replacement behaviors.
5. Select and implement antecedent/consequence based interventions.
6. Create crisis intervention plan.
7. Implementation, modification, generalization and maintenance procedures.
Skill Acquisition Plan Correct Answer: 7 Components
1. Identify the skill deficit
2. Create a goal to address the deficit
3. Establish a data measurement system
4. Take baseline data (Assess current skill level)
5. Select and implement an acquisition procedure.
6. Collect data to assess effectiveness of the procedure.
7. Modify existing plan based on assessment data. (Modify, if necessary) to maintain/increase
effectiveness)
Prepare for Skill Acquisition Plan Correct Answer: 1. Determine what occurred last session to decide
where to start.
2. Select skill acquisition procedures to complete during session.
3. Prepare materials you will need for the skill acquisition (including data collection protocols).
5 Dimensions we can Shape Correct Answer: 1. Topography
2. Frequency
3. Latency
4. Duration
5. Amplitude/Intensity
Applied Behavior Analysis Correct Answer: The science in which tactics derived from the principles of
behavior are applied systematically to improve socially significant behavior and experimentation is used
to identify the variables responsible for behavior change.
The scientific study of principles of learning and behavior.
Behavior Correct Answer: An activity of living organisms.
What an individual does (how they respond in the situation).
It is observable and measurable.
Response Correct Answer: Specific instance of behavior.
4 types of Responses:
1. Correct
2. Incorrect
3. Non-Response
4. Prompted
Respondent Behavior Correct Answer: Untaught or unconditioned responses. Reflex.
, Respondent Conditioning Correct Answer: New stimuli can acquire the ability to elicit responses.
Occurs through pairing of two stimuli.
Stimulus - Stimulus Pairing (S - S)
Unconditioned Stimulus Correct Answer: A stimulus that elicits an unconditioned response.
i.e. Food is an unconditioned stimulus for a hungry animal and salivation is the unconditioned response.
Unconditioned Response Correct Answer: A behavior that occurs naturally due to a given stimulus.
i.e. Dogs salivating in the presence of food; yelping upon being bitten by an insect.
Conditioned Stimulus Correct Answer: A previously neutral stimulus that, after repeated association
with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits the response produced by the unconditioned stimulus itself.
Conditioned Response Correct Answer: A behavior that does not come naturally, but must be learned
by the individual by pairing a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus.
Unconditioned Reinforcers Correct Answer: (AKA primary reinforcers) Stimuli that do not require
learning. (i.e. food, water, warmth, sleep, sexual stimulation)
Conditioned Reinforcers Correct Answer: (AKA secondary reinforcers) Neutral stimuli that have been
paired with unconditioned reinforcers, or other conditioned reinforcers and through repeated pairing
become reinforcers themselves. (i.e. stickers, sound, people)
Generalized Conditioned Reinforcers Correct Answer: Stimuli that have been paired with a variety of
unconditioned and conditioned reinforcers. (i.e. praise, attention, money, tokens)
Operant Behavior Correct Answer: Behavior that is controlled or influenced by consequences.
Behavior whose future frequency is determined by a history of consequences.
Operant Conditioning Correct Answer: A type of learning where behavior is controlled by consequences.
Behavior followed by pleasant consequences tends to be repeated.
Behavior followed by unpleasant consequences tends not to be repeated.
Mand Training Correct Answer: (AKA request training) Training by asking for what you want.
Reinforcers Correct Answer: Pleasant events that follow a behavior that make behavior more likely to
occur in the future.
Reinforcers strengthen behavior.
Punishers Correct Answer: Unpleasant events that follow a behavior and decrease the likelihood that a
behavior will happen again in the future.
4 - Part Contingency of Operant Learning Correct Answer: 1. MO - Motivating Operation
2. Antecedent
3. Behavior
4. Consequence
Ethical Correct Answer: Pertaining to right and wrong in conduct. Being in accordance with the rules or
standards for right conduct or practice
Feedback and Reflection Correct Answer: Respond appropriately to feedback and maintain or improve
performance. Take feedback and be a reflective practitioner.
Communication Correct Answer: Communication with stakeholders as authorized.
Follow protocol of how to communicate.
Communicate effectively with all team members.
Professional Boundaries Correct Answer: Avoid dual relationships, conflicts of interest, social media
contacts. Always take notes.
Client Dignity Correct Answer: Be respectful and thoughtful about the client's needs and wants.
Never do or say anything to cause embarrassment to the client.
Do not do something in front of your client that you would not do if working with a typical developing
child.
How to Prepare for Data Collection Correct Answer: 1. Read data from last session
2. Prepare material and programs for current session based on data from last session.
3. Determine what programs you plan to work on during the session.
4. Gather materials for those programs.
5. Set up the first set of programs so they are ready for the client when you begin your session.
The Role of the RBT in the Service Delivery System Correct Answer: Implement measurement,
assessment, skill acquisition, behavior reduction, documentation and reporting, and maintain
professional conduct in the scope of the practice under the direct supervision of a BCBA or BCaBA.
RBT Assisting with Individual Assessment Procedures Correct Answer: The RBT can interview
stakeholders, gather baseline data by observing the client's behaviors in his/her natural environment, or
probe client by asking them to perform a task we are unsure they can perform without providing
assistance.
Dealing with Stakeholders Correct Answer: The RBT should only communicate with stakeholders as
authorized by the supervisor. Any specific questions should be deferred to the BCBA or BCaBA. If you do
communicate you must be objective, use behavioral language, avoid speculation, stick to topic
appropriate for an RBT.
Assist Training Stakeholders Correct Answer: RBT can assist with training stakeholders by giving them
instruction, modeling, rehearsal, and feedback with regard to behavioral skills training.
Report Other Variables Correct Answer: illness, relocation or change in medication.
,Components of a Written Behavior Plan Correct Answer: 1. Identify, describe, create a goal for a
behavior in observable terms.
2. Assess antecedent/consequence that may maintain behavior.
3. Identify hypothesis of function of behavior.
4. Identify possible replacement behaviors.
5. Select and implement antecedent/consequence based interventions.
6. Create crisis intervention plan.
7. Implementation, modification, generalization and maintenance procedures.
Skill Acquisition Plan Correct Answer: 7 Components
1. Identify the skill deficit
2. Create a goal to address the deficit
3. Establish a data measurement system
4. Take baseline data (Assess current skill level)
5. Select and implement an acquisition procedure.
6. Collect data to assess effectiveness of the procedure.
7. Modify existing plan based on assessment data. (Modify, if necessary) to maintain/increase
effectiveness)
Prepare for Skill Acquisition Plan Correct Answer: 1. Determine what occurred last session to decide
where to start.
2. Select skill acquisition procedures to complete during session.
3. Prepare materials you will need for the skill acquisition (including data collection protocols).
5 Dimensions we can Shape Correct Answer: 1. Topography
2. Frequency
3. Latency
4. Duration
5. Amplitude/Intensity
Applied Behavior Analysis Correct Answer: The science in which tactics derived from the principles of
behavior are applied systematically to improve socially significant behavior and experimentation is used
to identify the variables responsible for behavior change.
The scientific study of principles of learning and behavior.
Behavior Correct Answer: An activity of living organisms.
What an individual does (how they respond in the situation).
It is observable and measurable.
Response Correct Answer: Specific instance of behavior.
4 types of Responses:
1. Correct
2. Incorrect
3. Non-Response
4. Prompted
Respondent Behavior Correct Answer: Untaught or unconditioned responses. Reflex.
, Respondent Conditioning Correct Answer: New stimuli can acquire the ability to elicit responses.
Occurs through pairing of two stimuli.
Stimulus - Stimulus Pairing (S - S)
Unconditioned Stimulus Correct Answer: A stimulus that elicits an unconditioned response.
i.e. Food is an unconditioned stimulus for a hungry animal and salivation is the unconditioned response.
Unconditioned Response Correct Answer: A behavior that occurs naturally due to a given stimulus.
i.e. Dogs salivating in the presence of food; yelping upon being bitten by an insect.
Conditioned Stimulus Correct Answer: A previously neutral stimulus that, after repeated association
with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits the response produced by the unconditioned stimulus itself.
Conditioned Response Correct Answer: A behavior that does not come naturally, but must be learned
by the individual by pairing a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus.
Unconditioned Reinforcers Correct Answer: (AKA primary reinforcers) Stimuli that do not require
learning. (i.e. food, water, warmth, sleep, sexual stimulation)
Conditioned Reinforcers Correct Answer: (AKA secondary reinforcers) Neutral stimuli that have been
paired with unconditioned reinforcers, or other conditioned reinforcers and through repeated pairing
become reinforcers themselves. (i.e. stickers, sound, people)
Generalized Conditioned Reinforcers Correct Answer: Stimuli that have been paired with a variety of
unconditioned and conditioned reinforcers. (i.e. praise, attention, money, tokens)
Operant Behavior Correct Answer: Behavior that is controlled or influenced by consequences.
Behavior whose future frequency is determined by a history of consequences.
Operant Conditioning Correct Answer: A type of learning where behavior is controlled by consequences.
Behavior followed by pleasant consequences tends to be repeated.
Behavior followed by unpleasant consequences tends not to be repeated.
Mand Training Correct Answer: (AKA request training) Training by asking for what you want.
Reinforcers Correct Answer: Pleasant events that follow a behavior that make behavior more likely to
occur in the future.
Reinforcers strengthen behavior.
Punishers Correct Answer: Unpleasant events that follow a behavior and decrease the likelihood that a
behavior will happen again in the future.
4 - Part Contingency of Operant Learning Correct Answer: 1. MO - Motivating Operation
2. Antecedent
3. Behavior
4. Consequence
