RBT practice exam questions
Stimulus control is when... Correct Answer: a behavior is emitted more often in the presence of a
particular discriminative stimulus in it's absence
What is backwards chaining? Correct Answer: prompting a learner through all the steps of washing
hands, but allowing them to throw away the towel independently
The phase change line demonstrates a change in a condition on a graph & is represented by... Correct
Answer: a solid vertical line
When practioners believe there may have been an ethical violation by another practitioner or non
behavioral colleague, they attempt to resolve it, first by Correct Answer: bringing it to the attention of
the individual
A _______________ employee who is required by the state to inform a designated investigator of any
suspected, witnessed, or alleged abuse or neglect Correct Answer: a mandatory reporter
When our learner is on a roll with responding, reinforcement should be... Correct Answer: continued at
current levels or increased
Hilary has autism and she likes to push buttons on her toys over and over. After a while, to her parent's
satisfaction, the batteries wore out of the toy. Hilary stopped pushing the buttons on the toy. What
decreased her behavior? Correct Answer: extinction (removal of some stimulus to decrease behavior)
True or False: HIPPA encourages people to use paper because it is the safest and efficient way to
communicate health information Correct Answer: Fasle: HIPPA doesn't encourages people to use paper
because it is the safest and most efficient way to communicate health information
Which type of chaining results in the learner being reinforced after they perform the final step in the
chain? Correct Answer: backwards chaining
Discrimination training requires.. Correct Answer: one response and 2 antecedent conditions
Leila engages in hand mouthing. She is reinforced every time she is engaged in a behavior that is
incompatible with hand mouthing (i.e. drawing or building with legos). This is an example of Correct
Answer: DRI--> incompatible behavior
Every ten minutes Johnny is rewarded with a gummy if he did not throw his toys. This is an example of
which differential reinforcement procedure? Correct Answer: DRO --> other (anything other than the
toy throwing is reinforced)
A crisis plan includes which sections? Correct Answer: CAPE --> Antecedent interventions, escalation,
crisis, post crisis
Stimulus control is when... Correct Answer: a behavior is emitted more often in the presence of a
particular discriminative stimulus in it's absence
What is backwards chaining? Correct Answer: prompting a learner through all the steps of washing
hands, but allowing them to throw away the towel independently
The phase change line demonstrates a change in a condition on a graph & is represented by... Correct
Answer: a solid vertical line
When practioners believe there may have been an ethical violation by another practitioner or non
behavioral colleague, they attempt to resolve it, first by Correct Answer: bringing it to the attention of
the individual
A _______________ employee who is required by the state to inform a designated investigator of any
suspected, witnessed, or alleged abuse or neglect Correct Answer: a mandatory reporter
When our learner is on a roll with responding, reinforcement should be... Correct Answer: continued at
current levels or increased
Hilary has autism and she likes to push buttons on her toys over and over. After a while, to her parent's
satisfaction, the batteries wore out of the toy. Hilary stopped pushing the buttons on the toy. What
decreased her behavior? Correct Answer: extinction (removal of some stimulus to decrease behavior)
True or False: HIPPA encourages people to use paper because it is the safest and efficient way to
communicate health information Correct Answer: Fasle: HIPPA doesn't encourages people to use paper
because it is the safest and most efficient way to communicate health information
Which type of chaining results in the learner being reinforced after they perform the final step in the
chain? Correct Answer: backwards chaining
Discrimination training requires.. Correct Answer: one response and 2 antecedent conditions
Leila engages in hand mouthing. She is reinforced every time she is engaged in a behavior that is
incompatible with hand mouthing (i.e. drawing or building with legos). This is an example of Correct
Answer: DRI--> incompatible behavior
Every ten minutes Johnny is rewarded with a gummy if he did not throw his toys. This is an example of
which differential reinforcement procedure? Correct Answer: DRO --> other (anything other than the
toy throwing is reinforced)
A crisis plan includes which sections? Correct Answer: CAPE --> Antecedent interventions, escalation,
crisis, post crisis
