Pearson RBT Exam Questions And Answers
2022 Test
The roles and responsibilities of the RBT include which of the following? Correct Answers: All of the
above
(Deliver discrete trial instruction and incidental teaching, record data, and implement behavior
interventions plans as written as a BCBA)
True/False: An RBT can practice independently of a BCBA Correct Answers: False
Rate is... Correct Answers: the total count per a unit of time
Duration is... Correct Answers: the time from when the behavior begins to when it ends.
Latency is... Correct Answers: the time between the presentation of a stimulus and the occurrence of
a behavior
Which of the following is a continuous recording method? Correct Answers: 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 Correct Answers: 60 per hour, 1 per minute
Partial-interval recording is... Correct Answers: When the behavior must occur at least once during
the interval to be recorded
Whole-interval recording is.... Correct Answers: when the behavior must occur for the entire interval
to be recorded.
Momentary time sampling is.... Correct Answers: when the behavior must be occurring at the end of
the interval to be recorded.
Inter-response time is... Correct Answers: 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? Correct
Answers: whole-interval recording
Which recording method would you expect to use when a target behavior is set to decrease? Correct
Answers: 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? Correct Answers: False
Which of the following are examples of "permanent products" that can be used to collect data using
permanent product recording procedures. Correct Answers: Number of broken windows and folded
shirts
, True/False: permanent product recording is one of the lease cumbersome data recording methods
Correct Answers: True
Choose the best operational definition for a tantrum Correct Answers: 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: Correct Answers: The activity of living organisms; human behavior includes
everything that people do.
Define environment: Correct Answers: 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: Correct Answers: Social positive (attention/access), Social
negative (escaping), Automatic Positive (sensory stimulation), Automatic Negative (pain attenuation)
A client gets out of his seat every time a demand is placed. When he gets out of his seat his teacher
says, "Oh you need a break", and does not follow through with her demand. This client's out of seat
behavior most likely serves what function? Correct Answers: Social negative (escape)
A client frequently spits. You notice that he spits during work times, when he is on a break, when he
is playing with his favorite toys, during meal times, when you or someone else is directly engaged
with him, and even when he is by himself. One day mom brings the client back from the dentist where
he had to get 6 cavities filled. After this dentist appointment the spitting stopped. What function does
spitting most likely serve? Correct Answers: Automatic negative (pain attenuation)
Every time his mother removes items from him, a client engages in a tantrum. Mom tries to ignore
him but after around five minutes mom gives him back the item she removed and the tantrum
immediately stops. What function is most likely maintaining the tantrums? Correct Answers: Social
Positive (attention/access)
A client hits other students in his class during work and break times. Each time he hits another
students the teacher immediately provides a verbal reprimand. What function does his hitting most
like serve? Correct Answers: Social Positive (attention/access)
You work with a client who drops legos on the floor for hours if left alone. The client does this even if
others are playing with him, when no demands are being placed, and when given free access to a
number of preferred toys. What is the function of the lego dropping behavior? Correct Answers:
Automatic Positive (sensory stimulation)
What is an antecedent? Correct Answers: A stimulus that occurs before the behavior
What is a consequence? Correct Answers: A stimulus that occurs after the behavior
Why do we conduct assessments? Correct Answers: All of the above
(to discover behavioral deficits, to discover behavior excesses, to identify environment variables)
2022 Test
The roles and responsibilities of the RBT include which of the following? Correct Answers: All of the
above
(Deliver discrete trial instruction and incidental teaching, record data, and implement behavior
interventions plans as written as a BCBA)
True/False: An RBT can practice independently of a BCBA Correct Answers: False
Rate is... Correct Answers: the total count per a unit of time
Duration is... Correct Answers: the time from when the behavior begins to when it ends.
Latency is... Correct Answers: the time between the presentation of a stimulus and the occurrence of
a behavior
Which of the following is a continuous recording method? Correct Answers: 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 Correct Answers: 60 per hour, 1 per minute
Partial-interval recording is... Correct Answers: When the behavior must occur at least once during
the interval to be recorded
Whole-interval recording is.... Correct Answers: when the behavior must occur for the entire interval
to be recorded.
Momentary time sampling is.... Correct Answers: when the behavior must be occurring at the end of
the interval to be recorded.
Inter-response time is... Correct Answers: 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? Correct
Answers: whole-interval recording
Which recording method would you expect to use when a target behavior is set to decrease? Correct
Answers: 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? Correct Answers: False
Which of the following are examples of "permanent products" that can be used to collect data using
permanent product recording procedures. Correct Answers: Number of broken windows and folded
shirts
, True/False: permanent product recording is one of the lease cumbersome data recording methods
Correct Answers: True
Choose the best operational definition for a tantrum Correct Answers: 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: Correct Answers: The activity of living organisms; human behavior includes
everything that people do.
Define environment: Correct Answers: 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: Correct Answers: Social positive (attention/access), Social
negative (escaping), Automatic Positive (sensory stimulation), Automatic Negative (pain attenuation)
A client gets out of his seat every time a demand is placed. When he gets out of his seat his teacher
says, "Oh you need a break", and does not follow through with her demand. This client's out of seat
behavior most likely serves what function? Correct Answers: Social negative (escape)
A client frequently spits. You notice that he spits during work times, when he is on a break, when he
is playing with his favorite toys, during meal times, when you or someone else is directly engaged
with him, and even when he is by himself. One day mom brings the client back from the dentist where
he had to get 6 cavities filled. After this dentist appointment the spitting stopped. What function does
spitting most likely serve? Correct Answers: Automatic negative (pain attenuation)
Every time his mother removes items from him, a client engages in a tantrum. Mom tries to ignore
him but after around five minutes mom gives him back the item she removed and the tantrum
immediately stops. What function is most likely maintaining the tantrums? Correct Answers: Social
Positive (attention/access)
A client hits other students in his class during work and break times. Each time he hits another
students the teacher immediately provides a verbal reprimand. What function does his hitting most
like serve? Correct Answers: Social Positive (attention/access)
You work with a client who drops legos on the floor for hours if left alone. The client does this even if
others are playing with him, when no demands are being placed, and when given free access to a
number of preferred toys. What is the function of the lego dropping behavior? Correct Answers:
Automatic Positive (sensory stimulation)
What is an antecedent? Correct Answers: A stimulus that occurs before the behavior
What is a consequence? Correct Answers: A stimulus that occurs after the behavior
Why do we conduct assessments? Correct Answers: All of the above
(to discover behavioral deficits, to discover behavior excesses, to identify environment variables)
