RBT BOARD EXAM
1. Which of the following would be best at tracking frequency? a) A stopwatch
b) Your hand
c) Counting in your head
d) A clicker counter: D. A CLICKER COUNTER
2. You are recording how long it takes your client to get dressed in the morning. What type of dataare
you taking?
a) Frequency
b) IRT
c) Duration
d) Latency: C. DURATION
3. Billy's mom gave him a list of items to buy at the grocery store while Billy's mom was at work.When she
returned home, she checked to make sure Billy had bought all of the items on the
list. What type of data collection is this?
a) Permanent Product
b) Frequency
c) IRT
d) Rate: PERMANENT PRODUCT
4. Your role in a functional assessment as an RBT is?
a) To criticize the assessment
b) To assist with the assessment
c) To conduct the assessment
d) To standy by and do nothing: TO ASSIST WITH THE ASSESSMENT
5. What is your primary role as an RBT?
a) Treatment planning
b) Preference assessment
c) Parent training
d) Implementation: IMPLEMENTATION
6. Which of the following behaviors is defined in the most observable and measurable terms?
a) Susie snapper her pencil in half after she incorrectly answered the math problem
b) Susie was angry so she snapped her pencil in half
c) Susie snapped her pencil in half because she has autism
d) Susie's anxiety caused her to snap her pencil in half: Susie snapper her pencil in half after she incorrectly answered
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the math problem
7. You want to decrease the time it takes your client to eat their meal. You are told to record thelength of time in
between bites. What kind of data are you collecting?
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a) Duration
b) Total task
c) IRT
d) Latency: IRT
8. What is the difference between frequency and rate?
a) Rate is frequency with a time component added
b) Rate requires duration data
c) There is no difference between the two
d) Rate is more accurate than frequency: Rate is frequency with a time compo- nent added
9. Before you can start collecting data, what is the first thing that should be done?
a) Collect your required materials
b) Define the target behavior
c) Report to your supervisor
d) Select a data collection method: DEFINE THE TARGET BEHAVIOR
10.What type of interval recording underestimates the occurrence of behav- ior?
a) Partial interval
b) Whole interval
c) Momentary time sampling
d) Frequency: WHOLE INTERVAL
11.Which of the following is a type of discontinuous measurement?
a) Frequency
b) Rate
c) Duration
d) Partial interval recording: PARTIAL INTERVAL RECORDING
12.What is the goal of a preference assessment?
a) Find out what is reinforcing to the client
b) Determine punishers for the individual
c) Identify stimuli that may be motivating
d) Allow the client to choose what they want to work on during session: Identify stimuli that may be motivating
13.You are teaching your client to say "bubble." Your client says "b" and you deliver reinforcement. Next
time your client says "b" you don't deliver reinforcement. Instead, you waituntil your client says "bub". You
repeat this process and slowly increase the requirements for
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reinforcement up until your client says "bubble." What are you implementing?
a) Shaping
1. Which of the following would be best at tracking frequency? a) A stopwatch
b) Your hand
c) Counting in your head
d) A clicker counter: D. A CLICKER COUNTER
2. You are recording how long it takes your client to get dressed in the morning. What type of dataare
you taking?
a) Frequency
b) IRT
c) Duration
d) Latency: C. DURATION
3. Billy's mom gave him a list of items to buy at the grocery store while Billy's mom was at work.When she
returned home, she checked to make sure Billy had bought all of the items on the
list. What type of data collection is this?
a) Permanent Product
b) Frequency
c) IRT
d) Rate: PERMANENT PRODUCT
4. Your role in a functional assessment as an RBT is?
a) To criticize the assessment
b) To assist with the assessment
c) To conduct the assessment
d) To standy by and do nothing: TO ASSIST WITH THE ASSESSMENT
5. What is your primary role as an RBT?
a) Treatment planning
b) Preference assessment
c) Parent training
d) Implementation: IMPLEMENTATION
6. Which of the following behaviors is defined in the most observable and measurable terms?
a) Susie snapper her pencil in half after she incorrectly answered the math problem
b) Susie was angry so she snapped her pencil in half
c) Susie snapped her pencil in half because she has autism
d) Susie's anxiety caused her to snap her pencil in half: Susie snapper her pencil in half after she incorrectly answered
, RBT BOARD EXAM
the math problem
7. You want to decrease the time it takes your client to eat their meal. You are told to record thelength of time in
between bites. What kind of data are you collecting?
, RBT BOARD EXAM
a) Duration
b) Total task
c) IRT
d) Latency: IRT
8. What is the difference between frequency and rate?
a) Rate is frequency with a time component added
b) Rate requires duration data
c) There is no difference between the two
d) Rate is more accurate than frequency: Rate is frequency with a time compo- nent added
9. Before you can start collecting data, what is the first thing that should be done?
a) Collect your required materials
b) Define the target behavior
c) Report to your supervisor
d) Select a data collection method: DEFINE THE TARGET BEHAVIOR
10.What type of interval recording underestimates the occurrence of behav- ior?
a) Partial interval
b) Whole interval
c) Momentary time sampling
d) Frequency: WHOLE INTERVAL
11.Which of the following is a type of discontinuous measurement?
a) Frequency
b) Rate
c) Duration
d) Partial interval recording: PARTIAL INTERVAL RECORDING
12.What is the goal of a preference assessment?
a) Find out what is reinforcing to the client
b) Determine punishers for the individual
c) Identify stimuli that may be motivating
d) Allow the client to choose what they want to work on during session: Identify stimuli that may be motivating
13.You are teaching your client to say "bubble." Your client says "b" and you deliver reinforcement. Next
time your client says "b" you don't deliver reinforcement. Instead, you waituntil your client says "bub". You
repeat this process and slowly increase the requirements for
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reinforcement up until your client says "bubble." What are you implementing?
a) Shaping
