RBT 2024/2025 MOCK EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE
SOLUTIONS
1) What does a vertical line crossing the x-axis indicate on a graph?
A) Phase change
B) Missing data
C) Baseline beginning
D) Baseline ending -- Correct Answer ✔✔ A. Phase change
The vertical line is known as a phase change line. It is used to help visually identify
and distinguish different phases of the study or experiment.
2) Where would an RBT go to learn what to do if a client requests a change of BCBA?
A) RBT Code of Ethics
B) RBT Task List
C) Organizational policies and procedures
D) BCBA Code of Ethics -- Correct Answer ✔✔ C. Organizational policies
and procedures
An RBT would refer to the organizational policies and procedures to learn what
to do if a client requests a change of BCBA. These policies and procedures will
, outline the steps that need to be taken to ensure a smooth transition for the
client."
3) Skills that may be assessed and programmed for in ABA therapy include
A) job skills
B) academics
C) communication
D) all of these -- Correct Answer ✔✔ D. all of these
ABA can be used to teach a variety of skills including academics, communication,
and job skills.
4) A procedure used to teach the learner to differentiate between meaningful stimuli
A) Discrimination training
B) Generalization
C) Maintenance
D) Probe -- Correct Answer ✔✔ A. Discrimination training
5) The teacher asked the student to complete a math worksheet. The student
screamed NO! The teacher sent the student to the principal's office. The behavior is
A) Being sent to the principal's office
B) Teacher asking student to complete a math worksheet
C) Student screaming NO
D) None of these -- Correct Answer ✔✔ C. Student screaming NO
,6) It seems like a client you are working with isn't making much progress. What would
be an appropriate action for an RBT to take?
A) Seek clinical support from the supervising BCBA.
B) Try using schedules of reinforcement to see if that helps.
C) Talk to other RBTs who work with the client to see if they have any
ideas.
D) Ask the parents if they think the client is making progress. -- Correct
Answer ✔✔ A. Seek clinical support from the supervising BCBA.
7) A procedure designed to eliminate a problem behavior by withholding reinforcement
after the behavior occurs.
A) Extinction
B) Positive punishment
C) Negative reinforcement
D) Negative punishment -- Correct Answer ✔✔ A. Extinction
8) Transferring control from the instructor's prompts to cues in the natural
environment is called
A) Stimulus control transfer
B) Maintenance training
C) Discrete trial training
D) Concurrent schedules -- Correct Answer ✔✔ A. Stimulus control
transfer
, 9) Johannes' RBT is responding to his use of the phrase "excuse me" only if he utters it
above a whisper.
A) DRA
B) DRL
C) DRH
D) DRI -- Correct Answer ✔✔ C. DRH
10) The term "successive approximations" is associated with
A) Chaining
B) Shaping
C) Positive practice
D) Overcorrection -- Correct Answer ✔✔ B. shaping
11) In RBT training, we often refer to the importance of pairing. In pairing, we are
A) Establishing a set of rules for the learner to follow.
B) Creating a positive learning history.
C) Bribing the learner to cooperate.
D) Teaching the child to do whatever they are told. -- Correct Answer ✔✔
B. Creating a positive learning history.
12) One of your client's parents has sent a "friend" request on social media. What is the
best way to respond?
A) Do not accept the request.
SOLUTIONS
1) What does a vertical line crossing the x-axis indicate on a graph?
A) Phase change
B) Missing data
C) Baseline beginning
D) Baseline ending -- Correct Answer ✔✔ A. Phase change
The vertical line is known as a phase change line. It is used to help visually identify
and distinguish different phases of the study or experiment.
2) Where would an RBT go to learn what to do if a client requests a change of BCBA?
A) RBT Code of Ethics
B) RBT Task List
C) Organizational policies and procedures
D) BCBA Code of Ethics -- Correct Answer ✔✔ C. Organizational policies
and procedures
An RBT would refer to the organizational policies and procedures to learn what
to do if a client requests a change of BCBA. These policies and procedures will
, outline the steps that need to be taken to ensure a smooth transition for the
client."
3) Skills that may be assessed and programmed for in ABA therapy include
A) job skills
B) academics
C) communication
D) all of these -- Correct Answer ✔✔ D. all of these
ABA can be used to teach a variety of skills including academics, communication,
and job skills.
4) A procedure used to teach the learner to differentiate between meaningful stimuli
A) Discrimination training
B) Generalization
C) Maintenance
D) Probe -- Correct Answer ✔✔ A. Discrimination training
5) The teacher asked the student to complete a math worksheet. The student
screamed NO! The teacher sent the student to the principal's office. The behavior is
A) Being sent to the principal's office
B) Teacher asking student to complete a math worksheet
C) Student screaming NO
D) None of these -- Correct Answer ✔✔ C. Student screaming NO
,6) It seems like a client you are working with isn't making much progress. What would
be an appropriate action for an RBT to take?
A) Seek clinical support from the supervising BCBA.
B) Try using schedules of reinforcement to see if that helps.
C) Talk to other RBTs who work with the client to see if they have any
ideas.
D) Ask the parents if they think the client is making progress. -- Correct
Answer ✔✔ A. Seek clinical support from the supervising BCBA.
7) A procedure designed to eliminate a problem behavior by withholding reinforcement
after the behavior occurs.
A) Extinction
B) Positive punishment
C) Negative reinforcement
D) Negative punishment -- Correct Answer ✔✔ A. Extinction
8) Transferring control from the instructor's prompts to cues in the natural
environment is called
A) Stimulus control transfer
B) Maintenance training
C) Discrete trial training
D) Concurrent schedules -- Correct Answer ✔✔ A. Stimulus control
transfer
, 9) Johannes' RBT is responding to his use of the phrase "excuse me" only if he utters it
above a whisper.
A) DRA
B) DRL
C) DRH
D) DRI -- Correct Answer ✔✔ C. DRH
10) The term "successive approximations" is associated with
A) Chaining
B) Shaping
C) Positive practice
D) Overcorrection -- Correct Answer ✔✔ B. shaping
11) In RBT training, we often refer to the importance of pairing. In pairing, we are
A) Establishing a set of rules for the learner to follow.
B) Creating a positive learning history.
C) Bribing the learner to cooperate.
D) Teaching the child to do whatever they are told. -- Correct Answer ✔✔
B. Creating a positive learning history.
12) One of your client's parents has sent a "friend" request on social media. What is the
best way to respond?
A) Do not accept the request.
