PEARSON RBT EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS TESTED AND APPROVED
NEW MODIFIED 2025/2026 LATEST
What type of interval recording underestimates the occurrence of behavior?
a) Partial interval
b) Whole interval
c) Momentary time sampling
d) Frequency - ANSWER--WHOLE INTERVAL
Which of the following is a type of discontinuous measurement?
a) Frequency
b) Rate
c) Duration
d) Partial interval recording - ANSWER--PARTIAL INTERVAL
RECORDING
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 -
ANSWER--Identify stimuli that may be motivating
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,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 reinforcement up until your
client says "bubble." What are you implementing? a) Shaping
b) Task chaining
c) FCT
d) Punishment - ANSWER--SHAPING
You are trying to teach your client to wash your hands. Your BCBA instructs
you to usebackwards chaining to teach this. What step might you teach first?
a) Turning the water on
b) Putting soap on their hands
c) Drying their hands off with a towel
d) Entering the bathroom - ANSWER--c) Drying their hands off with a
towel
A student stands up and walks around the room at inappropriate times. You
decide you aregoing to deliver reinforcement on a FI-3 reinforcement schedule
for the student sitting in their
chair. If the student gets up and walks around no reinforcement is delivered.
What type ofprocedure is this?
a) DRI
b) DRO
c) DRA
d) DRL - ANSWER--A) DRI
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,Your client screams for extended periods of time throughout the day. Your
BCBA instructs youto deliver reinforcement any time the client is not
screaming. What type of procedure is this? a) DRI
b) DRO
c) DRA
d) DRH - ANSWER--B) DRO
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 - ANSWER--TO ASSIST WITH THE
ASSESSMENT
What is your primary role as an RBT?
a) Treatment planning
b) Preference assessment
c) Parent training
d) Implementation - ANSWER--IMPLEMENTATION
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
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, c) Susie snapped her pencil in half because she has autism
d) Susie's anxiety caused her to snap her pencil in half - ANSWER--Susie
snapper her pencil in half after she incorrectly answered the math problem
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?
a) Duration
b) Total task
c) IRT
d) Latency - ANSWER--IRT
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 - ANSWER--Rate is frequency with
a time component added
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 - ANSWER--DEFINE THE TARGET
BEHAVIOR
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CORRECT ANSWERS TESTED AND APPROVED
NEW MODIFIED 2025/2026 LATEST
What type of interval recording underestimates the occurrence of behavior?
a) Partial interval
b) Whole interval
c) Momentary time sampling
d) Frequency - ANSWER--WHOLE INTERVAL
Which of the following is a type of discontinuous measurement?
a) Frequency
b) Rate
c) Duration
d) Partial interval recording - ANSWER--PARTIAL INTERVAL
RECORDING
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 -
ANSWER--Identify stimuli that may be motivating
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,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 reinforcement up until your
client says "bubble." What are you implementing? a) Shaping
b) Task chaining
c) FCT
d) Punishment - ANSWER--SHAPING
You are trying to teach your client to wash your hands. Your BCBA instructs
you to usebackwards chaining to teach this. What step might you teach first?
a) Turning the water on
b) Putting soap on their hands
c) Drying their hands off with a towel
d) Entering the bathroom - ANSWER--c) Drying their hands off with a
towel
A student stands up and walks around the room at inappropriate times. You
decide you aregoing to deliver reinforcement on a FI-3 reinforcement schedule
for the student sitting in their
chair. If the student gets up and walks around no reinforcement is delivered.
What type ofprocedure is this?
a) DRI
b) DRO
c) DRA
d) DRL - ANSWER--A) DRI
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,Your client screams for extended periods of time throughout the day. Your
BCBA instructs youto deliver reinforcement any time the client is not
screaming. What type of procedure is this? a) DRI
b) DRO
c) DRA
d) DRH - ANSWER--B) DRO
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 - ANSWER--TO ASSIST WITH THE
ASSESSMENT
What is your primary role as an RBT?
a) Treatment planning
b) Preference assessment
c) Parent training
d) Implementation - ANSWER--IMPLEMENTATION
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
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, c) Susie snapped her pencil in half because she has autism
d) Susie's anxiety caused her to snap her pencil in half - ANSWER--Susie
snapper her pencil in half after she incorrectly answered the math problem
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?
a) Duration
b) Total task
c) IRT
d) Latency - ANSWER--IRT
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 - ANSWER--Rate is frequency with
a time component added
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 - ANSWER--DEFINE THE TARGET
BEHAVIOR
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