RBT EXAM 2 NEWEST EXAM / RBT EXAM 2 PREPARATION/RBT
EXAM 2 PRACTICE EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS| BRAND NEW VERSION!
You are an RBT working with Marco, one of the clients you assist during
community outings. Your BCBA instructs you to take data on Marco staying with
his parent during grocery shopping (without wandering away) using a whole
interval recording procedure with 1-minute intervals. How would you record the
data?
a. Record the behavior if Marco stayed with his parent at any time during the time
interval
b. Record the behavior if Marco stayed with his parent for the entire time interval
c. Record the behavior if Marco was with his parent at the end of the interval
d. Record the number of times Marco wandered off from his parent that occurred
during each interval - Correct Answer-b. Record the behavior if Marco stayed with
his parent for the entire time interval
Robert is implementing a 5-minute DRO (Differential Reinforcement of Other
Behaviors) procedure with his client to reduce his pinching behavior. In order to
implement DRO correctly, after every 5 minutes that his client does not engage in
pinching, Robert should _____.
a. Give his client a reinforcer
b. Reset the time interval for the next 5 minutes
c. Record that no pinching occurred during the interval onto the data sheet
d. All of the above - Correct Answer-d. All of the above
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Continuous reinforcement should be used for _____.
a. Items that have been mastered and are being generalized to the natural
environment
b. Items that are mastered and are being maintained
c. Teaching new behaviors that are on acquisition
d. Items on acquisition and that are mastered - Correct Answer-c. Teaching new
behaviors that are on acquisition
Which of the following is an example of a stimulus control transfer procedure?
a. Pairing the instructions, "Make a sandwich," with a video model, then fading
the video model until the client can make a sandwich when given the instructions
only
b. Offering choices of a sandwich or salad for lunch
c. Giving praise for making a sandwich within a 5 minute interval
d. Having the client discriminate between making a sandwich and making popcorn
when given the specific instructions - Correct Answer-a. Pairing the instructions,
"Make a sandwich," with a video model, then fading the video model until the
client can make a sandwich when given the instructions only
The repeated presentation of the same discriminative stimulus is called _____.
a. Error correction procedure
b. Discrimination training
c. Mass trial/ in isolation
d. Random rotation - Correct Answer-c. Mass trial/ in isolation
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You recently attended a meeting with the BCBA to discuss your therapy
techniques with a client. The BCBA offered several suggestions on how to better
and more accurately take data. He instructs you to take data as the behavior
occurs, to improve accuracy. The BCBA has come to observe your current session,
and among other things, he is going to be looking to see if you are _____.
a. Taking trial by trial data as the responses occur
b. Taking the data after the session is over, you don't want to waste the client's
time
c. Taking data at the end of the lesson, as to not stop the flow of learning
d. None of the above - Correct Answer-a. Taking trial by trial data as the responses
occur
Keeping learner's information confidential is a legal and ethical responsibility of all
RBTs and service providers. Under which of the following circumstances would it
be acceptable to breach confidentiality of a learner (disclose learner personal
information)?
a. You explain to the cashier at the grocery store during a community outing that
your client is screaming because he has Down's Syndrome
b. You are asked by a parent at the school you are working at to identify the
student you are assigned to, so you tell the parent who your client is to calm her
concern
c. You suspect that a learner is being physically abused by another person
d. Your learner approaches a stranger at the mall and takes on of her French fries,
so you explain that the individual as ASD and apologizes. - Correct Answer-c. You
suspect that a learner is being physically abused by another person
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When preparing to take data on a target behavior, it is important to first identify
_____.
a. The definition of the behavior
b. The type of data collection procedure
c. What items are needed to take data (i.e., pencil, clicker, stopwatch)
d. All of the above - Correct Answer-d. All of the above
Claire's therapy team taught her to wash her hands. Three months later, Claire can
still wash her hands independently with no prompts, and she does so on her own
at appropriate times. Claire's hand washing behavior has been successfully
______.
a. Maintained
b. Generalized
c. Prompted
d. Differentially reinforced - Correct Answer-c. Maintained
Michael is learning to follow a written schedule of tasks at his work site. Next to
each written task is a picture showing what the task involves. As Michael becomes
more proficient at following the schedule, the picture cues are faded to gradually
lighter shades of color, and eventually are removed completely so that the words
are all that remain. This procedure is an example of _____.
a. Discrete trial teaching
b. Natural environment teaching
c. Preference assessment
d. Stimulus fading procedure - Correct Answer-d. Stimulus fading procedure
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