2024 RBT Mock Exam Guide

2024 RBT Mock Exam #1 Skills that may be assessed and programmed for in ABA therapy include A. job skills D. all of these B. academics ABA can be used to teach a variety of skills including academics, communication, and job skills. C. communication D. all of these Amalia's supervising BCBA told her that her session notes are not specific enough. Amalia doesn't understand why but doesn't want the BCBA to think she is incompetent. What should Amalia do? D. Address the issue during supervision and ask for written examA. Ask a more seasoned RBT if she can view their notes to better ples of the type of notes the BCBA wants. understand what the supervisor is looking for. It is okay to ask for help! Amalia's best course of action is to speak B. Try to do better. directly with her supervisor for further training. Asking for written examples of session notes is a great strategy to help ensure C. Search the internet for examples of ABA session notes. session notes are in line with expectations. D. Address the issue during supervision and ask for written examples of the type of notes the BCBA wants. Which of the following is an example of an objective session note? A. Javon came into the session room. He usually hits or scratches, but he didn't try any of that today. He worked hard & finished up emotions. The trampoline is his favorite. C. Javon came into the session room without prompting today. He completed 85% of the programs without maladaptive behaviors B. Javon came into the session room without prompting today. He and mastered level 1 of the emotions program. He spontaneously completed a lot of the programs w/out maladaptive behaviors. He signed "jump" 3 times today and was brought to the trampoline did the emotions program today & asked about the trampoline. after each request. C. Javon came into the session room without prompting today. He completed 85% of the programs without maladaptive behaviors and mastered level 1 of the emotions program. He spontaneously signed "jump" 3 times today and was brought to the trampoline after each request. This is the correct answer, as it describes in detail what occurred throughout the session. Data is incorporate, and specific program elements are mentioned. The session note does not include any 'feelings' or assumptions. Remember, the key is to be objective and reference the client's individual plan. D. Javon was awesome today. He came right into the session room w/out complaining & worked really hard w/out acting out. He did his emotions program and is done with that. He even wanted the trampoline, so I gave it to him. Renault is running client services at a clinic. One day his client, Abbey, is dropped off for her session by a friend of the family. During drop off the friend says she's interested in understanding Abbey's treatment plan and asks if she can contact Renault with questions. How should Renault respond? A. Explain that he cannot discuss Abbey's sessions with individuA. Explain that he cannot discuss Abbey's sessions with individ- als who are not a part of Abbey's family or treatment team. uals who are not a part of Abbey's family or treatment team. We can be professional and explain our requirement to ensure B. Ask the friend what her questions are and let her know he'll we are not discussing treatment plans with people outside of the respond at a later date. team. C. Explain that he is not allowed to have contact with anyone outside of sessions. D. Refer the friend to the supervising BCBA. Which of the following might occur because of a failure to prepare for a session in advance? 1 / 16 A. Neither other choice is likely. D. Problem behavior from the client. B. Both other choices are likely. Failure to prepare in advance for a session may result in problem behavior. It is always best practice to prepare for each session. C. More naturalistic, happy responding from the client. D. Problem behavior from the client. Conditioned reinforcers that are provided when a correct response occurs and can be exchanged later for more powerful reinforcers are B. Tokens A. Visual prompts B. Tokens C. Backup reinforcers D. Visual schedules Tokens are conditioned reinforcers that can be exchanged for a more powerful backup reinforcer. Section F-3 of the RBT task list identifies communication with stakeholders as part of an RBT's Scope of Practice. Which of the following are considered stakeholders? C. Authorized family, caregivers, and other professionals who work with a client A. Insurance providers B. BCBA supervisors who work with the RBTs in a shared agency The primary stakeholders include families, caregivers, and professionals working directly with the client as outlined by the RBT C. Authorized family, caregivers, and other professionals who work task list. with a client D. Those affected by a client's maladaptive behaviors Amrita is a native of Tibet. She immigrated to the US and is now living in a small close-knit community of Tibetan immigrants. She provides services as an RBT through a behavior services agency in the next town. Whenever someone from her community needs ABA services, they always request Amrita because she speaks B. If Amrita does not directly socialize with the family, or have Tibetan. When can Amrita work with a child from her community? connections outside of provision of services, she may provide services. A. Amrita can work with any child in the community if they are not directly related to anyone in her immediate family. Amrita should avoid multiple relationships that may result in a conflict of interest but can provide services to a child in her B. If Amrita does not directly socialize with the family, or have community if she does not directly socialize with the family or connections outside of provision of services, she may provide have connections outside of providing services. She should let services. her supervisor know immediately if there is a potential conflict of interest or if a multiple relationship develops, as outlined in the C. Amrita cannot provide services to any child in the community, Ethics Code. because she is likely to have a situation at some point due to the community's small size. D. If Amrita's BCBA supervisor thinks it is okay, she can provide services to anyone. Your BCBA may prescribe for you to prompt the correct answer in a DTT session by D. All of these A. giving a verbal hint Having the correct response stand out by being larger in size, B. making the correct response bigger than the incorrect response placing the correct answer closer to the learner, or giving a verbal hint are all prompting strategies that may be appropriate for a DTT C. placing the correct answer closer to the learner session. D. all of these Abigail learned to identify a cartoon smile from watching educational cartoons but does not notice smiles on live humans. What is lacking? 2 / 16 A. Motivation B. Generalization B. Generalization Abigail has learned to identify a smile on cartoons, but the skill has not generalized to noticing human smiles. C. Discrimination D. Inclusion Nathan's client is learning to make a ham sandwich with a four-step backward chain; 1. Gather ingredients; 2. Place bread on plate; 3. Place three slices of ham between slices of bread; 4. B. The client already has acquired skills to identify ingredients of Return ingredients. What do we know about Nathan's client? a ham sandwich. A. The client dislikes peanut butter. For the steps in this chain to be accurately completed, Nathan's client would need to be able to identify the ingredients of a ham B. The client already has acquired skills to identify ingredients of sandwich. Prerequisite skills should be taught first. We do not a ham sandwich. know about the client's like or dislike of peanut butter, and the chaining steps outline how many slices of ham to place, so those C. The client knows how much ham to put on his sandwich. choices are not correct. Well done!s are not correct. D. All of these DRI (differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior) is a special form of C. DRA (Differential Reinforcement of Alternative Behavior) A. DRH (Differential Reinforcement of Higher Rates of Behavior) DRI (differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior) is a form of DRA (differential reinforcement of alternative behavior). If the alternative behavior (DRA) selected for reinforcement is also incompatible with the target behavior, it would be considered DRI. B. DRO (Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior) C. DRA (Differential Reinforcement of Alternative Behavior) D. DRL (Differential Reinforcement of Low Rates of Behavior) Shawna fell and hurt both her knees badly during a session with you in a playground. What documentation must you complete? A. A police report B. An incident report While session notes and ABC data may be components of each session, a fall and injury would warrant an incident report. Based on the information given, there is no indication that a police report would be appropriate. Be sure to familiarize yourself with your organization's policy on completing an incident report. B. An incident report C. ABC data D. A session note Chachi wants his son to learn to feed himself, bathe himself, and write his name. What sort of plan is Chachi requesting? A. A behavior reduction plan D. A skill acquisition plan B. A behavior support plan Each area Chachi noted includes learning a new skill, which would fall within a skill acquisition plan for his son. C. A functional analysis D. A skill acquisition plan Evan does not get along with his supervising BCBA, Marie, and would prefer to avoid her as much as possible. How often does he need to communicate with her? A. Evan needs to accurately collect data, write objective session A. Evan needs to accurately collect data, write objective session notes, and meet with his supervisor face-to-face at least twice a notes, and meet with his supervisor face-to-face at least twice a month. He must also communicate with her if there are changing month. He must also communicate with her if there are changing circumstances or important updates regarding a client. circumstances or important updates regarding a client. B. Evan needs to accurately collect data and write objective 3 / 16 session notes, but he can meet with is supervisor only when absolutely necessary. C. If Marie is a toxic boss, Evan should communicate with her as Despite not getting along with a supervising BCBA, RBTs are little as possible to avoid toxic effects on service delivery. required to meet face-to-face with their supervisor at least twice a month. It is also necessary to communicate if and as there are D. If Evan takes data during sessions, he only needs to meet with changing circumstances or important updates regarding a client. his supervisor twice a month. If he is a veteran RBT he can make the appropriate changes to a treatment plan without having to meet with Marie. At the beginning of a session the client's mother tells Tavon that the client began new medication today. Where should Tavon document his information? A. In a monthly progress report C. In his session notes Given the choices, documenting new medication is most appropriate within the client's session note. Progress reports may reference this information but are completed by a supervising BCBA. It is not appropriate to communication this information via text. B. In a text to his supervisor C. In his session notes D. In an incident report After a session, RBT Mariska received an email from a parent asking for the rationale for a specific procedure she observed. How should Mariska respond? A. Explain the ABA principle behind the procedure using specific, technical language. D. Send a response email to the parent stating that the supervising BCBA can best answer her question, and CC the supervisor on B. Let the parent know that she cannot discuss the rationale for her response. procedures over email and that she will speak more with her about it during their next in-person session. It would be most appropriate for Mariska to send a response to the parent stating that the BCBA supervising the case can best C. Send a response stating that she is not authorized to discuss answer that question, and CC the supervisor. sessions or procedures with parents. D. Send a response email to the parent stating that the supervising BCBA can best answer her question, and CC the supervisor on her response. In RBT training, we often refer to the importance of pairing. In pairing, we are B. Creating a positive learning history. A. teaching the child to do whatever they are told. Through pairing, we can create a positive learning history, which is important to successful intervention. We do not aim to teach children to 'do whatever they are told' or bribe learners. Setting rules is not the focus of pairing. The correct answer is creating a positive learning history. B. creating a positive learning history. C. establishing a set of rules for the learner to follow. D. bribing the learner to cooperate. Linda is recording the number of children who are on task when her device buzzes to mark the end of an interval. What kind of data collection is Linda collecting? A.PLACHECK A. PLACHECK PLACHECK is a type of momentary time sampling that is used for groups to check and see whether the target behavior is occurring at the end of an interval. B. whole interval C. partial interval D. frequency Which of these is NOT an example of socially mediated reinforcement? 4 / 16 A. Addy waves hello to a neighbor, who smiles at her. D. Addy scratches her back to stop an itch. B. Addy pays the clerk a dollar for a newspaper. Socially mediated reinforcement includes consequence outside oneself. Scratching your back to eliminate a rash is not an example C. Addy walks away from her husband to avoid his complaining. of socially mediated reinforcement. D. Addy scratches her back to stop an itch. Susan gathered the following five items for a multiple stimulus with replacement assessment; ball, stuffed bunny, toy car, Play-Doh, and pretzels, because these were the top five things identified as by the learner's family and teachers. Is this a good array? A.No, because edibles and non-edibles should not be presented A.No, because edibles and non-edibles should not be presented in the same assessment. in the same assessment. Edibles and non-edibles should not be presented in the same B.No, because unfamiliar items must be included in an assess- assessment. It's best to present food items in a separate assessment. ment. C.Yes, because the input of people who know the learner well is very important. D.Yes, because any five items will work. Beatriz is teaching her student to clap by clapping herself and reinforcing imitation. What kind of prompt is this? A. Physical B. Modeling B. Modeling An instructor clapping and reinforcing imitation to teach a student to clap is an example of modeling. C. Gestural D. Visual Isaac engages in very serious SIB (Self-injurious behavior). He is at risk for hospitalization. Which form of data collection is best for monitoring the efficacy of his BIP (Behavior intervention plan)? B. Frequency A. Permanent product recording Given this scenario, the best data collection method listed is frequency. B. Frequency C. Latency D. Inter-response time Legos are used with Tony during ABA sessions to reinforce waiting for preferred items. Tony's parents keep Legos out of sight for 24 hours prior to his ABA sessions. This is a(n) A. Antecedent manipulation A. Antecedent manipulation Removing access to a preferred item that is used during an ABA session for a time before a session's start is an example of an antecedent manipulation. B. Punishment C. Negative reinforcer D. Discriminative stimulus Tyrone is an RBT working with a young learner on communication skills. The learner dislikes one of the goals and indicates this by spitting on Tyrone when he shows the stimulus materials. There are no instructions for spitting included in the plan. His supervisor will be arriving later in today's session. What should Tyrone do until the supervisor arrives? 5 / 16 C. Stop running the program that elicits spitting. A. Talk to the learner about how unhygienic it is to spit on people. B. Continue running the program and ignore the spitting. Without instructions in the learner's plan, it is best for Tyrone to pause the program and speak with the supervisor when they arrive. C. Stop running the program that elicits spitting. D. Withhold reinforcers when the spitting occurs. Howard has difficulty walking to his chair without touching peers. His RBT asked that Howard's chair be moved closest to the door and reinforced walking to his seat with something held in both hands. Over time, he gradually had Howard's seat moved to the back of the room and reinforced walking past multiple peers to his seat with something in both hands that prevented touching. The items in his hands were gradually reduced in size until Howard A. Shaping was walking to his seat, nothing in his hands, past multiple peers, without touching anyone. What is this procedure called? Shaping involves the increasing or decreasing of a behavior by gradually changing the criteria for reinforcement. A. Shaping B. Positive practice C. Forward chaining D. Total task chaining Liliana's teacher instructs her to go to the board and color the shapes on the screen in front of the class. Liliana is excited for the attention, and colors sloppily. Her teacher tells her to sit down and sends another child to complete the task. Her teacher is using A. Negative punishment B. Extinction A. Negative punishment This is an example of negative punishment. Liliana sitting down (the removal of the activity/attention) will likely reduce the behavior of coloring sloppily on the board in the future. C. Positive reinforcement D. Negative reinforcement Two types of generalization are A. Consequence generalization and setting generalization B. Stimulus generalization and consequence generalization C. Response generalization and consequence generalization D. Stimulus generalization and response generalization Stimulus generalization is when multiple stimuli evoke the same response/behavior. Response generalization is when the same stimulus can generate multiple similar (functionally equivalent) responses. D. Stimulus generalization and response generalization Caryn is uncertain how many correct responses to require before delivering reinforcement to a particular learner. Where is the first B. The skill acquisition plan place she should go to seek an answer to this question? A. a fellow RBT who works with the same learner B. the skill acquisition plan Remember, it's always best to reference the learner's skill acquisition plan for clarity on intervention and reinforcement specifics. The next best option would be to contact the supervising BCBA if you are still uncertain of how to proceed. D. the learner's parent The most important and effective part of a behavior reduction plan is the _________________ component. A. Replacement skill A. Replacement skill Ensuring a behavior reduction plan includes a replacement skill to be taught and reinforced is the most important component. B. Extinction 6 / 16 C. Punishment D. Crisis intervention Mel is marking a "+" if Heather is biting her nails when her device buzzes to mark the end of an interval. What kind of data collection is Mel collecting? C. Momentary time sample A. Whole interval Momentary time sampling captures data on whether the target behavior is occurring at the end of a stated interval. B. Partial interval C. Momentary time sample D. Frequency The category of consequence a behavior produces is considered the A. Automatic D. Function B. Antecedent Function refers to the category of consequence a behavior produces. C. Social D. Function During a session in the family home, the client's mother expresses her dislike of the supervising BCBA to the RBT. She says that the RBT knows the client better than the BCBA and that she should be writing the behavior plans. How should the RBT respond? A. Confirm that most RBTs know the clients better than supervis- D. Direct the parent to discuss the issue with the supervising ing BCBAs and explain that the BCBAs are required to sign off on BCBA and let the supervising BCBA know about the parent's behavior plans for the insurance companies. dissatisfaction after the session is over. B. Explain the different roles of an RBT and BCBA to the parent. It is important to direct this type of incident to the supervising BCBA for further conversation with the family. Giving the BCBA C. Validate the parent's perspective and speak to the supervising a heads up that the parent has concerns is appropriate. BCBA at the next scheduled supervision. D. Direct the parent to discuss the issue with the supervising BCBA and let the supervising BCBA know about the parent's dissatisfaction after the session is over. Clarice is working with a client who has poor fine motor skills. He is at home, having trouble using his fork to eat lunch. How can Clarice intervene in a way that best preserves the client's dignity? A. Ask for permission and offer hand-over-hand assistance if the client agrees. Stop if the client protests. B. Use hand-over hand prompting throughout the whole feeding process. C. Feed her client directly so that he doesn't have to struggle. A. Ask for permission and offer hand-over-hand assistance if the client agrees. Stop if the client protests. Supporting a client while ensuring the client's dignity is a critical component of ethical ABA. Given this example, it is most appropriate to ask for permission and offer hand-over-hand assistance if the client agrees. Stop if the client protests, or withdrawals assent. Remember assent withdrawal may be in varying forms. D. Allow the client to struggle without offering any assistance. Adam is an RBT who works with Benny three mornings per week. One of Benny's goals is to comb hair. Benny is intolerant of combs that have missing teeth, but sometimes Benny breaks the comb teeth between sessions. What is the best thing for Adam to do to ensure hair combing sessions are run successfully? A. Check the comb each morning before the session and replace it if it has broken teeth. 7 / 16 B. Ask the parents to lock the comb away between sessions and avoid any hair combing until combing sessions are successful for A. Check the comb each morning before the session and replace 6 months. it if it has broken teeth. C. Change the written intervention plan to teach Benny to tolerate The best answer is to check the comb each morning before the combing hair with a comb that has broken teeth. session and replace it if it has broken teeth. D. Ask the behavior analyst to write a procedure to punish Benny's comb-breaking behavior You are working with Andre, an adult with mild intellectual disabilities, on dressing skills such as snaps, zippers, and buttons. Andre has picked out an outfit to wear that includes clashing patterns. When you mention this to Andre, he says he likes how they look together. What should you do to best maintain Andre's dignity? A. Tell Andre that he cannot wear this outfit and pick out something C. Allow Andre to choose his own clothing and focus on the else to practice his goal skills. dressing skills outlined in his goals. B. Explain to Andre that he looks bad in his outfit and that people It is not appropriate to comment on Andre's outfit choice or refer will laugh at him behind his back. Pick out a better outfit and to a client as ridiculous. convince him to wear that. C. Allow Andre to choose his own clothing and focus on the dressing skills outlined in his goals. D. Allow Andre to wear whatever he wants but let him know that he looks ridiculous. Rodge is learning to walk a balance beam. If he falls off, he starts again from the beginning. The goal is to reduce the number of times he must start over. The best data collection method is A. Trials to criterion A. Trials to criterion Trials to criterion means the number of times it takes for a learner to reach a specific level. B. Inter-response time C. Duration D. Momentary time sampling Emory feels that his supervisor doesn't like a particular client. This client had a recent uptick in aggressive behaviors. Emory's afraid the BCBA would stop providing services if he knew the full extent of the client's behaviors. What should he do? A. Tell the supervisor that the client really isn't that bad. CommuC. Record all data and communicate the uptick in behaviors to his nicate the uptick in aggressive behaviors but explain the probable supervisor. If the supervisor behaves unethically in response to causes. the information, Emory should discuss the situation with the head of the department. B. Only enter data officially into the system on the aggressive behaviors that leave a mark. Keep a separate private tally of ALL Despite feeling concern that sharing this information could have aggressive behaviors to be able to really track what's going on. unintended (and potentially inappropriate) impact, it is the RBTs responsibility to record the data and stay in communication with C. Record all data & communicate the uptick in behaviors to the supervising BCBA. Additionally, addressing ethical concerns his supervisor. If the supervisor behaves unethically in response is important and in line with the BACB's Code of Ethics. to the info, Emory should discuss situation w/ the head of the department. D. Don't tell supervisor abt uptick in behaviors. Instead, should speak to the department head about the BCBA's dislike of the client. 8 / 16 Thea is teaching a toddler to use a spoon. The child dips the spoon into the food independently and guides it to their face. When the spoon nears the toddler's face, Thea uses hand-over-hand guidance to get the spoon into the mouth. What prompt is Thea using? A. Gestural C. Partial physical Partial physical prompting includes some assistance to guide through a part of a skill or activity. B. Full physical C. Partial physical D. Proximity Kristin is collecting frequency data on a learner's manding and duration data on his crying. Which of the following materials would NOT be useful in the session? A. Interval data sheet A. Interval data sheet Interval data sheets are not needed in this example, but the other items would be necessary to collect frequency and duration data. B. Stopwatch C. Click counter D. Tally marking sheet Which of the following data types requires a stopwatch? A. Duration D. All of these B. IRT Duration, Interresponse Time, and Latency data all require a stopwatch for tracking. C. Latency D. All of these Josh is an RBT. His supervising BCBA instructs him to take a blank VB-MAPP protocol home with him and study it so that he can begin assessing his new clients with it on the first day. How should Josh respond? B.Ask for clarification on what his role will be in assisting with the assessment. A. Remind the BCBA that VB-MAPP protocols are covered by HIPAA and should not be taken home. Josh should ask for clarification on what his role will be in assisting B. Ask for clarification on what his role will be in assisting with the with the assessment. It may be that the supervising BCBA wants assessment. Josh to be familiar with the assessment method to support, however it would not be appropriate for Josh to administer on his own. C. Take the protocol home, review it, and begin scoring it with his client the next day. D. Report his BCBA supervisor to the BACB for an ethics violation. Bonita's BRP reduction plan targets spitting at others for reduction, w/ saying "no" as the replacement behavior. The function's specified as escape from non-preferred academic demands, & responsible parties are the BCBA, her RBT, her teacher, her teacher's assistant, & any classroom substitute teachers or A. Saying no to academic demands teacher's assistants. Responsible parties are to ask, "Are you ready to do your assignment?" when presenting a task. If Bonita The replacement behavior for this behavior reduction plan is sayspits, they are to remove the task, say nothing, & repeat the offer ing no to academic demands. again in 5 minutes. If she says, "no," they're to remove the task, thank her for telling them, & return to repeat the offer again in 10 minutes. If she says "yes," they're to give high quality praise & give a token when the assignment is complete. When Bonita has 3 tokens, her RBT offers an activity break outside the classroom. 9 / 16 What is the replacement behavior for this behavior reduction plan? A. Saying no to academic de Mark's data for a single stimulus preference assessment is; grapes (3); chicken (3); spinach (2); milk (1); strawberries (0). Which of the following is true? A. Grapes and chicken are highly preferred. A. Grapes and chicken are highly preferred. B. Grapes and chicken are reinforcing. You are correct that grapes and chicken are highly preferred based on the data provided. C. Grapes and chicken should be withheld and only used during training. D.All of these Leo is observing a client in his classroom and recording what happens before and after each instance of self-injurious behavior. What type of data collection is Leo doing? D. ABC recording A. Latency Leo is using ABC recording to observe the client's behavior and record what happens before and after each instance of self-injurious behavior. B. Partial interval C. Whole interval D. ABC recording Recipes are an example of A. Prompt hierarchies B. Task analyses B. Task analyses Recipes are a type of task analysis that provide a set of step-by-step instructions, often for cooking or baking a specific dish. C. Behavior plans D. Skill acquisition plans When Morty completes his worksheet, Dave counts the number of questions Morty answered correctly. Dave is using ____________ data collection. A. Permanent product recording A. Permanent product recording Dave counts the number of questions Morty answered correctly after he completes his worksheet, he is using permanent product recording to collect data on the outcome of Morty's behavior. B. PLACHECK C. Whole interval D. Inter-response time Adam marks whether Steve completed his homework the night before. What kind of data collection is this? D. Permanent product recording A. Latency B. Whole interval C. Duration Adam is using permanent product recording to collect data on whether Steve completed his homework the night before. This involves recording the outcome of a behavior rather than directly observing the behavior itself. D. Permanent product recording To be effective, token economies should have B. A wide variety of reinforcers with various costs A. Flexible rules 10 / 16 B. A wide variety of reinforcers with various costs Token economies should have a wide variety of reinforcers to ensure that students have options for reinforcement and that the token economy can be individualized. C. Many participants D. All of these Francesca has infrequently engaged in aggressive behavior in public. Her interdisciplinary team met to discuss how to safely allow her access to the community. They identified the need to have a two-person escort capability in case Francesca needed to leave the area; the need for someone to stay with her for de-escalation and another person to be available in case the de-escalation was unsuccessful; someone would need to speak with anyone who was affected by an outburst; and they wanted to ensure if it was a group outing, the others attending the outing could continue the activity despite any redirection of resources to deal with Francesca's behavior. From this discussion, they developed a plan. What kind of plan is this? C. A crisis plan This plan is a crisis plan. The team discussed how to safely manage and respond to Francesca's aggressive behavior in public, including having a two-person escort, a de-escalation plan, and a plan for communicating with others affected by her behavior. A. A skill acquisition plan B. A behavior reduction plan C. A crisis plan D. An individualized education plan Eileen arrives at a client's home to find the client's g'rents are visiting. The client (Evelyn) is sleeping with the parents in their bdrm to make room for the g'rents. The g'rents are looking after her while mom's at work (rather than the client going to daycare as she usually does). How should Eileen write this info in session notes? B. Evelyn's grandparents are visiting. During this 4 week visit A. Evelyn's g'rents are visiting. Her sleep is disrupted bc she Evelyn will be sleeping with the parents in their bedroom. Rather vacated her room for the g'rents to stay in. Her routine will be than going to daycare, Evelyn's grandparents will care for her at disrupted bc she's pulled from daycare so she can be w/ g'parents. home. B. Evelyn's g'rents are visiting. During 4 week visit Evelyn's sleep- When a change is made to a client's environment, it is important ing w/ the parents in their bdrm. Rather than going to daycare, to document it in the session notes in an objective and non-judgEvelyn's g'rents care for her at home. mental manner. C. Evelyn's g'rents are visiting for a long time. Evelyn can't sleep bc moved her from her room & pulled her out of daycare. These changes are disruptive & impedes Evelyn's ABA progress. D. Evelyn's g'rents here & sleep CeCe is helping her client learn to make a purchase at the convenience store. When the cashier announces the total cost, CeCe waits to see what the client will do and provides prompts only if the client does not respond correctly on his own. What prompting A. Time delay prompting strategy is CeCe using? Time delay prompting involves gradually increasing the amount of time between a prompt and the desired response. In this scenario, CeCe is waiting for the client to respond on his own before providing prompts, so time delay prompting is likely being used. A. Time delay prompting B. Most to least C. Least to most D. Errorless learning If the client is sick why should that information be included in the session notes? 11 / 16 A. So that the parent is made aware of the client's illness C. Because illness is a variable that might have affected the client's progress during the session B. Contact your boss for HR purposes, in case the RBT also becomes sick, but this is not important for session notes Illness can affect a client's progress and behavior during a sesC. Because illness is a variable that might have affected the client's sion, and it's important to note this information in your session progress during the session notes. D. So the next RBT can cancel tomorrow's session Food is an example of a A. Generalized reinforcer C. primary reinforcer B. Secondary reinforcer Food is an example of a primary reinforcer, which is a stimulus that is naturally reinforcing, such as water or sleep. C. Primary reinforcer D. Conditioned reinforcer Otto places a red card and an orange card on the table and tells the learner to touch red. The learner touches the red card. Otto smiles and provides a token to the learner, then marks correct on the data sheet. Otto is implementing ___________________________. D. Direct Trial Training A. Preference Assessment Otto is indeed using Direct Trial Training, where he presents a discriminative stimulus (red card) and reinforces the correct response (touching the red card). B. Natural Environment Training C. Task Analysis D. Direct Trial Training Aimee is a new RBT working with a client on a backward chaining procedure. She doesn't really know what that means, but doesn't want admit that to her boss. What should she do? B. Ask her supervisor for clinical guidance. This does not reflect A. Research "backward chaining" on the internet to see if she can badly on Aimee as an employee. figure it out on her own. B. Ask her supervisor for clinical guidance. This does not reflect badly on Aimee as an employee. C. Ask a more experienced RBT. It's important for Aimee to seek guidance from her supervisor. Admitting a lack of knowledge does not reflect badly on her as an employee, and it shows a commitment to providing quality services to the client. D. Don't ask her supervisor because she might get fired. Do her best with the knowledge she has. A procedure used to teach the learner to differentiate between meaningful stimuli A. Discrimination training A. Discrimination training B. Generalization Discrimination training is a procedure used to teach the learner to differentiate between meaningful stimuli. C. Maintenance D. Probe 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 12 / 16 C. Student screaming NO B. Teacher asking student to complete a math worksheet This behavior is the specific action being exhibited by the student which in this case is screaming NO. C. Student screaming NO D. None of these 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. A. Seek clinical support from the supervising BCBA. B. Try using schedules of reinforcement to see if that helps. Seeking clinical support from the supervising BCBA would be an appropriate action for an RBT to take to address a lack of progress C. Talk to other RBTs who work with the client to see if they have with a client. any ideas. D. Ask the parents if they think the client is making progress. A procedure designed to eliminate a problem behavior by withholding reinforcement after the behavior occurs. A. Extinction A. Extinction Stopping the reinforcement that was previously maintaining the problem behavior with the goal of reducing or eliminating the behavior. B. Positive punishment C. Negative reinforcement D. Negative punishment Transferring control from the instructor's prompts to cues in the natural environment is called A. Stimulus control transfer A. Stimulus control transfer Stimulus control transfer is the reduction of prompts and reinforcement to achieve a final goal of stimulus control. Transferring control from the instructor's prompts to cues in the environment is an example of stimulus control transfer. Methods of stimulus control transfer include prompt fading, prompt delay, or stimulus fading. B. Maintenance training C. Discrete trial training D. Concurrent schedules 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 C. DRH DRH (Differential Reinforcement of High Rates) is correct because the RBT is responding only to the use of the phrase above a whisper, so a higher set criterion is reinforced. D. DRI The term "successive approximations" is associated with A. Chaining B. shaping B. Shaping Successive approximations are associated with the process of shaping behavior, which is gradually reinforcing behaviors that are closer and closer to the target behavior. C. Positive practice D. Overcorrection In RBT training, we often refer to the importance of pairing. In pairing, we are B. Creating a positive learning history. A. Establishing a set of rules for the learner to follow. 13 / 16 B. Creating a positive learning history. Pairing involves creating a positive learning history by building rapport with the learner. C. Bribing the learner to cooperate. D. Teaching the child to do whatever they are told. 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. A. Do not accept the request. B. Accept the request but do not post anything on the parent's site. C. Accept the request in order to maintain a good working relationship, but hide the parent's feed. Yes, you should avoid accepting a "friend" request on social media from client parents as this is a conflict of interest and could be an ethical concern. D. Accept the request and post positive things about the client on the parent's feed. Which teaching method is most likely lead to generalization? A. It depends on the learner D. Natural Environment Training B. Discrete Trial Training Natural Environment Training can be effective in promoting generalization as it focuses on teaching skills in the natural environment where the skills will likely be used. C. Errorless Learning D. Natural Environment Training Ethan is a client in a group home. He is 32 years old and has a history of nonconsensual sexual touching of peers while they sleep. This behavior occurs very infrequently (less than once per A. A safety plan for continuous monitoring after lights-out quarter) but is severe in nature when it does occur. What might the BCBA add to his behavior plan to instruct staff members in A safety plan is an appropriate addition to the behavior plan to procedures to ensure everyone remains safe? ensure everyone remains safe. The safety plan is more proactive, aimed to avoid circumstances where the problem behavior could A. A safety plan for continuous monitoring after lights-out occur. Nonconsensual touching is never okay, so waiting for behavior to become aggressive is not appropriate, nor is relying on B. A crisis plan for managing Evan's response if a peer rejects his the possibility of a social story teaching this critical skill without advances ensuring safety as the primary focus. Correct: a safety plan for continuous monitoring after lights-out Why answer is correct: ExC. An emergency plan in case the touching becomes aggressive cellent! A safety plan is an appropriate addition to the behavior plan to ensure everyone remains safe. D. A social skills plan to teach Evan how to seek sexual contact safely Conor says "Hi' every time he sees his classmates, even if he sees them every five minutes. This is a __________________ error. A. Discrimination A. Discrimination B. Extinction Conor hasn't learned to discriminate between when it's appropriate to say 'hi' and when it's not. C. Generalization D. Maintenance Mimi is playing toy cars with Mom. Mom picks up the green car, which is Mimi's favorite. Mimi begins to scream and cry. Mom gives Mimi the green car. The next few times Mom touches the green C. Positive reinforcement car, Mimi screams and cries. Mom giving Mimi the green car is an example of Mom giving Mimi the green car is an example of positive reinforcement because the behavior (Mimi's screaming and crying) A. Negative reinforcement B. Positive punishment 14 / 16 C. Positive reinforcement increased as a result of the presentation of a stimulus (giving Mimi the green car). D. Negative punishment Amaya works as an RBT providing services through a Medicaid waiver service agency. Her neighbors have a child on the autism spectrum who exhibits self-injurious behaviors. Amaya is friendly with the neighbors, and they often ask her advice. The family is not eligible for Medicaid but cannot afford private ABA services. They've asked Amaya if she can work with their child "off the books." Why can't Amaya do that? A. Amaya cannot provide services to this family because it would A. Amaya cannot provide services to this family because it would be a dual relationship. She can help them to find other resources be a dual relationship. She can help them to find other resources to get their needs met. to get their needs met. B. Amaya cannot work "off the books" because she would get in trouble with the ABA company. C. Amaya cannot work with this family because, as an RBT, she can only provide services to clients with a Medicaid waiver. D. All of these Summer and Cody are collecting data on the same learner's out of seat behavior, but they are having trouble getting a high enough IOA. The learner frequently leans forward so far that his bottom leaves the seat of his desk, so Summer counts this as out of seat behavior. However, his entire body remains within the spacial boundaries of the desk, so Cody counts this as in-seat A. Both of these behavior. The behavioral definition defines out of seat behavior as separating from his desk without permission of the teacher The behavioral definition is not clear or complete because it does for more than 20 seconds. What components of the behavioral not specify whether the learner's entire body needs to be out of definition are lacking? the desk or whether leaning forward is considered out of seat behavior. Clarifying these components in the behavioral definition A. Both of these would help both Summer and Cody to obtain a higher IOA. B. The definition is not clear C. The definition is not complete D. Neither of these The best thing about using NET training with an energetic three-year-old is C. Some reinforcers will be naturally occurring A. All reinforcers are naturally occurring In Natural Environment Training (NET), there is a focus on teaching skills in the natural context where they will be used, and this often allows for naturally occurring reinforcers to be used. B. The technician will not have to provide prompts C. Some reinforcers will be naturally occurring D. Data collection is less cumbersome What does a vertical line crossing the x-axis indicate on a graph? A. Phase change A. Phase change B. Missing data 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. C. Baseline beginning D. Baseline ending 15 / 16 Where would an RBT go to learn what to do if a client requests a change of BCBA? C. Organizational policies and procedures A. RBT Code of Ethics B. RBT Task List C. Organizational policies and procedures That's right, 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." D. BCBA Code of Ethics 16 / 16