RBT Mock Exam 2023: Small Format

RBT Mock exam 2023 Leonard gives Sheldon a token about every 5th time Sheldon responds correctly. After Sheldon earns 5 tokens, he can exchange them for 10 minutes of video games time. Sheldon is earning tokens on what schedule of reinforcement? Variable ratio Food, sex, water, breathable air, and any other stimuli that are necessary for life are what types of reinforcement? unconditioned How many face-to-face supervision contacts are required every month? 2 Pairing the instructions, "Make a sandwich" with a video model, How many face-to-face supervision contacts are required every then fading the video model until the patient can make a sandwich month? when given the instruction only. Which of the following is likely a conditioned reinforcer? Which of the following is likely a conditioned reinforcer? April has recently been assigned on Ron's case. She is preparing for her first session with him by reading through his targets and behavior support plans, and ensuring she is familiar with them both before she starts. At the beginning of her session, she greets April did not take enough time to build rapport with Ron before him and brings out a few toys. After conducting a preference as- placing demands sessment with the toys, she begins running targets. Ron engages in maladaptive behaviors and does not comply with demands. What is most likely the problem? When teaching a patient to brush their teeth, you demonstrate with your own toothbrush and teeth. What type of prompt is used? modeling A therapist is working with a client with limited vocal language. This child is stacking blocks on a table. As he interacts with the blocks, the therapist periodically asks the client what color, shape, and comparative size the blocks are as the child plays. What type of teaching strategy is this? Incidental/ Natural environment training (NET) A therapist provides a 'star' token every 3 times the learner responds correctly. After 5 tokens, the learner can exchange the tokens for a reinforcer from the reinforcer menu. What type of schedule of reinforcement is this? fixed ratio Cars, money, movies, stories, etc. - things whose reinforcing value is established through learned relations are what type of reinforcement? conditioned Identify the correct reinforcement schedule for the following example: Chandler gives Joey skittles after an average of 5 completed tasks without challenging behaviors. VR 5 Winston placed his client's spitting on extinction. When he did this, he was worried he chose the wrong function because the client's spitting initially increased. This is known as: Extinction burst The teacher placed Mark's screaming on extinction. After several days, his screaming went away. However, it returned a week later. This is known as: Spontaneous recovery What is not part of a crisis/emergency protocol when providing behavioral services? call the main office Which of the following are signs of assent from the patient? Patient smiles at you throughout the session Patient invites you to play with them Patient greets you at the beginning of the session (All of the above) True or false. Token economies should be designed specific to individuals. true Which is an example of an Intraverbal? Colby's uncle asks "Where do you go to school?" Colby replies "Abbot Elementary." The removal of a stimulus that decreases the future likelihood of a behavior is called: negative punishment 1/6 A type of measurement that records behavior after it has occurred by the lasting physical change on the environment. Permanent Product A signal that reinforcement is available: Discriminative stimulus What is a motivating operation? An environmental variable that has value altering and behavior altering effects Nicole, a BCBA, is putting together a DRI for her patient who is hitting peers in the hallway while walking in line. Nicole made a plan where every time the child is in the hallway in line, he will receive reinforcement if he: Keeps his hands in his pockets Medication changes, illness, relocation, sleep problems, etc., are all_______ that should always be documented in the direct care session note. setting events What are the last 10 minutes of the session reserved for? To complete the direct care session note Which is not an appropriate reaction when given feedback from your direct supervisor? Making a sarcastic comment What does 'onset' refer to? The start of an instance of a behavior being measured Which of the following describes a differential reinforcement of alternative behavior procedure? Sharpay honors Ryan's request (through his tablet AAC). This behavior is to replace aggression and leading caregivers by the hand. What is the definition of consent? When an individual (typically parent or caregiver) legally permits another individual's participation, usually through spoken and written authorization. The form of verbal behavior when the speaker repeats the same sound or word that was said by another person is called: Echoic Functional Communication Training (FCT) is a special form of what? DRA Which of the following is NOT part of a Behavior Support Plan (BSP)? How the client feels when the behavior is occuring Aly took ABC data in order to find the function of her patient Nick's screaming behavior. During the ABC data collection, she found that Nick would scream whenever they started to work or a demand was placed. Based on this ABC data, what is the function of Nick's screaming behavior? Escape Selena is reading a skill acquisition target that says the Sd is to hold up a red stimulus and say "red". The correct response is the patient vocalizes "red". A correct response earns a token; an incorrect response is followed by an additional full verbal prompt "Red". What does the token for a correct response symbolize in this example? Positive reinforcement All of the following are acceptable for a professional relationship between an RBT and supervising Behavior Analyst (BCBA) EXCEPT_____________? The BCBA can request that the RBT does parent trainings and functional behavior assessments for them. A _____________ is an employee who is required to inform a designated investigator of any suspected, witnessed, or alleged abuse or neglect. Mandatory Reporter The teacher placed one item on the table for 5 minutes and recorded duration of play. She removed the item at the end of the trial and placed a new item on the table and repeated the trial. She did this with 5 total items. Which type preference assessment did she implement? Single stimulus Is the following an EO or AO: Steve just finished a large seven course meal. (In relation to food) Abolishing Operation An IKEA assembly manual is an example of ... Task Analysis 2/6 Bob is able to complete most of the steps necessary to wash his hands independently. His mom has him practice the entire chain, providing prompts when necessary. Total task chaining The use of reinforcement of successive approximations towards a terminal outcome: shaping elle is learning how to tie her shoes. Her staff completes all the steps except the last involved in tying a shoe, then prompts her to pull the loops tight. Once Belle can independently pull the loops tight, her staff completes all the steps for her until it's time to create the second loop. The staff prompts Belle to create the second loop, and allows her to independently pull the loops tight. Belle is learning to tie her shoes using what method? backwards chaining Your client walks over to you and says "I want yogurt." What kind of verbal operant is this? mand Elaine is measuring her patient's in-seat behavior using partial interval recording on a 5-minute interval. During the 5-minute interval, her patient sits in their seat 3 times; the first time for 5 seconds, the second time for 1 minute, the third time for 20 seconds. Elaine should mark this interval as: 'Yes' or 'Occurrence' Which of the following is the definition of assent? Non-legal agreement to participate that may be spoken, written or otherwise communicated. Of the following, which are examples of discontinuous data collection? Partial interval, whole interval, momentary time sampling Monica, an RBT, is providing ABA therapy in-home. During the Tell the parent you will tell the BCBA about their request and that session, the parent asks if you can start working on potty training. the BCBA will contact them about it soon. What should you do? An RBT is maintaining _________ when they do not accept a stakeholders social media request. professional boundaries Gifts are only acceptable: Between a client and an RBT, no greater than $10 or equivalent value RBTs avoid multiple __________ with clients, coworkers, and supervisors. relationships The therapist tells George to pause his Nintendo Switch game. George paused the game 2 minutes later. The 2 minutes is known as: latency At the end of the interval, the therapist checked to see if Jerry was engaged in the activity (writing an essay). What type of time sampling procedure was utilized? momentary time sampling Your client is playing with his toys in his room. You give him a toy Zebra and he says "Zebra!" What verbal operant is this? tact Mrs. Eriksen gave Barney a token after each math problem. He collected 10 tokens in 4 minutes. The 10 tokens in 4 minutes are known as what? rate/frequency What type of measurement records the time between two successive responses? IRT (Inter-response time) General Responsibilities, Responsibilities in Providing Behavior-Technician Services, and Responsibilities to the BACB and BACB-Required Supervisor are the three sections that the ____________are divided into. RBT Ethics Code 2.0 Which is NOT an example of assent withdrawl? Patient allows you to play next to them Which of the following is NOT an example of protecting client dignity? Venting to your co-worker in the breakroom about how annoying your client is Ted is tracking the behavior of Marshall spitting on his sister. He tracked between the hours of 12pm and 3pm. He tracked that he 5 3/6 spit at the following times: 12:05, 12:51, 1:17, 2:34, and 2:47. What is the total count of spitting? Abby is providing direct care services to her patient, Leroy. While talking to mom to check for any relevant setting events, mom tells Abby that they went to the doctor yesterday and discovered that Leroy has Hypoglycemia. Mom is very stressed out about it Withhold any advice she might have because she is not a doctor. because of the dietary restrictions involved, she just isn't sure she can keep it all straight. Abby also has Hypoglycemia and has found a simple way to manage her blood sugar without many dietary restrictions. Abby should: How much supervision should you be getting as an RBT according 5% of your applied behavior analytic working hours need to be to the BACB? supervised A free operant preference assessment is... The individual freely engages with any item in a typically available in that environment, and engagement time with each activity is recorded Hermione raises her hand for every question the teacher asks in class, not giving her peers a chance to respond. Her BCBA tells her that she can now raise her hand no more than 3 times during class. If she raises her hand 3 times or less, she gets reinforced. If she raises her hand more than 3 times, she DOES NOT get reinforced. What type of differential reinforcement is this? Differential reinforcement of low rates (DRL) Many stimuli are presented simultaneously, but only one choice is A multiple stimulus with replacement is best described by which allowed at a time. After an item is chosen, it is returned to the array of the following options below? on subsequent trials Once pairing has taken place, you become a __________ reinforcer to your client conditioned The onset to start recording the length of time a behavior takes - specifically: crying (with or without tears) for longer than 10 seconds. The offset is described as: the totalabsence of crying (with or without tears) for at least 10 seconds. What type of data collection does this most likely describe? duration Which of the following is an appropriate way to communicate treatment progress to a client's caregivers? "Today we worked on brushing teeth. She was able to apply the toothpaste and brush her teeth without help for 30 seconds." A patient falls off a swing when you take them to the park. There are no visible injuries, but the child may have hit their head lightly on the ground. What should you do? Tell parents right away, and message the Behavior Analyst. Drake engages in shouting "Gimme, gimme, gimme" repeatedly, while reaching towards candy. He has learned how to say "candy" and will request it occasionally. Josh, his consultant, decides Offer comfort and ensure he is not hurt, and continue to withhold to use an extinction procedure in which functional requests for the candy until he functionally requests it. candy will be reinforced continuously, and screaming will put on extinction. While implementing this Drake ends up slipping and falling. What should Josh do? The therapist place 7 items in a semi-circle on the floor. He had the client choose an item to engage in. He recorded duration of play for 5 minutes. He then removed the item and ran the trial with the remaining 6 stimuli. Which type of preference assessment did he implement? Multiple stimulus without replacement Lea is at the park with her patient, Morgan. Morgan is working on requesting to be pushed in the swing. After about 5 pushes, Lea stops the swing and waits for Morgan to request "push please". When Morgan requests "push please", Lea says "good job asking" and immediately begins pushing her again. After she has done this a few times, another adult walks up to her and asks her why she keeps stopping the swing. What would be an appropriate response? Give a generic response such as: "We are playing a game." What is it called when you start with the least intrusive prompt? least to most prompting 4/6 Reinforcing the absence of a problem behavior during a specific time interval while putting the problem behavior on extinction is called Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior Joel is measuring the amount of time it takes for his patient to begin each step in a toothbrushing sequence. After his patient picks up the toothpaste, he records that 10 seconds elapses before his patient picks up his toothbrush. Joel is recording: Interresponse time The RBT primarily implements a behavior change plan, as deOut of all the options below, which is the closest description of the signed by a certified analyst (BCaBA, BCBA). They are supervised RBT's role in the delivery of behavioral services? regularly (5% of their direct hours) by a certified analyst to ensure competency Showing respect at all times, maintaining privacy and confidentiality, and communicating effectively and professionally are examples of: Maintaining patient dignity What is DRI? differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior is a plan that detects and counters behaviors that are deemed inappropriate, particularly in children. 7 steps of instructional control 1. Show child your in control 2. Fun 3. Trusted 4. Following my directions is beneficial 5. Reinforce each positive response 6. Demonstrate that you just want to help them /switch out reinforces 7. Show that bad behavior won't give them what they want What is pairing? When do you pair its a technique to help form and maintain a rapport with a child (being fun and show that you care and build a relationship of trust.) You pair when you get a new patient or if you are struggling with a patient What are the different types of preference assessments? asking about stimulus preference, free observation, different stimulus giving options on what they want (won't be very formal) When do we run preference assessments? non formal ones (giving options) are on the fly and done multiple times a day motivating operation What is a MO? How do we establish MO? asking what they want to work for, knowing what he or she loves most and use that in a time of need 2 effects that happen with MOs value altering or behavior altering signal that reinforcement is available What is an SD? Why do we use SDs? Help reinforce a positive pattern What is an EO? establishing operation. (Established value) Something in our environment has established value What is an AO? Abolishing operation. (Abolished value) The value has decreased 5 verbal operants? 1. Echoic (repeating back what you say) 2. Listener responding (non verbal response. I say "Come here" and they do it) 3. Tact (using their 5 senses without me asking them about it) labeling things. Ex: smell cookies baking and label it "cookies") 4. Mands (making a request. If the child wants something they are going to request/ask for the item) 5. intra verbal (back and forth conversation or fill in the blanks. Ex: "what's your name?" "Paul") What are the 6 types of continuous measurement? Count, Latency, Inter response time, frequency, rate, duration 5/6 What are the 3 types of discontinuous measurement? Whole Interval Recording, Partial Interval Recording, Momentary Time Sampling What are the functions of behavior? Attention Access Avoidance/escape Automatic ABC stands for? Antecedent behavior consequence 6/6