RBT Practice Exam Guide

RBT Practice Exam (75 Questions) In the Discrete Trial cycle, the prompt should occur when? Simultaneously with the instruction, or just after it The following is an example of which transfer procedure? SD: Point to the cat? R: child points to cat SD: What is it? (holding cat card) R: child says "cat." Listener response to tact transfer Outcome recording could be used for which behavior? Writing an essay Competent Training Programs and Supervised Work Experiences include all of the following, EXCEPT? Specific training in Occupational Therapy practices Breaking a complex skill into smaller, teachable units is the definition of... Task Analysis When you document you should attempt to document only... What was observed, not interpretations of what was observed Which of the following is not a part of a Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP)? How the child feels when the behavior is occurring What can be used to determine existing nonsocial and social reinforcers? A preference assessment If a Behavior Technician measured the length of time that it took Andrew to respond to someone calling him, she would be measuring the... Latency All of the following are some appropriate ways to respond to feedback, EXCEPT: Explain to your supervisor why you did what you did. They may be wrong in their feedback All of the following are functions of behavior EXCEPT... To placate others Which of the following is not socially mediated? Automatic reinforcement Behavior Analysts should always recommend the ____________________likely to be effective in dealing with a behavior problem. Least restrictive procedures When our learner is on a roll with responding, reinforcement should be... Continued at current levels or increased All of the following are reasons that the use of electronic comHIPAA encourages people to use paper because its the safest and munication and social media are more likely to result in a HIPAA most efficient way to communicate health information violation EXCEPT: If a practitioner finds that, due to unforeseen factors, a potentially Attempt to resolve with the best interests of the affected person harmful multiple relationships has arisen, what is recommended? and maximal compliance with the Guidelines What are two things you can do to organize and prepare for each Use a "to-do" list and keep a calendar to review what is up ahead day ahead of time? Which type of chaining results in the learner being reinforced after they perform the final step in the chain? Backwards chaining The role of the RBT is to Provide direct support and education with individuals receiving ABA services When teaching Bob to discriminate boys and girls, his teacher used pictures of exaggerated versions of genders (girls had long hair and dresses, boys wore pants, had short hair). Over time, she used less exaggerated features. This an example of what? Stimulus Fading The three steps of discrimination training are... Teach in isolation, add distracters, mix in mastered items When Keenan and his mother go to the zoo, Keenan always whines to ride the train. Most of the time his mother says "no," but She has reinforced his whining on a very thin variable ratio schedwhen she is really tired she might say "yes." Why is this behavior ule not likely to be easily extinguished? Which of the following would be transfer trial: The teacher presents Present the discriminative stimulus but this time fade or omit the the discriminative stimulus with an echoic prompt, the student echoic prompt responds correctly so next the teacher will _________. Once pairing has taken place, the teacher can become a ___________reinforcer. Conditioned A crisis plan includes which sections? Antecedent Interventions, Escalation, Crisis, Post Crisis 1/4 Something you can do to prevent the student from losing motivation in Naturalistic Teaching is... Change activities at a pace that is just slightly faster than the learner is losing interest in them in following teaching sessions If a practitioner finds that, due to unforeseen factors, a potentially Attempt to resolve with the best interests of the affected person harmful multiple relationship has arisen, what is recommended? and maximal compliance with the Guidelines Instructors can help facilitate generalization by ___________. Varying the therapy setting, SDs, and stimuli A ______________ is an employee who is required by the state to inform a designated investigator of any suspected, witnessed, or alleged abuse or neglect. Mandatory reporter It is okay to work for a close family member as long as _____________ There is no time where it is appropriate to work for a close family member Tamara is behind on her work as an analyst and decides she needs to do some work at home tonight. She copies the files she Yes. It is a security breach. The data on the flash drive was not has been working on (which contain PHI) to a flash drive and encrypted or otherwise protected and there is no way to undo the drops the flash drive in her purse for later use. When Tamara gets potential damage because the flash drive is lost. home, the flash drive is missing. Is this a security breach? Behavioral definitions must be both... Observable Measurable Find the best definition for hitting Forceful contact between the learner's hand and another person Before a treatment is introduced Data should be graphed: During treatment After treatment is introduced If the behavior was actually repeated in the future after receiving the item How can you tell if an item functioned as a reinforcer? If the demands of an organization conflict with the BACB's guide- Clarify the nature of the conflict with their supervisor, make known lines, practitioners should their commitment to these Guidelines and try to resolve the conflict Discrimination training requires ... One response and two antecedent conditions If a Behavior Technician watched Jimmy for 5 minute periods and recorded if he were humming for ANY part of that 5 minutes period, she would be using: Partial Interval Recording Which of the following is backwards chaining? Prompting a learner through all steps of washing hands, but allowing them to throw away the towel independently What is the first step in creating a behavioral treatment? Define the behavior and select a measurement technique James is reaching for a gummy worm you have in your hand, and he isn't saying, "Gummy." What is the most intrusive prompt you can give? Model the word "gummy" (echoic prompt) When you observed Sally, she kicked 7 times. Your observation was from 1 pm to 3 pm. Sally's kicking rate per hour is: 3.5 per hour Behavior Analysts adhere to a code of ethics that seeks to protect the _____________. Rights of its consumers What are the 4 functions of behavior? Access to tangibles, to gain attention, escape, automatic Complete this sentence: Documentation and record keeping are important to ensure.... Accountability, coordination of care between yourself and other supports and to guide the improvement of services When practitioners believe there may have been an ethical violation by another practitioner, or non behavioral colleague, they attempt to resolve the issue, first by: Bringing it to the attention of that individual Jake yelled when he wanted music turned off and his parents would turn it off. One day, his parents decided to ignore the yelling. Jake's yelling initially increased then decreased over the next couple days as they continued to ignore. What occurred? Extinction burst The one time you should violate confidentiality is _______________. When there is suspected abuse or neglect 2/4 In which of the following scenarios would consent not be required? When advancing to the next target in a program It is appropriate to discuss clients with which of the following? Practitioners should discuss confidential information only for appropriate professional purposes and only with persons clearly concerned with such matters. Supervisors must provide feedback to their direct reports every______________. Two weeks Before you can make a hypothesis about the function(s) of the target behavior, you must do all of the following EXCEPT... Tell the parents to skip medication for a day so you can rule out medication effects If reinforcement is delivered after each number of responses listed, which of the following is variable ratio of 7 (VR7)? 3, 11, 7, 7, 4, 10 Sue's teachers say she isn't motivated by anything. She shows little interest in toys, activities or food. An exception appears to be Pair toys, food, and activities with the music she loves and then one CD that she listens to exclusively. What can Sue's teachers start to fade the music volume down do to broaden her reinforcement repertoire? Multiple examplar training refers to _______________. Using many different stimuli to teach a skill to promote generalization An operational definition is used for a behavior so that Two independent observers will agree on occurrences and non-occurrences of the behavior Whenever punishment is going to be used, the client or the person whom makes decisions for the client, such as a parent or guardian, must ___________. Give informed consent Rob is learning body parts, and loves frogs. His teacher draws a frog, but leaves out parts of its body. When he points at the missing part, she prompts him to say the body part, then draws it. This is an example of Naturalistic Teaching Strategies because... The reinforcer was directly related to the material being taught When deciding what mands to teach you should... Do a preference assessment to determine what motivates your learner Ratio Schedules are based on ______________ and interval schedules are based on ___________________. The number of responses, passage of time Which of the following is deemed acceptable when it comes to avoiding dual relationships? Dual relationships that are recommended against What situation might warrant a functional assessment of problem Candace throws items at her peers during class. This happens behavior and a behavior intervention plan? several times/hour, and occasionally it causes injury Which of the following could be a Motivating Operation? Tommy hasn't eaten today and is very hungry Frequency recording would be appropriate to use for which behavior? Key strokes Free Operant preference assessments involve... Watching what your learner chooses to do when they can play with anything available You can transfer the control of the mand to the motivation operation alone by... Systematically fading your prompts Leila engages in hand mouthing. She is reinforced every time she is engaged in a behavior that is incompatible with hand mouthing (drawing or building with legos). This is an example of which differential reinforcement procedure? DRI Which of the following would be the most appropriate report about behaviors observed in a session? Johnny engaged in 4 episodes of hand biting today Every ten minutes Johnny is rewarded with a gummy if he did not throw his toys. This is an example of which differential reinforcement procedure? DRO What does a crisis plan describe? How to prevent and respond to the crisis behaviors Stimulus control is when... A behavior is emitted more often in the presence of a particular discriminative stimulus than in its absence 3/4 Percentage & duration Line Graphs can be used for: Frequency & rate Intensity & latency You can track your learners progress in mands by... Taking frequency data and graphing the results to be analyzed over time Hilary has autism and she likes to push buttons on her toys over and over again. After a while, to her parent's satisfaction, the batteries wore out of the toy. Hilary stopped pushing the buttons on the toy. What decreased her behavior? Extinction The Phase Change line demonstrates a change in conditions on a graph and is represented by: A solid vertical line 4/4