RBT Certification Practice Exam

Which of the following is an example of a positive punishment?

• A student lost a token each time he left the class without permission

• Dave received a speeding ticked which decreased him speeding in the future

• Each time the child hit his brother, the mother removed his favorite toy which decreased him hitting his brother in the future

• All of these

Valid data are accurate, representative, ____, and significant

• realistic

• relevant

• reverent

Amy has been biting her fingernails for five years. Her mother applied a terrible tasting medication to her fingernails to discourage her from biting them. So far, the nail biting has not decreased much even with the medication. What's one possible reason?

• Previous learning history

• Sensitivity to the consequence

• Either answer could be correct

In teaching echoics, we shape by reinforcing _____ before requiring correct words.

• similar words

• word approximations

• both are correct

JJ's mother objects to a goal his IEP team recommended (to identify his ABC's) because he has worked on it for 10 consecutive years and has not mastered it. JJ's mother is essentially saying the goal has no:

• behavioral momentum

• person-centeredness

• social validity

• benchmark requirements

Nicholas is reinforced for smoothing his sheets, tucking them in, and pulling the comforter up to the top of the bed. His RBT places the pillows. This is an example of teaching bed making via:

• Backward chaining

• Forward chaining

• Total Task chaining

• Reinforcement

The observer is recording data on tangible items (e.g., completed math worksheets) left over in the environment that can be recorded at a later time. What measurement procedure is being described?

• Event recording

• Duration

• Permanent product recording

• Tangible count

Your BCBA determined that attention is maintaining Jack's aggressive behavior. What could extinction look like in this scenario?

• Reprimanding Jack when he engages in property destruction

• Withholding attention while Jack engages in aggressive behavior

• Giving Jack attention no matter what behavior he is engaging in

• All of these

A client's family asks you to babysit over the weekend while they go out of town. As an RBT, how should you respond to the parent's request?

• Agree to babysitting since you are familiar with the family

• Apologize and inform the family that it is against the RBT ethics code

• Inform them that you are busy this weekend but are free the next weekend

• All of the above could be appropriate

When Jessica is working with her client, she ensures she is always providing learning opportunities across different stimuli, various times of the day, incorporating new people, and in teaching in different settings. What is Jessica programming for?

• Maintenance

• Generalization

• Discrete trial teaching

• Indirect teaching