Central Reach Institute 40 Hour RBT Training Practice Test

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• Which schedule provides reinforcement after every instance of the target behavior?
• PLA-CHECK is a data collection method mentioned in the material.
• Partial Interval Recording records whether the target behavior occurred during the interval.
• Shaping to gradually reduce prompts increases independence.
• In replacement behavior strategies, which element is essential?
• PLA-CHECK is best described as what kind of data collection method?
• Most data collection apps for behavior analysis have built-in HIPAA protection.
• Differential reinforcement is a process of behavior change in which one behavior is reinforced while others are placed on extinction.
• Session notes are ________________ in form.
• Which preference assessment method presents two items at a time for comparison?
• ABC recording is used to identify the function of a behavior.
• Echoics are taught before and during mand training because...
• The end product of a MSWO preference assessment is best described as which of the following?
• Permanent Product Recording involves recording the outcome after the behavior to infer whether it occurred.
• Which data collection method is NOT listed among those in the material?
• What is the environmental assessment called?
• The preference assessment method in which children are presented with one item at a time is called which?
• The U.S. political system is designed to ensure citizens are provided with access to evidence-based education and treatment.
• When selecting a data collection method, it should primarily preserve data accuracy and relevance to client outcomes.
• Stimulus fading involves gradually reducing the presence of a cue or prompt across steps.
• Some early behavior analysts conducted experiments that today’s ethical codes would not permit.
• Replacement behavior strategies must include reinforcement procedures.
• Shaping to gradually reduce prompt levels increases which outcome?
• RBTs are responsible for knowing a child's behavior intervention plan.
• Which type of group contingencies requires all members to win or lose together?
• Behavioral skills training is recommended for generalization training.
• The description of the intensity of a behavior is a part of its ______.
• Treatment integrity is best assessed through self report.
• If your BCBA supervisor is in the hospital for months, what should you do?
• Reinforcement for emitting a correct echoic is usually...
• Extinction is defined as eliminating a previously learned behavior by withholding reinforcement.
• How is behavior rate expressed?
• If you are having difficulty establishing instructional control in a clinic setting, natural environment training is recommended.
• Once informed consent is given, it can be revoked. Which statement is correct?
• Consent for behavior-analytic services can be revoked at any time. Which option best expresses this principle?
• The IISCA is an approach to functional assessment that moves Iwata's test conditions into the natural environment.
• What is the primary factor in determining how detailed a task analysis should be?
• Differential reinforcement is a process of behavior change in which one behavior is reinforced while others are placed on extinction.
• Task analysis is the process of breaking a task down into a ______ of smaller steps.
• A person with a complex vocabulary and multiple motor impairments would probably prefer
• The most intrusive prompt type is the full physical prompt.
• In the mnemonic for remembering the dimensions of Applied Behavior Analysis, which item is correct?
• One example of a repetitive, stereotypical behavior is
• Which of the following has been shown to prevent problem behavior among children?
• Which safety area has seen a drastic increase in emphasis over the past decade?
• Language and communication skills assessments conducted by behavior analysts focus on which framework for verbal behavior?
• The key to success with extinction is to combine it with punishment.
• In differential reinforcement, one behavior is reinforced while others are placed on extinction.
• RBTs on person-centered planning teams may face several ethical dilemmas, including which of the following?
• Tacts are easier to teach than mands.
• Which outcome is produced by a MSWO preference assessment?
• Consequences that result in a reduction of the behavior in the future are called...
• If a BCBA supervisor becomes unavailable for an extended period, what is the appropriate action for an RBT?
• Which statement about data validity and reliability is accurate?
• Maintenance in behavioral assessment refers to performing a skill after a period of time without training.
• Independence as an outcome refers to the client performing tasks without prompts.
• According to the BACB, punishment is only to be used after reinforcement has failed.
• The RBT must when learner's response is not addressed by prompting, error correction, and reinforcement procedures?
• Is the statement 'Valid data is reliable data' correct?
• When a learner's behavior is not addressed by prompting, error correction, or reinforcement procedures, the RBT should...
• Ed watches his client and marks a box if the behavior of interest is displayed throughout the observed interval. Ed is using Whole Interval Recording.
• The belief that praise and stickers for an A prove the child needs a punisher is accurate.
• System-wide approaches such as positive behavior support and trauma-informed care have decreased the social acceptability of punishment procedures.
• In school-wide PBIS, emphasis is placed on which of the following?
• RBTs are not allowed to administer standardized assessments.
• The statement that the U.S. political system guarantees access to evidence-based education and treatment is:
• Tacts are easier to teach than mands.
• Momentary Time Sampling records the presence of the behavior at the end of the interval.
• The statement reflexive responses are elicited by conditioned stimuli is true or false?
• Frequency data is useless without a timeframe.
• Teaching the circle concept using an image of a circle, a ball, and a round puzzle piece, then asking to choose the round object among a hamburger and a ham sandwich demonstrates which concept?
• In NET, which description best applies Mand-Model?
• Bar charts can be used for categorical data or time series data.
• Extinction procedures will vary based on which aspect of the behavior?
• In natural environment teaching, the approach where the teacher observes the child's point of interest, models the correct response, and requires replication is called?
• ABC recording was developed by which researcher?
• To assess the effectiveness of a self-calming pause after a rant, which data would be most appropriate to collect?
• In ABA practice, data collection is useful but not required by all plans.
• Which statement about FBA approaches is true?
• Functional Analysis uses _____________________ research design.
• Where should explanatory text for a graph be placed?
• In the shoe-tying example, which chaining method is demonstrated?
• Inattention symptoms include three types of symptoms: task incompletion, disorganization, and ______.
• The two-hour practice example where the device is shortened demonstrates shaping of which concept?
• A teacher leads a student through tracing letters, tracing dotted lines, removing half the dots, and then writing on plain paper. This progression is an example of which concept?
• Partial Interval Recording tends to overestimate the occurrence of a behavior because it records if the behavior occurs at any point during the interval.
• Which statement about motor imitation skills is correct?
• Which of the following situations should be immediately reported to the BACB?
• The BACB guidance on ethical conflict resolution emphasizes direct discussion with the involved person rather than deferring to supervisor as the first step.
• Which behavior observed in a social skills group should prompt immediate supervisor notification?
• Partial Interval Recording involves observing whether the behavior occurred at any point during the interval.
• Which of the following is an example of a system-wide approach?
• The best reinforcement schedule for rapidly teaching a brand new behavior.
• One way to prevent insulting your client's dignity is to do which of the following?
• Behaviors with a sensory function are always reinforced via automatic positive reinforcement.
• Jaime's RBT collects 15 minute time samples of hand-raising in classes over three weeks by a frequency count. This data collection is best described as which type?
• Which of the following is NOT a method of differential reinforcement?
• Which option best completes the four-term contingency by including the added element Motivating Operations?
• Replacement behavior is defined as the behavior that serves the same function as the problem behavior.
• Which of the following describes the correct understanding of extinction in behavior analysis?
• In a scenario involving a role-play about a dating discussion with a minor, what is the appropriate first step?
• Reinforcer assessments are a specific form of
• Reflexive responses are elicited by conditioned stimuli.
• The two domains of Autism Spectrum Disorder are...
• The RBT code of ethics encourages you to solve most ethical conflicts by directly discussing the issue with the person with whom the conflict is occurring.
• SMART stands for which of the following?
• There are two main approaches for conducting an FBA.
• Which practice involves reinforcing a specific target behavior while placing other behaviors on extinction?
• Behavior is
• Stimulus control describes...
• Automatic reinforcement is reinforcement delivered non contingently—true or false?
• The field that studies the analysis of behavior is called Behavior Analysis.
• Alice collected data at the same time and place every day for two weeks. Her data may be Representative.
• BIPS are often revised.
• The IISCA conditions typically are run for 3-5 minutes at a time.
• The type of assessment that describes the physical form of a behavior is called
• Holding up your open hand is a graphic prompt to stop.
• Least effective prompt data collection is a method used to track progress in errorless learning.
• NET introduces concerns less prominent in clinic-based services, such as...
• Which option best describes the function that is NOT listed for behaviors seeking 'stuff' in the example?
• Which recording method records the occurrence only if the behavior is present for the entire interval?
• Shaping is a procedure used for which of the following?
• In the presence of a stimulus where reinforcement is not available, the correct term is:
• Senior citizens with developmental disabilities are at increased risk for inappropriate prescribing of psychotropic medications.
• Which of the following behaviors is appropriate to target in a social skills group?
• Skill acquisition goals are based on which of the following?
• What is the most important factor in determining how detailed your task analysis should be?
• Which data collection method poses a risk that the data may not actually belong to the client?
• In functional analysis, data collection is usually based on which measure?
• Which statement best describes a token economy's reinforcers?
• Which example illustrates a repetitive, stereotypical behavior?
• When people engage in behaviors that function to get access to 'stuff', the function is called
• Which statement best describes interdependent group contingencies?
• When problem behaviors occur in a predictable chain, a BCBA may target only which part of the chain to shape the overall behavior?
• The acronym to remember for goal setting is
• The primary purpose of a Behavior Intervention Plan is to describe how to teach and support desired behaviors.
• RBTs must follow skill acquisition plans exactly. Which statement is true?
• When selecting an augmentative or alternative communication method, which factors should be considered?
• Ed marks a box if the behavior of interest is displayed throughout the observed interval. This is an example of Whole Interval Recording.
• In ABA, data are described as
• PBIS emphasizes antecedent interventions rather than relying solely on punishment.
• Generalization refers to performing a skill in new settings or with new people without additional training.
• When setting up data to graph in Excel, the guideline stating you should begin with baseline and enter no other data on that line except for the height of the major phase change line that marks it is True.
• How to use money is a ______________ skill; whether to give money to a person in need is a _______________ skill; how much money to pay for groceries is a ______________________ skill.
• There are two main approaches for conducting an FBA.
• Who is qualified to complete diagnostic assessments?
• During maintenance training, we seek to determine how well the learner can
• When collecting time-based observations, fixed-interval sampling yields data that are best described as:
• Nancy's RBT puts her shoes on for her, straightens the tongue, and pulls the strings tight. Nancy then ties her shoes. Nancy is learning to put on her shoes via
• Momentary Time Sampling for groups is most closely aligned with which data collection method?
• Social skills instruction should only occur in natural settings.
• Which organization is not among the three professional organizations listed?
• Inter-response Time is defined as the interval between two successive responses.
• The three-term contingency becomes the four-term contingency if we add which concept?
• As an RBT, how often should you expect supervision?
• Person-centered planning teams are the same as IEP teams.
• Which data collection method counts the number of times a behavior occurs within a specified interval?
• In a chain, focusing on the first component to shape the chain is an example of targeting the chain's starting point.
• How many columns of data are required to create a scatterplot?
• Behavioral skills training is not recommended for generalization training.
• Data collection is useful if you can work it in, but ABA plans do not require it.
• Bar charts can be used for time series data.
• In a scenario where a child says 'Ball' and the trainer provides a ball, the child’s utterance is a(n):
• The science of human behavior is best described as which field?
• In single-stimulus preference assessments, the statement 'children are given free access to a room full of toys, but must choose only one to play with' is true or false?
• Problem behaviors often occur because of skill deficits.
• Permanent Product Recording is best described as recording the tangible outcomes of behavior after it occurs.
• Which option is a differential reinforcement method that focuses on reinforcing an alternative behavior?
• Behavior rate is best described as which of the following?
• Which statement best describes the method where two items are presented and the individual indicates preference?
• RBTs may be asked to conduct interviews or administer questionnaires as part of the FBA process.
• Ed's situation indicates a(n) ______.
• If a target behavior is observed only during some portions of intervals, which recording method is most likely being used?
• Delay tolerance is another word for procrastination.
• The basic elements of a token economy include target behaviors, token schedule, reinforcer menu, and ____________________.
• For every target behavior, the Behavior Intervention Plan should list which elements?