RBT Mock Exam #1

• Positive reinforcement
• Positive punishment
• Negative reinforcement
• Negative punishment

22. Reinforcement is delivered on the average of every 2 minutes in which the behaviors occur.

• Momentary Time Sampling
• Duration per Occurrence
• Partial Interval Recording
• Partial Interview Recording

54. When attempting to assess the function of a client’s behavior, what is often considered the “gold standard” for experimentally identifying function?

• Ask yourself, “What are the A-B-C’s for this behavior?” Sketch it out, and write a functional response definition for the behavior and proceed with treatment. Trust your intuition!
• Watch the behavior of interest occur in the natural environment; that should be sufficient.
• Free operant or multiple stimulus assessment
• Conducting an analog or naturalistic functional analysis is usually considered the best way to identify function

55. Select the best definition for differential reinforcement, from the choices below:

• A stimulus that, when presented following a behavior, causes an overall INCREASE in that behavior over time.
• Providing greater reinforcement for better approximations of a target behavior, and placing other behaviors on extinction or on a less desirable reinforcement schedule.
• A stimulus that signals the availability of a reinforcer.
• A stimulus that, when presented following a behavior, causes an overall DECREASE in that behavior over time.

56. A little boy is playing with his toys in his room. Holding one of his stuffed animal dolls, he looks at it and says “Zebra!”

Which elementary verbal operant does this scenario most likely describe?

• Intraverbal
• Echoic
• Autoclitic
• Tact

57. Teaching communication to replace problem behaviors.

• Functional communication training
• FIT
• Differential reinforcement of other behaviors
• FR-3 schedule of reinforcement

58. What occurs when reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is no longer provided, resulting in the decrease of frequency of the behavior in the future?

• Endangerment
• Extinction
• Pivotal Response Training
• Negative reinforcement

59. For a child who is always picked up when they cry, not picking them up in the future would be an example of…?

• Escape
• Elopement
• Extinction
• Negative reinforcement

60. Which type of extinction procedure has the individual simply giving no outward signs or response to a behavior, such as eye contact, verbal/ physical responses?

• Planned ignoring
• Escape extinction
• Functional communication training
• Positive reinforcement

61. A child is taught to raise their hand as an alternative to yelling out in class. Which type of differential reinforcement does this example represent?

• Differential reinforcement of incompatible behaviors
• Differential reinforcement of lower rates of behavior
• Differential reinforcement of alternative behaviors
• Differential reinforcement of other behaviors

62. Classical conditioning is also commonly referred to as…

• Reflex Reaction
• Operant Conditioning
• Learning
• Pavolovian Conditioning

63. For a child who is scratching his skin, extinction can be used by the child wearing a glove, preventing the contact of the sensory stimulation that comes from scratching the skin. Which type of extinction does this represent?

• Sensory extinction
• Escape extinction
• Attention extinction
• Functional communication training

64. A neutral stimulus can become conditioned by pairing this stimulus with an unconditioned or previously conditioned stimulus. True or false?

• True
• False

65. The sign being illuminated at your favorite restaurnt says “open.” The open sign signals he availability of stopping, as it indicates that the behavior of going into the restaurant will be reinforced by the delivery of food. What type of stimulus is this an example of?

• Sd
• Sdelta
• Ds
• SR+

66. This follows a response and increases the probability of that response occurring again in the future.

• Punishment
• Reinforcement
• Consequence
• Stimulus

67. Adding something that will motivate a person to increase the likelihood that they will engage in the target behavior again. What type of reinforcement is this?

• Positive
• Negative
• Continuous
• Discontinuous

68. Food is an example of what type of reinforcer?

• Unconditioned
• Conditioned
• Negative
• Positive

69. Money is an example of what type of reinforcement?

• Negative
• Unconditioned
• Secondary
• Primary

70. Extremely bright lights, freezing temperature, electric shock are all examples of which punisher?

• Conditioned
• Unknown
• Unconditioned
• Secondary

71. Satiation is a term that refers to what?

• An abolishing operation (value decrease) of a reinforcer due to an organism being over-exposed to that stimulus
• An establishing operation (value increase) of a reinforcer due to it’s scarcity
• A stimulus that is aversive or non-preferred
• To be at capacity or over-supplied

72. Which of the following is true about cumulative records?

• Trends in a cumulative record can include a positive (increasing) and negative (decreasing) slope
• A combination of all frequency scores into a single “master score index” used in statistical analysis to compare frequency charts for different types of radical behaviors
• Data never decreases in a cumulative record; an increasing slope indicates occurrence of the target behavior, while a flat slope indicates periods of no occurrences of the target behavior
• Data is recorded once per session; downward slopes indicate a decreasing trend

73. Removing something that increases the future likelihood of behavior is called…

• Negative punishment
• Negative reinforcement
• Positive punishment
• Positive reinforcement

74. Present 5 easy/ mastered tasks in quick succession immediately before presenting an acquisition target.

• Behavior modification
• Behavior momentum
• Behavior inertia
• Functional community training.

75. Is exaggerating covered by the RBT ethical code?

• Yes
• No

76. How much time needs to pass before entering a relationship with a client or supervisor?

• 2 years after the working relationship ends
• 6 months after the working relationship ends
• 1 month, as long as a personal relationship is established
• Never

77. What should you do if you are arrested for a minor marijuana charge?

• Report to BACB within 24 hours
• Do not report; this is not a fireable offense and your credential with remain in tact
• Provide 2 weeks notice to employer
• Report to BACB within 30 days

78. When working with a client, whose preferences should take priority?

• Parent
• Teacher
• BCBA
• Client

79. If you become aware that a client’s legal rights are being violated, which of the following actions should you take?

• Contact relevant authorities
• Follow organization’s policies
• Document efforts to address the matter
• Consult with your supervisor
• All of the above

80. Sally is an RBT working with a client named Jim. Jim tends to scream and bite his arm forcefully when presented with his token board, and sometimes when Sally opens up her laptop. Sally almost never opens up her laptop unless she’s about to ask Jim to do some of his table work activities.

What do you think the most likely function of Jim’s behavior is?

• Sensory Overload
• Escape from demands presented by others (Socially Mediated Negative Reinforcement)
• Access to Tangibles, such as preferred Items & activities (Socially Mediated Positive Reinforcement)
• Escape from a painful stimulus, such as a headache! (Automatically Mediated Negative Reinforcement)

81. You are asked to collect data on aggression. Every time your learner agresses, you click the tally counter. What are you measuring?

• Duration
• Duration per occurrence
• Latency
• Frequency

82. You are recording the time it takes from the presentation of the demand (Sd) to the first instance of behavior. What are you measuring?

• Frequency
• Duration
• Latency
• Inter-response time

83. For every third correct response, you deliver a preferred edible. What reinforcement schedule is this?

• FR-3
• FI-3
• VR-3
• VI-3

84. Which of the following is the LEAST unethical decision?

• An RBT working with a family on community skills goals in a shopping mall is offered a gift by the family once they conclude their shopping trip. The RBT accepts the gift.
• A family is going on vacation and wants to bring their RBT along to help their child work on goals while on vacation. The RBT can’t afford the trip, so the family decides to pay for their trip in order to bring them along. The RBT agrees, as this is a valid business expense.
• A small child, who is the client of an RBT, offers the RBT a hand-made card, made from construction paper and way too much glitter, as a gift. The RBT readily accepts with a big smile on his face.
• A mechanic, who is the father of a child receiving behavioral services from an RBT, notices the RBT is having trouble starting her car. He offers to help her fix it at his shop for free. The RBT is grateful, and accepts the gift from the client’s father.

85. Response definitions, sometimes also referred to as operational definitions or behavior definitions, refer to a …

• Objective, clear, concise, and complete description of a behavior of interest
• Use laymans terms to explain to parents what type of function the behavior most likely possesses
• Describe only the function of the behavior of interest
• Provide a subjective, comfortable description of the behavior of interest

86. Escape, attention, tangible, sensory describe what?

• Functions of behavior
• Teaching strategies
• Types of prompts
• Dimensions of ABA