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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dave is using a token economy to reinforce his client as his client completes math problems. Dave delivers a token every couple of problems that his client completes independently. What best describes this type of reinforcement? | ITERMITTENT |
| Another name for the y-axis on a line graph is the _________? | Ordinate |
| Blaine is sitting across from Tony. Blaine looks at Tony, says, "what is 2+4?" Tony says, "7." If Blaine is using discrete trial teaching, and wants to use a visual prompt, how should he respond? | Give corrective feedback, reintroduce the SD, and give the visual prompt. |
| Your BCBA has an assessment scheduled for next Tuesday. She asks you to assist her with part of the assessment. She wants you to conduct the initial indirect assessment. Which of the following answer choices would be most appropriate as an indirect assess | Interview |
| Jennifer has four children. She cooks them all breakfast each morning. Jennifer's 5-year-old son, who you work with in the morning, will throw his food at the other siblings while at the breakfast table. After an assessment, your BCBA determined that the | DRO |
| RBTs have several roles in service delivery. Which of the following is NOT the role of an RBT. | Design reinforcement systems |
| Santa is making his list, and checking it twice. Once he checks it twice, he gives it to his Elves who prepare his sleigh with all the toys. Santa then checks to make sure all the toys are there. Santa is using what type of measurement? | Permanent Product |
| Grace provides her client a break when she earns 5 tokens. Grace also provides her client with two bonus tokens before DTT starts. The bonus tokens represent extra minutes on break. Grace utilizes a FR3 schedule and a response cost. What type of procedure | Negative punishment |
| John is working on functions, features, and categories with his client. John taught his client that an apple fit into the fruit category. John's client now says "fruit" when he sees an apple. John's client also says "fruit" when he sees grapes, bananas, a | Stimulus generalization |
| Ben wanted to learn how to order his own meal at the local sushi restaurant. You worked with Ben on ordering a California roll from the menu on his own. Once Ben learned how to order the California roll, Ben started ordering chicken teriyaki, salmon rolls | Response Generalization |
| Functional communication training is commonly used in ABA to teach clients how to communicate with those around them. During FCT you will reinforce successive approximations of desired communication. What is this called? | Shaping |
| Every 6 months Miranda receives her favorite bottle of wine from her boss as a thank you gift for her hard work throughout the year. The last two times Miranda received this gift, her siblings drank the entire bottle when they visited for the weekend. The | Antecedent |
| RBTs are expected to stay in good standing with the BACB. This includes renewing their RBT license as required. Part of the renewal process is retaking the competency assessment. How often do RBTs need to retake the competency assessment? | Every year |
| Bobby works with a 19-year-old client who wants to learn to shop for his own groceries. The client is able to make a list and locate the items, but struggles using the self-checkout machines at the grocery store. The client is able to scan the items, plac | Total task chaining |
| The last three sessions your client's dad reported to you that the client is going to bed at midnight and waking up at 4am. What course of action should you take as the RBT? | Report this to your BCBA, and make a note in your session notes |
| Chris is allowed to stay at home by himself during summer vacation while his mom is at work. When his mom leaves in the morning, she gives Chris a list of items that she needs him to complete. What would be the best way for Chris' mom to measure whether o | Permanent product recording |
| Which of the following answer choices best describes behavior in observable and measurable terms? | Ryen failed a test earlier in the day which led to the kicking. Sydney pulled her sister's hair during her session today. In response, her sibling pinched Sydney on the arm. Mom came upstairs and told both of them they could not have dessert |
| A skill acquisition plan is created to tech a client to use an ATM. The client is taught using a chaining procedure and is able to use their card at fake ATM machine at their house. What should the next step be in the plan? | Have the client use an ATM at a bank |
| Dan is working in a group home for adults. One of the residents of the group home wants to quit smoking. Dan gets together with his BCBA and they design a couple of different treatment options. One treatment option does not utilize punishment, while one d | Use the punishment procedure, but be sure to include a reinforcement component as well |
| If you are working with a client, and accidentally reinforce a behavior, what is the best course of action for you to take as an RBT? | Let your supervisor know as soon as possible |
| Reinforcement and punishment are both acceptable interventions, but reinforcement should always be used whenever possible instead of punishment. Which of the following answer choices describes a potential problem with punishment? | Punishment is not permanent. If you stop punishment, the behavior will come back Punishment does not reach replacement behavior Clients can resist punishment, leading to harsher forms of punishment |
| Punishment can be either socially mediated or automatic. Which of the following is the best example of automatic punishment? | You buy a brand new sweatshirt from a popular online store. When it arrives, you wear it for a day, but it is too tight and itchy. You no longer wear the sweatshirt. |
| Devin struggles starting and finishing games with peers. Your BCBA asked you to record data on peer play. It took Devin 6 minutes to start walking to the table when his peers asked him to play a game with them. Devin sat for 10 minutes, took 2 minutes in | 6 minutes |
| Which of the following answer choices best represents discrimination training? | Your client wants to go on a diet. You work with them on identifying and ordering healthy and unhealthy foods at a restaurant |
| John's parents really want him to enroll in school next year, but they are also considering homeschooling him for the first year or two. During your session, John's mom starts to ask you several questions about schooling and what you think they should do. | Recommend that she consults with your supervisor, and decline to give your opinion |
| Your client engages in a repetitive behavior that looks like pinching his own arm. This has started to cause minor irritation to your client's skin. Your BCBA asks you to take partial interval data on your client's pinching. You are taking data across 6 3 | 5 |
| Your best friend is an RBT. She works at the same company as you, and works under the supervision of the same BCBA. You like your BCBA, but your friend doesn't agree with the feedback that the BCBA gives. When the BCBA gives her feedback, she ignores it, | Respond appropriately to feedback |
| Tommy will make noises with his mouth while sitting in math class. When Tommy makes noises, his teacher will tell him to quiet down. Tommy continues making noises. This week, the teacher decides she is no longer going to say anything to Tommy when he make | Extinction burst |
| Mary's session notes included the following passage: "When I arrived at session the client was eating breakfast. Mom asked him 3 times to pick up his trash and received no response. The fourth time she asked he screamed. The client was visibly frustrated | "The client was visibly frustrated at this point" |
| You work with a client four times a week for two hours each session. During your session, you take frequency data on your client's screaming behavior. Last week, your client screamed 4 times during session 1, 8 times during session 2, 6 times during sessi | 3 times per hour |
| You spent the last month recording frequency data on how often your client insults their siblings. Your frequency data is broken down by the number of insults per session. You took data for a total of 10 sessions. If your BCBA asked you to graph this data | Y-axis |
| What measurement system in applied behavior analysis captures every instance that a behavior occurs? | Continuous measurement |
| You and your friends have a tradition where you set off hundreds of dollars of fireworks on the Fourth of July. Since you are preparing for your RBT exam, you want to measure one aspect of the fireworks. You are most interested in the length of time it ta | IRT |
| You share a room with another RBT at the clinic where you work. The RBT asks you to discreetly take data on their client for 10 minutes to reduce reactivity. Every 60 seconds, you look up and check to see if the client is engaging in the target behavior. | Momentary time sampling |
| Jim recorded the following description in his session notes: "I presented the workbook to the client. The client rolled out of his chair, and onto the floor. He put both of his hands over his ears, and screamed "no" What is Jim describing? | The topography of the behavior |
| Differential reinforcement is used to reduce behavior and teach skills in applied behavior analysis. Differential reinforcement can lead to ________? | Discrimination Differentiation Alternative behaviors |
| There are advantages to permanent product recording. Which of the following answer choices best describes permanent product recording? | Mary was out sick on the day she was supposed to give a quiz. She asked the substitute to distribute the quiz anyway. The next day, Mary graded and scored the student's performance. |
| In which of the following scenarios would duration be the most appropriate measurement? | You are driving to the beach. You make a bet with a friend that your route is faster than theirs. |
| Trash collection comes every Saturday in Sarah's neighborhood. When Sarah's husband leaves to play golf, he asks Sarah to put out the trash. Four hours later, Sarah hears the garbage truck coming down her street, so she rushes downstairs to put out the tr | Discriminative Stimuli |
| If you were to demonstrate a shaping procedure to a new RBT who asked for your help, what would the procedure look like? | Give your client a cookie whenever they make the "c" sound. As you progress, only give the cookie when the client's verbal attempts come closer to saying "cookie." |
| Which of the following is true about stimulus preference assessments? | Certain stimulus preference assessments can establish a hierarchy |
| Yesterday, you were reviewing session notes from the past week. You start to notice that you and the other RBT on the team are running many of the skill acquisition programs differently. What is the most appropriate action to take in this scenario? | Tell your BCBA and ask for clarification for yourself and the other RBT |
| Our clients are protected by privacy laws and ethical codes. In order to remain within the ethical standards laid out by the BACB, who should you talk to about specific details of your cases? | RBTs and BCBAs involved with the case |
| Your BCBA designs a token economy to use during discrete trial training. Your BCBA wants to target sitting in a chair, responding in a timely manner, and working promptly. Your BCBA instructs you to provide tokens every 3-5 correct responses. What answer | VR4 |
| Which of the following best represents an example of discontinuous measurement? | During a 2-hour movie you take data for 15 minutes on your client's attending. |
| You just passed your RBT exam and are assigned your first case. Your client is a 13-year-old girl who engages in severe aggression towards others. Before you start the case, which of the following answer choices should be established? | Crisis/emergency plan |
| You are teaching your client how to boil noodles for spaghetti. You prompt then to take out the pot, fill it with water, put it on the stove, turn the stove on, wait for the water to boil, put the noodles in, check the noodles to see if they are ready, an | Backward |
| Ben is asked to assist his BCBA with a new client assessment. The two arrive at the client's house and start to set-up. As they are setting up, the BCBA is asking the client "what's your name?", "what's 2+2?", "Can you spell dog?" What most likely explain | Probing |
| Your client is overweight and is seemingly only motivated by food. Your client requested that you no longer use food as a reinforcer. After talking with your BCBA, what might be the best course of action? | Pair the food with other unconditioned reinforcers to establish new reinforcers |
| As an RBT, you are required to be prepared for a session as described by the skill acquisition plan. Which of the following is NOT one way you should prepare for your session? | Once you arrive at your session, review all notes from prior sessions, and plan out your day |
| Brynn is working on functional communication with her daughter. She wants her daughter to make requests appropriately. Brynn will play a song that she knows her daughter does not like. Only when Brynn's daughter says "please stop playing this song" will B | Negative Reinforcement |
| You are given a bag of items to bring to your client's home on your first day of service. The bag contains a variety of stimuli that is age appropriate for your client. If you wanted to conduct a preference assessment using all the stimuli at once, what m | Multiple stimulus assessment |
| Jen's husband golfs every Sunday morning with his buddies. Whenever he comes home he leaves his muddy shoes in the middle of the floor and Jen scolds him. Jen decides she will now give verbal attention to her husband when he puts his shoes in the closet, | DRI |
| A skill acquisition plan contains several essential components. First, a skill must be identified. Then a goal is created to address the skill. Next, a measurement procedure is identified to use to record data. What is the next step in a skill acquisition | Gather baseline data |
| As an RBT, you will be involved in task analysis and behavior chains. What is the distinction between the two? | Task analysis breaks down complex behavior. You teach the behavior chain. |
| AJ is a non-verbal 5-year-old who receives services in a clinical setting. AJ's team uses errorless teaching with him when working on receptive color identification, and matching. AJ will now wait for a physical prompt before selecting a color when given | AJ is prompt dependent |
| Money, tokens, and praise are all examples of what type of reinforcement? | Secondary |
| Last week, you decided to start a diet. You aren't allowed to eat donuts at all during the week. On Saturdays, you allow yourself two hot and fresh Krispy Kreme donuts. Saturday morning you wake up and drive to Krispy Kreme. The "hot and fresh" sign is on | The hot and fresh sign |
| Fill in the blanks. Negative reinforcement involves ______ a stimulus which ______ behavior. Positive punishment involves _______ a stimulus which ______ behavior. | removing; increases; adding; decreases |
| You are assisting your supervisor with parent training. During the training meeting, the parent mentions that getting ready for school is a constant struggle. Your BCBA recommends that the parent implement an intervention that allows the client to watch T | Contingency |
| How would you explain shaping to a parent who does not know anything about applied behavior analysis? | "Each time your child gets closer to the final behavior, we will reward them" |
| Jim's family goes out to eat quite often, but Jim is unable to order off the menu for himself. Viviana works with Jim at home on picking items on a menu, looking at prices, and communicating his selection to a waiter. The next time Jim goes to the restaur | Generalization |
| Glen is running DTT with his client. Glen provides the SD, waits for a response from the learner, provides a prompt to the learner, provides feedback, and then pauses briefly before providing the next SD. What did Glen do wrong? | Provided the prompt after the response |
| If a functional behavior assessment indicates that the learner's behavior is occuring to access a tangible, how would you likely put the behavior on extinction? | Whenever the learner attempts to obtain the item, withhold access |
| Extinction, along with reinforcement and punishment, is a behavior change principle. Of the following answer choices, what does not accurately represent extinction? | Extinction works as a punishment procedure |
| Your client will occasionally scream at the top of their lungs. There are no clear antecedents or consequences. Your BCBA is attempting to figure out what the function of the behavior might be. Which of the following would NOT be the function of this beha | Control |
| Jake is a 12-year-old boy who lives at home with his dad. Jake will often interrupt his dad's work calls at inappropriate times. It was determined that the function of this behavior was attention from Jake's dad. Your BCBA instructs you to give Jake atten | Non-contingent Reinforcement (NCR) |
| Bonnie will always grab a cookie right before dinner. This leads to her refusing to eat her dinner, and engaging in escape-maintained behavior to get away from the table. Your BCBA creates an intervention that involves Bonnie's parents giving Bonnie two c | Differential reinforcement of other behaviors |
| Tina is a 4th grader in a general education classroom. Two months ago, Tina would get up from her seat several times during class for attention. A behavior plan that utilized extinction was put in place, and the behavior went away. Last week, Tina got up | Spontaneous Recovery |
| Susie loves to draw with her sister after school. However, Susie's sister will sometimes try to draw on Susie's paper. Whenever Susie's sister tries to draw on Susie's paper, Susie will get up from the table and tell her "I am done drawing with you." Susi | Negative punishment |
| You spent the first month with your client managing behaviors and identifying reinforcers. This week, your BCBA wants you to identify what your client can and can't do in terms of skills. What procedure are you most likely going to implement? | Probing procedures |