RBT Practice Exam 3

Jennifer gives her client a sticker on a token board every three minutes that the client goes without engaging in target maladaptive behaviors. What type of reinforcement schedule does this exemplify?

Which of the following is considered an antecedent technique?

Sheila is working with a 3-year-old boy who enjoys playing with toy dinosaurs. She brings a bag of toy dinosaurs to the session and allows him to play with them after he earns 5 tokens for following rules. In this scenario, the toy dinosaurs are considered a:

Maria receives a token (as part of a token economy) every time she brushes her teeth before going to bed. This is an example of:

Ava, an RBT, helps a child with all the steps of putting on a jacket, except for zipping it up, which the child does independently. Gradually, Ava teaches the child to complete the earlier steps as well. What is this an example of?

A child learned to tie their shoes months ago and can still do it independently without recent practice sessions. What does this demonstrate?

What is errorless learning?

What does the term “extinction” refer to in behavior analysis?

Which of the following is NOT typically included in a written skill acquisition plan?

Jennifer, an RBT, reinforces a child for saying “ba,” then “ball,” gradually improving the child’s pronunciation of the word “ball.” What is this an example of?

What type of reinforcers gain their reinforcing value through being paired with other reinforcers?

Katherine is teaching her client to mand using PECS. Since her client is highly motivated by Cheez-It crackers, she uses them to reinforce the behavior of exchanging the picture icon. Cheez-It crackers are an example of which type of reinforcer?

What does ABC stand for in behavior analysis?

Jackson has soccer practice today. When it’s time to leave, Jackson’s dad tells him to grab his soccer bag. Jackson complies and grabs his stuff. His dad says, “Nice job. Let’s load up the car.” In this scenario, what is the antecedent to Jackson grabbing his stuff?

Julie, an RBT, is working with a client who screams for extended periods of time throughout the day. Michael, her BCBA, instructs her to deliver reinforcement whenever the client is not screaming. What type of procedure is Michael implementing?

Emma, an RBT, is teaching her clients how to wash their hands. Her BCBA instructs her to use backward chaining to teach this skill. Which step should Emma teach first?

Sophia often elopes from the table when presented with a lengthy task. To address this, you start functional communication training (FCT) to teach her to ask for a break appropriately instead. Now, you provide reinforcement whenever Sophia asks for a break when given a lengthy task. What type of reinforcement procedure is this?

Lily, an RBT, conducts therapy sessions during lunchtime each day. The client’s parents have started buying her lunch and have requested that she eat with them daily. What is Lily’s best course of action?

A Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI) schedule is designed to decrease the frequency of a child running around the classroom and tapping other children on the head. Which of the following strategies aligns with a DRI procedure?

When an observer records everything the client does or says, along with the events that occur before and after a specific behavior, what type of data collection method is being used?