1- You are working with an individual in a work placement at a grocery store and taking
data on his target behaviors. What do you need to consider regarding data collection to
maintain the individual's right to confidentiality?
a. Do not use the individuals name when documenting notes or data
b. Keep all data sheets and documentation on you at all times and avoid leaving them ion
a public area
c. Remove all identifying information from the data sheets, including name, diagnosis, of
the name title discloses diagnostic information
d. All of the above
2- If you are planning to count the number of times that John spits during group meeting,
which item is not necessary to help you with the data collection?
a. Ruler
b. Data Sheet
c. Pen/Pencil or clicker
d. Calculator
3- You are working at a school with one of your clients, and you are collecting data on skill
acquisition targets and challenging behaviors. Who are you allowed to share the data
with?
a. The parents of the other students in the classroom
b. The other students in the classroom
c. Your program supervisor, the parent of the client, anyone the parents have given
written consent to share the information with
d. Any of the school staff since the school is paying for your services
4- You work with a client and his parent's private health insurance pays for his treatment.
The school district has contacted you to ask about the client's behaviors at home. What do
you need to be sure you have before you speak to them?
a. The ability to bill for the time to talk to the district
b. The phone number to call them back
c. The appropriate authorization to talk to the district (i.e. HIPAA Forms) and
authorization from your program supervisor
d. Nothing, you can speak to them because they also work with your client.
5- The data you have taken to track a client's dressing skills is being reviewed at the meeting
you are having with the BCBA. The BCBA states that this is not the data she is looking
for and informs you of how she would like the data taken. You should ____?
a. Talk to the other therapists and tell them that you were reprimanded by the BCBA and
they should do it the way you are since it is more effective
b. Do not change how you take the data, since you have always taken data in that way
and it is how you were trained
c. Follow the way the BCBA is currently showing you and if you have additional
questions ask the BCBA
d. Speak to the other therapists to see how they are taking the data and do as they do.
6- You are instructed to observe a client for 60 minutes, using partial interval recording o
nail biting in 5-minute intervals. How would you take this data?
a. Mark, it if the nail biting occurred anytime within each 5-minute interval
b. Mark, it only if nail biting occurred for the entire 5-minute interval
c. Mark, it only if the behavior occurred at the end of each 5-minute interval
d. Mark, it only if the behavior did not occur at all during each 5-minute interval
7- Here is the skill acquisition plan for teaching Hannah to pour juice from the pitcher to the
cup. 1) gather all materials (juice cup, and napkin) 2) hold your hand over Hannah's hand
and prompt her to put it on the pitcher 3) Therapist holds the cup 4) Help Hannah pour
the juice into the cup while the therapist holds the cup 5) Prompt Hannah to wipe up
anything that spills with the napkin. What do you need in order to be prepared to teach
this lesson
a. Flash cards
b. A pitcher of juice, a cup, a napkin, and a reinforcer
c. A clear spot in the kitchen
d. All of the above
8- Which of the following is an example of permanent product recording?
a. Taking a spelling test by vocally spelling the words
b. Taking a spelling test by giving a thumb up to indicate when a word is spelled
correctly
c. Taking a spelling test by typing the words on a worksheet and printing it out
d. Taking a spelling test and having the student spell the words using sign language
9- Monica, an RBT, is providing training to the parent of one of her clients. While training,
the parent asks Monica if she could help him to introduce a new goal to his child. The
parent wants to teach his child to start eating new types of food. This has not been
discussed with the BCBA on the case yet. Monica should ____.
a. Agreed to work on this during training because it is important to the parents
b. Not agree to work on the goal since it has not been discussed first with the supervisor
of the program, and instead mention the parents request to her supervisor
c. Not agree to work on the goal but provide some referrals get an evaluation from a
feeding specialist
d. Agree to work on this during training because it is important for children to have a
balanced diet and good nutrition
10- Your client's rate self-injurious behavior has increased. The previous rate was 1 time per
hour and the rate for your last session was 27 times per hour. You should ____?
a. Contact BCBA immediately and inform her of the behavior change after the session is
over
b. Contact the other therapists to see if they are documenting the behavior correctly
c. Wait and see if the behavior decreases over the next several days
d. Tell the parents to cancel sessions for the rest of the week, he is obviously not feeling
well and needs a chance to rest.
11- Which behavior is the easiest to measure?
a. Linda's frustration
b. Linda shouting "NO".
c. Linda's irritation with her chores
d. Linda's Stomach ache
12- Which of the following is an example of a stimulus control transfer procedure?
a. Pairing the instructions, "Make a sandwich," with a video model, then fading the video
model until the client can make a sandwich when given the instructions only
b. Offering choices of a sandwich or salad for lunch
c. Giving praise for making a sandwich within a 5-minute interval
d. Having the client discriminate between making a sandwich and making popcorn when
given the specific instructions
13- Niko's spitting is maintained by escape from demands and tasks. An appropriate
replacement behavior for Niko's spitting would be_____
a. Teaching Niko to spit in a cup
b. Teaching Niko to say, "Can we talk?"
c. Teaching Niko to sit nicely
d. Teaching Niko to request for a break
14- When preparing for a session, the RBT should______.
a. Review previous notes from other staff working with the client
b. Review the BCBA's notes since your last session
c. Collect the stimuli needed to complete the skill acquisition plan
d. All of the above
15- Which of the following is likely a conditioned reinforcer?
a. A movie
b. Warmth
c. A drink
d. Food
16- Skill repertoire building is when instructors modify antecedents and consequences to
____ learning of new skills. Behavior management is when instructors modify
antecedents and consequences to ____ challenging behaviors.
a. Stop; start
b. Increase; decrease
c. Decrease; increase
d. Start; stop
17- Extinction is best described as _____.
a. Removing reinforcement from a learner upon the occurrence of a particular behavior
b. Ignoring the learner for a set period of time following the occurrence of a particular
behavior
c. No longer providing reinforcement for a particular behavior when it occurs
d. None of the above
18- When inputting a data point on a behavioral graph, it is important to ____.
a. Record the date of the observation
b. Connect the data to the previous point on the graph in the same condition with a
straight line
c. Record the initials of the staff member/observer
d. All of the above
19- At first, Joshua was not interested in earning stickers for engaging in appropriate play
activities. However, after stickers were paired with the delivery of oher reinforcers such
as pretzels and social praise, Joshua is now motivated to earn stickers. In this example, a
sticker would be considered to be a/an ________.
a. Conditioned reinforcer
b. Unconditioned reinforcer
c. Conditioned punisher
d. Unconditioned punisher
20- A BCBA needs to conduct a formal assessment on a client, but suspects the client will
have difficulty with motivation and will engage in problem behavior during the process.
The BCBA could ____.
a. Have the RBT conduct the assessment
b. Have an RBT attend the assessment to manage these areas
c. Talk with the client beforehand and tell the client not to engage in the problem
behavior
d. Talk with the parents of the client and let them know if their child does not behave, the
assessment cannot be completed
21- Jessica, an RBT, notices marks on the back and legs of her student. The student tells her
that the marks are from the other day when her step-father got mad. What should Jessica
do?
a. Ask the other staff working with the child if they have noticed anything or think that
the client is being abused
b. Immediately set up a phone call with the mother and step-father to investigate what
happened
c. Call the local child protective services agency to report the information as soon as
possible
d. Do nothing as the client has been known to exaggerate and make up stories in the past
22- Which is the most complete definition of behavior?
a. When a person engages in a destructive action
b. Anything a person says or does
c. Any socially inappropriate action a person engages in
d. Any socially appropriate action a person engages in
23- As an RBT you can assist the BCBA in training other people that are important to the
client's program. Which of the following is NOT an appropriate way to assist the BCBA
in training others?
a. Collecting data on caregiver performance
b. Demonstrating skills for other people to learn from
c. Creating new lessons to meeting the training goals
d. Allowing the other professional to observe your sessions
24- After school, the parents of one of your students asks how her child behaved at school
that day. You are the child's 1:1 aide in the classroom. Today the child demonstrated high
rates of hitting and tantrum behaviors. What are you allowed to tell the parent?
a. Nothing. You are not the teacher and should not discuss anything with the parent
b. Only positive information about the day, so to not upset
c. A mixture of positive feedback, as well, as an accurate summary of the challenge the
child encountered that day, since it is important to be honest yet positive and tactful when
giving information to parents and caregivers
d. Tell parent about the hitting and tantrum behavior and that you think the child's
behavior intervention plan is not working.
25- Intermittent reinforcement should occur
a. When moving from primary to secondary reinforcement
b. When teaching new behaviors or behaviors that are on acquisition
c. When maintaining behaviors that are already learned
d. When a learner does not respond well to continuous reinforcement
26- Robert is implementing a 5-minute DRO (differential reinforcement of other behaviors)
produced with his client to reduce his pinching behavior. In order to implement DRO
Correctly, after every 5-minuets that his client does not engage in pinching, Robert
should___?
a. Give his client a reinforcer
b. Rest the time interval for the next 5-minuets
c. Record that no pinching occurred during the interval onto the data sheet
d. All of the above
27- Which of the following situation(s) would be reportable as instances of suspected abuse
or neglect?
a. Causing an intentional physical injury
b. Making terrorizing or threatening statements
c. Withholding nourishment and water as a form of punishment
d. All of the above
28- Data collection is a critical component of behavior analysis because ___?
a. It allows for data based decisions
b. It allows for monitoring progress and identifying skill deficits
c. It helps determine skill mastery
d. All of the above
29- If an instructor is teaching naturalistically, he should___.
a. Speak in a natural voice
b. Only work at a teaching table
c. Always use teaching cards
d. Speak in a louder more authoritative voice
30- It is always important to start with function-based behavior intervention plans. Which
most accurate describes some of the most commonly found functions of behavior in
research?
a. Maladaptive behavior, antecedent behavior, and consequences
b. Anger, frustration, emotional self-control and protesting
c. Social positive reinforcement (attention and access to tangible), social negative
reinforcement (escape), and automatic reinforcement.
d. All of the above
31- Claire's therapy team taught her to wash her hands. Three months later, Claire can still
wash her hands independently with no prompts, and she does so on her own at
appropriate times. Claire's hand washing behavior has been successfully___.
a. Maintained
b. Generalized
c. Prompted
d. Differentially reinforced
32- When preparing to take data on a target behavior, it is important to first identify___.
a. The definition of the behavior
b. The type of data collection procedure
c. What items are needed to take data (i.e. pencil, clicker, stopwatch)
d. All of the above
33- When updating a caregiver, parent or grandparent regarding how the client performed
during a session, it is important to _____?
a. Balance out difficult feedback with positive feedback
b. Discuss in length the challenging behaviors of the client during the session so that the
parent can adequately discipline the child afterwards
c. Only share positive information; they are dealing with difficult things outside of
session and do not need to be further burden
d. Not share with the caregiver how the session was, as you are not the supervisor of the
program
34- Jordan is learning to read color words, such as brown, red and purple. His teacher wants
to use a stimulus fading procedure to help him learn the targets. Which of the following is
an example of a stimulus fading procedure?
a. Writing the word "red" in black ink with a thick red border, which is gradually faded to
thinner border and eventually removed
b. Placing a red square underneath the word "red", and gradually lightening the shade of
the red square until it is completely
c. Having pictures of red items drawn next to the word, "red" on an index card and
gradually removed from the card one at a time
d. All of the above
35- The repeated presentation of the same discriminative stimulus is called ___.
a. Error correction procedure
b. Discrimination training
c. Mass trial/in isolation
d. Random rotation
36- All of these are methods for establishing chains of behavior except
a. Backward chaining
b. Total task presentation
c. Semi-task presentation
d. Forward chaining
37- When working on a new morning routine, Giana engages in high levels of tantrum
behavior. As a consequence, each time Giana engages in tantrum behavior you
immediately place her in time-out for a brief period and then return back to the morning
routine. This goes on for some time. What is a possible reason why time-out may not be
reducing the tantrum behavior?
a. Giana does not find the time-out location to be reinforcing
b. The therapist is different throughout the week, but they each follow the behavior plan
c. Giana is getting to escape the routine and is not engaged in a reinforcing activity prior
to the time-out procedure
d. All of the above
38- The program supervisor asks the RBT to sign a timesheet. The RBT notices that the
timesheet is wrong because she has never worked with that particular learner. She tells
the program supervisor that there must have been a mistake. The program supervisor tells
the RBT, "That's okay, you should just sign it anyway, that is the only way we will get
paid." The most ethical choice for the RBT is to ______.
a. Follow the instructions of her supervisor and sign the timesheet because her supervisor
told her to
b. Sign the timesheet but do not use her full name
c. Not sign the timesheet
d. Not sign the timesheet and report her program supervisor because this is fraudulent
39- Tito engages in slapping behavior when presented with instructions during learning
activities. The behavior has been determined to be maintained by escape from demands.
The behavior intervention plan indicates that the therapists will teach Tito to sign the
word "break" so that he can get what he needs without slapping. Extinction is to be used
as an intervention when slapping occurs. You present the instruction for a learning
activity and Tito slaps you. Which best explains how you would implement the
intervention?
a. Block the slapping behavior with your hand, provide the instruction "hands down," and
continue the learning activity.
b. Provide Tito with a break since one is clearly needed
c. Reinforce Tito for not engaging in slapping for designated periods of time. When
slapping does occur, ignore the behavior
d. Continue presenting the instruction and do not respond to the slapping behavior
40- When looking at the interaction between a behavior and the environment, which of the
following would be considered part of the "environment?"
a. The physical location
b. The presence of loud music playing
c. The presence of a large group of students in the hallway
d. All of the above
41- A stimulus control transfer procedure refers to ______.
a. A procedure where reinforcement is gradually thinned and faded away
b. A procedure where target responses are taught in their natural environment with
naturally occurring reinforcement
c. A procedure where one stimulus which controls a certain behavior is paired with
another stimulus until the new stimulus gains control over the behavior
d. A procedure where learned responses are generalized across different people and
places
42- Prior to beginning your session, you read the general session notes from the previous
RBT. The note says: "Alex had a fantastic session, great job big guy! He engaged in selfinjurious behavior at a rate of 3/hr. He manded for his videos using full sentence
responses, including the person's name on his ACD. He mastered expressively identifying
purple, imitating pointing and completing the puzzle of the truck." Which part of the note
should not be included?
a. He engaged in self-injurious behavior at a rate of 3/hr.
b. He manded for his videos using full sentence responses, including the person's name
on his ACD.
c. Alex had a fantastic session, great job big guy!
d. He mastered expressively identifying purple, imitating pointing and completing the
puzzle of the truck.
43- Pablo is allowed by his teacher to escape a work sheet task due to his tantrum behavior.
Pablo's escape from the task is considered what type of consequence?
a. Socially mediated positive reinforcement
b. Socially mediated negative reinforcement
c. Automatic positive reinforcement
d. Automatic negative reinforcement
44- Select the answer which best describes ways to help protect the learner's confidentiality.
a. Keep notes discretely when in public, do not discuss your clients with family or
friends, and do not leave information regarding the agency you work for or the learner's
diagnosis in a voicemail message
b. Wear your work badge in community settings, use paperwork that lists the learner's
identity on it, discuss individual learners with all parents so they can compare and
understand if their child is doing well
c. Discuss your learner's difficulties with other providers to problem solve their issues,
hang pictures of your learners in your office and post on social media the great things
your learner does
d. Put your learner's name in the subject area of an email so that the recipients know it is
important, wear a shirt that says "I love people with (client's diagnosis) when on a
community outing with a learner and leave paperwork with client's names on it in your
car rather than bringing it into your house.
45- You have been asked to assist in a functional assessment procedure regarding Miguel's
hitting behavior. The functional assessment will help to identify ____.
a. What happens right before Miguel hits
b. What happens right after Miguel hits
c. During which activities and times of day does Miguel hit the most often
d. All of the above
46- Typically, _____ reinforcement is used to strengthen a new behavior that is being
acquired by a client, and ______ reinforcement is used to maintain a skill once it has
been learned.
a. Effective / ineffective
b. Positive / negative
c. Continuous / intermittent
d. Natural / unnatural
47- Before you start your session, you ask your client if he wants to work for the opportunity
to play a game or if he wants to work for video game time. Asking him what he wants to
earn is called ______.
a. A preference assessment
b. Reinforcement
c. Discrimination training
d. Assessment indication
48- When teaching a lesson that includes a behavior chain, a ____ data sheet may be used to
record complete and accurate data.
a. A-B-C data sheet
b. Discrete trial
c. Scatter plot
d. Task analysis
49- A client has mastered following the instruction, "Hang up your coat," when asked to do
this by the RBT. In order to teach the client to respond to this instruction with the parent,
the RBT and the parent pair themselves together while the RBT gives the instruction, and
eventually the parent takes over giving the instruction with the RBT present. This is an
example of _____.
a. Unconditioned reinforcement
b. Punishment
c. Token economy
d. Stimulus control transfer procedure
50- If you are working with a client that is very physically active, moves quickly, and is
aggressive towards himself and others, you should prepare for the session by wearing
____.
a. Your name bade and lanyard
b. Baggy clothing
c. Sneakers/ tennis shoes
d. Jewelry
51- Paul engages in eloping (running away) to escape when difficult or non-preferred tasks
are given to him. His team has implemented antecedent changes by giving him frequent
breaks throughout the day and mixing in easy task with difficult tasks. They have also
adjusted the consequences by bringing him back to the area and not allowing him to
escape the task by ending it. What else is needed in order for these interventions to be
considered a COMPLETE behavior intervention plan?
a. Discrimination training
b. Chaining
c. A replacement behavior to give Paul a more appropriate way to access breaks or escape
d. None of the above
52- After your session, the caregivers of your client asks to talk to you. They ask you how
much longer your client will need behavioral therapy. You should ____.
a. Tell them you will go home and research the answer to their question
b. Tell them you will have the BCBA contact you to discuss that question
c. Tell them that with your experience, you think two more years of intense therapy and
the client will be done
d. Tell them that you think the client is done now and they should discontinue services
53- "Visual representations that displays a comparison of one or more sets of data over a
period of time," best define _____.
a. Discrimination
b. Graphs
c. Visual prompting strategies
d. Discriminative stimulus
54- Sergio is an RBT working with several clients in a clinic setting. The families of two of
his clients, Henry and Sam, know each other and often spend time together socially. One
day Sergio is working in a social skills group at the clinic with both of the clients.
Afterward, Henry's mother approaches Sergio and asks how the session went, for both
Henry and Sam. What is Sergio allowed to discuss with Henry's mother?
a. Sergio can discuss both Henry and Sam since the families are connected socially
b. Sergio can only discuss matters concerning Henry, since it would be a violation of
confidentiality to discuss Sam with another parent
c. Sergio should not discuss anything related to either Henry or Sam since he is not the
teacher or supervisor
d. None of the above
55- A behavior chain is best defined as _____.
a. The systematic reinforcement of successive approximations of a target behavior while
no longer providing reinforcement for previous approximations
b. The repeated presentation of one stimulus over consecutive trials
c. Teaching discrimination between two or more stimuli
d. A sequence of discriminative stimuli and responses where each response in the
sequence produces the discriminative stimulus for the next response
56- When writing general session notes, an RBT should _____.
a. Report objective information
b. Avoid subjective opinions
c. Use professional language
d. All of the above
57- The procedure that teaches an individual to distinguish between two or more
discriminative stimuli is called ______.
a. Error correction procedure
b. Discrimination training
c. Mass trial
d. Prompt hierarchy
58- Justin engages in yelling during break time at his adult work placement. The yelling
behavior is maintained by attention from his instructor and peers. After realizing the
issue, the instructor starts to give Justin attention every 5 minutes throughout his day in
the form of praise, pats on the back, and thumbs up, regardless of Justin's behavior.
Justin's rate of yelling begins to decrease. This is an example of what antecedent
intervention?
a. Non-contingent reinforcement (NCR)
b. Demand fading
c. Functional communication training
d. Behavior momentum
59- Continuous reinforcement should be used for ____.
a. Items that have been mastered and are being generalized to the natural environment
b. Items that are mastered and are being maintained
c. Teaching new behaviors that are on acquisition
d. Items on acquisition and that are mastered
60- Dual relationships between an RBT and a client include which of the following
situations?
a. Babysitting or provided respite care for a client that you work with
b. Attending a social gathering at the invitation of a client or his mother
c. Providing treatment services to the son or daughter of a friend
d. All of the above
61- If you were teaching a child to receptively identify colors and you were maximizing
discrimination between the colors, in which order would you NOT teach the colors?
a. Red, blue, yellow, white
b. Blue, black, brown, purple
c. Purple, red, white, brown
d. Blue, red, white, green
62- Which of the following is a true statement regarding an RBT having a dual relationship
with a client?
a. Dual relationships with clients are acceptable and result in good working relationships
between professionals and clients
b. Dual relationships should be avoided at all times as they can impair the clinical
judgement of the professionals to do what is right for the client
c. Dual relationships are impossible to avoid and typically do not have a detrimental
effect on the client's treatment
d. Only romantic or sexual relationships are considered dual relationships
63- A motivating operation (MO) is _____.
a. The outcome that immediately follows the learner's response
b. An antecedent condition that momentarily affects the value of an item and affects the
likelihood that behaviors which have produced that item in the past will occur
c. The procedure of providing consequences for a behavior that increases or maintains the
strength of that behavior
d. The time between the end of one trial and the start of the next
64- The skill acquisition plan for the lesson teaching toileting says that each of the staff
should be sure to have a digital timer ready in the bathroom. The skill acquisition plan
also mentions that Bob prefers wet wipes over actual toilet paper when having a bowel
movement. What should you be prepared for when the toilet training lesson arises in your
session with Bob?
a. Bob will likely not want to go to your bathroom
b. Make sure that no other family member is in the bathroom
c. Be prepared with wet wipes
d. Make sure you have a digital timer as well as wet wipes so you are prepared for this
program
65- A parent discloses to Stephanie, and RBT, that she wants to start giving her child sensory
breaks when he tantrums, as recommended by another professional. She wants to do this
in place of the current intervention that has been recommended by the BCBA supervisor.
How should Stephanie respond?
a. Discuss the research with the parent and tell her that sensory approaches do not work
b. Tell the parent that she should discuss this with the BCBA supervisor, and
communicate this with her supervisor after her session
c. Agree to the parent's request and start implementing sensory breaks instead of the
existing intervention, since it is what the parents want
d. Contact the other professional and discuss the new approach directly with him
66- A therapist is using duration recording to track how long Julio can stay in his seat during
a 10 minute group lesson. Julio stayed in his seat for 7 minutes of the 10-minute activity.
What does the therapist enter in the session notes to record the accurate duration?
a. 0.7
b. 7 minutes
c. 3 minutes
d. 0.3
67- Duties that an RBT can perform during a formal assessment include ____.
a. Engaging with the client during breaks
b. Assisting with reinforcement and preference assessments
c. Redirecting challenging behaviors with the consent of the assessor
d. All of the above
68- You are working with Rico and you are using a video game as a reinforcer. He stops
responding and begins to push away the controller for the game. What should you do?
a. Take away a token
b. Conduct a preference assessment
c. Ignore his behavior and continue demands
d. Prompt him through the task
69- When using whole interval data recording, it is important to know _____.
a. The definition of the target behavior
b. The duration of the intervals
c. How many intervals you will need to track and record the data
d. All of the above
70- The essential components of a written behavior reduction plan include:
a. An operational definition of the behavior
b. Identified function of the behavior
c. Antecedent modifications, replacement behaviors, and consequence manipulations
d. All of the above
71- When working with a client, it is important to maintain the client's dignity. Which is an
example of maintaining a client's dignity?
a. Allowing the client to choose which leisure time activity he would like to do
b. Choose all of your client's activities for the day, to make it easier on him
c. Leave the bathroom door open when conducting toilet training so that you have more
room
d. Talk about your client's problem behaviors in front of him to other staff
72- The instructor is following the learner's lead in the treatment session, including choosing
learning activities based on what the learner is interested in and using items that are
naturally reinforcing to the learner. This might best be categorized as _____.
a. Natural environment training
b. Discrete trial teaching
c. Child development training
d. Natural discrete training
73- Judah spent 3 minutes chewing, 1.5 minutes commenting, and 1 minute staring out the
window during the snack break. What was the duration of time he spent commenting?
a. 3 minutes
b. 4.5 minutes
c. 1.5 minutes
d. 5.5 minutes
74- You suspect your learner is being abused. It is Friday night and no one from your office
will be working with the learner over the weekend. You have tried to call your supervisor
and she is not answering her phone. You should ______.
a. Try to explain your concern to the learner's family
b. Leave a message for your supervisor and discuss it with him when he calls you back
c. Call your local child protective services hotline and report your concern
d. Take the learner home with you to protect him
75- Suset, a teenage client, has started her monthly female cycle. The staff have to assist with
all personal care issues in this group home. In order to preserve her dignity the RBT
should ____.
a. Write, "buy feminine products for Suset" on the kitchen wipe board to remind the other
staff to get supplies for Suset
b. In the group meeting with the other teens make sure to ask Suset, "Hey, do you need
any feminine products?"
c. Approach Suset when she is by herself and ask her if she needs any supplies this week
for hygiene
d. Don't talk to Suset about this because it is private
76- When using discrete trial teaching to teach body parts to Millie, the RBT presents the
instruction, "Touch nose." What would be the next step in the learning process?
A. Tell Millie "no, try again"
B. Deliver token
C. The response to the instruction
D. All of the above
77- You are working at a school with one of your clients, and you are collecting data on skill
acquisition targets and challenging behaviors. Who are you allowed to share the data
with?
The parents of other students in the classroom
The other students in the classroom
Your program supervisor, the parents of the client, anyone the parents have given written
consent to share the information with
Any of the school staff since the school is paying for your services
78- Claire's therapy team taught her to wash her hands. Three months later, Claire can still
wash her hands independently with no prompts, and she does so on her own at
appropriate times. Claire's hand washing behavior has been successfully ______.
Maintained
Generalized
Prompted
Differentially reinforced
79- After your session, the caregivers of your client asks to talk to you. They ask you how
much longer your client will need behavioral therapy. You should _____.
Tell them you will go home and research the answer to their question
Tell them you will have the BCBA contact you to discuss that question
Tell them that with your experience, you think two more years of intense therapy and the
client will be done
Tell them that you think the client is done now and that they should discontinue services
80- Jessica, an RBT, notices marks on the back and legs of her student. The student tells her
than the marks are from the other day when her step-father got mad. What should Jessica
do?
Ask the other staff working with the child if they have noticed anything or think that the
client is being abused
Immediately set up a phone call with the mother and step-father to investigate what happened
Call the local child protective services agency to report the information as soon as possible
Do nothing as the client has been known to exaggerate and make up stories in the past
81- The staff person looks at his watch at the 1 minute mark of each observation period to see
if the client is engaged with his work. The staff person looks again at the 2 minute, 3
minute, and 4 minute mark, etc. If the client is engaged with work at that specific
moment, the staff person records a "plus mark" indicating that the client was on task.
What type of measurement is this?
Count
Rate
Momentary time sampling
Whole interval recording
82- Monica, an RBT, is providing training to the parent of one of her client. While training,
the parent ask Monica if she could help him to introduce a new goal to his child. The
parent wants to teach his child to start eating new types of food. This has not been
discussed with the BCBA on the case yet. Monica should _____.
Agree to work on this during because it is important to the parents
Not agree to work on the goal since it has not been discussed first with the supervisor of the
program, and instead mention the parent's request to her supervisor
Not agree to work on the goal but provide some referrals to get an evaluation from a feeding
specialist
Agree to work on this during training because it is important for children to have a balanced
diet and good nutrition
83- Liam's therapists are supposed to provide him intermittent reinforcement for his socially
appropriate comments. Which answer reflects intermittent reinforcement?
A high five or thumbs up for every other appropriate comment he makes
Giving Liam candy every time he speaks
Taking a sticker away after each inappropriate comment
All of the above
84- Your client is laying on the floor and is not as energetic as he typically is. He is slow to
respond, and his data scores are lower than usual due to his delay in responding. His
mother tells you that he was awake most of the night. What should you do with this
information?
Nothing, it is not important if it is not a repeated pattern
Document the information in the program book and inform the BCBA so that she is aware of
the decrease in the scores
Ask the mother to not tell the other technicians, to see if they notice a difference
Tell the parents to take the child to the doctor immediately, something must be wrong with
him
85- The procedure that teaches an individual to distinguish between two or more
discriminative stimuli is called _____.
Error correction procedure
Discrimination training
Mass trial
Prompt hierarchy