Free RBT Practice Exam 1 – 20 Questions with Answers

Get ready to ace your Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) certification with our first free RBT Practice Exam! This comprehensive mock test includes 20 multiple-choice questions aligned with the RBT Task List 2.0, complete with detailed explanations to boost your understanding. Instantly view your score and answer key after submitting, so you can review your performance, identify areas for improvement, and build the confidence you need to succeed on exam day.

You’re recording data on your learner’s self-hitting. You identify that he hit 6 times in a 2-hour session, so you record the data as 3x/hour. Which type of measurement did you use?

Rate

Duration

Interresponse time

Count

When recording data on a line graph, on which axis would you put the date?

Y-axis

D-axis

X-axis

You would not enter a date on the graph

Your supervisor asks you to take duration data on your learner’s behavior. What does this mean?

Recording the total amount of time your learner engages in a behavior

Recording the number of times your learner engages in a behavior during a specified duration of time

Recording the time from the onset of the SD to the start of your learner engaging in a behavior

Recording the number of times your learner engages in a behavior

Response latency is to ____________ as whole interval recording is to ____________.

Continuous measurement; Discontinuous measurement

Continuous measurement; Permanent product recording

Permanent product recording; Momentary time sampling

Discontinuous measurement; Continuous measurement

Julio records interval data for his student’s classroom participation using 5-minute intervals. During the interval from 8:00-8:05 AM, student A participates in the class work for two minutes. Julio records that interval as a ✅ (or yes/+). Assuming he is entering data accurately, what type of measurement procedure must he be using?

Partial interval recording

Momentary time sampling

Planned activity check

Whole interval recording

Which of the following is an objective and measurable description of behavior?

Harriet was mean to her friend

Harriet punched her friend’s face with a closed fist

Harriet was aggressive toward her friend

All of the above

What is the red arrow pointing to in this graph of client ABC’s spitting?

The legend

The trendline

The Y-axis

The X-axis

Milana wants to know how much time passes between occurrences of her client asking for a break. What type of data would she collect?

Response latency

Interresponse time

Rate

Duration

You want to make changes to your own behavior to be healthier. You begin by self-monitoring how often you exercise. During week 1, you record exercising 3x/week and 90 minutes total. What types of measurement did you use?

Duration and rate

Interresponse time and momentary time sampling

Duration and count

Count and latency

Operational definitions of behavior should be:

Objective

Subjective

Opinion-based

All of the above

Marlee’s mother gives her a cup of orange juice. Marlee throws the cup and screams. Marlee’s mother says, “What’s wrong? You asked for orange juice!” What was the antecedent in this scenario?

Marlee asking for the orange juice

Marlee’s mother providing a cup of orange juice

Marlee throwing the cup

Marlee’s mother asking her what’s wrong

Which of the following is true about a free operant preference assessment?

You present your learner with two items and allow them to choose one, then record which one they chose

You present your learner with one item at a time and record their response to it

You observe your learner in a natural setting and record what they choose to play with

None of these describe a free operant preference assessment

Your BCBA provides your client’s caregiver with a questionnaire to fill out about the child’s behavior to get more information about what they’re seeing outside of therapy sessions. This type of tool falls under which category of assessments?

Preference assessment

Descriptive assessment

Skill assessment

Indirect assessment

Which of the following describes a multiple stimulus with replacement (MSW) preference assessment?

Kia offers two toys to her learner and records which one they choose

Jane observes her learner and records which toys they play with and how long

Misha place 5 toys in an array and records which toy her learner chooses. She allows them to play with it for a minute before taking it away and instructing her learner to choose another toy

Lorraine places 6 toys in an array and records which toy her learner chooses. She allows them to play with it for a minute before taking it away and changing the array with new toys

What is the purpose of a preference assessment?

To identify why the individual engages in a particular behavior

To identify items and activities that an individual likes

To identify items and activities that are reinforcing to an individual

To assess skill deficits

Your BCBA asks you to help him conduct a skill-based assessment (E.g., VB-MAPP, ABLLS) with your shared client. Which of the following best describes how you would conduct the assessment?

Provide the instruction for the skill, then immediately prompt the correct response

Provide the instruction for the skill, allow your learner to respond, and record data on their response

Provide the instruction for the skill, do not prompt, but go through error correction if the learner errors

Provide the instruction for the skill, prompt as needed, and reinforce correct responding

In what type of assessment would you record ABC data?

Descriptive assessment

Indirect assessment

Functional analysis

Skill-based assessment

How many items are presented in a paired choice preference assessment?

6–8

When recording ABC data, what information must be recorded? Choose the best response.

Who was present and at what time the behavior occurred

What occurred right before the behavior, what the behavior looked like, and what happened right after the behavior

What the behavior looked like and why the learner engaged in the behavior

The setting events, the function of the behavior, and the behavior’s consequence

What is a baseline measure?

A measurement of the behavior or skill at each specified interval during intervention

A measurement of the behavior or skill before implementation of the intervention

A measurement of the behavior or skill after the intervention is complete

A measurement not commonly used in ABA

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