RBT Practice Test 5 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A client begins engaging in self-injurious behavior during a discrete trial. What should the RBT do FIRST?
- Continue the trial to avoid reinforcing the SIB
- Ensure the client's safety and consult the BCBA (Correct answer)
- Implement a punishment procedure immediately
- End the session and send the client home
Correct answer: Ensure the client's safety and consult the BCBA
Client safety is the top priority, and the RBT must notify the BCBA before making any procedural changes.
Question 2: Which of the following is an example of negative reinforcement?
- Giving a child candy after they complete a task
- Removing a loud alarm when a student sits in their seat (Correct answer)
- Scolding a child for throwing toys
- Ignoring a tantrum to reduce its frequency
Correct answer: Removing a loud alarm when a student sits in their seat
Negative reinforcement increases a behavior by removing an aversive stimulus following the behavior.
Question 3: An RBT notices a colleague is not following the client's behavior intervention plan. The BEST course of action is to:
- Correct the colleague's technique immediately in front of the client
- Report the concern to the supervising BCBA (Correct answer)
- Document the incident in the client's file without telling anyone
- Ignore it since the colleague has more experience
Correct answer: Report the concern to the supervising BCBA
RBTs are required to report concerns about protocol fidelity to their supervising BCBA.
Question 4: What type of data collection involves recording whether a behavior occurred at least once during a set time period?
- Frequency recording
- Duration recording
- Partial interval recording (Correct answer)
- Whole interval recording
Correct answer: Partial interval recording
Partial interval recording marks an interval as positive if the behavior occurs at any point during that interval.
Question 5: A child learns to say 'ball' only when shown a specific red ball and not when shown other balls. This is an example of:
- Stimulus generalization
- Response generalization
- Stimulus discrimination (Correct answer)
- Behavioral contrast
Correct answer: Stimulus discrimination
Stimulus discrimination occurs when a behavior is controlled by a specific stimulus and not by similar stimuli.
Question 6: When graphing data, an RBT notices an increasing trend in problem behavior over the past week. The MOST appropriate action is to:
- Independently modify the behavior plan to address the trend
- Continue collecting data and report the trend to the BCBA (Correct answer)
- Provide additional reinforcement without consulting the BCBA
- Stop tracking the behavior since it may resolve on its own
Correct answer: Continue collecting data and report the trend to the BCBA
RBTs must report data trends to the BCBA, who is responsible for evaluating and modifying treatment plans.
Question 7: Which schedule of reinforcement typically produces the highest and most consistent rate of responding?
- Fixed ratio
- Variable ratio (Correct answer)
- Fixed interval
- Variable interval
Correct answer: Variable ratio
Variable ratio schedules produce high, steady rates of responding because reinforcement is unpredictable in terms of number of responses required.
RBT Practice Test 5
A client begins engaging in self-injurious behavior during a discrete trial.
What should the RBT do FIRST?