Mock Exam

Question 1

Why is it important to collect ABC data?

Answer 1

It can help determine the function of what may be maintaining the behavior

Explanation: ABC data allows us to examine what happens immediately before the behavior and what happened immediately after the behavior. It helps to identify a hypothesized function.

Question 2

Which of the following illustrates maintaining client dignity?

Answer 2

Respecting cultural differences, only sharing client information with stakeholders and your supervisors

Explanation: Dignity is the right of a person to be valued and respected for their own sake, and to be treated ethically. Respecting cultural differences and protecting private or sensitive information are ways to respect clients.

Question 3

The observer is recording data on tangible items (e.g. Completed math worksheets.) left over in the environments that can be recorded at a later time what measurement procedure is being described?

Answer 3

Permanent product recording

Explanation: permanent product recording is a data collection method that leaves an impact on the environment and can be recorded after the behavior occurs. Completed worksheets are a permanent product that can be recorded after doing math problems.

Question 4

Johnny’s dad reprimands him for not cleaning his dishes after dinner. The next day, Johnny cleans his dishes and his father immediately stops yelling. Johnny is more likely to clean his dishes in the future. This is an example of?

Answer 4

Negative reinforcement

Explanation: negative reinforcement is the removal of a stimulus that increases a behavior. When yelling is removed, the behavior of cleaning increases. 

Question 5

The BCBA delivers a tangible reinforcer on average of every fifth correct response. Sometimes the BCBA delivers reinforcer after four correct responses and sometimes after seven correct responses. Based on the scenario of reinforcement is being implemented?

Answer 5

Variable ratio

Explanation: variable ratio is a schedule of reinforcement in which a reinforcer is delivered after an average number of responses occurred and this example, a tangible reinforcer is delivered on average after every fifth, correct response.

Question 6

Your BCBA instruct you that he/she wants you to record how long your clients tantrums last. What type of data collection would you use?

Answer 6

Duration

Explanation: duration is a measurement of how long a behavior occurs. Duration differs from rate, and a rate that is the frequency of behavior over amount of time.

Question 7

Which of the following examples is an appropriate scenario to implement a safety care procedure that requires specialized training as an RBT with a client?

Answer 7

When it is written in the behavior, intervention plan, and you’re properly trained by BCBA.

Explanation: as an RBT it is important to only carry out interventions and safety care procedures as they are written in the behavior intervention plan. If safety care training is required, the technician will be properly trained to keep the client, others and themselves safe.

Question 8

A teacher delivers a student a break from independent seated work after exactly 1 hour since their last break. This is describing what schedule of reinforcement?

Answer 8

Fixed interval

explanation: a schedule of reinforcement where reinforcement is provided after fixed amount of time elapses. In this example, 1 hour is a fixed amount of time not an average amount of time.

Question 9

Laura the BCBA is working with her client on brushing teeth. She has broken down the complex skill of brushing teeth into smaller, teachable steps to help her client learn this new skill. What teaching procedure is Laura implementing?

Answer 9

Task analysis

Explanation: task analyses are typically routine based targets that are broken down into a behavior chain and can analyze which areas in the routine require extra support or steps the client can complete independently.

Question 10

John receives a sticker every time he brushes his teeth before going to bed, which increases his brushing teeth more in the future. This is this is an example of?

Answer 10

A positive reinforcement

Explanation: positive reinforcement is subscribed as adding something to the environment after your behavior occurs that increases the behavior occurring again in the future. In this example, a sticker is added, and brushing teeth increases in the future.

Question 11

This term is used to describe what occurs immediately before the behavior

Answer 11

Antecedent

Explanation: and behavior analysis we use ABC data to record behavior data wear a is it an antecedent B is a behavior observed, and C is the immediate consequence following the behavior

Question 12

Ashley engages in frequent elopement. You are observing Ashley and noticed that this behavior typically occurs as soon as she is asked to complete a worksheet at school. The teacher usually responds by telling Ashley it’s OK you don’t have to work on it today what appears to be the function of Ashley eloping?

Answer 12

Escape

Explanation: escape behavior or behaviors that occur when someone is presented with an adversive demand, or to get out of/avoid doing a task. And this example, Ashley’s teacher reinforces her behavior by allowing her to not complete the worksheet.

Question 13

The Abscissa refers to the axis on a line graph?

Answer 13

X axis

Explanation: the abscissa is described as a distance on an ex coordinate is from the Y axis, moving horizontally. The horizontal axis on a coordinate graph is the X axis.

Question 14

What measurement procedures is being used if the observer is recording if the target behavior occurred at any point in in the interval?

Answer 14

Partial interval, recording

Explanation: partial interval, recording is used to measure if a behavior occurred at any point within the interval and is recorded as a plus. For example, is the interval is one minute long, and the behavior only occurred for five seconds you would still record a plus interval, recording is measured when the behavior occurs for the whole interval.

Question 15

A stimulus that signals the availability of reinforcement is defined as a ____ the stimulus that signals the unavailability of reinforcement is defied as a _____

Answer 15

SD, S – Delta

Explanation: an SD signals the availability of reinforcement. For example, an open sign on a store signals customers that they can come inside an an S – Delta signals that unavailability of a reinforcement. For example, a sign on the store signals the unavailability of reinforcement.

Question 16

A clients family asks you to babysit over the weekend while they go out of town. As an RBT how should you respond to the parents request?

Answer 16

Apologize, and for the family that it is against the RBT ethics code

Explanation: It is outlined in within the BCBA’s RBT ethics code that RBT should not have dual relationships with a clients in their families that they serve. Babysitting for a client would cause the relationship to move from strictly professional to a personal relationship and professional relationship.

Question 17

What does an example of lease to most prompting?

Answer 17

Gesture, partial, physical, full physical

Explanation: least to most prompting, is prompting strategy that goes teaching to the least intrusive prompt to the most intrusive prompt. Prompts that are less invasive and are easier to fade out. The most invasive, prompting strategy is full, physical, prompting, followed by partial prompting.

Question 18

Josh is an RBT working with a client on handwashing. Handwashing is a complex skill that the clients DCBA has broken up into a sequence of small teachable steps. Joshs BCBA instruct him that the procedure involves Josh prompting all but the last step of the behavior chain, which is performed by the learner, who then receives reinforcement for completing the chain. When the learner shows mastery and performing the last step, Josh will then complete all of the last two steps, and the behavior chain and reinforcement is delivered. This sequence continues until the learner completes the entire chain independently, this describes what teaching procedure?

Answer 18

Backward chaining

Explanation backward training, where all of the steps in the chain are completed for the learner, except for the last one, then the second to last one, and so on. And this example, the RBT prompts the learner through the chain of responses until he has mastered, completing the last step , and then the second to last step and so forth. This chain allows a learner to contact reinforcement faster by completing the last step and being rewarded.

Question 19

At a minimum, how many years do client data and records need to remain secured at an organization?

Answer 19

Seven years

Explanation: it is mandated by the BCBA, and outline in the ethical code

Question 20

Which of the following examples is illustrates maintaining client confidentiality?

Answer 20

Only discussed client information that is relevant to the services being provided, only discuss information for professional purposes, and with the relevant people, do not share or discuss identifying information with individuals outside of the clients treatment team

Explanation: keeping sensitive information on a need to know basis is how we maintain respect for the client and keeping personal information confidential

Question 21

Emily is working with her client on a new skill which involves emitting one word mands, specifically requesting go when her client wants to leave a room. The RBT provides reinforcement for every occurrence. Client emits the target response the RBT is implementing?

Answer 21

Continuous reinforcement and reinforcement on a FR1 schedule

Explanation: continuous reinforcement is when reinforcement is provided every time a target response/behavior is emitted. This is also a fixed ratio one schedule for every correct response. The client is reinforced. CRF is a FR1 schedule.

Question 22

When Jessica is working with her client, she ensures that she is always providing learning opportunities with different stimuli, various times of the day, incorporating new people, and across different settings. What is Jessica programming for?

Answer 22

Generalization

Explanation: generalization occurs when a behavior occurs. In other contexts besides the one it was tight in finding other opportunities where the target behavior is relevant, the technician can assure the client skill is maintained and functional and other contexts

Question 23

The three term contingency refers to?

Answer 23

Antecedent, response, and consequence

Explanation: the three term contingency is the basic concept of behavior analysis and allows us to observe patterns between the environment, and what happened before the behavior, behavior, response, and what happens immediately after the behavior

Question 24

Your client has been manding open door when wanting to leave the classroom as he cannot reach the doorhandle. Later at lunch, your client needs help opening his chip bag and he says open door again. You observed your client manding open door when needing help opening his water bottle. This is an example of.

Answer 24

Over generalization

Explanation: over generalization occurs when a client learns to behavior or response and applies it to beyond the appropriate context. And this example, the client has over generalized the mand open door with opening other items.