RBT Flash Cards
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What is a multiple relationship?
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Having two different relationships with one client
2
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Which of the following is part of the RBT ethical code?
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Be truthful and honest
3
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A client gives you a bottle opener from their birthday party. What does the ethical code say you should do?
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Politely decline and explain to them/their parents the nature of your professional relationship
4
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What should you do if you are arrested for a minor marijuana charge?
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Report to BACB within 30 days
5
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Which is considered confidential information per the BACB ethical code?
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*Information about a client that can be found online
*Information about the people that RBT works with
*Written records
*Electronic records
6
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If you are not providing direct ABA services and are having a fun Friday, what should you do?
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Do not make reference to, display, or otherwise use your RBT
7
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Your supervisor requests that you work with a new client who has behaviors you have never encountered. What should you do?
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Request more training from supervising BCBA
8
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Which antecedent increases or decreases the value of a consequence?
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Motivating Operation
9
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You are recording the time it takes from the presentation of the demand (Sd) to the first instance of behavior. What are you measuring?
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Latency
10
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How long the behavior occurs refers to what measurement dimension?
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Duration
11
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John is recording data on aggression by counting the number of scratches left on his body after a session. What kind of measurement is this?
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Permanent product
12
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Escape, attention, tangible, and sensory are what?
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Functions of behavior
13
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Determined by ABC Data
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Function
14
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The breakdown of a task into its individual components and steps are what?
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Task analysis
15
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Signals that reinforcement is available is what?
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Sd
16
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Examples are food, water, sex, sleep are what?
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Primary reinforcement
17
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Examples are money and tokens are what?
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Conditioned reinforcer
18
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Increases the future likelihood of behavior is what?
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Reinforcement
19
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Adding a stimulus which increases the future likelihood of behavior is what?
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Positive reinforcement
20
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Verbal behavior with point-to-point correspondence is what?
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Echoic
21
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Removing a stimulus which decreases the future likelihood of behavior is what?
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Negative punishment
22
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Reinforcement is delivered on the average of every 2 minutes in which the behaviors occur is what?
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VI-2
23
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What are the four functions of behavior?
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Sensory, Escape, Attention, and Tangibles
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Verbal behavior of requesting is what?
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Mand
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Removing a stimulus which decreases the future likelihood of behavior is what?
Negative punishment
26
Tilda finished her session after being supervised by her BCBA. During the session, she recorded data on a paper data collection sheet. While she was cleaning up, she spilled a cup of coffee all over her data sheet, making it completely illegible. What should Tilda do? Her company has strict policies regarding staff who fail to properly enter data at the end of a shift.
Tilda should notify her supervisor of the mishap and try to prevent such a fiasco in the future - perhaps by using mechanical or digital data collection systems.
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What occurs before the behavior?
Antecedent
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Example, "do this" is what?
Sd
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What occurs after the behavior?
Consequence
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Tammy is a BCBA working at a behavior analysis clinic. She is creating a flyer for an exciting workshop event at her clinic, and wants to share it with all the families currently receiving behavior analysis services, so she mass emails (CC - Carbon Copy) the entire roster of active patients at her facility. What, if anything, is wrong with this situation?
CC (Carbon Copy) reveals the names of people who are receiving behavior analysis services without getting their consent first, which violates HIPPA, as revealing the name of someone receiving mental health services is protected healthcare information.
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Tim, a BCBA, always writes his procedures in clear and concise terms so that his staff (and families, too!) can easily understand what is meant by his procedures. He provides complete and full definitions, and avoids using overly specific jargon when the person(s) who will be reading or implementing his procedures are laypersons.
Of the 7 Dimensions of ABA (as originally described by Baer, D., Wolf, M., & Risley, R., 1968), which of the following does the above most closely describe?
Technological
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Start with most intrusive prompt is what?
Most to least prompting
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Reinforcing gradual changes in behavior is what?
Shaping
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Teaching a task analysis by teaching the first step first is what?
Forward Chaining
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Start with least intrusive prompt is what?
Least to most prompting
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Teaching the entire task analysis at once is what?
Total task presentation
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Reinforcement provided on the average of every 5 correct responses is what?
VR-5
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Reinforcement provided every 2 minutes in which behavior occurred is what?
FI-2
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Reinforcement provided every 10 minutes that behavior occurs is what?
FI-10
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MSWO stands for what?
Multiple stimulus without replacement
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FBA stands for what?
Functional behavior assessment
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You provide reinforcement to your client for clapping, and ignore him when he hits is what?
Differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior
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Reinforcing progressively lower response rates is what?
Differential reinforcement of lower rates of behavior
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Reinforcing progressively increasing rates of behavior is what?
Differential reinforcement of higher rates of behavior
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Which of the following examples below is an example of a VARIABLE RATIO schedule of reinforcement?
Grandma loves the slots in Vegas! On average, every 30th pull of the slot machine results in a small cash payout. Sometimes the payout occurs on the 15th pull...sometimes on the 45th...but, on average, payout occurs every 30 pulls on the slot machine. Grandma can't wait to hit the jackpot someday!
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Withholding reinforcement of a target response is what?
Extinction
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Sometimes, behavior analysts will break down a complex chain of behaviors into smaller discrete steps to facilitate teaching.
The learner will then be taught to complete the steps in their logical order, with the completion of the previous step serving as the reinforcer for that step and the discriminative stimulus (SD) for the next step. Finally, the last step in the chain (terminal step) serves as the reinforcer for the whole chain.
What is this called?
Task Analysis
47
An experienced RBT supervises other RBTs at work, ;due to a shortage of board certified assistant (BCaBA) and board-certified behavior analysts (BCBAs).
What, if any, ethical consideration exists here?
The RBT needs to be supervised directly by a certified behavior analyst (BCaBA, BCBA, BCBA-D). The type of supervision and quantity are directly specified by the board.
48
You're about to start a session with a client. What do you need to do to be sure you're ready to have a successful session (at the very minimum)?
You should know the responses and their response definitions that you will be measuring during your session. In addition, make sure you're prepared to take data - clickers, notepaper and a pencil, whatever you need, make sure you have it!
49
How long a tantrum behavior occurs, how long it takes a client to do homework; what type of data collection is this?
Duration
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What happens before/immediately precedes behavior in data collection is know as the what?
Antecedent
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Time between two successive responses is what?
Inter-response time
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Recording a + if behavior occurred at any point during the interval is what?
Partial Interval Recording
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When attempting to assess the function of a client's behavior, what is often considered the "gold standard" for experimentally identifying function?
Conducting an analog or naturalistic functional analysis is usual considered the best way to identify function.
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Select the best definition for differential reinforcement, from the choices below is what is best term?
Providing greater reinforcement for better approximations of a target behavior, and placing other behaviors on extinction or on a less desirable reinforcement schedule.
54
A little boy is playing his toys in his room. Holding one of his stuffed animal dolls, he looks at it and says "Zebra". Which elementary verbal operant does this scenario most likely describe?
Tact
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Teaching communication is replace problem behaviors is what?
Functional Communication training
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What occurs when reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is no longer provided, resulting in the decrease of frequency of the behavior in the future?
Extinction
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For a child who is always picked up when they cry, not picking them up in the future would be an example of what?
Extinction
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Which type of extinction procedure has the individual simply giving no outward signs or response to a behavior, such as eye contact, verbal/physical responses?
Planned Ignore
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A child is taught to raise their hand as an alternative to yelling out in class. Which type of differential reinforcement does this example represent?
Differential reinforcement of alternative behaviors
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Classical conditioning is also commonly referred to as...
Pavolovian Conditioning
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For a child who is scratching his skin, extinction can be used by the child wearing a glove, preventing the contact of the sensory stimulation that comes from scratching the skin. Which type of extinction does this represent?
Sensory Extinction
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A neutral stimulus can become conditioned by pairing this stimulus with an unconditioned or previously conditioned stimulus. True or False?
True
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The sign being illuminated at your favorite restaurant says "open." The open sign signals he availability of stopping, as it indicates that the behavior of going into the restaurant will be reinforced by the delivery of food. What type of stimulus is this an example of?
Sd
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This follows a response and increases the probability of that response occurring again in the future of what?
Reinforcement
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Adding something will motivate a person to increase the likelihood that they will engage in the target behavior again. What type of reinforcement is this?
Positive
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Food is an example of what type of reinforcer?
Unconditioned
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Money is an example of what type of reinforcement?
Secondary
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Extremely bright lights, freezing temperature, electric shock are all examples of which punisher?
Unconditioned
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Satiation is a term that refers to what?
An abolishing operation (value decrease) of a reinforcer due to an organism being over-exposed to that stimulus
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Which of the following is true about cumulative records?
Data never decreases in a cumulative records; an increasing slope indicates occurrence of the target behavior, while a flat slope indicates periods of no occurrences of the target behavior.
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Removing something that increases the future likelihood of behavior is called what?
Negative reinforcement
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Present 5 easy/mastered tasks in quick succession immediately before presenting an acquisition target is what?
Behavior momentum
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Is exaggerating covered by the RBT ethical code. Yes or No?
Yes
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How much time needs to pass before entering a relationship with a client or supervisor?
2 years after the working relationship ends
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What should you do if you are arrested for a minor marijuana charge?
Report to BACB within 30 days
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When working with a client, whose preferences should take priority?
Client
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If you become aware that a client's legal rights are being violated, which of the following actions should you take?
*Contact relevant authorities
*Follow organization's policies
*Document efforts to address the matter
*Consult with your supervisor
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Sally is an RBT working with a client named Jim. Jim tends to scream and bite his arm forcefully when presented with his token board, and sometimes when Sally opens up her laptop. Sally almost never opens up her laptop unless she's about to ask Jim to do some of his table work activities.
What do you think the most likely function of Jim's behavior is?
Escape from demands presented by others (Socially Mediated Negative Reinforcement)
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You are asked to collect data on aggression. Every time your learner agresses, you click the tally counter. What are you measuring?
Frequency
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You are recording the time it takes from the presentation of the demand (Sd) to the first instance of behavior. What are you measuring?
Latency
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For every third correct response, you deliver a preferred edible. What reinforcement schedule is this?
FR-3
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Which of the following is the LEAST unethical decision?
A small child, who is the client of an RBT, offers the RBT a hand-made card, made from construction paper and way too much glitter, as a gift. The RBT readily accepts with a big smile on his face.
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Response definitions, sometimes also referred to as operational definitions or behavior definitions, refer to a what?
Objective, clear, concise, and complete description of a behavior of interest
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Escape, attention, tangible, sensory describe what?
Functions of behavior
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This signals that reinforcement is available is what?
SD
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This increases the future likelihood of behavior is what?
Reinforcement
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Reinforcing gradual changes in behavior is what?
Shaping
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Reinforcement is delivered on average every 2 minutes in which the behaviors occur. What reinforcement schedule is this?
VI-2
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When you start with least intrusive prompt is what?
Least to most prompting
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Which of the following is the best example of maintaining client dignity?
Sharing a client's information with a peer
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When preparing for data collection, a RBT should do all of the following except what?
Have a 1:1 meeting with parent to discuss assessment results and goals
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Your BCBA instructs you to take data on how many times your client engages in verbal refusal in 30-minute intervals. What type of data collection use?
Rate
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Your BCBA instructs you that he/she wants you to record how long your clients' tantrums last. What type of data collection would you use?
Duration
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The RBT recorded 18 instances of the child throwing items in the classroom. What type of continuous measurement procedure is the RBT implementing?
Frequency
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The BCBA instructs you to measure the time between the end of one response to the beginning of the same response. What continuous measurement procedure is being implemented?
IRT (The time between two behaviors)
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All of the following are discontinuous measurement procedures, except what?
Inter-response time
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Which measurement procedure is being used if the observer is recording if the target behavior occurred at any point in the interval?
Partial interval recording
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A RBT sets a timer for 2 minutes. When the 2-minute timer goes off, the RBT looks up immediately to see if their client is sitting in their seat is what?
Momentary time sampling
