RBT Practice Test Flashcards
What is Permanent Product Procedures and when would it be the most appropriate?
Measures the effect the behavior produced on the environment.
Checking if a resident of a group home is able to get all of the groceries on their list.
The most common form of graph used in ABA is the
Line Graph
A young man with autism is thought to need instruction in communicating with family. Using e-mail is decided upon as the best way for him to do this. He needs to be able to check his email first. Then, he can be assisted to compose correspondence. Currently, the young man needs prompting through almost every step of checking his email and he is able to follow written instructions. Whats the best way to proceed?
Task analyze checking the e-mail and provide written prompts, faded over time.
Definition of “Multiple Relationship” and examples of a multiple relationship
occurs when a professional has more than one role with the same person or with someone related to them.
An example of a multiple relationship is the client’s mother also being your best friend.
If a RBT physically guides a client through a transition it is called
Physical prompting
When BCBAs, BCaBAs, and BCBA-Ds conduct functional assessments or functional analysis, they are looking for what a certain behavior does (or how it functions) for an individual. Possible functions include all except
Attention, Escape, Access to a tangible, Deprivation
DEPRIVATION.
Chaining is the process of teaching the sub-components of a larger task and “chaining” them together to teach a complete task. The chaining procedure which teaches each step of the chain during training session is called
Total Task Chaining.
As an RBT you have been working long and hard with a special education student on writing a topic sentence in her English assignments. Proof of her ability to generalize her newly acquired skill would be
Writing topic sentences in her science class.
Your client has successfully mastered how to place an order for fast food in a training setting where you have set up a menu, counter, and cash register. In order to see if she can perform the necessary skills at a real fast food place you should first
Change a critical feature in the training setting, like who is taking the order.
A private behavioral services firm has posted a job opening for an RBT. The posting mentions integrity as a desired qualification a number of times. An RBT applying for the job could best demonstrate integrity in the application process by
Being honest about their educational background and work experience
The following procedure describes ___. Jill, a BCBA is trying to keep a child from picking his nose and wiping his fingers on classmates. Jill requires students to hold a pencil in one hand and an eraser in another hand during their entire social skills lesson
Differential reinforcement of an incompatible behavior (DRI)
What is differential reinforcement of an incompatible behavior?
a behavior modification technique that aims to reduce a problem behavior by reinforcing an incompatible behavior
When a client is learning a new skill, the ideal schedule of reinforcement would be
Fixed Ratio (FR) 1
When we are thirsty, water quenches that thirst and satiates us. This makes water a
Unconditioned reinforcer
The main 3 components of a discrete trial are
Instruction
Response
Consequence
John, an RBT working in a preschool program, uses the teaching method of keeping highly engaging items in the children’s sight, but out of their reach as a way to evoke verbal engagement about the items, and to cause children to have to ask him for the items. This strategy is
Naturalistic or Incidental teaching
What does extinction refers to?
Withholding all reinforcement
Which of the following behaviors is defined in the MOST observable and measurable terms?
A. Jerry’s anger causes him to often be out-of-control and receive school suspensions.
B. Jerry pokes others with his index finger to annoy them.
C. Jerry has intermittent explosive disorder and his aggressive outbursts are an outcome of this.
D. Jerry believes that others are out to get him and reacts to their perceived taunts..
Answer is B
Ways to assess potential stimuli preference include all of the following except
A. Asking the person what they like
B. Asking others what the person likes
C. Observing the person in their natural environment to see what they like.
D. Using a published list of items/activities that kids like.
Answer is D
Two brothers had a habit of rinsing their dishes after each meal but failed to out them in the dishwasher. Instead, they would simply put them to the side of the sink. Their parents modeled the behavior of rinsing their dishes and then stacking them in the dishwasher. After five training sessions with their parents, the boys were able to complete the entire task of rinsing and loading their dishes. If the parents want this behavior to be maintained they should?
Set up a schedule of reinforcement for task completion
ABA professionals base their professional practices on
Scientific Knowledge
How often should RBT’s update aggregate data?
After each session
Effective reinforcers should be all of the following EXCEPT.
A. Something that could harm one’s health
B. Immediate
C. Of sufficient magnitude
D. Something the client prefers
Something that could harm one’s health.
The goal of a stimulus preference assessment is to:
A. test reinforcers for an individual.
B. determine items or activities that will be punishers for an individual.
C. identify objects, people or activities that may be motivating.
D. help a client determine which intervention they would prefer
Identify objects, people or activities that may be motivating.
