RBT Task List Practice Test

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• What measure counts the number of times a target behavior occurs?
• What items constitute the data system for data collection?
• Which ethical obligation describes avoiding ongoing interactions that are outside the scope of providing therapy?
• In backward chaining, which step is targeted first for fluency?
• The plan for generalization involves what?
• Which action best maintains client dignity during program planning?
• When should RBTs review protocols to ensure updates are not missed?
• What information is included in the means of collection?
• The error correction plan describes what the RBT should do in response to an error and defines what constitutes an error in the program. Which option best captures this description?
• What should be prepared in advance of a session regarding materials?
• The planned/contrived use of behavioral strategies in the client's everyday environment.
• Which term describes any ongoing relationship between an RBT and a client that falls outside providing ABA therapy services?
• Which data collection method uses the finished product as the record of behavior rather than the behavior itself?
• Why should RBTs review recent data before sessions?
• Which method requires presenting potential reinforcers in pairs and controlling for positional bias with counter-balancing?
• Using age-appropriate language and interaction styles primarily helps to:
• Which statement best defines the essential information required for reliable data collection?
• Consuming a substantial amount of a reinforcer, thus temporarily decreasing the value of that reinforcer, is known as what?
• Recording if the target behavior occurred for the entire duration of a predetermined interval is which sampling method?
• Which statement reflects how an RBT should communicate with stakeholders?
• What is the term for a stimulus that requires learning history to have reinforcing value?
• Which type of prompt hierarchy begins with the most intrusive prompt required to gain correct responding and fades as success is observed?
• What measure records the time from the onset of a stimulus to the onset of the response?
• A system of prompts along a gradient used to promote systematic use and removal of prompts is known as what?
• Which approach is typically used in one-on-one teaching contexts to present a task in a structured sequence?
• Which term describes a reinforcer delivered after a fixed number of responses and not after every response?
• Which procedure covers following a specified protocol for responding to potentially dangerous behaviors that require physical restraint, transport, or are unusually intense?
• Which term covers the overall category of procedures that include DRA, DRO, and DRI?
• In data reliability, what does IOA stand for?
• Which function is characterized by a behavior that is maintained by access to a preferred item or activity following the behavior?
• What should an RBT do if seen in public with a client?
• Which action describes updating visual data displays after data collection?
• A stimulus in the presence of which a particular response will be reinforced is known as:
• Which differential reinforcement procedure reinforces a behavior that is incompatible with the target behavior?
• Intentionally setting up teaching procedures to be implemented in the natural context for the skill being targeted.
• What should be prepared before starting the session?
• Escape terminology describes which function of behavior?
• Which 16-item assessment uses a 0-6 Likert scale to rate contexts in which target behavior may or may not occur?
• Altering programming to resemble contexts of same-aged peers is intended to:
• Which term describes the behavior that is maintained by the sensory input produced by the behavior itself?
• What is the primary purpose of the error correction plan?
• If instruction uses prompts along a gradient and fades them as the learner's accuracy improves, this best exemplifies which concept?
• Which is essential in a written behavior reduction program?
• Which procedure involves presenting prompts and gradually removing them across learning trials to promote independence?
• What is the purpose of the Discriminative Stimulus (SD) in this context?
• Procedures or conditions that establish value for behaviors by increasing the reinforcers' value are known as what?
• The training of stakeholders entails what?
• What is the proper approach to programming and staffing concerns?
• Which method trains the first step in the chain to fluency while prompting all subsequent steps?
• What is the policy regarding accepting food from clients?
• The introduction of additional stimuli to ensure correct performance and the systematic fading of said stimuli as independence increases is described by which term?
• What describes the steps to fade out intervention components?
• Which items are cited as examples of the operational definition of the target behavior(s)?
• Procedures designed to alter the environment to increase the likelihood of positive behavior and decrease the likelihood of negative behavior are called what?
• Setting conditions before a target behavior occurs describes which concept?
• Which term provides a description of exactly what the program/protocol is designed to teach and why that skill is necessary/valuable in the learner's life?
• Recording occurrence/non-occurrence at a specific point in time describes which measurement approach?
• Which function is described as the removal or termination of aversive stimuli following a behavior?
• Engaging in babysitting with clients is discouraged because it creates what kind of relationship?
• Which term describes social positive reinforcement via attention following behavior?
• Discontinuing the reinforcer maintaining a behavior results in a decrease of that behavior due to lack of reinforcement. What is this procedure called?
• How should social interactions with families be handled in terms of content?
• Which differential reinforcement procedure provides the functional reinforcer contingent on specific behavior(s) that are incompatible with the target negative behavior and withholding the reinforcer following instances of the negative behavior?
• Withholding or being without access to a reinforcer, thus increasing the value of accessing the reinforcer is called what?
• Which term refers to the exact process the RBT should follow to implement the program/protocol?
• What is the overall expectation for an RBT's role in service delivery?
• Which concept refers to performance established in one time and place now occurring in a different time and place?
• What term covers any muscular, glandular, or neuro-electrical activity, including covert behavior such as thinking?
• A student receives attention after raising their hand and speaking in class. This demonstrates which function?
• Which assessment type involves presenting items in an array and removing selected items across rounds to determine preferences?
• Which statement describes that differential reinforcement procedures can be implemented as an all-or-nothing arrangement or along a gradient?
• The data collection plan specifies what data to record and which data system to use. Which option is correct?
• A child shouts to gain access to a preferred toy and the toy is given after the shout. This demonstrates which function?
• When CPI techniques are used but not specified in the client's plan, what must be done?
• Review notes involves RBTs reviewing session notes to identify changes, updates, and current phases. Which statement best describes this?
• Which differential reinforcement procedure provides the functional reinforcer contingent on any behavior other than the target negative behavior while withholding the reinforcer following instances of the negative behavior?
• What is the policy regarding designing programming and independence from supervision?
• Which type of prompt hierarchy begins with the least intrusive prompt and increases prompting only as errors occur?
• During session time, what should be the focus for an RBT?
• How should illness, relocation, medication changes, or other factors affecting the client be reported?
• Which data collection method involves entering data and updating graphs to reflect the most recent data?
• Recording a sample of instances according to a predetermined schedule (such as momentary time sampling, partial interval, and whole interval) falls under which measurement category?
• What term describes the complete context in which a program fits, including plan for collecting baseline and monitoring effectiveness of the plan?
• Which approach yields a preference gradient by calculating selection percentage over the full array presented multiple times?
• Which term is defined as the objective, measurable goal to address a specific skill deficit?
• Which schedule delivers a reinforcer after the first response following a variable amount of time since the last reinforcement?
• Which term refers to making reinforcers available without dependence on a learner's immediate response, often used to reduce problem behaviors?
• Which method trains the last step in the chain to fluency while prompting all preceding steps?
• Which term describes reinforcement delivered after a fixed amount of time since the last reinforcement opportunity, regardless of responses?
• Which procedures involve sampling the behavior rather than recording every instance?
• Altering the environment to increase access to reinforcers currently available only contingent on certain behaviors describes which term?
• An additional stimulus paired with the SD/instruction that brings about correct responding. If it doesn't evoke correct responding, it isn't this.
• Which concept describes the plan that includes baseline data collection and monitoring progress to ensure effectiveness?
• Which strategy involves using physical blocking to prevent the occurrence of the target behavior?
• What data to record and when should it be recorded?
• What is the likely benefit of including a detailed replacement behavior definition with high IOA in a plan?
• Which procedure is used to determine the function(s) of challenging behavior during therapy sessions by observing and recording?
• A teaching procedure by which a specific sequence of responses is taught such that the completion of the previous response serves as the SD for the next response.
• A student completes a task in order to avoid having to do another disliked task. This demonstrates which function?
• Which term refers to the initial data collected before starting intervention to establish starting performance levels?
• Which term is defined as reinforcing or punishing a response in the presence of a discriminative stimulus and extinguishing or allowing recovery in the presence of a non-SD?
• Which tool is a structured assessment form with questions about various functions of challenging behavior, completed by caregivers?
• What is the primary role of the RBT in the service delivery system?
• Offering choices when appropriate aligns with which principle in client-centered planning?
• What is the policy about social media interactions with clients and their families?
• The plan for maintenance includes which approaches?
• Which format presents trials of the same task repeatedly for a set number of trials?
• Which assessment is completed by primary caregivers to identify likely function(s) of challenging behavior?
• Which differential reinforcement procedure provides the functional reinforcer contingent on a specific alternative/replacement behavior while withholding it contingent on the target negative behavior?
• Which term defines a set of successive component steps in a complex behavior?
• Which term describes a reinforcement schedule where the number of responses required for reinforcement varies around an average?
• Which term describes social positive reinforcement via access to preferred items or activities?
• CPI physical management procedures are to be used only under which condition?
• Which principle involves keeping information about clients confidential within the professional team unless consent is provided to share externally?
• Which differential reinforcement procedure reinforces absence of the target behavior for a period or time and may be used to reduce occurrence?
• What does DTT stand for?
• Which approach presents an array of items and allows the client to engage with those items, repeated across rounds to form a gradient of preference?
• What term describes a situation in which there is imminent risk of physical harm to a client or others?
• Which term refers to data review, updated at regular intervals with observation/conclusion regarding the effectiveness of the intervention plan?
• Which statement is true about discriminative stimuli (SDs)?
• What term encompasses providing reinforcement contingent on performing a target behavior to increase its future occurrence?
• Which term describes the approach for revising the intervention when the current plan is not effective?
• Which term describes systematically fading out additional stimuli introduced to teach a skill and transferring control from ancillary stimuli to the target stimuli?
• Which term describes reporting what occurs during therapy sessions using objective language and observable behaviors without infusing perceived intentions and emotions?
• Which term provides a clear description of exactly what 'counts' as correct performance so that multiple observers can record performance consistently?
• Which term describes the plan that outlines what the program is designed to teach and why it matters for the learner's life?
• Which term applies when a skill trained in one context is performed in additional contexts that share similar stimuli?
• Which instrument is a 16-item assessment with yes/no/NA options for whether target behavior occurs under described circumstances?
• Which term denotes the plan that explains how data will be collected and monitored?
• What should staff or family do after the occurrence of the target replacement behavior?
• A plan that seeks to decrease the occurrence of problem behaviors by changing the environment to make alternative, appropriate behaviors more likely is best described as which concept?
• What data should be recorded and how should it be tracked?
• What should be in place to monitor progress toward reduction goals?
• Which term describes the description of what data will be collected and how it will be monitored?
• The plan for monitoring effectiveness is included in which document element?
• Which function is characterized by a behavior that is maintained by attention provided after instances of the behavior?
• Which statement best describes the supervision requirement for implementing skill acquisition and behavior reduction programming?
• What measure records the total time the target behavior is engaged during an observation?
• When extinction is implemented with fidelity, the initial intensity of responding may be very high; this phenomenon is known as what?
• Which term describes automatic reinforcement maintained by the sensory input of the behavior itself?
• An increase in the rate of the target behaviors and related topographies after extinction is started; this may be intense but is not long-term. This phenomenon is called?
• What term describes the reappearance of a previously extinguished behavior after a period of time?
• No longer providing attention following a behavior that was previously followed by attention is known as what?
• Which term refers to physically restricting part or all of a person's movement?
• Which term describes a cue signaling reinforcement is available for a specific response?
• The reinforcement plan includes which elements?
• Which term describes reporting therapy sessions with objective language and observable behaviors, avoiding inferring thoughts or feelings?
• Which term describes what the RBT is supposed to say, do, and/or present as the instruction to initiate the skill or set the occasion for spontaneous performance?
• Which procedure involves providing the functional reinforcer contingent on performance of positive skills/behaviors while withholding the same reinforcer contingent on target negative behaviors, possibly on an all-or-nothing or gradient basis?
• Which data systems might be used for data collection in the plan?
• Which term describes establishing stimulus control, i.e., the response is more likely in the presence of a discriminative stimulus?
• Which term describes social negative reinforcement where the behavior leads to removal of aversive stimuli?
• Which term defines the step-by-step process the RBT uses to implement the program?
• Which practice involves brief checks throughout sessions to maintain motivation for work?
• Which term describes a stimulus that, when provided immediately after a response, increases the future frequency of that response?
• Which term in the behavior definition includes covert mental events such as thinking and imagining?
• In forward chaining, which step is targeted first for fluency?
• What term describes behavior that is maintained by the sensory input caused by the behavior itself?
• Which statement describes the effect of intermittent reinforcement on extinction?
• Which format presents trials from various tasks in random order for a set number of trials or a set amount of time?
• What is the purpose for which the target behavior occurs?
• Which tool is designed to identify likely function(s) of challenging behavior via caregiver input?
• Altered programming to resemble contexts of same-aged peers supports:
• Which method trains all steps in the chain at the same time?
• Which schedule delivers a reinforcer after the first response following a fixed amount of time since the last reinforcement?
• Which action describes listening to feedback and implementing it on the next available opportunity, asking questions to clarify lack of understanding, and remaining non-emotional?
• Maintaining client dignity in behavior programs involves:
• ABC Data records which three components of behavior events?
• The programmed response for when the target behavior occurs describes:
• Data collected before any intervention is implemented describing the rate of the target behavior prior to intervention are called?
• What is an appropriate way for an RBT to handle questions from parents?
• Which elements are described as necessary for preparing data collection?
• Which action is consistent with person-centered practice?
• Which measurement category involves recording each instance of the target behavior along the chosen dimension (frequency, duration, and latency)?
• MAS stands for which assessment?
• Baseline information inclusion in preference assessments indicates:
• Which term refers to teaching a sequence of responses so that the previous response serves as the SD for the next?
• Which schedule uses a reinforcer after a variable number of responses?
• Which term describes when a particular response occurs more frequently in the presence of one stimulus than in the presence of another?
• A stimulus in the presence of which a particular response will be reinforced.
• What should a written description of a preference assessment include?
• What is the policy regarding accepting gifts from clients?
• What acronym represents Non-judgemental, Objective, Reliable, and Measurable?
• Which term describes using your body or environmental barriers to stop or interrupt the opportunity for a behavior to occur?
• Which term best describes the process of linking a sequence of tasks to form a chain?
• No longer providing escape following a behavior that was previously followed by escape is called what?
• Baseline data helps tailor programming by informing which aspects?
• Which term represents objective/quantifiable data on pre-intervention performance of the target skill?
• Which reinforcer is typically a cue that gains value through pairing with primary reinforcers?
• Implementation of behavioral strategies in the client's everyday environment as opportunities naturally arise.
• Why use client preferences and abilities in planning?
• What is included in the plan regarding fading components of the plan?
• Minimizing audience during challenging behaviors helps by:
• What is reinforcement obtained only after some instances of a behavior, leading to greater resistance to extinction?
• Which term refers to the set of teaching components for targeting skills included in the skill acquisition plan?
• Which procedures involve stimulus control and transfer of control within discrimination training?
• Which term describes a planned instruction following errors to ensure the SD is paired with correct responding?
• What does the operational definition of replacement behavior specify?
• Which approach is defined as implementing behavioral strategies in the learner's daily life as opportunities arise within the environment?
• Which term refers to applying a trained skill to contexts beyond the original training context?
• A program for a child who prefers quiet activities and communicates nonverbally should:
• Which term describes a reinforcer follows a fixed number of responses?
• Which term describes continuing to perform a trained skill even when reinforcement is no longer provided?
• Time spent engaged in the target behavior during an observation window is best described as which measure?
• Which term is the system for modifying the implementation protocol if the initial protocol is ineffective?
• Which tool is commonly used to record data during data collection?
• Observing a completed product to determine whether a skill was performed, rather than watching the performance itself, is what type of recording?
• In a classroom, the cue 'Raise your hand to speak' functions as a:
• Which approach uses 2-3 items before starting a task to re-capture motivation or attention?
• Which term refers to the setting or context in which behavior occurs, including locations, stimuli, and people?
• In this context, how is an "error" defined?
• Which term covers events that increase the value of reinforcers and thereby motivate behavior?
• Access to the putative reinforcer is available independent of any particular responses, i.e., getting the 'good stuff' for free, is described by which term?
• Which term describes the continued performance of a previously trained skill in the absence of programmed contingencies?
• Which best describes the overall purpose of including plan elements for maintenance and generalization in early training?
• What should be in place regarding progress monitoring from the outset?
• Recording if the target behavior occurred at any time during a predetermined interval is which sampling method?
• The programmed response for when the target behavior ceases describes:
• Which procedure involves data collection on the immediate antecedent and consequence for observed target behaviors?
• Which term describes reinforcement delivered after a variable amount of time since the last reinforcement opportunity, regardless of responses?
• Attending family parties with clients is considered what kind of relationship?