Question 1 (Domain A)
A coach blows a whistle and an RBT records how many seconds pass before the client starts running. Which measure is this?
- A. Duration of the whole run
- B. Frequency of running
- C. Latency to start running
- D. Rate of running laps
How the exams are organized
The questions follow the six content domains of the Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) Task List, 3rd edition. Each of the four practice exams has 85 items. The number of items per domain is the same in every exam; a script counts them.
| Domain | Topic | Items per exam |
|---|---|---|
| A | Measurement | 15 |
| B | Assessment | 9 |
| C | Skill acquisition | 21 |
| D | Behavior reduction | 16 |
| E | Documentation and reporting | 11 |
| F | Professional conduct and scope of practice | 13 |
Total: 85 items per exam. The answer letters are balanced across A to D, and a script checks that too. For background on the field, see Applied behavior analysis on Wikipedia.
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Question 2 (Domain A)
A client put 7 of 10 laundry items in the right bin. What percentage was correct?
- A. 30%
- B. 70%
- C. 7%
- D. 142%
Question 3 (Domain B)
A client ignores a toy that was a top pick last month. What is the best next step?
- A. Run a new preference assessment
- B. Keep offering it every day so the client gets used to it again
- C. Assume the client has a skill deficit
- D. Conclude the toy is the function of problem behavior
Question 4 (Domain C)
An RBT praises a client each time the client greets a classmate, and greetings become more frequent. What is the praise?
- A. A punisher that lowers greetings
- B. A prompt that is faded out
- C. A positive reinforcer
- D. An extinction procedure for greeting
Question 5 (Domain C)
An RBT retests a skill the client mastered three months ago to see whether it remains. What is this?
- A. An acquisition trial
- B. A shaping step
- C. A maintenance probe
- D. A functional analysis
Question 6 (Domain D)
A client rips up worksheets, the teacher takes them away, and ripping becomes more frequent. Which function is most likely?
- A. Peer attention from classmates
- B. Access to a preferred snack
- C. Automatic sensory stimulation
- D. Escape from the task
Question 7 (Domain D)
A class stops reacting when a student burps loudly on purpose. After several weeks the burping drops. Which process is this?
- A. Punishment
- B. Extinction
- C. Shaping
- D. Satiation
Question 8 (Domain E)
Which note sentence states a fact rather than an opinion?
- A. He screamed for 20 seconds after the bell
- B. He was being dramatic again just to get his way
- C. She seemed sad and withdrawn for most of the morning
- D. He obviously hates transitions
Question 9 (Domain F)
A neighbor asks an RBT how a client's therapy is going. What is the best reply?
- A. Share a little, without using the client's name or details
- B. Say it is going well and mention the diagnosis
- C. Politely say you cannot discuss clients
- D. Describe the family's problems
Question 10 (Domain F)
A family says they do not celebrate birthdays, but the plan uses a birthday party as a reinforcer. What should the RBT do?
- A. Tell the supervisor so a different reinforcer is used
- B. Use the party anyway so the plan stays consistent for the child
- C. Remove all reinforcers from the plan
- D. Tell the child that the family's beliefs are wrong
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Which Task List do they follow?
The 3rd edition RBT Task List. Every question is tagged to a domain from A to F.
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Four exams of 85 questions each. The free sample has 20 different questions.
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Answer key
- C. Latency is the time from a cue until the response begins.
- B. Percentage correct is 7 divided by 10, times 100, which equals 70%.
- A. Preferences change, so a new assessment shows which items work as reinforcers now.
- C. A stimulus that follows a behavior and makes it more likely is a positive reinforcer.
- C. Checking a mastered skill after time has passed is a maintenance probe.
- D. Behavior followed by removal of the task, and then increasing, points to an escape function.
- B. Withholding the reinforcer that used to follow a behavior, so the behavior decreases, is extinction.
- A. Objective notes record what was seen and heard, with counts or times, and leave out guesses.
- C. Client information is confidential and is not shared without authorization.
- A. Cultural responsiveness means respecting family practices and raising the conflict with the supervisor.