RBT Exam Questions: Free Sample Questions by Domain

An RBT delivers the instruction 'Clean up your blocks.' The student waits 45 seconds before putting the first block into the toy bin, and then spends 3 minutes putting away all blocks. What was the latency of the clean-up response?

An RBT is teaching a client to wash hands using most-to-least prompt fading. In the initial trials, the technician provides full physical hand-over-hand assistance. What is the most appropriate next prompt level to fade to as the student demonstrates progress?

An RBT places two preferred items simultaneously in front of a child and records which one the child touches first. The technician repeats this procedure until every item has been paired against every other item. Which preference assessment is being conducted?

A client engages in table-slapping to gain therapist attention. The BCBA instructs the RBT to withhold attention when the client slaps the table, but deliver immediate enthusiastic praise whenever the client taps an icon card labeled 'Play with me.' What intervention is being implemented?

When writing session notes at the conclusion of an in-home therapy session, which of the following entries adheres strictly to BACB objective documentation standards?

During the holiday season, a client's family offers the RBT an expensive $100 designer wristwatch to show gratitude. According to the RBT Ethics Code (Section 2.0), how should the technician respond?

An RBT uses 10-second partial interval recording to track hand-flapping. During interval 3, the client flaps their hands for exactly 1 second at second 4, and sits quietly with hands on their lap for the remaining 9 seconds. How must the RBT score interval 3?

An RBT is teaching a 6-year-old child to wash hands using a 6-step task analysis. The technician completes steps 1 through 5 (turns on water, wets hands, applies soap, rubs hands, rinses) and then prompts the child to complete step 6 independently: drying hands with a paper towel, followed immediately by praise and bubbles. Once step 6 is mastered, the technician will prompt step 5. Which chaining procedure is being used?

A client previously obtained parent attention by screaming in the living room. Under the BCBA's behavior plan, the RBT and parent place screaming on planned ignoring (extinction). During the first 15 minutes of the session, the client screams twice as loudly, stomps feet, and attempts to knock over pillows before stopping. What behavioral phenomenon did the RBT observe?

During a tabletop DTT session, an 8-year-old client pushes the stimuli away, crosses arms, looks away from the technician, and shakes their head 'no'. Although the parents provided informed consent for ABA therapy, the client is actively withdrawing assent. According to the BACB Ethics Code and client dignity guidelines, what should the RBT do?