RBT General Quiz

A stimulus is removed that increases the future probability of that behavior occurring .

• Negative Reinforcement

• Negative Punishment

• DRL

• Positive Punishment

​ You are taking data on a clients aggressive behavior. They hit 8 times in a 2 hour session, therefore you record the data as 4x/hour. What type of measurement did you record?

• duration

• frequency

• rate

• interval recording

On a line graph, you would indicate whatever measurement used on which axis?

• you do not indicate measurement used on a graph

• Y-axis

• X-axis

• Z-axis

Response latency is to ________ as whole interval recording is to _______.

• continuous measurement, discontinuous measurement

• momentary time sampling, continuous measurement

• permanent product recording, DRO

• discontinuous measurement, continuous measurement

Jim records interval data for a student in 5 minute intervals. For the interval from 8:00-8:05 he marks a + for the interval to indicate the occurrence of on-task behavior. What type of measurement is he recording?

Leo asks for a cup of juice. When the RBT provides him a cup of juice he screams and throws the cup across the room. The RBT redirects Leo to pick up the cup and bring it back to the table. What is the antecedent?

• Leo asks for a cup of juice.

• RBT directing Leo to clean up the cup.

• Leo is provided a cup of juice.

• Leo throws the cup across the room.

Pick one that describes a free operant preference assessment.

• You provide the student two objects and direct them to "pick one." You record what they pick.

• You present the learner with 10 items and the directive "go play with the toys!" You record what they pick.

• You present the learner an array of 5 objects and the directive "pick one." You record the one the choose.

• None of these describe a free operant preference assessment.

Recording of the amount of time between presentation of the SD and the learner initiating the target behavior.

The BCBA asks for your help to conduct a skills assessment. Which best describes how you would conduct the assessment with a student?

• Provide instruction and then immediately a prompt so the client does not error.

• Provide instruction, wait for a response, and provide error correction if the student errors.

• Provide instruction, wait for the student to respond, take data on their response.

• Provide instruction, prompt as needed, provide reinforcement for correct responding.

When using a token economy, the items or activities the learner cashes out their tokens for are called:

• Primary reinforcers

• Secondary reinforcers

• Backup reinforcers

• Rewards