RBT Exam Practice 3 - Free Updated Practice Test

This 20-question RBT Exam Practice is designed to help you prepare for your official RBT certification exam with confidence. The questions in this practice test reflect real-world scenarios and tasks you may encounter as an RBT working under the supervision of a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). Covering key domains from the RBT Task List (2nd Edition)—including data collection, behavior reduction, skill acquisition, and ethical responsibilities—each question is structured to challenge your critical thinking and application skills.

1. At the end of your session, you must write a daily progress note.

What should your note include?

Your personal feelings about the session

A summary of the client’s behavior and responses to treatment

Medical history of the client

Your opinion on the BCBA’s plan

2. A client receives a sticker after every correct response and becomes more likely to respond in the future.

This is an example of:

Punishment

Extinction

Negative reinforcement

Positive reinforcement

3. You are employed as an RBT and have received supervision for 3% of your hours this month.

What is required according to BACB standards?

Nothing—this is enough

RBTs must receive supervision for at least 5% of their hours

RBTs need daily supervision

You can self-supervise

4. You are told to implement extinction for screaming behavior that is maintained by attention.

What should you do when the client screams?

Redirect to another activity

Continue the task while withholding attention

Give them attention to stop the screaming

Send them to time-out

5. The client becomes disruptive when the therapist asks them to complete worksheets.

What is an antecedent intervention that might reduce this behavior?

Remove all demands

Use a visual schedule and give choices

Ignore the behavior

Implement a time-out

6. Sarah, an RBT, is working with a 6-year-old client diagnosed with ASD. Her BCBA instructs her to record every instance of hand-flapping behavior during the 2-hour session.

What type of data collection method is Sarah using?

Duration recording

Partial interval recording

Frequency recording

Momentary time sampling

7. The client is taught to hand over a picture card when they want water instead of screaming.

What type of intervention is this?

Punishment procedure

Functional Communication Training (FCT)

Token economy

Escape extinction

8. You are teaching a child to tie their shoes. You demonstrate each step while verbally guiding them.

What teaching strategy are you using?

Shaping

Forward chaining

Total task presentation

Discrete trial training

9. The client only says “hello” when the therapist waves first but not when others do.

What is the problem?

The child needs more rewards

Generalization hasn’t been taught

The child is escaping demands

Reinforcement isn’t effective

10. A parent asks you about another client they saw in the waiting room and wants to know their diagnosis.

How should you respond?

Tell them since they already saw the client

Provide minimal information

Say you’re not allowed to share client information

Give general information about ASD

11. Your client seems disengaged today. To boost motivation, the BCBA instructs you to conduct a preference assessment using five toys.

Which method would be most appropriate if you have limited time?

Paired-stimulus assessment

Free-operant observation

Multiple-stimulus without replacement (MSWO)

Forced-choice assessment

12. A client throws objects when their tablet is taken away. You observe this increases whenever the tablet is removed.

What is the likely function of this behavior?

Sensory

Attention

Tangible

Escape

13. Your client is learning to brush their teeth. You place your hand over theirs to guide the toothbrush.

Which type of prompt is this?

Visual prompt

Verbal prompt

Gestural prompt

Full physical prompt

14. A client begins to self-injure by hitting their head on the floor during a session.

What is the FIRST action you should take?

Call your supervisor immediately

Restrain the client

Follow the Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP) for safety

Ask the parent to remove the client

15. A parent invites you to their child’s birthday party.

What is the correct response?

Politely decline and explain boundaries

Say yes but don’t tell your supervisor

Attend for only an hour

Ask for a gift recommendation

16. You’re teaching a child to request candy. If they just ate candy, they are less likely to request more.

This decrease in behavior is due to:

Reinforcement

Motivating Operation (MO)

Extinction

Discrimination training

17. You notice another RBT repeatedly arriving 15 minutes late to their sessions with a client. You’re unsure whether the BCBA knows.

What is your best course of action?

Ignore it because it’s not your responsibility

Report the behavior directly to the client’s parents

Document the issue and notify your supervising BCBA

Discuss it with the RBT in a confrontational manner

18. You accidentally forget to take data on a 10-minute interval. Your BCBA asks for complete data.

What should you do?

Fill in what you think happened

Leave it blank and report the omission

Guess based on past sessions

Add a fake number to complete the chart

19. Your client can follow “stand up” when you give the command in your therapy room but not at the playground.

What is the best strategy to promote generalization?

Use only one setting

Avoid changing environments

Practice the skill across different settings and people

Focus only on accuracy in the therapy room

20. The BCBA gives you a step-by-step task analysis to teach a client to wash their hands.

What should you do first?

Jump to the last step

Pick random steps to teach

Follow the BCBA’s task analysis precisely

Teach all steps in random order