Intermediate RBT Practice Test (30 Questions) – Free RBT Mock Exam 2026

Maria needs to record how long each tantrum lasts, from the first scream to the moment the child is calm. Which measurement should she use?

1. Frequency
2. Latency
3. Partial-interval recording
4. Duration

A BCBA wants to know how quickly a learner responds after the instruction “Touch red” is given. Which measure fits?

1. Duration
2. Latency
3. Inter-response time
4. Rate

Two RBTs independently count the same session and get 18 and 20 responses. What are they checking when they compare these counts?

1. Interobserver agreement (IOA)
2. Treatment integrity
3. Social validity
4. Inter-response time

You can’t watch continuously, so you divide the session into 10-second blocks and mark a block only if the behavior occurred for the entire block. Which procedure is this?

1. Partial-interval recording
2. Whole-interval recording
3. Momentary time sampling
4. Frequency count

A graph of problem behavior shows the data points climbing steadily session after session. How do you describe this trend?

1. A stable trend
2. A decreasing trend
3. High variability
4. An increasing (ascending) trend

During a preference assessment you present two items at a time and record which one the child reaches for. Which format is this?

1. Free-operant observation
2. Single-stimulus presentation
3. Paired-stimulus (forced-choice)
4. Multiple-stimulus without replacement

Your supervisor asks you to collect ABC data during sessions this week. What is your role in this functional assessment?

1. Decide the function of the behavior from the data you collect
2. Write the behavior-reduction plan based on the ABC data
3. Interview the parents to determine the cause of the behavior
4. Record antecedents, behaviors, and consequences objectively for the BCBA to analyze

A preference assessment from three months ago guides the current reinforcers, but the learner now refuses those items. What is the most appropriate next step?

1. Keep using the old reinforcers because they were formally assessed
2. Tell the BCBA so a new preference assessment can be done — preferences change over time
3. Pick new reinforcers yourself based on what you think the child likes
4. Stop reinforcing until the child accepts the original items

Which of the following is an example of an indirect assessment an RBT might help with?

1. A direct count of behaviors during a session
2. A functional analysis manipulating conditions
3. A caregiver questionnaire or interview about when behaviors occur
4. A momentary time sample of on-task behavior

You give the instruction “Clap hands” and immediately model clapping so the learner imitates. As trials go well, you plan to provide the model later and less fully. This gradual reduction of the prompt is called:

1. Prompt fading
2. Prompt hierarchy
3. Shaping
4. Chaining

A learner is taught to wash hands as a sequence: turn on water, wet hands, soap, scrub, rinse, dry. Teaching this step-by-step linked sequence is:

1. Shaping
2. Discrete trial training
3. Generalization
4. Chaining

In a discrete trial, what are the three core parts of a single trial in the correct order?

1. Antecedent (instruction), behavior (response), consequence
2. Consequence, behavior, antecedent
3. Behavior, antecedent, reinforcement
4. Prompt, prompt, reinforcement

A learner can label “dog” only when working with you at the table. The BCBA wants the skill to occur with other people and in other rooms. This goal is:

1. Generalization
2. Maintenance
3. Discrimination
4. Extinction

You want a learner to tolerate loud environments. You start with a quiet room and slowly, over sessions, increase the noise while keeping them calm. This is best described as:

1. Chaining the steps of calmness
2. Shaping toward the goal by reinforcing successive approximations
3. Extinction of the fear response
4. Noncontingent reinforcement

When teaching a chain, you teach the LAST step first, prompting all earlier steps, so the learner always finishes the chain and contacts reinforcement. This is:

1. Backward chaining
2. Forward chaining
3. Total-task presentation
4. Shaping

A learner reliably responds correctly only after you point to the right card. To build independence, the general rule is to:

1. Keep using the pointing prompt so the learner never makes errors
2. Use the least intrusive prompt needed and fade it as soon as possible
3. Increase to a fuller physical prompt for faster learning
4. Remove all prompts at once to test independence

A plan says to reinforce the learner each time a set interval passes with NO target behavior. Which schedule is this?

1. DRA (differential reinforcement of alternative behavior)
2. DRI (differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior)
3. DRO (differential reinforcement of other behavior)
4. Response cost

A child screams to escape demands. The plan teaches them to hand over a “break” card instead, and that request is honored. Reinforcing this functionally equivalent replacement is:

1. Extinction
2. Noncontingent reinforcement
3. Response cost
4. Functional communication training (a form of DRA)

A behavior that was being reinforced is now placed on extinction. The plan warns you to expect a temporary increase in the behavior’s frequency or intensity first. This is:

1. Spontaneous recovery
2. An extinction burst
3. Behavioral contrast
4. Satiation

Midway through a session, a behavior you’re running on extinction suddenly gets much worse and the parent asks you to “just give him the tablet to calm him down.” What should you do?

1. Continue following the written plan and document what happened for the BCBA
2. Give the tablet, since the parent asked and it will stop the behavior
3. Change the plan to add the tablet as a reinforcer
4. Stop the session immediately

A learner bites their hand (automatically reinforced). The plan reinforces squeezing a stress ball, which can’t be done while biting the same hand. This is:

1. DRO
2. DRI (differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior)
3. Extinction
4. Noncontingent escape

Which of these is the RBT allowed to do regarding a behavior-reduction plan?

1. Modify the reinforcement schedule when progress stalls
2. Decide to add a punishment procedure
3. Discontinue the plan if the parent disagrees with it
4. Implement the plan as written and collect data on its effects

Which session note is written objectively, the way documentation should be?

1. “Learner was aggressive because he was in a bad mood.”
2. “Learner engaged in 4 instances of hitting during the 2:00–2:15 block.”
3. “Learner was defiant and didn’t want to work today.”
4. “Learner seemed upset and frustrated all session.”

During a session a learner gets a deep scratch that breaks the skin. After ensuring safety, what is the RBT’s documentation responsibility?

1. Report and document the incident per agency policy and notify the supervisor
2. Wait until the next scheduled report to mention it
3. Only tell the parent verbally and skip written documentation
4. Decide whether it’s serious enough to report

Why must RBTs complete session notes promptly, ideally right after the session?

1. Notes are only for the RBT’s personal memory
2. So the RBT can change the data to look better
3. Accuracy is highest when details are fresh, and notes are often required for billing and continuity
4. Prompt notes are optional if you remember the session well

A parent asks you to leave a challenging behavior out of today’s note because it was “just a bad day.” What should you do?

1. Omit it, since the parent requested it
2. Write that the session went well to keep the parent happy
3. Record the behavior accurately — notes must reflect what actually happened
4. Record it only if the BCBA later asks about it

At a grocery store you run into the parent of a client, who is with a friend. The friend asks, “How’s the therapy going?” What should you do?

1. Give a brief update since the parent is present
2. Confirm you work with their child but share no details
3. Introduce yourself as the child’s behavior technician
4. Avoid confirming the client relationship or sharing any information in front of others

A long-time client’s family offers you a generous cash gift and invites you to the child’s birthday party. The most appropriate response is to:

1. Accept both since you have a good relationship with the family
2. Accept the gift but decline the party
3. Politely decline and follow your agency’s policy on gifts and dual relationships
4. Ask the parents to pay you directly instead

Your supervising BCBA is on leave and a behavior escalates in a way the current plan doesn’t cover. What should you do?

1. Modify the plan yourself to handle the new behavior
2. Wait and do nothing until your usual BCBA returns
3. Keep everyone safe within your training and contact the designated backup supervisor
4. Ask the parent to decide what the new procedure should be

A caregiver asks you to also help toilet-train their younger child, who is not your client and not on any service plan. You should:

1. Explain this is outside your current scope and refer them to the BCBA/agency
2. Start working with the sibling since you have the skills
3. Give the parent a quick toilet-training plan to use
4. Agree, as long as it’s during your scheduled session time