RBT Practice Exam 85 Questions Free helps you prepare for the BACB exam. Practice realistic questions, get detailed explanations, identify knowledge gaps, and boost your confidence to pass.
This RBT practice test includes 85 questions that mirror the format of the official BACB Registered Behavior Technician exam. On the real exam, you’ll also face 85 questions, with 75 scored and 10 pilot questions used for future testing. You’ll have 90 minutes to complete the test, and a minimum score of 80% is needed to pass.
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Question 1 |
A client exhibits aggression toward staff when presented with academic tasks. Functional analysis shows the behavior occurs most frequently during demands. What is the most appropriate intervention strategy?
Increase task difficulty. | |
Implement escape extinction by requiring task completion. | |
Use non-contingent reinforcement only. | |
Punish the aggressive behavior. |
Question 1 Explanation:
Escape extinction is appropriate when the function of aggression is to escape tasks. The intervention prevents escape, while teaching alternative communication strategies.
Question 2 |
An RBT is working on a client’s ability to follow multi-step instructions. The client performs well with one-step commands but fails with two-step instructions. What should the RBT do first?
Use task analysis to break the two-step task into teachable components. | |
Continue with two-step instructions and ignore errors. | |
Increase reinforcement frequency for one-step commands only. | |
Move directly to verbal fluency tasks. |
Question 2 Explanation:
Task analysis breaks complex tasks into manageable steps, allowing systematic teaching of multi-step instruction following.
Question 3 |
During a session, a client begins to scream loudly and throw materials after being told “It’s time to stop playing and start a learning task.” What is the best first step for the RBT?
Prompt the client to request a break appropriately. | |
Remove the client from the session. | |
Ignore the behavior until it stops. | |
Increase task demands immediately. |
Question 3 Explanation:
Teaching functional communication allows the client to appropriately request a break instead of engaging in problem behavior.
Question 4 |
Which of the following is an example of a conditioned reinforcer?
Food. | |
Water. | |
Oxygen. | |
Praise (e.g., “Good job!”). |
Question 4 Explanation:
A conditioned reinforcer gains reinforcing properties through learning, like verbal praise paired with other reinforcers.
Question 5 |
An RBT is teaching a client to identify the color red by showing red objects and asking “What color is this?” The client answers “Blue.” The RBT should next:
Provide corrective feedback and model the correct answer. | |
Ignore the incorrect response. | |
Immediately move on to another skill. | |
Provide no reinforcement or feedback. |
Question 5 Explanation:
Providing corrective feedback helps the client learn from errors and builds accurate skill acquisition.
Question 6 |
In which situation would using a fixed interval reinforcement schedule be most appropriate?
When teaching new skills that require high frequency of responses. | |
To reinforce every correct response. | |
To maintain low-rate behaviors by reinforcing after a set time period. | |
To reinforce randomly without structure. |
Question 6 Explanation:
Fixed interval schedules are effective for maintaining low-rate behaviors and reinforcing the first response after a set time period.
Question 7 |
A client tends to engage in hand-flapping more when alone and not engaged with others. The behavior is likely:
Attention-maintained. | |
Tangible-maintained. | |
Escape-maintained. | |
Automatically reinforced. |
Question 7 Explanation:
Automatically reinforced behaviors occur independent of social consequences, often providing sensory stimulation.
Question 8 |
An RBT is implementing errorless learning to teach a client to identify shapes. Which is the most important feature of errorless learning?
Start with the most difficult tasks first. | |
Prompt correct responses immediately to prevent errors, then gradually fade prompts. | |
Allow the client to guess until they get the correct answer. | |
Only provide reinforcement after multiple errors. |
Question 8 Explanation:
Errorless learning minimizes errors by providing prompts and systematically fading them, building correct responding early.
Question 9 |
A client is taught to request “help” when stuck on a puzzle. Initially, the client uses a vocal prompt provided by the RBT. Over time, the RBT fades the vocal prompt. After several sessions, the client independently requests help using a communication card. This strategy is an example of:
Prompt dependency. | |
Stimulus generalization. | |
Systematic prompt fading. | |
Differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior (DRI). |
Question 9 Explanation:
Systematic prompt fading gradually reduces prompts, promoting independent skill use.
Question 10 |
A client has difficulty remaining seated during group activities. The RBT implements a differential reinforcement procedure that reinforces the client for remaining seated during 5-minute intervals. This is an example of:
DRA (Differential Reinforcement of Alternative behavior). | |
DRI (Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible behavior). | |
DRL (Differential Reinforcement of Low Rates). | |
DRO (Differential Reinforcement of Other behavior). |
Question 10 Explanation:
DRO reinforces the absence of the problem behavior for a specific time, encouraging desired behavior.
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