RBT practice Exam 3

This free RBT Practice Exam 3 has 75 scenario-based questions built to the RBT Task List 3rd Edition (2026). It covers all six domains, weighted like the real exam toward Skill Acquisition and Behavior Reduction. Each question includes a clear explanation. No sign-up, no cost — start now and see where you stand.

1. A technician marks a tally each time a learner claps during a 15-minute session, ending with 22 tallies. Which measurement procedure was used?

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2. After giving the instruction "Start your work," the technician records that 9 seconds passed before the learner picked up the pencil. Which dimension was measured?

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3. A technician wants to know how much time elapses between one instance of hand-flapping and the next. Which measure captures this?

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4. A technician divides a 5-minute observation into 10-second intervals and scores an interval only if the behavior occurred for the entire interval. Which recording method is this?

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5. At the end of a session, the technician counts the number of completed math problems on the worksheet instead of watching the learner solve them. This is an example of what?

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6. A technician presents two items at a time and records which one the learner reaches for, repeating across many pairings. Which preference assessment is this?

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7. A technician records what happens immediately before and immediately after each instance of a behavior during natural routines. What is the technician conducting?

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8. A BCBA asks the technician to lay out several preferred items, let the learner choose one, remove it, and rearrange the rest for the next choice. Which assessment is being run?

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9. Which of the following is an example of an indirect assessment?

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10. During teaching, the technician delivers an instruction, waits for the learner's response, provides a consequence, then pauses briefly before the next instruction. That brief pause is called what?

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11. A technician begins with a full physical prompt and gradually provides less assistance across trials until the learner responds independently. Which prompt-fading strategy is this?

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12. A technician arranges instruction so the learner almost always responds correctly and rarely makes errors, using immediate prompts. This approach is known as what?

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13. A technician teaches handwashing by first prompting all steps, then reinforcing the learner for independently completing only the last step, then the last two, and so on. Which procedure is this?

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14. A technician reinforces closer and closer approximations of a learner saying "water," starting with any vocalization and gradually requiring more accurate sounds. This is an example of what?

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15. A learner correctly points to a "cat" card only when it is presented and not when other cards are shown. This selective responding demonstrates what?

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16. After learning to greet the technician in the clinic, the learner now greets teachers and family members in other settings without being taught to. This is an example of what?

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17. A technician gives the learner a token for each correct response, which the learner later exchanges for a preferred toy. The token functions as what?

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18. A learner consistently screams during math worksheets and is then allowed to take a break, after which screaming continues to occur. What is the likely function?

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19. A behavior plan directs the technician to reinforce th+e learner for requesting a break appropriately instead of engaging in problem behavior. Which procedure is this?

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20. A plan specifies delivering reinforcement only if the target problem behavior has not occurred for a set period of time. Which procedure is this?

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21. Since a behavior was placed on extinction, its frequency and intensity have temporarily increased. What is this called?

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22. A behavior technician notices problem behavior tends to happen when the room is loud and crowded, so the team reduces noise before sessions. Adjusting the environment beforehand is an example of what?

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23. A learner engages in a behavior even when alone, with no apparent social consequence, and it appears to feel good in itself. Which function does this suggest?

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24. Which session note is written objectively and appropriately for an RBT?

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25. During a session, the learner shows a new, severe behavior not addressed in the current plan. What should the technician do?

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26. A caregiver asks the technician what the collected data mean for the child's diagnosis. What is the best response?

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27. Why must an RBT record data during or immediately after each session?

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28. A learner's parent invites the technician to a family party and offers to pay them privately for extra sessions. What should the technician do?

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29. A technician runs into a learner's family in public, and a friend asks who they are. What is the appropriate response?

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30. A technician believes a different teaching procedure would work better than the one in the behavior plan. What should they do?

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31. A technician tells the BCBA that a learner "hit 15 times today." The BCBA asks for the rate instead. What does the technician still need to report?

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32. A technician is asked to record how long each of a learner's crying episodes lasts, from start to finish. Which measure should she use?

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33. During a busy group activity, a technician glances at one learner at the end of each two-minute interval and marks whether he is on-task at that moment. Which method is this?

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34. A technician using partial-interval recording for hand-mouthing worries her data make the behavior look more frequent than it really is. Why might that happen?

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35. A technician lets a learner move freely around a room of toys and records how long he engages with each one, without presenting structured choices. Which preference assessment is this?

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36. A preference assessment ranked bubbles as the top item, but when the technician uses bubbles during teaching, the learner stops responding. What should she conclude?

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37. A caregiver asks the technician to explain what a completed skills assessment says about the child's future progress. What should the technician do?

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38. During discrete-trial teaching, a learner gives an incorrect response. What should the technician do next?

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39. A learner responds correctly only when the technician points to the answer and never responds independently. What does this suggest, and what should happen?

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40. After giving an instruction, a technician waits a few seconds before providing any prompt, gradually lengthening the wait so the learner has a chance to respond on his own. Which procedure is this?

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41. A new technician wants a learner to enjoy working with her before she starts placing demands. What should she do first?

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42. A technician teaches a nonvocal learner to hand over a "break" card to request a rest. What is she teaching?

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43. A learner has mastered tying his shoes. To keep the skill strong over time, what should the technician do with reinforcement?

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44. A technician prompts a learner through every step of making a sandwich in each session and reinforces at the end of the full sequence. Which chaining approach is this?

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45. Every time a learner throws materials, the technician stops and explains why he shouldn't, and the throwing has increased over time. What is the likely function?

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46. A learner cries whenever a toy is taken away and is given it back once he cries. What is maintaining the crying?

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47. A plan places attention-maintained call-outs on extinction. Midway through the session the call-outs spike sharply. What should the technician do?

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48. A behavior plan delivers attention to a learner on a fixed time schedule regardless of what he is doing, to reduce attention-seeking behavior. Which procedure is this?

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49. A learner begins to escalate toward aggression, and the technician feels a different approach might work better in the moment. What should she do?

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50. During an episode of aggression, what is the behavior technician's first priority?

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51. After safely managing a serious behavior incident, what else must the technician do?

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52. During a session, a technician notices signs that make her suspect a child may be experiencing abuse at home. What should she do?

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53. A parent asks the technician whether she should increase her child's medication dose. What should the technician do?

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54. An RBT realizes she has not been receiving the ongoing supervision required to maintain her certification. What should she do?

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55. Hannah, an RBT, counts the number of completed puzzles left on the table at the end of Noah's session instead of watching him assemble each one. Which measurement is this?

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56. During discrete-trial teaching, Malik, an RBT, presents an instruction and Ava responds incorrectly. What should Malik do?

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57. Renee, an RBT, teaches Isabella to hand over a picture of juice to ask for a drink. What type of verbal behavior is Renee teaching?

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58. Tyler, an RBT, waits a set number of seconds after each instruction before prompting, slowly increasing the wait so Kayla can respond independently. Which procedure is Tyler using?

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59. Jessica, an RBT, is teaching Ethan to wash his hands. She prompts him through the steps but initially reinforces him for independently completing the final step. She then gradually has Ethan complete the last two steps, then the last three steps, and continues until he can complete the entire sequence independently. Which chaining method is Jessica using?

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60. Megan, an RBT, reinforces Ruby for gradually improving attempts to say “ball,” starting with babbling and progressing toward a clear pronunciation. Which procedure is Megan using?

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61. Olivia, an RBT, notices that Mason can identify shapes only when using one specific set of cards and working with her. What should Olivia program for?

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62. Aaliyah, an RBT, provides Xavier with a token each time he answers a question correctly. Xavier can exchange the tokens for computer time. What type of reinforcer is the token?

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63. Chloe throws her pencil during a session. Each time this occurs, Ethan, an RBT, stops the activity and explains why throwing the pencil is inappropriate. Chloe’s pencil-throwing behavior begins to occur more frequently. What is the most likely function of Chloe’s behavior?

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64. Lucas, an RBT, is instructed to reinforce Ella for appropriately asking for help instead of screaming. Both behaviors serve the same function. Which differential reinforcement procedure is being used?

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65. Gabriel, an RBT, observes that Harper’s problem behavior is more likely to occur when the room is loud. Before sessions, the team reduces the noise level to decrease the likelihood of the behavior. What type of intervention is the team using?

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66. Layla, an RBT, notices Aiden beginning to escalate toward aggression during a session. She believes a different approach may be helpful. What should Layla do?

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67. Which session note written by Vanessa, an RBT, is most appropriate?

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68. Ibrahim, an RBT, is asked by a coworker to document 20 minutes of session time that he did not actually work. What should Ibrahim do?

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69. At a family birthday party, Trevor, an RBT, is offered private paid sessions by his client’s parent. What should Trevor d

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70. Kayla, an RBT, believes a teaching procedure in the behavior plan could be improved. What should Kayla do?

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71. Omar, an RBT, is conducting a preference assessment with a learner who becomes overwhelmed when presented with two items at the same time and has difficulty making a choice. Which preference assessment format would be most appropriate?

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72. Brianna, an RBT, guides Eli’s hands hand-over-hand to help him place a puzzle piece correctly. What type of prompt is Brianna using?

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73. Jasmine, an RBT, allows Caleb to attempt a task independently. If he does not respond, she provides a gesture, then a model, and finally physical guidance if needed. Which prompting strategy is Jasmine using?

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74. Nadia, an RBT, teaches Leo to request a car while they play with toy cars on the floor. She follows Leo’s interest and teaches the request within the play activity. Which teaching approach is Nadia using?

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75. Danielle, an RBT, delivers a reinforcer after every third correct response from Noah. Which schedule of reinforcement is Danielle using?

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