RBT® Behavior Assessment practice quiz

What this domain covers

Domain B has three tasks (B.1 to B.3). The exam asks whether you can:

• Conduct preference assessments: multiple stimulus (with and without replacement), paired stimulus, and free operant.
• Participate in assessments of skill strengths and deficits, such as curriculum-based, developmental, and social-skills assessments.
• Participate in components of functional assessment procedures, including descriptive assessment (ABC recording) and functional analysis, under a supervisor's direction.

The word participate matters. As an RBT you run the procedure or collect the data as directed. Your supervisor designs the assessment and interprets the results. Questions in this domain often include a wrong option in which the technician makes a decision that belongs to the BCBA.

The five pairs people confuse most

1. Paired stimulus vs. multiple stimulus without replacement (MSWO) vs. multiple stimulus with replacement (MSW). Paired stimulus presents two items at a time and records which is chosen across all pairs. MSWO presents an array, removes the chosen item, and presents the rest again. MSW returns the chosen item to the array and replaces the unchosen ones.
2. Free operant vs. trial-based preference assessment. Free operant gives free access to several items and records how long the client engages with each. Trial-based formats present items in structured trials and record choices.
3. Preference assessment vs. reinforcer assessment. A preference assessment finds what the client chooses. A reinforcer assessment checks whether that item actually increases behavior when delivered contingently. Preferred is not the same as reinforcing.
4. Descriptive assessment vs. functional analysis. Descriptive assessment (such as ABC data) records what happens around the behavior in natural conditions. A functional analysis arranges test conditions to see which consequence maintains the behavior. Only the second manipulates variables, and an RBT runs it only under close supervision.
5. Skill assessment vs. functional behavior assessment. Skill assessments (curriculum-based, developmental, social skills) find what the client can and cannot yet do, to plan teaching. Functional assessment finds why a problem behavior happens, to plan reduction. Scenarios often ask which type of assessment fits the goal.

After this quiz

• Take the 20-question quick check to see your counts across all six domains.
• Next domain: Behavior Acquisition, the largest domain on the exam.
• The study guide explains each preference-assessment format step by step.
• Take the 85-question practice exam when you want a full-length run.