Test your skills in RBT skill acquisition procedures with this challenge quiz. Practice prompts, chaining, reinforcement, and task analysis through practical, scenario-based questions.
skill-acquisition Practice Quiz (SEO Content)
1. A therapist is teaching a client to identify colors. Each correct response is immediately reinforced with praise. What type of teaching procedure is this?
- Natural environment teaching (NET)
- Discrete trial training (DTT)
- Chaining
- Task analysis
2. During a session, the RBT guides a client’s hand while teaching tooth brushing, then gradually reduces assistance. This procedure is called:
- Shaping
- Modeling
- Differential reinforcement
- Prompt fading
3. The BCBA asks the RBT to break a complex skill into smaller teachable units. This process is known as:
- Shaping
- Task analysis
- Chaining
- Forward chaining
4. Teaching a client to put on socks by reinforcing the completion of each step sequentially is an example of:
- Forward chaining
- Backward chaining
- Total task presentation
- Prompting
5. The therapist reinforces closer approximations of a target behavior, such as saying 'wa' before 'water.' This is called:
- Chaining
- Prompt fading
- Modeling
- Shaping
6. An RBT tracks the client’s responses during skill acquisition trials. Why is this important?
- It eliminates problem behavior
- It guides reinforcement and ensures mastery
- It replaces prompts
- It identifies antecedents
7. Allowing a client to request a preferred item using words or gestures in the natural environment is an example of:
- Discrete trial teaching
- Functional communication training
- Shaping
- Forward chaining
8. If reinforcement is delayed after a correct response, what is the likely effect on learning?
- Increased learning
- No effect
- Decreased likelihood of behavior occurring
- The client will master the skill faster
9. Which behavior is BEST for measuring skill acquisition progress?
- Number of times a client independently requests a break
- Number of tantrums
- Client happiness
- Preference for music
10. Which of the following BEST describes 'prompt fading' in skill acquisition?
- Providing constant reinforcement for correct behavior
- Breaking a complex skill into smaller steps
- Gradually removing assistance to increase independent responding
- Teaching multiple skills at once
11. Total Task Presentation differs from forward or backward chaining because it:
- Teaches the entire sequence in each trial rather than step by step
- Reinforces only the last step of a task
- Breaks skills into smaller components without combining them
- Uses only verbal prompts
12. Reinforcing each completed step of a multi-step task, eventually combining all steps into a final skill, is called:
- Shaping
- Prompt fading
- Natural environment teaching
- Chaining
13. The BCBA instructs the RBT to vary reinforcement (praise, token, break) to maintain motivation. This practice is intended to:
- Reduce reinforcement effectiveness
- Punish incorrect responses
- Make sessions unpredictable
- Maintain motivation and prevent satiation
14. Teaching a client to wash hands in 5 steps and reinforcing only after the entire sequence is completed is an example of:
- Total task chaining
- Forward chaining
- Backward chaining
- Discrete trial teaching
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