RBT Ethics Practice Questions
Ethics makes up 7 of every 50 questions on a Tigertest RBT practice test. Here are 10 of the 28 questions on it, each with the answer and the reason.
Updated by the Tigertest team. Based on the BACB RBT Test Content Outline (3rd ed.) and the RBT Ethics Code (2.0). Original questions; 50 per test, weighted like the real exam.
1. Which is a core principle of the RBT ethics code?
- A.Keep supervisors uninformed
- B.Treat others with dignity
- C.Maximize billable hours
- D.Always agree with families
Answer: B. The core principles include benefiting others, treating others with compassion, dignity and respect, behaving with integrity and ensuring competence.
2. Acting in the client's best interest reflects which core principle?
- A.Protect the agency first
- B.Follow caregiver wishes only
- C.Avoid all feedback
- D.Benefit others
Answer: D. Benefiting others means putting the client's welfare first and avoiding harm.
3. An RBT is asked to run a procedure she has never been trained on. She should:
- A.Get trained first
- B.Have the parent run it
- C.Try it and see
- D.Watch a video and start
Answer: A. RBTs provide services only after showing competence. She should tell her supervisor and get training first.
4. RBTs may provide behavior-technician services only:
- A.Without a supervisor if certified
- B.When parents agree
- C.Under ongoing supervision
- D.On their own after a year
Answer: C. RBT certification requires ongoing supervision by a qualified supervisor for all behavior-technician services.
5. Who must an RBT's supervisor be?
- A.Any classroom teacher
- B.Another RBT on the team
- C.Qualified under BACB rules
- D.Any experienced parent
Answer: C. Supervision must come from a qualified RBT Supervisor and/or RBT Requirements Coordinator who meets BACB requirements, such as a BCBA or BCaBA, or another qualified supervisor who has completed the required training.
6. What is the minimum share of an RBT's monthly service hours that must be supervised?
- A.5%
- B.10%
- C.25%
- D.1%
Answer: A. Per the RBT Handbook, RBTs receive ongoing supervision for at least 5% of their behavior-analytic service hours each calendar month, with at least two face-to-face, real-time contacts, one of which includes observing service delivery.
7. Which is part of effective supervision?
- A.Feedback with no observation
- B.Only written instructions
- C.Yearly check-ins only
- D.Modeling and rehearsal
Answer: D. Effective supervision includes instruction, modeling, rehearsal and feedback, plus observation of the RBT delivering services.
8. Why does a supervisor observe an RBT working with a client?
- A.To fill the session time
- B.To give accurate feedback
- C.To replace data collection
- D.To bill for two staff
Answer: B. Direct observation lets the supervisor check procedural fidelity and give specific feedback on the RBT's performance.
9. A supervisor gives an RBT corrective feedback. The RBT should:
- A.Complain to the family
- B.Listen and apply it
- C.Argue each point
- D.Ignore it politely
Answer: B. Accepting feedback and using it to improve is an expected professional skill.
10. A technician wants to discuss a client's progress with a friend who also works in ABA. She should:
- A.Share only by text
- B.Share it if the friend is discreet
- C.Share it if the friend is in ABA
- D.Not share client information
Answer: D. Client information is confidential. It is shared only with people authorized to receive it, as law and workplace policy allow; working in ABA does not make a friend authorized.
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