RBT Skill Acquisition Quiz (Behavior Acquisition)
Domain C, Behavior Acquisition, is 19 of the 75 scored questions on the RBT exam (the Task List called it Skill Acquisition until 2026). Each attempt draws 20 questions from our 114 on this domain, spread across its 11 tasks, and checks every answer as you go.
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- 11 tasks covered
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What Domain C covers
The 11 tasks in this domain, and how many of our questions test each one:
| Task | Questions |
|---|---|
| C.1 Positive and negative reinforcement, schedules and dimensions of reinforcement | 14 |
| C.2 Establishing and using conditioned reinforcers | 10 |
| C.3 Discrete-trial teaching | 12 |
| C.4 Naturalistic teaching: incidental teaching and natural environment training | 10 |
| C.5 Task-analyzed chaining: forward, backward and total task | 10 |
| C.6 Discrimination training | 10 |
| C.7 Stimulus and response prompts and prompt fading | 14 |
| C.8 Generalization across settings, people and stimuli | 10 |
| C.9 Maintenance versus acquisition procedures | 8 |
| C.10 Shaping | 8 |
| C.11 Token economies | 8 |
Sample Behavior Acquisition questions
An RBT wants to strengthen a client's independent requesting. Which delivery of a preferred snack best demonstrates contingent reinforcement?
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A. Giving the snack only right after the client makes an independent request
Contingent reinforcement means the reinforcer is delivered only when the target behavior occurs. Delivering the snack on a fixed schedule or for an unrelated state like calmness does not depend on the requesting response.
After several weeks of pairing, a client now smiles and continues working when the RBT says 'nice job' even when no edible follows. What does this indicate?
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D. Praise has become a conditioned reinforcer for this client
Continuing to work when praise appears alone shows that praise now functions as a reinforcer on its own, meaning the pairing was successful. A punisher would decrease behavior, not maintain it.
A client responds incorrectly to 'touch blue' during a discrete trial. According to a typical error correction procedure, what should the RBT do next?
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A. Model or prompt the correct response, then give another independent try
Standard error correction involves prompting or modeling the correct response and then giving the client another chance to respond independently. Ignoring the error or ending the session does not teach the correct response.