RBT practice test: Documentation and Reporting, set 2

B: Tell the supervisor at once and follow mandated-reporting rules and policy. A report that a client may have been harmed calls for immediate action. The RBT tells the supervisor, follows organization policy and any mandated-reporting duties, and documents what was done.

• A: Waiting delays protection for the client; the RBT does not need proof before reporting.
• C: Investigating is not the RBT's role and could interfere with an investigation.
• D: Leaving it to the caregiver does not meet the RBT's own obligations.

Task E.1 · RBT Ethics Code 2.07 · RBT Ethics Code 2.01

C: Decline, tell the supervisor and document the request. Designing interventions is beyond an RBT's scope. When asked to do something outside their scope, RBTs inform their supervisor and document that communication (Standard 1.06).

• A: Drafting the plan is still outside the RBT's role, even with later sign-off.
• B: Writing a plan is designing an intervention, which is outside the RBT's role.
• D: Giving outside guidance is still giving intervention advice the supervisor has not approved.

Task E.2 · RBT Ethics Code 1.06 · 40-hour curriculum section F

B: Which RBT actually ran each session. A change in who delivers services is a variable that can affect behavior and data. Accurate records show who ran each session so the supervisor can take it into account.

• A: Recording the wrong person's name makes the record false.
• C: Removing real data hides information; the record should show the change instead.
• D: Even with the same plan, a different person can affect the client's behavior and the data.

Task E.3 · RBT Ethics Code 2.02 · 40-hour curriculum section F

A: Refuse, since logins must not be shared. Logins protect confidential records and show who made each entry. Sharing them breaks security requirements and makes the record misleading.

• B: Sharing a login even once breaks security rules.
• C: Working with the same client does not allow sharing a login.
• D: Changing the password later does not undo entries made under the wrong name.

Task E.4 · RBT Ethics Code 2.08

C: Continue without edibles and pass the suggestion to the supervisor. The plan stays as written until the supervisor changes it. The caregiver's suggestion is passed on so the supervisor can consider it.

• A: Using candy for some targets still breaks the plan.
• B: This is not accurate as a general rule, and explaining the plan's reasons is the supervisor's role.
• D: Caregiver agreement does not override the written plan; the supervisor makes that change.

Task E.1 · RBT Ethics Code 2.06 · 40-hour curriculum section F

D: A client has started head-banging that leaves marks. Anything that involves risk of harm to the client comes first. The other questions are reasonable but can wait for the usual channel.

• A: A materials question can wait.
• B: A reinforcer question can wait until after the safety concern.
• C: A training request is important but not urgent compared with injury.

Task E.2 · RBT Ethics Code 2.01 · 40-hour curriculum section F

C: Report the school change to the supervisor. A new school changes the client's daily routine and environment. The supervisor needs to know.

• A: Delaying the report is not timely.
• B: Contacting the school without direction goes beyond the RBT's role.
• D: Changes outside sessions can affect behavior in sessions.

Task E.3 · 40-hour curriculum section F

D: In the organization's approved, secure system. RBTs protect client confidentiality by following the requirements of their employer and the law (Standard 2.08). Notes belong in approved, secure systems.

• A: Open folders allow unauthorized access.
• B: Personal phones are not approved, secure storage.
• C: Taking notes home risks loss and unauthorized access.

Task E.4 · RBT Ethics Code 2.08

D: What the caregiver said, as interpreted, and that an interpreter was used. Reporting what was said, and noting that it came through an interpreter, gives the supervisor accurate information and a clear picture of how it was communicated.

• A: Filtering the concern leaves out information the supervisor needs.
• B: The RBT's guess about meaning may distort the concern.
• C: Waiting for English is not timely and is not culturally responsive.

Task E.1 · 40-hour curriculum section F

C: Tell the supervisor, since the data so far are not comparable. Different measurement procedures produce numbers that cannot be compared directly. The supervisor needs to know so they can interpret the data.

• A: There is no formula that turns one procedure's data into the other's.
• B: Consistency with the wrong method is not the plan.
• D: Keeping the data without telling the supervisor can mislead decisions.

Task E.2 · 40-hour curriculum section F

C: Document the diet change and report it to the supervisor. Diet changes are a variable the supervisor should know about. The RBT reports them without judging whether the diet works.

• A: Evaluating the diet is not the RBT's role, and a month is not timely.
• B: Giving an opinion on the diet is outside the RBT's role.
• D: Asking the family to change the diet is outside the RBT's role.

Task E.3 · 40-hour curriculum section F

D: Use the system's correction or addendum process. Electronic records are corrected with tools that keep a history of the change, following the organization's procedure.

• A: Submitted notes can and should be corrected through the proper process.
• B: Two conflicting notes make the record confusing and leave the error uncorrected.
• C: Deleting a note removes part of the record.

Task E.4 · RBT Ethics Code 2.02

C: As soon as possible, without waiting for the scheduled meeting. A new form of aggression toward another person is a safety concern that the supervisor needs to hear quickly. Timely communication means early enough for the supervisor to act before it affects the client or others.

• A: One report of aggression toward a sibling is enough to pass along.
• B: Waiting to confirm delays the supervisor's response; the supervisor decides whether more data are needed.
• D: Two weeks is too long to sit on a new safety concern.

Task E.1 · RBT Ethics Code 2.06 · 40-hour curriculum section F

C: Their supervisor. The Ethics Code says RBTs seek support from their supervisor and other appropriate people in their workplace when interpreting the code and addressing ethical dilemmas.

• A: Posting about a client situation online can breach confidentiality and is not the code's guidance.
• B: Caregivers are not the right source for ethics guidance and may be involved in the situation.
• D: Discussing a workplace situation outside the organization can breach confidentiality.

Task E.2 · RBT Ethics Code 1.01 · 40-hour curriculum section F

D: Follow the illness policy and notify the supervisor. Illness affects the client's comfort, behavior and data. The RBT follows the organization's illness policy, informs the supervisor and documents what happened.

• A: Running a full session ignores the illness policy and the client's well-being.
• B: Giving medication is outside the RBT's role.
• C: Changing the session on their own is not the RBT's decision; the illness policy and supervisor guide it.

Task E.3 · RBT Ethics Code 2.01 · 40-hour curriculum section F

B: Use the approved correction method so the original stays readable. Records must show what was changed and when. A common method is a single line through the error with initials and date, but the RBT follows the organization's procedure.

• A: Covering errors hides the original entry, which is not acceptable in a record.
• C: Making the original unreadable hides what was changed.
• D: Destroying the original note removes part of the record.

Task E.4 · RBT Ethics Code 2.02 · 40-hour curriculum section F

D: Tell the caregiver they will pass the concern to the supervisor, then do so promptly. New concerns from caregivers go to the supervisor, who decides whether and how to address them. The RBT acknowledges the concern and relays it soon enough for the supervisor to act.

• A: Recommending an extinction procedure is designing an intervention, which is the supervisor's job.
• B: Adding a new target or activity changes the plan without the supervisor's direction.
• C: The RBT cannot decide what the services will or will not cover; the supervisor needs to hear the concern.

Task E.1 · RBT Ethics Code 2.06 · 40-hour curriculum section F

B: Resume recording, mark the gap and tell the supervisor. Missing data are a data irregularity. The RBT records only what was actually observed, shows the gap clearly and lets the supervisor know so it can be taken into account.

• A: Data recorded from memory are estimates, not observations.
• C: Entering a typical value is inventing data.
• D: Discarding the data that were collected loses real information.

Task E.2 · RBT Ethics Code 2.02 · 40-hour curriculum section F

B: In the official record, such as the session note. Variables belong in the official record, where the supervisor will see them with the data.

• A: Sticky notes can be lost and are not part of the official record.
• C: A text to the caregiver is not part of the record.
• D: Personal notebooks are not part of the record and are not secure.

Task E.3 · RBT Ethics Code 2.08 · 40-hour curriculum section F

C: "Client did 9 of 10 instructions within 5 seconds.". The objective entry gives a count and a time criterion instead of a label.

• A: "Compliant attitude" is a label.
• B: "Very good about listening" is a judgment.
• D: "Cooperative" is a label and "most" is vague.

Task E.4 · 40-hour curriculum section F