RBT practice test: Ethics, set 2

D: Ensuring their own competence. Ensuring their own competence means RBTs use only procedures they have been trained on and can carry out accurately. Standards 1.06 and 2.04 tell RBTs to inform the supervisor when a task goes beyond their competence and not to use unfamiliar interventions without proper training.

• A: Assent concerns the client's willingness to take part, not whether the RBT has been trained.
• B: Nothing about the client's information is being shared or protected here.
• C: Cultural responsiveness concerns working with people of diverse backgrounds, not getting training on a procedure.

Task F.1 · RBT Ethics Code 1.06 · RBT Ethics Code 2.04

B: Say they must check with the supervisor, then tell the supervisor and document it. When asked to do something beyond the scope of their certification or competence, Standard 1.06 says RBTs immediately inform their supervisor and document the communication. Standard 2.06 sends caregivers' questions about services to the supervisor.

• A: Using untrained strategies outside the plan goes beyond the RBT's role and competence.
• C: RBTs do not choose or start new interventions; the supervisor decides.
• D: Sleep problems can be addressed behaviorally; the issue is that this is outside the RBT's plan and training.

Task F.2 · RBT Ethics Code 1.06 · RBT Ethics Code 2.06

D: Tell the supervisor within 24 hours and follow BACB rules on practice and billing. Standard 3.07 says that within 24 hours of learning of a change in certification status (such as inactive, expired, suspended or revoked), RBTs report it to their supervisor and follow BACB requirements on practice, billing and use of the RBT title.

• A: The deadline is 24 hours, and an inactive RBT may not practice as an RBT.
• B: The RBT must act on the change as soon as they know about it.
• C: The code requires reporting the change to the supervisor.

Task F.3 · RBT Ethics Code 3.07

B: Ask the supervisor for specific feedback on particular skills. RBTs are expected to seek ongoing feedback and advocate for effective supervision, including regular, useful feedback. Asking for feedback on specific skills, such as prompt timing, makes supervision more useful.

• A: Caregivers can give input, but clinical feedback comes from the supervisor.
• C: Vague feedback does not show that performance is error-free.
• D: Requirements are being met; asking for clearer feedback is the right first step.

Task F.4 · 40-hour curriculum section G

B: Those of the BACB, their employer and the law. Standard 2.08 says RBTs protect confidentiality by following all related requirements established by the BACB, employers and the law (e.g., privacy laws, licensure requirements).

• A: The code says RBTs follow the requirements of the BACB, employers and the law.
• C: Employer rules, BACB requirements and other laws also apply.
• D: Confidentiality rules come from the BACB, employers and the law.

Task F.5 · RBT Ethics Code 2.08

A: No exam question content, now or later. Candidates agree that they are permanently prohibited from disclosing exam question content in any form, including social media and online study sites. The ethics code also bars helping others cheat and distributing exam materials.

• B: Reconstructing questions from memory is still disclosure of exam content.
• C: The ban on disclosing exam content is permanent, not time-limited.
• D: Private electronic messages are a form of disclosure and are covered by the ban.

Task F.6 · RBT Handbook p. 12 · RBT Ethics Code 3.03

B: Tell the supervisor about the relationship before services start. Providing services to a relative's child mixes family and professional roles. Raising it with the supervisor before services begin lets the agency assign someone else or manage the risk, and the RBT documents that communication.

• A: Familiarity does not outweigh the risk that the family tie affects objectivity and the client's care.
• C: Hiding the relationship prevents the supervisor from managing the risk.
• D: Steering the family's choice is not the RBT's role; the supervisor needs to know so the agency can decide.

Task F.7 · RBT Ethics Code 1.10 · 40-hour curriculum section G

C: The code's $10 limit. RBTs follow both the code and their employer's requirements. When the employer is stricter, its policy applies; when it is looser, the code's $10 limit still applies.

• A: An employer's looser policy does not override the code; only stricter policies replace it.
• B: Families do not set the limit.
• D: A written policy that is looser than the code does not remove the code's limit.

Task F.8 · RBT Ethics Code 1.11 · RBT Ethics Code 1.01

A: Share the observation and data with the supervisor. Collaborating includes offering what the RBT observes. Passing the pattern and data to the supervisor lets them decide whether it matters for the plan.

• B: Changing the schedule is a team decision, not the RBT's.
• C: Observations from the RBT are valuable input for the supervisor's analysis.
• D: A pattern does not prove a cause, and interpreting it for the family is the supervisor's role.

Task F.9 · 40-hour curriculum section F · 40-hour curriculum section G

C: A stereotype that can bias the RBT. Assuming something about a person because of a group they belong to is a stereotype. Noticing such thoughts and checking them against each family's actual behavior is part of identifying personal biases.

• A: It is a generalization about a group, not a summary of any family's data.
• B: Responsiveness means learning about each family, not assuming things about them.
• D: A multiple relationship is a mixing of roles, not a belief about a group.

Task F.10 · RBT Ethics Code 1.07 · RBT Ethics Code 1.08

C: Enter the actual session time and tell their supervisor about the request. RBTs are honest, do not take part in fraudulent behavior and accurately complete all required documentation, including billing records (Standards 1.01 and 2.02). The RBT records what happened and brings the request to the supervisor.

• A: Billing for time not provided is false documentation, whatever the reason the session ended.
• B: Leaving the record incomplete fails the duty to document accurately and lets someone else enter false time.
• D: The billed time would still be false, even with an explanation elsewhere.

Task F.1 · RBT Ethics Code 1.01 · RBT Ethics Code 2.02

A: Watching recorded videos made specifically for the assessment. The assessment may be done in person, live over the internet, or by observing recorded videos created specifically for the assessment. Each task is assessed with a client, by role-play or by live interview, depending on the task.

• B: Recorded videos must be created specifically for the assessment.
• C: A written quiz is not one of the permitted assessment types.
• D: Competence must be observed or assessed directly, not vouched for.

Task F.2

A: 5% of the hours they spend providing services each calendar month. RBTs must receive ongoing supervision for at least 5% of the hours they spend providing behavior-analytic services in each calendar month.

• B: The 5% is calculated each calendar month, not averaged over a year.
• C: The minimum is 5%, not 10%.
• D: The minimum depends on hours worked; it is a percentage, not a fixed number of hours.

Task F.3 · RBT Handbook p. 16

D: Changes in the RBT's fidelity scores and the client's progress after training. Supervision is evaluated by its effects: changes in the RBT's performance, such as procedural fidelity, and in client outcomes. The handbook lists ongoing evaluation of the effects of supervision as a supervision activity.

• A: Scheduled meetings show supervision occurred, not whether it worked.
• B: Satisfaction is useful, but it does not show whether performance changed.
• C: Billing hours do not show whether supervision improved performance.

Task F.4 · RBT Handbook p. 17

C: Share what is needed for the discussion, as the supervisor directs. Standard 2.10 allows RBTs to discuss confidential information under their supervisor's direction and limits what is shared to what is necessary. Group supervision is a job-related setting where this applies.

• A: Discussing cases under the supervisor's direction is allowed and useful.
• B: No written promise is required; the limits are direction and necessity.
• D: Only the information needed for the discussion should be shared.

Task F.5 · RBT Ethics Code 2.10

C: Ask the supervisor or agency to correct it. An RBT's credentials should be represented accurately wherever they appear. Raising the error with the supervisor or agency is the first step; RBTs go further only if the issue is not resolved.

• A: Letting a false credential stand misleads families, even if someone else wrote it.
• B: The code asks RBTs to bring concerns to their supervisor first and escalate only if they are not resolved.
• D: A public post is not the first step; the fastest fix is to raise it with the supervisor or agency.

Task F.6 · RBT Ethics Code 1.05 · 40-hour curriculum section G

C: Not ask the parent for legal advice. Asking a client's caregiver for personal professional services, free or paid, mixes roles and can create a conflict of interest. The RBT keeps the relationship focused on the client's services.

• A: Free professional advice has real value and adds a personal benefit to the relationship.
• B: The timing does not change the mixing of roles.
• D: Paying the parent would create a business relationship, which is also a second role.

Task F.7 · RBT Ethics Code 1.10 · RBT Ethics Code 1.11

A: Return the money and tell the supervisor. Cash is a financial benefit, and $100 is far above the limit. The RBT returns it and tells the supervisor, who can help explain the gift rules to the family.

• B: Keeping the money is accepting it, however it was handed over.
• C: Cash brings financial benefit, and keeping part of it is still accepting the gift.
• D: Giving it away does not return it, and the supervisor should know about the gift.

Task F.8 · RBT Ethics Code 1.11

B: Stop and continue the talk later in private. Maintaining a client's dignity includes not discussing them in front of them or others. Private matters are discussed in private with the people who need to know.

• A: The client and others can still hear a private matter.
• C: Assuming a client cannot understand does not respect their dignity.
• D: Talking about a client in their presence in code is still disrespectful.

Task F.9 · RBT Ethics Code 2.08 · 40-hour curriculum section G

C: Follow mandated-reporting rules and tell the supervisor. RBTs know and follow mandated-reporting requirements. When there is a risk of harm, they protect the client, report to the supervisor, follow organization policy and document their actions; cultural humility never means overlooking harm.

• A: Cultural respect does not override the duty to protect clients from harm.
• B: Investigating is not the RBT's role and could affect any later investigation.
• D: Waiting can leave the client at risk.

Task F.10 · RBT Ethics Code 2.01 · RBT Ethics Code 2.07