RBT Professional Conduct Quiz

This quiz focuses on the Professional Conduct and Scope of Practice section of the RBT exam. You’ll be tested on ethics, boundaries, supervision guidelines, and client confidentiality. Ideal for reinforcing your understanding of the ethical standards all RBTs must follow in real-world settings.

RBT Professional Conduct and Scope of Practice Quiz

A BCBA is quite preoccupied due to a recent surge in their caseload. An RBT, who is preparing for their BCBA examination, is asked to start supervising other RBTs to build their leadership skills and prepare them for future BCBA supervisory roles. The RBT should:

Stick exclusively to the Behavioral Skills Training (BST) model of supervision

Apply the BST model of supervision and ensure that all supervision sessions are recorded

Decline to provide supervision

Develop a supervision plan, monitor progress, employ the BST model, and ensure that all supervisions are documented.

An RBT is trying to discern which situation might pose a conflict of interest. Based on the given scenarios, which one is most likely to be a conflict of interest:

An RBT has a fondness for bowling, and sometimes the client and their family frequent the same bowling alley

An RBT is employed full-time at a therapeutic clinic and takes on painting jobs for extra income during the weekends

An RBT serves as an educational assistant at their client's school during weekdays and offers respite care for the same client on weekends

An RBT collaborates with another RBT in studying for their BCBA exam

An RBT receives a Christmas present from another RBT. The gift is a box of assorted chocolates, the price of which the RBT is uncertain. The chocolates could cost $5.00 or they could be $25.00. Ethically, what should the RBT do:

Refuse the gift

Accept the gift

Refuse the gift and report this to their BCBA supervisor

Refuse the gift and report this to both their BCBA supervisor and the BACB

An RBT is trying to determine the least amount of supervision they need. They have completed a total of 100 hours of work that involved behavior analysis. What is the least amount of supervision they require:

5 hours

3 hours

15 hours

10 hours

The family of a client has given the BCBA supervisor permission to disclose information to the client's grandfather, and they have also authorized him to take over the care of the client when they cannot pick up the client. After a session with the client, the grandfather tells the RBT that he, not the parents (the legal caregivers), will be taking the client home. The RBT should:

Relinquish care to the grandfather

Refrain from handing over the client to the grandfather since he is not the legal caregiver

Reach out to emergency services

Contact the child protective services

An RBT consults their BCBA supervisor about the duration they should retain their supervision records. The BCBA correctly instructs the RBT to store them for a minimum of:

7 years

8 years

10 years

2 years

A BCBA supervisor is utilizing the Behavioral Skills Training (BST) model for supervision. The BCBA starts demonstrating how to conduct a discrete trial and shows this to the RBT three times. Which phase of the BST model are they likely in:

Rehearsal

Instruction

Modelling

This is not a part of the BST model

Which statement does not uphold the dignity of the client:

Jake can sort five different categories of concepts

Children with autism tend to be aggressive

Anna was diagnosed with autism in 2012

Adam engages in biting, which poses a safety risk to the staff

An RBT is a member of a Facebook group related to autism and notices a parent posting about the clinic where they work. The parent recommends the clinic, praising the staff and the progress their child has made. Ethically, the RBT:

Should privately message the parent to request the removal of the information

Should address the issue with the parent face-to-face, asking them to remove the post

Should report the parent to the BACB for soliciting services

Doesn't need to take any action

An RBT has been providing service to a particular client for almost two years now. The clinic's proprietor decides to organize an informal get-together event after working hours. Employees are remunerated for three hours: one for setting up the event, one for attending, and another for tidying up after the event. This activity is outside of normal working hours and the parents of the clients will be present. Ethically, the RBT can:

Participate in the event but must refrain from engaging with parents as it's beyond regular working hours

Decline to participate in the event because it's unethical to converse with a client's parent outside of prescribed working hours

Participate in the event and accept the pay for three hours of work

Lodge a complaint against the owner with the BACB as non-behavioral analytic events cannot be organized

An RBT has just concluded a session with a client when the client's mother starts discussing various topics. Which topics should the RBT avoid discussing:

Whether the client had a bowel movement

What the client ate for snack

The reason a specific staff member was assigned to work with the client

Whether the client went to the playground behind the clinic