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RBT professional conduct & ethics practice test

Competence, supervision, confidentiality, boundaries, feedback and cultural responsiveness. Answer first, then check what separates the choices.

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Reading about a procedure is not the same as demonstrating competence. An RBT credential does not confer behavior-analyst or prescribing authority. Requests to design a plan or use an unfamiliar procedure should reach the responsible supervisor. Correct public descriptions distinguish credentials and roles rather than imply qualifications someone does not hold.

Worked exampleA caregiver offers an $8 thank-you gift, but the employer prohibits all client gifts. The stricter policy controls the response: decline respectfully and follow the organization’s guidance.

Common trap: A dollar amount alone does not settle every gift or multiple-relationship question.

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1. An RBT has read about a procedure but has not demonstrated it to the supervisor. A new assignment requires that procedure. What must happen before the RBT provides it independently within the assigned role?
  1. Begin providing the procedure first and request supervision only if an implementation problem occurs.
  2. Complete training and obtain confirmation of demonstrated competence. — Correct
  3. Ask the client’s parent to certify competence instead of obtaining the required supervisory confirmation.
  4. Treat reading the procedure alone as confirmation that implementation competence has been established.

Reading can support learning but is not the same as demonstrated implementation. Work with the supervisor to establish competence before providing unfamiliar services.

  • A. Waiting for a problem is not a competence safeguard.
  • C. A parent does not replace the required supervisory confirmation.
  • D. Reading does not demonstrate performance.

BACB RBT Test Content Outline (3rd ed.) · Task F.2
BACB RBT Ethics Code (2.0) · 1.06 and 2.04

Item rpt75-v2-competence-before-role · Question bank updated October 20, 2026.

2. A caregiver asks an RBT to design a new behavior-reduction plan because the analyst is unavailable that afternoon. What is the appropriate boundary?
  1. Copy another client’s plan and remove identifying details before applying it to this learner.
  2. Design a new plan because the caregiver’s request authorizes independent clinical changes for today.
  3. Offer to act as the caregiver’s independent behavior analyst until the assigned analyst becomes available.
  4. Explain the implementation role and refer the design request to the supervisor. — Correct

Caregiver permission does not expand the RBT’s scope or qualifications. Clinical design questions should reach the responsible qualified professional.

  • A. Another client’s plan may be inappropriate and confidential.
  • B. A request does not authorize independent clinical plan design.
  • C. An RBT credential is not a behavior-analyst credential.

BACB RBT Test Content Outline (3rd ed.) · Task F.3
BACB RBT Ethics Code (2.0) · 1.03, 1.05, 1.06 and 2.06

Item rpt75-v2-scope-treatment-change · Question bank updated October 20, 2026.

3. After observation, a supervisor says a prompt was delivered too early. The RBT is unsure which trial was meant. What response best supports effective supervision?
  1. Agree with the comment verbally but deliberately continue using the same prompt timing.
  2. Clarify the trial and expected timing, then rehearse the correction. — Correct
  3. Disregard it after correct responding.
  4. Ask the supervisor to delete the observation rather than identify and review the relevant trial.

Specific clarification and rehearsal help turn feedback into improved performance. A correct learner response does not by itself establish procedural fidelity.

  • A. Verbal agreement without implementation does not address the feedback.
  • C. Correct responding alone does not establish correct prompt timing.
  • D. Removing the observation avoids the performance issue.

BACB RBT Test Content Outline (3rd ed.) · Task F.4
BACB RBT Ethics Code (2.0) · 2.03; taking action after feedback

Item rpt75-v2-feedback-specificity · Question bank updated October 20, 2026.

4. An authorized supervisor requests the current data for a scheduled case review through the approved secure system. Which approach best protects confidentiality?
  1. Share nothing because confidentiality prohibits all job-related communication.
  2. Share the information needed for that review through the approved channel. — Correct
  3. Use a public social-media post because the supervisor is busy.
  4. Send the full client file to every colleague for convenience.

Confidentiality permits appropriate authorized professional communication while limiting unnecessary disclosure. Use the approved secure channel and relevant information.

  • A. Confidentiality is not a blanket prohibition on authorized care communication.
  • C. Public posting is not an approved confidential channel.
  • D. Not every colleague needs the complete record.

BACB RBT Test Content Outline (3rd ed.) · Task F.5
BACB RBT Ethics Code (2.0) · 2.08 and 2.10

Item rpt75-v2-minimum-needed · Question bank updated October 20, 2026.

5. An RBT wants to post a session photo with the client’s name removed, but the client’s face and school logo remain visible. What is the concern?
  1. Professional social-media posts are exempt from confidentiality duties when no client name appears.
  2. The face and context can still identify the client. — Correct
  3. A missing name makes every client photo anonymous even when the face is visible.
  4. A school logo automatically grants staff permission to post photographs taken during services.

A face, location or other contextual details can identify a client. A professional account does not remove the RBT’s privacy obligations.

  • A. Confidentiality obligations also apply online.
  • C. Visual and contextual details can still identify someone.
  • D. A logo does not authorize disclosure.

BACB RBT Test Content Outline (3rd ed.) · Task F.6
BACB RBT Ethics Code (2.0) · 2.08 and 2.09

Item rpt75-v2-social-media-no-name · Question bank updated October 20, 2026.

6. An RBT discovers that a new client’s caregiver is also their landlord. The assignment has not yet started. What should the RBT do?
  1. Negotiate reduced rent in return for providing the caregiver with additional clinical services.
  2. Disclose the overlap and work through supervisory conflict review. — Correct
  3. Keep the landlord relationship secret because no specific problem has occurred during services yet.
  4. Assume an existing signed lease automatically makes any later clinical service relationship acceptable.

An overlapping financial/personal role can create a conflict. Prompt disclosure allows appropriate risk assessment and resolution rather than treating it as automatically acceptable.

  • A. Trading services for personal financial benefit compounds the conflict.
  • C. Keeping the overlap hidden prevents appropriate review.
  • D. An existing relationship does not remove conflict risk.

BACB RBT Test Content Outline (3rd ed.) · Task F.7
BACB RBT Ethics Code (2.0) · 1.10; multiple relationships

Item rpt75-v2-unavoidable-overlap · Question bank updated October 20, 2026.

7. A caregiver offers an $8 thank-you gift. The employer’s written policy prohibits accepting any client gifts. What should guide the RBT’s response?
  1. Accept because any gift below ten dollars overrides an employer’s written no-gift policy.
  2. Decline respectfully under the stricter employer policy. — Correct
  3. Accept if the caregiver promises not to mention the gift to the supervisor.
  4. Request a second gift so the combined value is easier to enter in a record.

A lower monetary amount does not override a stricter employer rule. The response can preserve the relationship while following the applicable policy.

  • A. The code’s monetary ceiling is not permission to override a stricter policy.
  • C. Secrecy does not resolve the policy conflict.
  • D. Requesting additional gifts does not make the arrangement appropriate.

BACB RBT Test Content Outline (3rd ed.) · Task F.8
BACB RBT Ethics Code (2.0) · 1.11; stricter employer policy

Item rpt75-v2-employer-gift-rule · Question bank updated October 20, 2026.

8. During a community activity, a coworker proposes discussing a client’s recent toileting accidents within hearing of bystanders. What should the RBT prioritize?
  1. Ask the bystanders whether they think discussing this client’s toileting accidents is acceptable.
  2. Move any necessary discussion to an appropriate private setting. — Correct
  3. Speak loudly enough for every team member nearby to hear the sensitive session details.
  4. Continue discussing the accidents because omitting the client’s full name ensures anonymity in public.

Necessary professional communication should be handled in an appropriate private context. Omitting a name is not enough when the client or sensitive details can still be recognized.

  • A. Bystanders do not determine the client’s confidentiality protections.
  • C. Increasing the audience increases unnecessary disclosure.
  • D. Context can identify the client even without a name.

BACB RBT Test Content Outline (3rd ed.) · Task F.1
BACB RBT Ethics Code (2.0) · Core principles; 2.08 and 2.10

Item rpt75-v2-client-dignity · Question bank updated October 20, 2026.

9. An RBT learns they cannot attend tomorrow’s scheduled session. Which response best supports professional continuity?
  1. Ask the client to find an untrained substitute so the scheduled visit still takes place.
  2. Mark the session as completed so the organization’s electronic schedule does not show a disruption.
  3. Wait until after tomorrow’s missed session before notifying the supervisor about the absence.
  4. Notify the supervisor promptly and follow continuity procedures. — Correct

Early professional communication allows the team to address a missed commitment in the client’s interests. It does not authorize an unqualified substitute or an inaccurate service record.

  • A. An untrained substitute is not an appropriate continuity solution.
  • B. A missed session must not be recorded as delivered.
  • C. Delayed notice reduces the team’s opportunity to respond.

BACB RBT Test Content Outline (3rd ed.) · Task F.9
BACB RBT Ethics Code (2.0) · 1.01, 1.02 and 2.02

Item rpt75-v2-professional-reliability · Question bank updated October 20, 2026.

10. A family explains that a suggested greeting routine conflicts with how they show respect at home. What should the RBT do?
  1. Independently replace the goals according to personal assumptions about how this family should behave.
  2. Listen and seek collaborative supervisory review of the concern. — Correct
  3. Insist that the program’s greeting style is universally correct in every family and community.
  4. Label the family as uncooperative in the record without discussing the stated cultural concern.

Seek the family’s input rather than treat one cultural practice as universal. Program decisions remain collaborative and supervised, not based on stereotypes or unilateral changes.

  • A. Personal assumptions are not a sound basis for independent program redesign.
  • C. One social convention is not universally appropriate.
  • D. A label replaces rather than addresses the family’s input.

BACB RBT Test Content Outline (3rd ed.) · Task F.10
BACB RBT Ethics Code (2.0) · 1.07 and 1.08

Item rpt75-v2-cultural-input · Question bank updated October 20, 2026.

11. A website draft describes an RBT as a “board-certified behavior analyst,” although the person holds only the RBT credential. What should happen before publication?
  1. Correct the stated credential and role before publication. — Correct
  2. Replace the analyst credential with an invented specialist title suggesting the same advanced qualification.
  3. Publish the description because both credentials involve work in the same field of behavior analysis.
  4. Publish the analyst description if the RBT has several years of practical service experience.

Different credentials represent different qualifications and scopes. Experience or related subject matter does not justify claiming a credential the person does not hold.

  • B. An invented title can also misrepresent qualifications.
  • C. Working in the same field does not make the credentials interchangeable.
  • D. Experience does not confer the unheld credential.

BACB RBT Test Content Outline (3rd ed.) · Task F.6
BACB RBT Ethics Code (2.0) · 1.05; accurate public credential statements

Item rpt75-v2-credential-honesty · Question bank updated October 20, 2026.