RBT (Registered Behavior Technician) — All Questions

Traffic makes RBT Andre twenty-five minutes late to a scheduled two-hour home session, and he stays until the normal end time. His timesheet defaults to the scheduled hours. What should Andre do?

• a.Record the full two hours and make up the missed time at the end of the next session.
• b.Record the full two hours, since the lateness was caused by circumstances beyond his control.
• c.Record the time he actually delivered and note the late start for the supervisor.✓
• d.Record the full two hours and tell the supervisor about the late arrival afterward.

(c) is correct: behaving with integrity means the record shows the service actually provided, and the supervisor needs to know that a session ran short. (a) borrows time across two service dates, which misrepresents both of them in the record. (b) treats an acceptable reason for being late as if it changed how much service was delivered; the reason belongs in the note, not in the hours. (d) discloses the lateness upward but still submits a billing record for time that was never provided, and a supervisor cannot make an inaccurate entry accurate.

A client's father needs to leave for an appointment and asks RBT Bianca to sign the session log for the full three hours, promising the family will make up the last hour next week. What should Bianca do?

• a.Sign for the two hours actually delivered and document why the session ended early.✓
• b.Sign for three hours and add a note that one hour will be delivered the following week.
• c.Sign for three hours and report the arrangement to the supervisor at the next meeting.
• d.Decline to sign anything today and ask the father to contact the office about the session.

(a) is correct: the log records what happened, and the shortened session with its reason is what an honest record contains. (b) certifies service that was not provided; a promise about next week does not make today's entry true. (c) is the same false certification with a delayed disclosure attached, and it also asks the supervisor to accept an inaccurate document. (d) avoids the false signature but leaves the delivered two hours undocumented, which harms the client's record and the organization.

A fourteen-year-old client has a toileting accident during a community outing with RBT Nico and a second technician. The second technician starts describing the accident loudly while they walk back to the van. What should Nico do?

• a.Laugh it off so the client does not notice that the two technicians are discussing him.
• b.Report the coworker's comments to the supervisor once the group is back at the clinic.
• c.Tell the client that accidents are normal and that nobody in the group is judging him.
• d.Interrupt the conversation, assist the client privately, and address the client with respect.✓

(d) is correct: treating others with compassion, dignity, and respect is one of the four core principles, and the immediate obligation is to stop the public commentary and support the client discreetly. (a) minimizes the harm and lets it continue. (b) is a reasonable follow-up later, but reporting it afterward leaves the client exposed for the whole walk and does nothing about the immediate obligation. (c) reassures the client verbally but does nothing about the coworker's behavior or the client's immediate need.

The RBT Ethics Code (2.0) is built on four core principles that RBTs are expected to apply. Which set states those principles?

• a.Do no harm; respect autonomy; act justly; maintain confidentiality in all professional work.
• b.Benefit others; treat others with compassion, dignity, and respect; behave with integrity; ensure their own competence.✓
• c.Protect the client; follow the plan; report to the supervisor; document services accurately.
• d.Practice within scope; avoid multiple relationships; accept feedback; pursue ongoing training.

(b) is correct: these are the four core principles named in the RBT Ethics Code (2.0) and echoed in task F.1. (a) lists principles from general biomedical ethics, which are related in spirit but are not the code's four. (c) describes real RBT duties, but duties are not the same as the code's stated principles. (d) lists specific standards drawn from the code rather than the principles those standards rest on.

A family cancels a session an hour before it was due to start. RBT Devi has already driven halfway there. Her coworker suggests she log the session as delivered since the cancellation was so late. What should Devi do?

• a.Log the session as delivered and note that the family canceled it after she had already left home.
• b.Log half the session as delivered, matching the portion of the drive she had completed.
• c.Log the cancellation as it occurred and follow the employer's late-cancellation procedure.✓
• d.Log nothing at all and report the wasted travel time to the supervisor later that week.

(c) is correct: integrity means the record shows a cancellation because that is what happened, and organizations have their own procedures for compensating late cancellations. (a) records a service that was never provided, regardless of how justified the frustration is. (b) invents a proportional entry that corresponds to nothing that happened with the client. (d) is honest but leaves no record of a cancellation the organization and the supervisor both need to see.

RBT Grant realizes at the end of the day that he forgot to record data during a twenty-minute stretch of a session. He remembers roughly how the client performed. What should he do?

• a.Enter his best recollection of the performance and mark the entries as approximate.
• b.Enter the same values he recorded for the equivalent stretch in the previous session.
• c.Leave the sheet blank and say nothing, since a single gap will not change the graph.
• d.Record only the data he actually collected and report the gap to the supervisor.✓

(d) is correct: data are a record of what was measured, so the honest entry is the data that exist plus a report of the gap so the supervisor knows the denominator changed. (a) puts remembered numbers into a measurement record, and labeling them approximate does not make them measurements. (b) copies data from a different session, which is fabrication. (c) is accurate about the gap but hides it from the person who will interpret the graph.

RBT Yara is assigned a new client whose plan includes a discrete-trial program using a time-delay prompting procedure. Yara has run least-to-most prompting for two years but has never been trained on time delay. What should she do?

• a.Tell the supervisor she needs training on time delay before running that program.✓
• b.Run the program using least-to-most prompting until she has been trained on time delay.
• c.Run the time-delay program as written, since the plan gives step-by-step instructions.
• d.Ask an experienced coworker to explain time delay during a break before the session.

(a) is correct: RBTs provide services only after demonstrating competence, and competence in a procedure is established through supervisor-provided training, not assumed from adjacent experience. (b) substitutes a different procedure for the one in the plan, which is an unauthorized change even though Yara is competent in it. (c) equates written instructions with training; procedures like time delay fail in specific, subtle ways when implemented untrained. (d) is informal peer coaching, which does not establish or document competence.

RBT Malia watched several detailed videos about a swallowing-safety feeding protocol and feels confident she could run it. Her client's plan includes that protocol, and the supervisor has not yet trained her on it. What should Malia do?

• a.Run the protocol and ask the supervisor to observe her the next time they meet.
• b.Wait for supervisor training and tell the supervisor the protocol is currently uncovered.✓
• c.Run the protocol only with the caregiver in the room to supervise her implementation.
• d.Run a simplified version of the protocol that removes the steps she feels least sure about.

(b) is correct: self-study does not establish competence, and a feeding protocol with swallowing risk is exactly where untrained implementation can injure a client, so the gap is reported and the protocol waits. (a) runs the risky procedure first and verifies competence afterward, which reverses the requirement. (c) treats a caregiver as a clinical supervisor, which they are not. (d) modifies a plan and drops precisely the steps most likely to be safety-relevant.

A client's mother tells RBT Owen that her son has been asking to use the toilet all week and asks Owen to start toilet training during today's session. Toileting is not in the current plan and Owen has run toileting programs for other clients. What is the BEST response?

• a.Begin an informal toileting routine today and tell the supervisor about it afterwards.
• b.Explain that he cannot help with toileting because it falls outside the RBT role entirely.
• c.Begin toilet training but record it separately so it does not affect the plan's data.
• d.Tell the mother he will relay the request today and run the programs in the current plan.✓

(d) is correct: adding a target is a plan change made by the supervisor, so Owen routes the request promptly and delivers the services he is authorized and trained to deliver. (a) adds programming to the plan first and seeks permission second. (b) is wrong about the RBT role — RBTs do implement toileting programs, just not ones they added themselves. (c) still runs unauthorized programming and merely hides it from the primary data set.

RBT Sam is asked to cover a session for a client whose crisis plan includes a physical management procedure. Sam holds a current certification in his agency's crisis curriculum but has never been trained on this client's specific plan. What should Sam do?

• a.Cover the session and use the crisis curriculum he is certified in if a crisis occurs.
• b.Cover the session and read the crisis plan in detail before the client arrives.
• c.Tell the supervisor he is not trained on this client's crisis plan before accepting the session.✓
• d.Cover the session on the condition that another certified technician stays in the building.

(c) is correct: competence is client- and procedure-specific, and a general certification does not make Sam competent to implement a particular client's crisis plan, so the supervisor decides how to cover the session. (a) substitutes generic training for the written individualized procedure during the highest-risk moment possible. (b) treats reading as training, which it is not for a physical procedure. (d) adds a backup person but Sam is still the one who would implement an untrained procedure.

A client's father tells RBT Reza that his daughter's screaming has almost stopped and asks whether the behavior plan can now be faded out. Reza's data agree that screaming has decreased sharply. What is the BEST response?

• a.Tell the father the supervisor makes that decision and report the request and data today.✓
• b.Tell the father the plan can begin fading now, since the data support exactly what he has noticed.
• c.Tell the father to keep running the plan and that it will never be faded completely.
• d.Begin thinning the plan's reinforcement schedule and see whether screaming stays low.

(a) is correct: fading or modifying a behavior plan is a clinical decision outside the RBT's scope, and the right move is to route the caregiver's request together with the supporting data. (b) gives the family a clinical answer the RBT is not authorized to give, and families act on what technicians tell them. (c) states something Reza does not know to be true and dismisses a reasonable question. (d) modifies the plan directly, which is the clearest scope violation here.

A school principal asks RBT Kira to conduct a functional analysis of a student's aggression next week because the BCBA is unavailable and the team needs answers quickly. What is the BEST response?

• a.Agree, and run the conditions exactly as they are described in the textbook procedure.
• b.Explain that she can help carry out assigned components under supervision, not design or run it.✓
• c.Agree, but collect descriptive ABC data instead and present it to the team as the analysis.
• d.Decline and tell the principal that functional analyses are not used in school settings.

(b) is correct: RBTs participate in components of functional assessment procedures under supervision; designing and conducting a functional analysis is the behavior analyst's work. (a) has an RBT independently running a procedure that deliberately evokes problem behavior, which is the highest-risk possible version of a scope violation. (c) relabels a different procedure as a functional analysis, which misrepresents the results to a school team. (d) declines for a reason that is simply false.

During April, RBT Priyanka spent 60 hours providing behavior-analytic services at her agency. She is reviewing whether her ongoing supervision met the BACB minimum for that calendar month. How many supervision hours were required?

• a.3 hours, because the minimum is 5% of the hours spent providing behavior-analytic services.✓
• b.6 hours, because the minimum is 10% of the hours spent providing behavior-analytic services.
• c.2 hours, because the minimum is two supervision hours in every calendar month worked.
• d.4 hours, because the minimum is 5% of all hours worked, including administrative time.

(a) is correct: the requirement is a minimum of 5% of the hours spent providing behavior-analytic services each calendar month, so 5% of 60 hours is 3 hours. (b) doubles the percentage; 10% is not the requirement. (c) states a flat hourly minimum, but the requirement is proportional to service hours, so a heavier month requires more supervision. (d) uses the right percentage against the wrong denominator — the basis is service hours, not all hours worked.

RBT Corey's supervisor leaves the agency abruptly and no replacement supervisor is assigned. Corey's clients are still scheduled for the coming weeks and the office says a new BCBA starts in about a month. What should Corey do?

• a.Keep seeing clients and gather the missed supervision hours once the new BCBA arrives.
• b.Keep seeing clients but run only maintenance targets until supervision is restored.
• c.Keep seeing clients and ask a senior RBT to observe him in the supervisor's absence.
• d.Tell the agency he cannot provide services as an RBT without ongoing BACB-compliant supervision.✓

(d) is correct: RBTs provide services only under ongoing supervision from a supervisor who meets BACB requirements, so the absence of any qualified supervisor is a stop condition, not a paperwork problem. (a) delivers a month of unsupervised services and then tries to backfill hours that cannot be retroactively supervised. (b) reduces the clinical complexity but the services are still unsupervised. (c) is a real support but another RBT cannot serve as a BACB-required supervisor.

RBT Devon's supervisor has been traveling and proposes covering this month's supervision with two long phone calls and a detailed email exchange. Devon has not been observed at all this month. Is this acceptable?

• a.Yes, provided both calls are documented and the email exchange includes written feedback.
• b.No, because supervision requires face-to-face real-time contacts and may not occur by phone or email.✓
• c.Yes, provided Devon is observed in person at some point in the following calendar month.
• d.No, because supervision must always be conducted in person at the location where services occur.

(b) is correct: supervision must include at least two face-to-face, real-time contacts per month, and the requirements state supervision may not occur over the phone or via email. (a) documents contacts that do not qualify in the first place. (c) tries to carry a missed month forward, but the requirement applies within each calendar month. (d) is too strict — the contacts must be face-to-face and real-time, but they may be conducted by web camera or video conference rather than in person.

RBT Alma works twenty hours a month for a clinic and another fifteen hours a month for a separate home-based agency. She receives supervision that covers all thirty-five hours from the clinic's BCBA. What is the problem here?

• a.Supervision hours from two organizations may not be combined into a single monthly total.
• b.The clinic BCBA cannot supervise services delivered in a client's home environment.
• c.Supervision requirements must be met at each organization where she provides services.✓
• d.Only the organization where she works the most hours is permitted to supervise her.

(c) is correct: the requirement is met per organization, so the home-based agency must arrange supervision of the services Alma provides there. (a) has the arithmetic backwards — the issue is not combining totals but that each organization needs its own supervision. (b) invents a setting restriction; supervisors are not limited by service location. (d) invents an hours-based rule that determines which employer supervises.

An RBT changes employers and asks how long her supervision documentation from the previous job must be kept. What is the correct answer?

• a.Until the end of the current certification cycle, after which it may be discarded.
• b.Until the supervisory relationship ends, at which point the supervisor assumes responsibility.
• c.For 3 years, matching the period covered by the agency's own records policy.
• d.For at least 7 years, by both the RBT and the supervisor, even after the relationship ends.✓

(d) is correct: supervision documentation must be retained for at least 7 years by both the RBT and the RBT Supervisor or Requirements Coordinator, even if the supervisory relationship has ended or someone else has taken over. (a) ties retention to the certification cycle, which is not the standard. (b) is wrong twice: the obligation does not end with the relationship, and it does not transfer away from the RBT. (c) substitutes an agency policy for the BACB requirement and shortens the period.

An agency schedules a monthly small-group supervision meeting and fourteen RBTs are on the invitation, along with two supervising BCBAs. RBT Jonah wonders whether the meeting will count toward his supervision. What is the issue?

• a.A small-group supervision meeting may include 2 to 10 RBTs, and 14 exceeds the limit.✓
• b.A small-group supervision meeting requires one supervisor for every seven RBTs present.
• c.A small-group supervision meeting cannot count unless every RBT shares the same client.
• d.A small-group supervision meeting counts only if it lasts at least two full hours.

(a) is correct: small-group meetings are interactive meetings of 2 to 10 RBTs who share similar experiences, and the number of RBTs may not exceed 10 regardless of how many supervisors are present. (b) invents a ratio rule; adding supervisors does not raise the cap. (c) overstates the requirement — participants share similar experiences, not the same client. (d) invents a duration requirement that does not exist.

After observing a session, RBT Tavi's supervisor says his prompt delivery is too fast and shows him a slower model. Tavi believes his pacing keeps the client engaged and has data he thinks support that. What is the BEST response?

• a.Implement the slower pacing but keep running his own pacing when unobserved to compare.
• b.Explain that the client responds better to his pacing and continue as he has been.
• c.Implement the feedback and share his data with the supervisor to discuss the pacing question.✓
• d.Implement the feedback without comment, since disagreeing with a supervisor is not appropriate.

(c) is correct: effective supervision runs on feedback plus honest two-way input, so Tavi adopts the corrected procedure and brings his evidence into the conversation rather than acting on it unilaterally. (a) is covert non-implementation and produces two inconsistent conditions for the client. (b) declines the feedback outright and keeps a procedure the supervisor has judged incorrect. (d) complies but suppresses information the supervisor would want, which weakens the supervision relationship.

RBT Lina had two supervision contacts this month: one individual meeting reviewing graphs in the office, and one meeting where the supervisor watched her run a full session and gave feedback afterward. Which requirement did the second meeting satisfy?

• a.It satisfied the requirement that supervision be client focused rather than administrative.
• b.It satisfied the requirement that the supervisor observe her providing services at least once monthly.✓
• c.It satisfied the requirement that at least one monthly contact be an individual meeting.
• d.It satisfied the requirement that supervision include professional development activities.

(b) is correct: the supervisor must observe the RBT providing services in at least one of the monthly meetings, and watching a full session is exactly that. (a) names a real expectation, but both meetings were client focused, so it does not identify what the observation uniquely satisfied. (c) describes the first meeting, which was the individual contact. (d) is wrong because ongoing supervision and professional development are separate requirements and one event cannot cover both.

A supervisor trains RBT Hector on a new chaining program by explaining the steps, demonstrating them with a colleague, and then watching Hector practice while giving corrective feedback. Which description best fits this training?

• a.It includes instruction, modeling, rehearsal, and feedback, which are effective supervision practices.✓
• b.It relies on verbal instruction, which alone is sufficient to establish procedural competence.
• c.It substitutes observation of the supervisor for direct observation of the RBT's service delivery.
• d.It meets professional development requirements rather than ongoing supervision requirements.

(a) is correct: instructions, modeling, rehearsal, and feedback are the components named as effective supervision practices, and all four appear here. (b) describes only the first component and ignores the modeling, rehearsal, and feedback that actually occurred. (c) misreads the scenario — the supervisor did observe Hector practicing. (d) confuses two separate requirements; this was client-focused training under supervision.

An agency installs cameras in its therapy rooms and tells RBTs that supervisors will review the recordings later and send written notes. The agency says this replaces one monthly supervision contact. What is the concern?

• a.Recorded sessions cannot be reviewed by supervisors because of client confidentiality rules.
• b.Written feedback does not count as supervision unless it is delivered within the same week.
• c.Video monitoring on its own, without real-time interaction or feedback, may not count as supervision.✓
• d.Cameras may be used only when the supervisor is physically present in the same building.

(c) is correct: supervision requires face-to-face, real-time contact, and video monitoring alone without real-time interaction or feedback may not count toward the requirement. (a) is too broad — recordings can be used with appropriate authorization; the problem is what counts as supervision. (b) invents a timing rule for written feedback. (d) invents a location rule; live video conferencing with real-time interaction is acceptable even at a distance.

RBT Nia attended two supervision meetings this month, both of them small-group sessions with six other RBTs, and her supervisor observed her running a session during one of them. What is still missing?

• a.A third contact, because two monthly contacts are the minimum only for part-time RBTs.
• b.An individual contact, because at least one of the two monthly sessions must be individual.✓
• c.A second observation, because the supervisor must observe service delivery in both meetings.
• d.A written summary, because group supervision counts only when minutes are distributed.

(b) is correct: at least one of the two monthly supervision sessions must be individual, meaning no other RBTs or trainees present, and the other may occur in a small-group meeting. (a) invents a part-time distinction; two contacts is the minimum for everyone. (c) overstates the observation rule, which requires observation in at least one of the monthly meetings. (d) invents a documentation format requirement for group supervision.

Over lunch at a busy restaurant near the clinic, RBT Isla's coworker starts describing a difficult session with a client by name, including the client's diagnosis. Other diners are seated close by. What should Isla do?

• a.Continue the conversation but replace the client's name with initials for the rest of lunch.
• b.Let the coworker finish and then report the conversation to the supervisor afterward.
• c.Suggest they move to a quieter table on the other side of the restaurant to keep talking.
• d.Stop the conversation and continue it only in a private setting where it belongs.✓

(d) is correct: client information is discussed only where confidentiality can be protected, and a restaurant is not such a place, so the conversation stops rather than continues in modified form. (a) keeps discussing an identifiable client in public; initials plus a diagnosis and clinic proximity identify people. (b) allows the breach to run to completion before addressing it. (c) reduces the audience slightly but the conversation is still happening in a public dining room.

RBT Jamal is added to a group chat of technicians from his agency where members share funny stories about sessions, sometimes using first names and describing specific behaviors. What is the BEST course of action?

• a.Participate but only post stories that do not include any client's first name.
• b.Stay in the chat and read it, but never post anything about his own clients there.
• c.Decline to share client information there and report the practice to his supervisor.✓
• d.Ask the group to switch to an encrypted messaging app before sharing session stories.

(c) is correct: an unauthorized group chat is not a job-related channel for client information, and an ongoing confidentiality breach involving multiple clients is something the supervisor needs to know about. (a) still discusses identifiable clients, since colleagues in the same agency recognize the cases instantly. (b) protects only Jamal's own clients and leaves the breach running. (d) treats the problem as technical when the problem is the disclosure itself.

At a neighborhood barbecue, a woman tells RBT Priya that she heard Priya works with the Okafor boy down the street and asks how he is getting on. What is the BEST response?

• a.Say the boy is doing well but that she cannot discuss any of the details of his program.
• b.Say she is not able to discuss whether she works with anyone or who her clients are.✓
• c.Say she works with several children in the neighborhood but never names any of them.
• d.Say she would need the family's permission before she could answer that kind of question.

(b) is correct: confirming that a named person is a client is itself a disclosure, so the RBT neither confirms nor denies and declines the topic entirely. (a) confirms the service relationship and adds a progress statement before refusing details. (c) implicitly confirms she works with local children, which in a small neighborhood narrows it considerably. (d) implies that with permission she would discuss it socially, and it still signals that a service relationship exists.

In a school hallway, a teacher who does not work with RBT Eden's client asks how the client's aggression program is going, saying she is curious because she may have him next year. What should Eden do?

• a.Give a general update without naming specific behaviors or sharing any data.
• b.Answer the question, since the teacher is a school employee who may work with the client next year.
• c.Answer briefly and inform the supervisor afterward that the conversation happened.
• d.Explain that she cannot discuss the client and direct the teacher to the supervisor.✓

(d) is correct: RBTs discuss confidential client information under the direction of their supervisor and share only what is necessary in job-related communications, and this teacher has no current role on the case. (a) is still a disclosure; a general update about a named client's aggression program is client information. (b) treats employment at the school as authorization, which it is not. (c) discloses first and reports afterward, which does not undo the disclosure.

Over dinner, RBT Kenji's partner asks about his day and he wants to describe a hard session. He plans to leave out the client's name and the agency's name. What is the BEST course of action?

• a.Talk about his own experience of the day without disclosing information about the client.✓
• b.Describe the session but change the client's age and gender so nobody could identify him.
• c.Describe the session freely, since his partner does not work in the field or know the family.
• d.Describe the session and ask his partner to keep everything she hears strictly confidential.

(a) is correct: an RBT can talk about how work felt without disclosing client information, and a household member is not an authorized recipient of any of it. (b) fabricates details in order to disclose, which misrepresents the client and still shares the case. (c) assumes an audience's ignorance makes disclosure acceptable, which is not the standard. (d) transfers a confidentiality obligation to someone who has none and cannot be held to it.

Between two home sessions, RBT Rafael stops at a grocery store and leaves his client binder on the back seat of his unlocked car for ten minutes. Nothing is taken. What is the BEST assessment of this situation?

• a.It was acceptable because the binder was not visible from outside and nothing was lost.
• b.It failed the requirement to protect client records, regardless of what the outcome was.✓
• c.It was acceptable because ten minutes is too short a period to create meaningful exposure.
• d.It failed only because the car was unlocked; a locked car would have satisfied the requirement.

(b) is correct: the obligation is to protect confidential records, and whether a breach happened to occur does not determine whether the safeguard was adequate. (a) reasons from the outcome rather than the safeguard, and the binder was in fact on a visible seat. (c) treats brief exposure as no exposure. (d) is closer but incomplete: locking the car is one part, while leaving identifiable records in view in a vehicle still fails employer requirements for securing records.

RBT Camille wants to send her supervisor a photo of today's completed data sheet, which includes the client's full name, using the personal messaging app they both already use for scheduling. What is the BEST course of action?

• a.Send the data through the employer-approved system rather than the personal messaging app.✓
• b.Send the photo but crop out the client's name so the sheet cannot be traced to anyone.
• c.Send the photo and delete it from the chat once the supervisor confirms it was received.
• d.Ask the supervisor whether the personal app is acceptable, then send the photo through it.

(a) is correct: protecting client information means using the channels the employer has approved for it, and personal apps are not part of that system. (b) crops a name but the sheet still carries program names, dates, and behavior data that identify the case in context. (c) deletes a visible copy while the transmitted and stored copies remain outside the approved system. (d) is the folklore answer: asking first sounds cautious, but the employer has already designated an approved system and a supervisor cannot authorize routing protected information around it.

In the clinic waiting room, a parent asks RBT Theo which other children he works with, saying she would like to arrange a playdate for her son with one of them. What is the BEST response?

• a.Name only the children whose parents she has already met in the waiting room herself.
• b.Offer to pass her contact details along to the other families so they can decide for themselves.
• c.Explain that he cannot share information about other clients and refer her to the front desk.✓
• d.Describe the other children generally without naming them so she can recognize the family.

(c) is correct: identities of other clients are confidential, and a request that touches other families is routed to the organization rather than handled by the technician. (a) discloses client identities on the theory that a chance encounter already did so. (b) puts Theo in the middle of contact-sharing between families using information he holds only as their technician. (d) is disclosure by description, which identifies people just as effectively as naming them.

RBT Sienna takes a photo of a client's completed token board with the client's hands in the frame and wants to post it on her professional social-media page, with the face out of frame and no name. What should she do?

• a.Post it, since the client's face is out of frame and no identifying name is included.
• b.Ask the supervising BCBA whether posting the photo with the face out of frame is acceptable.
• c.Post it after obtaining written permission from the client's parents to use the image.
• d.Never post photos, video, or written information that identifies a client on social media.✓

(d) is correct: the RBT Ethics Code (2.0) states plainly that RBTs do not share identifying information such as photos, videos, or written information about clients on social media or websites, and the standard has no consent exception. (a) treats face cropping as de-identification, which it is not when hands, materials, and posting context are visible. (b) is the folklore answer: escalating a question the code already answers does not make a prohibited post permissible. (c) is the most common misconception here — parental permission does not create an exception to this standard.

RBT Dario posts on his public profile: So proud of my little guy at Maple Grove Elementary who said mom for the first time today after months of work. No name or photo is included. What is the problem with this post?

• a.There is no problem with the post, because it contains neither the client's name nor his photograph.
• b.The post shares identifying client information, since the school and detail identify the child.✓
• c.The post is acceptable only if Dario removes the reference to how long the work took.
• d.The post is acceptable if Dario limits its visibility to people he already knows personally.

(b) is correct: naming the school plus a specific milestone on a specific day narrows the child to one identifiable person, which is exactly the written information the code prohibits sharing. (a) treats names and photos as the only identifiers, which is the mistake this item exists to catch. (c) removes a harmless detail while leaving the school and the milestone in place. (d) confuses audience size with confidentiality; a limited audience is still a social-media disclosure.

RBT Anaya sets her email signature to read: Anaya Rivers, RBT, Behavior Analyst, Sunrise ABA Services. She holds RBT certification and is enrolled in a master's program in behavior analysis. What is the concern?

• a.The signature should list the agency's name before her credential rather than after it.
• b.The signature should state that she is a graduate student currently in supervised fieldwork.
• c.The signature misrepresents her credentials by describing her as a behavior analyst.✓
• d.The signature is acceptable because her enrollment supports the behavior analyst title.

(c) is correct: RBTs must not misrepresent their professional credentials, and behavior analyst denotes a certification Anaya does not hold, which misleads families and other professionals about who is directing services. (a) raises a formatting preference with no ethical content. (b) would add accurate information but does not remove the false title. (d) treats enrollment in a degree program as if it conferred the credential.

A prospective client's mother tours the clinic and asks RBT Beau how well the program works. Beau has seen strong progress with several children and wants to be encouraging. What is the BEST response?

• a.Describe what a typical session involves and refer her outcome questions to the supervisor.✓
• b.Tell her the program has worked for every child he has personally worked with so far.
• c.Tell her that children who attend consistently for a year usually catch up with peers.
• d.Tell her the clinic's approach is the most effective treatment currently available anywhere.

(a) is correct: RBTs may describe their own work factually but must not make claims about service outcomes, so questions about effectiveness go to the supervisor who can answer them responsibly. (b) is an outcome claim dressed as personal experience and sets an expectation no one can guarantee. (c) predicts a developmental result for an individual child, which is a prognosis outside the RBT's scope. (d) is a comparative superiority claim about treatments, which misrepresents the service.

A private Facebook group of about four hundred RBTs asks members to post session clips for feedback. RBT Marisol has a video of a client mastering a chain and the group is closed to non-members. What should she do?

• a.Post the clip, since the group is closed and only credentialed professionals are able to join it.
• b.Post the clip with the audio removed so the client's voice cannot be recognized.
• c.Post the clip after asking the group's moderators to confirm their privacy settings.
• d.Never post client video to a social-media group, and seek feedback through her supervisor.✓

(d) is correct: a closed group on a social platform is still social media, the code prohibits sharing identifying client video there, and the legitimate route for clinical feedback is the supervisory relationship. (a) treats membership screening as if it made a disclosure private. (b) removes one identifier while the client's face and setting remain fully visible. (c) verifies settings but the prohibited act is the sharing itself, not the group's configuration.

RBT Cass runs a short-video account offering ABA tips. For the next video, Cass plans to walk through a real case from last week, changing the client's name and city but keeping the behavior and intervention details. What is the concern?

• a.The video is acceptable because a changed name and city remove all identifying information.
• b.The video shares client information publicly, and altered details do not make the case anonymous.✓
• c.The video is acceptable if Cass has the supervisor check the script before it is posted.
• d.The video is acceptable if Cass posts it only to followers rather than to the public feed.

(b) is correct: a specific case with its behaviors and interventions remains client information, and families, coworkers, and the client can recognize it despite changed surface details. (a) overstates what changing a name accomplishes. (c) is the folklore answer: a supervisor's review cannot authorize a public disclosure of client information that the code prohibits outright. (d) restricts the audience but a follower-only post is still a public statement on social media.

The parents of RBT Yusuf's client offer to pay him well to babysit their son on Saturday evenings, saying he is the only person their son is comfortable with. Yusuf could use the extra income. What is the BEST course of action?

• a.Accept, provided he never runs any behavior programs during the babysitting hours.
• b.Accept for a trial month and reassess whether the arrangement causes any problems.
• c.Decline and suggest the parents find another sitter without involving the supervisor.
• d.Decline the private arrangement and inform his supervisor that it was offered.✓

(d) is correct: paid babysitting mixes a personal or private-employment role with the professional one, creating a multiple relationship, and telling the supervisor lets the organization respond consistently for this family. (a) assumes the risk comes from running programs, when it comes from the mixed roles and the family's financial leverage. (b) starts the multiple relationship and evaluates it afterward. (c) declines correctly but keeps the supervisor uninformed about a situation likely to recur.

RBT Ingrid opens a new case file and recognizes the client as her cousin's son, a child she sees at family gatherings several times a year. The assignment starts next week. What should she do?

• a.Inform her supervisor about the family connection before the first session takes place.✓
• b.Take the case and keep the family relationship strictly separate from clinical work.
• c.Take the case and mention the connection at the next scheduled supervision meeting.
• d.Ask her cousin whether the family is comfortable with her serving as the technician.

(a) is correct: a family relationship with a client is a multiple relationship, and the supervisor is informed immediately so the assignment can be resolved before services begin. (b) assumes separation is achievable by intention, which is precisely what the standard says it is not. (c) recognizes the issue but delays disclosure past the point where the relationship has already formed. (d) treats the family's comfort as the deciding factor, when the decision belongs to the supervisor and the organization.

An RBT has worked with 7-year-old Ana for six months, and Ana's mother chats warmly with the RBT at every drop-off. One evening the mother sends the RBT a friend request from her personal social-media account. What is the BEST course of action?

• a.Accept the request to maintain the strong rapport that supports Ana's treatment.
• b.Accept the request but commit to never posting or messaging anything about Ana or her services.
• c.Decline the request and inform the supervisor that it was received, per the provider's policy.✓
• d.Ignore the request and block the mother's account so the situation cannot come up again.

(c) is correct: a personal social-media connection with a client's caregiver creates a multiple relationship that can compromise objectivity and blur professional boundaries; politely declining maintains the boundary, and informing the supervisor documents the situation and lets the practice respond consistently. (a) confuses professional rapport — built and kept inside the service relationship — with a personal relationship; good rapport does not require, and can be damaged by, an online friendship. (b) still creates the multiple relationship: the ethical risk is the relationship itself and incidental exposure of client information, not only deliberate posts. (d) avoids the multiple relationship but does it discourteously, risks harming the working relationship with the family, and skips notifying the supervisor — a clear boundary plus disclosure beats silent avoidance.