Behavior Technician Certification Study Guide 2026–2027 | 200 Practice Questions

Prepare for the behavior technician certification exam offered by the BACB (the RBT® exam) with a complete, illustrated study guide built on the current RBT Test Content Outline (3rd ed.). It covers all six domains, from data collection and graphing to ethics, with clear explanations, worked calculations, tables, graphs, flowcharts, sample scenario items, and key points for the exam.

This 93-page digital guide pairs a full content review with two 100-question practice tests of scenario-based questions, so candidates can learn each concept and then practice recognizing it the way the exam presents it.

What's Inside

• An overview of the current exam: 85 multiple-choice questions (75 scored, 10 unscored) in 90 minutes, four options per question, pass/fail scoring, the six domains and their weights, eligibility steps (40-hour training, Initial Competency Assessment, background checks), fees, retake rules, and certification maintenance
• Data Collection and Graphing: operational definitions, frequency, rate, duration, latency, IRT, partial-interval, whole-interval, and momentary time sampling, permanent products, data calculations, line graphs, level, trend, and variability, IOA formulas, and procedural fidelity
• Behavior Assessment: target behavior selection, free-operant, single, paired, MSW, and MSWO preference assessments, skill assessments, ABC data, scatterplots, and functional analysis conditions
• Behavior Acquisition: reinforcement and schedules, conditioned reinforcers and token economies, DTT, naturalistic teaching and verbal operants, discrimination training, prompting and prompt fading, chaining, shaping, generalization, and maintenance
• Behavior Reduction: functions of behavior, motivating operations, NCR and other antecedent strategies, DRA, FCT, DRI, DRO, and DRL, extinction and extinction bursts, punishment procedures, side effects, and crisis procedures
• Documentation and Reporting: communicating with stakeholders, seeking clinical direction, reporting variables, objective session notes, records, and confidentiality
• Ethics: the RBT Ethics Code (2.0) core principles, supervision requirements, scope of practice, feedback, social media, the $10 gift rule, multiple relationships, mandated reporting, cultural humility, and responsibilities to the BACB
• Illustrated figures, including an interval-recording comparison, a labeled line graph, trend and variability panels, an extinction-burst graph, and prompting, chaining, and shaping flowcharts
• A final review checklist, 4-, 6-, and 8-week study schedules, FAQs, test-taking strategies, and recommended resources
• 2 practice tests (200 questions) weighted like the real exam across all six domains, plus separate answer keys explaining every answer

Format

• Instant digital download (PDF), 8.5 × 11 in
• Clickable table of contents
• Print it or study on a tablet, laptop, or phone

Please note: This is a digital product. No physical item will be shipped.

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