RBT Skill Acquisition Quiz
RBT Skill Acquisition Quiz
This is where theory meets practice. The Skill Acquisition domain is the largest and most hands-on part of the RBT Task List, focusing on the teaching procedures you will use every single day to help clients build life-changing skills. This quiz, designed for the 2nd Edition RBT Task List, tests your ability to apply these essential teaching methods in realistic scenarios.
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Go Beyond Knowing to Doing
Effective teaching is the heart of your role as an RBT. This quiz is engineered to ensure you are fluent in the evidence-based strategies that turn treatment goals into mastered skills. Prepare for the most heavily weighted section of the RBT exam by proving you can implement, not just define, these core concepts.
Implement Essential Teaching Protocols
- Differentiate between and apply Discrete-Trial Training (DTT), Naturalistic Environment Teaching (NET), and task-analyzed chaining procedures (forward, backward, and total task).
Apply Reinforcement with Precision
- Move beyond continuous reinforcement and demonstrate your understanding of intermittent schedules (FR, VR, FI, VI) to build and maintain behavior.
Use Prompting and Fading Strategically
- Select the least intrusive, most effective prompt for a given situation and know precisely when and how to fade prompts to foster client independence.
Execute Shaping and Token Economies
- Prove you can use differential reinforcement to shape novel behaviors and implement token systems to manage reinforcement for multiple skills.
Plan for Generalization and Maintenance
- Show that you understand how to ensure a newly acquired skill is durable over time and can be used across different people, settings, and materials.
Note for Test-Takers: The competencies covered here are central to the RBT credential. In the upcoming RBT Test Content Outline (3rd Edition), effective 2026, this domain is renamed “Behavior Acquisition.” The fundamental teaching procedures remain the cornerstone of the exam. Mastering them now is essential for your success.

RBT Skill Acquisition Quiz
Platform Built for Skill Acquisition Mastery
Our features are designed to help you practice the application of complex teaching procedures, not just memorize terms.
- Practice Implementing Complex Protocols: Our quiz interface is designed for clarity, allowing you to focus on the intricate steps of a teaching scenario, like a DTT trial or a chaining procedure, without unnecessary distractions.
- Scenario-Based Learning That Sticks: Move through realistic client situations that force you to make clinical decisions. Flag challenging scenarios involving prompt selection or reinforcement schedules and return to them later for deeper analysis.
- Visualize Teaching Chains and Prompts: Use the adjustable layout and font settings to clearly map out the steps in a task analysis or visualize a prompt hierarchy, aiding comprehension of complex procedural questions.
- Reinforce Your Learning, On Your Schedule: Use the pause-and-resume functionality to break down long study sessions, giving you time to think through complex questions and reinforce your understanding before moving on.
Decode Your Teaching Strengths & Weaknesses
Get feedback that goes beyond a simple score and provides a clear roadmap for what to study next.
- Instant Proficiency Check on Teaching Methods: Immediately after finishing, get a clear score that benchmarks your current ability to apply skill acquisition procedures, showing you exactly where you stand.
- Pinpoint Your Procedural Errors: Our diagnostic report breaks down your performance by specific skill acquisition tasks. Instantly see if you’re confusing DTT with NET, struggling with prompt fading principles, or misidentifying schedules of reinforcement.
- Master the ‘Why’ Behind the ‘How’: For every question, especially those you answered incorrectly, our detailed rationales don’t just give you the right answer, they explain the underlying ABA principle that makes it the best choice in that specific scenario.
- Chart Your Path to Fluency: By exporting and comparing your results over time, you can create a visual record of your improvement. Watch your performance on specific tasks like “shaping” or “chaining” improve, building concrete evidence of your growing competence and exam readiness.