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RBT Ethics Code

Ethics makes up 15% of scored exam questions, covering how you protect clients and work responsibly.

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RBT Exam PrepCore principles and practicing only within competence
Your guide to ethical work
  1. Principles and standards
  2. How you treat people
  3. Decisions about services
Ethics in your work
  1. Benefit others
  2. Compassion, dignity, and respect
  3. Behave with integrity
  4. Ensure your own competence
  5. Report and document limits
  6. Seek support for dilemmas
 Ethics at workThe Registered Behavior Technician, or RBT, Ethics Code sets out principles and standards for your work.Benefit othersA session decision feels unclear. Prioritize following the law and putting your client's interests first.

Lessons in this chapter

6 lessons, about 5 minutes each · 15% of the exam

  1. RBT ethics: core principles and competence
  2. RBT supervision requirements
  3. Confidentiality and social media for RBTs
  4. Multiple relationships and gifts in ABA
  5. Cultural humility in ABA
  6. RBT renewal and recertification

Built on RBT Test Content Outline · 3rd ed. (Updated 09/2024, © 2023)

Sample questions

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Question 1

You watched a coworker use a procedure and feel ready. What must happen before you use it?

  1. You review the written steps again.
  2. Your supervisor confirms you have demonstrated competence.
  3. A coworker says you seem ready.
  4. You try it and request feedback.
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B. Your supervisor confirms you have demonstrated competence. Your supervisor confirms you have demonstrated competence. You may provide the service only after that confirmation.

Question 2

Your supervisor plans only discussions for this month's supervision meetings. What needs to be added?

  1. Watching you provide services during a meeting
  2. Reviewing your schedule during a meeting
  3. Discussing your questions during a meeting
  4. Reviewing your session notes during a meeting
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A. Watching you provide services during a meeting. Watching you provide services during a meeting is required in at least one supervision meeting each month.

Question 3

You need to store a client's session records. Which rules must you follow?

  1. Your own preferred storage method
  2. Your previous workplace's storage rules
  3. Your coworkers' preferred storage habits
  4. BACB, employer, and legal requirements
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D. BACB, employer, and legal requirements. Follow BACB, employer, and legal requirements to protect client privacy. Confidentiality applies whenever you handle client records.

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  • 85 questions, 90 minutes
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