CBCC-KA EXAMINATION 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Jane has a dog named Marla. Marla typically barks when the family sits down to eat
dinner. Jane discovered if she dropped frozen peas to Marla while she was in a down
position by her feet, she would be quiet during the meal. It's been months and Jane
automatically gets peas out every time she wants to eat dinner. She drops them
frequently and they have a peaceful meal.
Marla learned to lay quietly at the dinner table through positive reinforcement. What
learning happened to Jane that makes her continue to get peas out at every meal?
A. Positive Reinforcement
B. Positive Punishment
C. Negative Reinforcement
D. Negative Punishment - ✔✔C. Negative Reinforcement
✔✔Typically, neurons in the brain communicate by:
A. Touching each other end to end
B. Sending electrical impulses that originate in the spinal cord
C. Neurotransmitters in the synaptic cleft
D. Hormones that originate in the pituitary gland - ✔✔C. Neurotransmitters in the
synaptic cleft
✔✔Jane's dog likes to lick the dirty dishes as the dishwasher gets loaded each night.
Jane wants her to decrease this behavior. Which of the following should Jane do to
decrease the likelihood that the dog will try to lick the dirty dishes in the future?
A. Give the dog a treat for laying on her bed.
B. Put her outside when she is doing the dishes.
C. Close the dishwasher door as the dog approaches the dishwasher.
D. Yell at the dog and tell her she is being naughty. - ✔✔C. Close the dishwasher door
as the dog approaches the dishwasher.
✔✔Which is not a difference between shaping and chaining?
A. Shaping always moves forward; chaining can be done forward or backward
B. In shaping, reinforcers are provided along the way; in chaining the main reinforcer is
provided at the end of the chain
C. Shaping can be used to learn a target behavior only for behaviors that occur
frequently. Chaining can be done for behaviors that rarely occur.
, D. Shaping is generally used for a single behavior; chaining is generally used for a
complex behavior that must happen in a particular sequence - ✔✔C. Shaping can be
used to learn a target behavior only for behaviors that occur frequently. Chaining can be
done for behaviors that rarely occur.
✔✔You have been working with a client and their reactive dog for 3 months. There is
little progress. The clients are getting frustrated by the lack of success and you are
confused because you are doing all the protocols you normally do with success.
What is the most appropriate next step?
A. Tell the client you can no longer work with them because you don't feel that they are
invested in the process.
B. Inform them that if there has been no progress by now, there is no hope and the dog
will always be this way.
C. Ask the client what is their biggest frustration and what they perceive to be stopping
blocks for them.
D. Keep doing what you're doing because these protocols have always worked before
and they will eventually. - ✔✔C. Ask the client what is their biggest frustration and what
they perceive to be stopping blocks for them.
✔✔Which of the following is the most likely to be a sign of stress?
A. Mounting another dog, person or object
B. Jumping when guests come over
C. Panting after running around
D. Chewing on a stick - ✔✔A. Mounting another dog, person or object
✔✔What must happen if extinction is to take place?
A. Intermittent R+ for an alternate behavior
B. Absolutely no R+ for the undesired behavior
C. Distraction when the undesired behavior takes place
D. Waiting until the dog gives up and decides not to do it anymore - ✔✔B. Absolutely no
R+ for the undesired behavior
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Jane has a dog named Marla. Marla typically barks when the family sits down to eat
dinner. Jane discovered if she dropped frozen peas to Marla while she was in a down
position by her feet, she would be quiet during the meal. It's been months and Jane
automatically gets peas out every time she wants to eat dinner. She drops them
frequently and they have a peaceful meal.
Marla learned to lay quietly at the dinner table through positive reinforcement. What
learning happened to Jane that makes her continue to get peas out at every meal?
A. Positive Reinforcement
B. Positive Punishment
C. Negative Reinforcement
D. Negative Punishment - ✔✔C. Negative Reinforcement
✔✔Typically, neurons in the brain communicate by:
A. Touching each other end to end
B. Sending electrical impulses that originate in the spinal cord
C. Neurotransmitters in the synaptic cleft
D. Hormones that originate in the pituitary gland - ✔✔C. Neurotransmitters in the
synaptic cleft
✔✔Jane's dog likes to lick the dirty dishes as the dishwasher gets loaded each night.
Jane wants her to decrease this behavior. Which of the following should Jane do to
decrease the likelihood that the dog will try to lick the dirty dishes in the future?
A. Give the dog a treat for laying on her bed.
B. Put her outside when she is doing the dishes.
C. Close the dishwasher door as the dog approaches the dishwasher.
D. Yell at the dog and tell her she is being naughty. - ✔✔C. Close the dishwasher door
as the dog approaches the dishwasher.
✔✔Which is not a difference between shaping and chaining?
A. Shaping always moves forward; chaining can be done forward or backward
B. In shaping, reinforcers are provided along the way; in chaining the main reinforcer is
provided at the end of the chain
C. Shaping can be used to learn a target behavior only for behaviors that occur
frequently. Chaining can be done for behaviors that rarely occur.
, D. Shaping is generally used for a single behavior; chaining is generally used for a
complex behavior that must happen in a particular sequence - ✔✔C. Shaping can be
used to learn a target behavior only for behaviors that occur frequently. Chaining can be
done for behaviors that rarely occur.
✔✔You have been working with a client and their reactive dog for 3 months. There is
little progress. The clients are getting frustrated by the lack of success and you are
confused because you are doing all the protocols you normally do with success.
What is the most appropriate next step?
A. Tell the client you can no longer work with them because you don't feel that they are
invested in the process.
B. Inform them that if there has been no progress by now, there is no hope and the dog
will always be this way.
C. Ask the client what is their biggest frustration and what they perceive to be stopping
blocks for them.
D. Keep doing what you're doing because these protocols have always worked before
and they will eventually. - ✔✔C. Ask the client what is their biggest frustration and what
they perceive to be stopping blocks for them.
✔✔Which of the following is the most likely to be a sign of stress?
A. Mounting another dog, person or object
B. Jumping when guests come over
C. Panting after running around
D. Chewing on a stick - ✔✔A. Mounting another dog, person or object
✔✔What must happen if extinction is to take place?
A. Intermittent R+ for an alternate behavior
B. Absolutely no R+ for the undesired behavior
C. Distraction when the undesired behavior takes place
D. Waiting until the dog gives up and decides not to do it anymore - ✔✔B. Absolutely no
R+ for the undesired behavior
