CPDT-KA FINAL STUDY GUIDE 2026
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
AND FULL SOLUTIONS
⩥ According to the Humane hierarchy, the first step in training is to.
Answer: Confirm that the dog is in good health and receiving proper
nutrition
⩥ The CCPDT code of ethics requires all of the following. Answer:
Refraining from use of derogatory cultural terms
Regular updating of client contact lists
Recommending other trainers with more experience
⩥ The humane hierarchy states that the following comes immediately
before using positive reinforcement training to establish a new behavior.
Answer: Management such as gates and crates
⩥ The following is an unacceptable aversive method which could cause
your CPDT-KA certification to be revoked. Answer: Ear pinch method
of dumbell retrieve
⩥ Is it acceptable to receive a percentage of income from referrals to
another professional. Answer: No
,⩥ Telling a new client about the harsh training methods of another dog
trainer is considered. Answer: Defamation of a colleague and unethical
⩥ Once you have become a CPDT-KA, you must recertification by.
Answer: Earning 36 CEUS every 3 years.
⩥ If a client with a disability wants to attend your group class you
should. Answer: Help the client by providing a reasonable
accommodation to mediate her disability
⩥ To protect your clients identity at all times you should never. Answer:
Keep registration forms where class members can see them
⩥ True or False. It is permissible to bring noted into the CPDT-KA exam
testing center.. Answer: False
⩥ True or False. It is permissible to turn clients away if you don't like
their lifestyle choices or breed of dog.. Answer: False
⩥ True or False. A CPDT-KA should acquire written permission prior to
photographing or videoing clients. Answer: True
⩥ + Positive. Answer: Adding something to the environment giving
something to the learner.
,⩥ - Negative. Answer: Taking something away from the environment.
Removing or withholding something from the learner.
⩥ Reinforcer. Answer: Something the learner will work to earn.
Something the learner finds pleasurable. Something that strengthens the
likelihood that a behavior will repeat.
⩥ Punisher. Answer: Something the learner will work to avoid.
Something the learner finds aversive. Something that diminishes the
likelihood that a behavior will be repeated
⩥ Primary reinforcer. Answer: Food, reproductive opportunity, water,
physical and emotional security, and play
⩥ Secondary reinforcer. Answer: A stimulus that has been paired with a
primary reinforcer. A clicker, a simple behavior
⩥ Tertiary reinforcer. Answer: A behavior or stimulus that has been
paired with a secondary reinforcer
⩥ Stimulus. Answer: Something that elicits a behavior
⩥ Response. Answer: The behavior elicited by a stimulus
, ⩥ Antecedent. Answer: Something that comes before a behavior. Often a
stimulus or a cue.
⩥ Behavior. Answer: Something that the learner does in response to the
antecedent.
⩥ Consequence. Answer: What occurs in response to the behavior
⩥ Unconditioned. Answer: A stimulus or response that has meaning but
is not learned. Often initiates a reflex
⩥ Conditioned. Answer: A stimulus, response etc. that has been taught to
have meaning to the learner.
⩥ Neutral. Answer: A stimulus that has no learned or reflexive meaning
to the learner
⩥ Counter conditioned. Answer: A stimulus response that has a new
redefined meaning than previously learned.
⩥ Desensitization. Answer: Presentation of low levels of a conditioned
stimulus. The learner can avoid responding
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
AND FULL SOLUTIONS
⩥ According to the Humane hierarchy, the first step in training is to.
Answer: Confirm that the dog is in good health and receiving proper
nutrition
⩥ The CCPDT code of ethics requires all of the following. Answer:
Refraining from use of derogatory cultural terms
Regular updating of client contact lists
Recommending other trainers with more experience
⩥ The humane hierarchy states that the following comes immediately
before using positive reinforcement training to establish a new behavior.
Answer: Management such as gates and crates
⩥ The following is an unacceptable aversive method which could cause
your CPDT-KA certification to be revoked. Answer: Ear pinch method
of dumbell retrieve
⩥ Is it acceptable to receive a percentage of income from referrals to
another professional. Answer: No
,⩥ Telling a new client about the harsh training methods of another dog
trainer is considered. Answer: Defamation of a colleague and unethical
⩥ Once you have become a CPDT-KA, you must recertification by.
Answer: Earning 36 CEUS every 3 years.
⩥ If a client with a disability wants to attend your group class you
should. Answer: Help the client by providing a reasonable
accommodation to mediate her disability
⩥ To protect your clients identity at all times you should never. Answer:
Keep registration forms where class members can see them
⩥ True or False. It is permissible to bring noted into the CPDT-KA exam
testing center.. Answer: False
⩥ True or False. It is permissible to turn clients away if you don't like
their lifestyle choices or breed of dog.. Answer: False
⩥ True or False. A CPDT-KA should acquire written permission prior to
photographing or videoing clients. Answer: True
⩥ + Positive. Answer: Adding something to the environment giving
something to the learner.
,⩥ - Negative. Answer: Taking something away from the environment.
Removing or withholding something from the learner.
⩥ Reinforcer. Answer: Something the learner will work to earn.
Something the learner finds pleasurable. Something that strengthens the
likelihood that a behavior will repeat.
⩥ Punisher. Answer: Something the learner will work to avoid.
Something the learner finds aversive. Something that diminishes the
likelihood that a behavior will be repeated
⩥ Primary reinforcer. Answer: Food, reproductive opportunity, water,
physical and emotional security, and play
⩥ Secondary reinforcer. Answer: A stimulus that has been paired with a
primary reinforcer. A clicker, a simple behavior
⩥ Tertiary reinforcer. Answer: A behavior or stimulus that has been
paired with a secondary reinforcer
⩥ Stimulus. Answer: Something that elicits a behavior
⩥ Response. Answer: The behavior elicited by a stimulus
, ⩥ Antecedent. Answer: Something that comes before a behavior. Often a
stimulus or a cue.
⩥ Behavior. Answer: Something that the learner does in response to the
antecedent.
⩥ Consequence. Answer: What occurs in response to the behavior
⩥ Unconditioned. Answer: A stimulus or response that has meaning but
is not learned. Often initiates a reflex
⩥ Conditioned. Answer: A stimulus, response etc. that has been taught to
have meaning to the learner.
⩥ Neutral. Answer: A stimulus that has no learned or reflexive meaning
to the learner
⩥ Counter conditioned. Answer: A stimulus response that has a new
redefined meaning than previously learned.
⩥ Desensitization. Answer: Presentation of low levels of a conditioned
stimulus. The learner can avoid responding
