PETCO DTIP EXAM 2025 WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS
Positive Reinforcement - correct answers ✔✔Adding a desirable consequence when a behavior
is preformed that increases the frequency of the behavior.
Behavior - correct answers ✔✔Any action that can be observed or measured, such as sitting,
lying down, walking, or barking.
Lure - correct answers ✔✔Using a prompt to guide a dog into or through a specific behavior.
The dogs nose and body follow the prompt and the dog preforms the behavior.
Cue - correct answers ✔✔A signal that tells the dog she will be rewarded for preforming a
behavior. Cues can be visual, contextual, or verbal.
Stimulus - correct answers ✔✔Any event that can be perceived by a dog. Examples include a
light, a noise, a smell, a touch.
Reinforcer - correct answers ✔✔A reward that a dog likes or enjoys.
Conditioned reinforcer - correct answers ✔✔Over time a dog may learn to associate the word
yes or other stimulus with a reinforcer. When a dog makes an association between a stimulus
and reinforcer the stimulus because a conditioned reinforcer.
Schedules of reinforcement - correct answers ✔✔Dogs can receive continuous reinforcement or
intermittent reinforcement. With continuous reinforcement, the dog is rewarded with a primary
reinforcer, typically a treat, every time they preform a desired behavior. Once the dog knows the
behavior, an intermittent reinforcement schedule replaces the continuous schedule.
CORRECT ANSWERS
Positive Reinforcement - correct answers ✔✔Adding a desirable consequence when a behavior
is preformed that increases the frequency of the behavior.
Behavior - correct answers ✔✔Any action that can be observed or measured, such as sitting,
lying down, walking, or barking.
Lure - correct answers ✔✔Using a prompt to guide a dog into or through a specific behavior.
The dogs nose and body follow the prompt and the dog preforms the behavior.
Cue - correct answers ✔✔A signal that tells the dog she will be rewarded for preforming a
behavior. Cues can be visual, contextual, or verbal.
Stimulus - correct answers ✔✔Any event that can be perceived by a dog. Examples include a
light, a noise, a smell, a touch.
Reinforcer - correct answers ✔✔A reward that a dog likes or enjoys.
Conditioned reinforcer - correct answers ✔✔Over time a dog may learn to associate the word
yes or other stimulus with a reinforcer. When a dog makes an association between a stimulus
and reinforcer the stimulus because a conditioned reinforcer.
Schedules of reinforcement - correct answers ✔✔Dogs can receive continuous reinforcement or
intermittent reinforcement. With continuous reinforcement, the dog is rewarded with a primary
reinforcer, typically a treat, every time they preform a desired behavior. Once the dog knows the
behavior, an intermittent reinforcement schedule replaces the continuous schedule.
