CPDT-KA CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
2026 PRACTICE SOLUTION TESTED.
⫸ True or False. It is permissible to turn clients away if you don't like
their lifestyle choices or breed of dog. Ans- False
⫸ True or False. A CPDT-KA should acquire written permission prior to
photographing or videoing clients. Ans- True
⫸ + Positive. Ans- Adding something to the environment giving
something to the learner.
⫸ - Negative. Ans- Taking something away from the environment.
Removing or withholding something from the learner.
⫸ Reinforcer. Ans- Something the learner will work to earn. Something
the learner finds pleasurable. Something that strengthens the likelihood
that a behavior will repeat.
⫸ Punisher. Ans- 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. Ans- Food, reproductive opportunity, water,
physical and emotional security, and play
⫸ Secondary reinforcer. Ans- A stimulus that has been paired with a
primary reinforcer. A clicker, a simple behavior
⫸ Tertiary reinforcer. Ans- A behavior or stimulus that has been paired
with a secondary reinforcer
⫸ Stimulus. Ans- Something that elicits a behavior
⫸ Response. Ans- The behavior elicited by a stimulus
⫸ Antecedent. Ans- Something that comes before a behavior. Often a
stimulus or a cue.
⫸ Behavior. Ans- Something that the learner does in response to the
antecedent.
⫸ Consequence. Ans- What occurs in response to the behavior
⫸ Unconditioned. Ans- A stimulus or response that has meaning but is
not learned. Often initiates a reflex
,⫸ Conditioned. Ans- A stimulus, response etc. that has been taught to
have meaning to the learner.
⫸ Neutral. Ans- A stimulus that has no learned or reflexive meaning to
the learner
⫸ Counter conditioned. Ans- A stimulus response that has a new
redefined meaning than previously learned.
⫸ Desensitization. Ans- Presentation of low levels of a conditioned
stimulus. The learner can avoid responding
⫸ Habituation. Ans- Allowing dog to get used to it
⫸ Overlearning. Ans- Making the lesson so strong in the learners mind
that they know it in all environment
⫸ Eustress. Ans- Good stress. A prime internal state for learning
⫸ Distress. Ans- Bad stress
⫸ Elicited behavior. Ans- Involuntary reflex or emotion-uncontrolled
, ⫸ Emitted. Ans- Voluntary choice
⫸ Extinction. Ans- Decrease the intensity and frequency of a behavior
by removing reinforcement
⫸ Extinction burst. Ans- Early stage of extinction. Initial surge of
extreme behavior. For example an owner is ignoring her dogs barking
and the barking is getting worse.
⫸ Spontaneous recovery. Ans- Extinct behavior comes back. Back
sliding
⫸ Premack principle. Ans- A more likely behavior can reinforce less
likely behavior.
⫸ Thorndike's Law of Effect. Ans- Behaviors are more likely to be
repeated if they lead to satisfying consequences and less likely to be
repeated if they lead to unsatisfying consequences
⫸ Classical conditioning. Ans- Dog ascribes meaning to a neutral thing
according to how it made the learner feel.
2026 PRACTICE SOLUTION TESTED.
⫸ True or False. It is permissible to turn clients away if you don't like
their lifestyle choices or breed of dog. Ans- False
⫸ True or False. A CPDT-KA should acquire written permission prior to
photographing or videoing clients. Ans- True
⫸ + Positive. Ans- Adding something to the environment giving
something to the learner.
⫸ - Negative. Ans- Taking something away from the environment.
Removing or withholding something from the learner.
⫸ Reinforcer. Ans- Something the learner will work to earn. Something
the learner finds pleasurable. Something that strengthens the likelihood
that a behavior will repeat.
⫸ Punisher. Ans- 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. Ans- Food, reproductive opportunity, water,
physical and emotional security, and play
⫸ Secondary reinforcer. Ans- A stimulus that has been paired with a
primary reinforcer. A clicker, a simple behavior
⫸ Tertiary reinforcer. Ans- A behavior or stimulus that has been paired
with a secondary reinforcer
⫸ Stimulus. Ans- Something that elicits a behavior
⫸ Response. Ans- The behavior elicited by a stimulus
⫸ Antecedent. Ans- Something that comes before a behavior. Often a
stimulus or a cue.
⫸ Behavior. Ans- Something that the learner does in response to the
antecedent.
⫸ Consequence. Ans- What occurs in response to the behavior
⫸ Unconditioned. Ans- A stimulus or response that has meaning but is
not learned. Often initiates a reflex
,⫸ Conditioned. Ans- A stimulus, response etc. that has been taught to
have meaning to the learner.
⫸ Neutral. Ans- A stimulus that has no learned or reflexive meaning to
the learner
⫸ Counter conditioned. Ans- A stimulus response that has a new
redefined meaning than previously learned.
⫸ Desensitization. Ans- Presentation of low levels of a conditioned
stimulus. The learner can avoid responding
⫸ Habituation. Ans- Allowing dog to get used to it
⫸ Overlearning. Ans- Making the lesson so strong in the learners mind
that they know it in all environment
⫸ Eustress. Ans- Good stress. A prime internal state for learning
⫸ Distress. Ans- Bad stress
⫸ Elicited behavior. Ans- Involuntary reflex or emotion-uncontrolled
, ⫸ Emitted. Ans- Voluntary choice
⫸ Extinction. Ans- Decrease the intensity and frequency of a behavior
by removing reinforcement
⫸ Extinction burst. Ans- Early stage of extinction. Initial surge of
extreme behavior. For example an owner is ignoring her dogs barking
and the barking is getting worse.
⫸ Spontaneous recovery. Ans- Extinct behavior comes back. Back
sliding
⫸ Premack principle. Ans- A more likely behavior can reinforce less
likely behavior.
⫸ Thorndike's Law of Effect. Ans- Behaviors are more likely to be
repeated if they lead to satisfying consequences and less likely to be
repeated if they lead to unsatisfying consequences
⫸ Classical conditioning. Ans- Dog ascribes meaning to a neutral thing
according to how it made the learner feel.
