CPDT-KA EXAMINATION STUDY GUIDE 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
◉ Maintain a behavior for a fixed time to get a reward - stay exercise
is good example. Answer: Fixed Duration (FD)
◉ The response has to happen within a certain time limit. Answer:
Limited Hold
◉ Theory/Principles. Answer: An explanation of how things work
◉ Dog is restrained while handler runs away. Puppy Struggles and is
let go. Puppy learns to follow handler when they run away. Is this R+,
R-, P+, or P-?. Answer: Negative Reinforcement (R-)
◉ Taste Aversion Learning. Answer: When an animal learns to avoid
certain foods
◉ Adaption. Answer: The tiring of sensory neurons of the nervous
system that perceive stimulus
◉ Another name for Canine Hepatitis. Answer: Canine Adenovirus 2
,◉ Achieving great generalization. Answer: Proofing
◉ Latency. Answer: How fast the dog performs the behavior
◉ Blocking. Answer: Stimulus becomes irrelevant if it is presented
with an already familiar stimulus
◉ Pack Mentality. Answer: Social Facilitation
◉ Law of Parsimony (Occam's Razor). Answer: simplest and most
likely explanation is probably correct
◉ Contracted from fleas or small animals. Answer: Tapeworms
◉ Dog's mouth in a defensive manner. Answer: Lips retract
horizontally, can see back teeth
◉ Dog's mouth to an offensive threat. Answer: Lips retract vertically,
c-shaped
◉ Tertiary Reinforcer. Answer: cues the dog knows and enjoys doing.
The doing is the reinforcer
, ◉ Jacobson's organ. Answer: Vomeronasal - scenting organ located
in roof of mouth
◉ 4 Stages of Learning. Answer: Acquisition, Fluency, Generalization,
Maintenance
◉ Flehmen response. Answer: Flicking tongue to receive olfactory
info
◉ Infectious Bronchitis. Answer: Parainfluenza
◉ Salience. Answer: Noticeable
◉ Brucellosis. Answer: Bacterial infection of the reproductive
organs. Can cause miscarriage, puppy death, sterility, and infertility
◉ Blending. Answer: A process by which people get along better by
emphasizing the similarities between them.
◉ Overshadowing. Answer: When the preferred stimulus is not
noticed because there's a more noticeable stimulus present
◉ Temperament. Answer: Nature + Nurture + Experiences during
critical periods
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
◉ Maintain a behavior for a fixed time to get a reward - stay exercise
is good example. Answer: Fixed Duration (FD)
◉ The response has to happen within a certain time limit. Answer:
Limited Hold
◉ Theory/Principles. Answer: An explanation of how things work
◉ Dog is restrained while handler runs away. Puppy Struggles and is
let go. Puppy learns to follow handler when they run away. Is this R+,
R-, P+, or P-?. Answer: Negative Reinforcement (R-)
◉ Taste Aversion Learning. Answer: When an animal learns to avoid
certain foods
◉ Adaption. Answer: The tiring of sensory neurons of the nervous
system that perceive stimulus
◉ Another name for Canine Hepatitis. Answer: Canine Adenovirus 2
,◉ Achieving great generalization. Answer: Proofing
◉ Latency. Answer: How fast the dog performs the behavior
◉ Blocking. Answer: Stimulus becomes irrelevant if it is presented
with an already familiar stimulus
◉ Pack Mentality. Answer: Social Facilitation
◉ Law of Parsimony (Occam's Razor). Answer: simplest and most
likely explanation is probably correct
◉ Contracted from fleas or small animals. Answer: Tapeworms
◉ Dog's mouth in a defensive manner. Answer: Lips retract
horizontally, can see back teeth
◉ Dog's mouth to an offensive threat. Answer: Lips retract vertically,
c-shaped
◉ Tertiary Reinforcer. Answer: cues the dog knows and enjoys doing.
The doing is the reinforcer
, ◉ Jacobson's organ. Answer: Vomeronasal - scenting organ located
in roof of mouth
◉ 4 Stages of Learning. Answer: Acquisition, Fluency, Generalization,
Maintenance
◉ Flehmen response. Answer: Flicking tongue to receive olfactory
info
◉ Infectious Bronchitis. Answer: Parainfluenza
◉ Salience. Answer: Noticeable
◉ Brucellosis. Answer: Bacterial infection of the reproductive
organs. Can cause miscarriage, puppy death, sterility, and infertility
◉ Blending. Answer: A process by which people get along better by
emphasizing the similarities between them.
◉ Overshadowing. Answer: When the preferred stimulus is not
noticed because there's a more noticeable stimulus present
◉ Temperament. Answer: Nature + Nurture + Experiences during
critical periods
