Certificate in Sport
Psychology Exam
,Multiple-choice questions
Question 1
A proposed description contains an incorrect bracketed expression. Which replacement makes the
description accurate?
Systemic and Multi-Stakeholder Interventions: Working [Incidents] with multidisciplinary sports science
teams (physiotherapists, strength and conditioning coaches, nutritionists, medical staff, and administrators).
A. Incidents
B. alliances
C. collaboratively
D. organizations
Correct Answer: C
Full Explanation: Applied Practice, Consultation, and Systemic Work: Systemic and Multi-Stakeholder
Interventions: Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary sports science teams (physiotherapists, strength
and conditioning coaches, nutritionists, medical staff, and administrators). The required expression is
“collaboratively”; it completes the specific association described, rather than substituting a different
concept.
Question 2
Which term correctly completes the following description?
Performance ____ and Behavioral Observation: Qualitative and quantitative tracking of psychological skills,
emotional states, stress indicators, and behavioral patterns in training and competition contexts.
A. Selection
B. Profiling
C. administration
D. Screening
Correct Answer: B
Full Explanation: Psychological Assessment and Diagnostics in Sport: Performance Profiling and Behavioral
Observation: Qualitative and quantitative tracking of psychological skills, emotional states, stress indicators,
and behavioral patterns in training and competition contexts. The required expression is “Profiling”; it
completes the specific association described, rather than substituting a different concept.
Question 3
A proposed description contains an incorrect bracketed expression. Which replacement makes the
description accurate?
Coach and Stakeholder Education: [conditioning coaches] to create autonomy-supportive environments,
effective communication strategies, and conflict-resolution frameworks within teams.
A. sporting organizations
B. Consultation Models
C. Training coaches
D. conditioning coaches
Correct Answer: C
Full Explanation: Applied Practice, Consultation, and Systemic Work: Coach and Stakeholder Education:
Training coaches to create autonomy-supportive environments, effective communication strategies, and
conflict-resolution frameworks within teams. The required expression is “Training coaches”; it completes the
specific association described, rather than substituting a different concept.
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Question 4
Which expression preserves the stated quality-control requirement?
____ (PST): Design and implementation of structured programs targeting goal setting, arousal regulation,
imagery/visualization, self-talk, and concentration control.
A. mental preparation
B. Continuous Professional Development
C. intrinsic/extrinsic motivational regulation
D. Psychological Skills Training
Correct Answer: D
Full Explanation: Psychological Intervention, Training, and Enhancement Techniques: Psychological Skills
Training (PST): Design and implementation of structured programs targeting goal setting, arousal regulation,
imagery/visualization, self-talk, and concentration control. The required expression is “Psychological Skills
Training”; it completes the specific association described, rather than substituting a different concept.
Question 5
Which expression is needed to make this description accurate?
Personality, ____ Differences, and Motivation: Trait vs. state approaches, athletic identity, dispositional
orientations, achievement goal theory, self-determination theory, and intrinsic/extrinsic motivational
regulation in sport.
A. Historical
B. Biological
C. Neurophysiological
D. Individual
Correct Answer: D
Full Explanation: Advanced Theoretical Foundations in Sport and Exercise Psychology: Personality,
Individual Differences, and Motivation: Trait vs. state approaches, athletic identity, dispositional orientations,
achievement goal theory, self-determination theory, and intrinsic/extrinsic motivational regulation in sport.
The required expression is “Individual”; it completes the specific association described, rather than
substituting a different concept.
Question 6
Which expression completes the stated purpose or application?
Crisis Management and Critical Incidents: ____ and intervention strategies for sudden team crises,
catastrophic injuries, sudden performance slumps, or retirement/career transition.
A. sporting organizations
B. Psychological first aid
C. create autonomy-supportive environments
D. Working collaboratively
Correct Answer: B
Full Explanation: Applied Practice, Consultation, and Systemic Work: Crisis Management and Critical
Incidents: Psychological first aid and intervention strategies for sudden team crises, catastrophic injuries,
sudden performance slumps, or retirement/career transition. The required expression is “Psychological first
aid”; it completes the specific association described, rather than substituting a different concept.
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Question 7
Which option correctly fills the blank in this technical statement?
Coach and Stakeholder Education: Training coaches to create autonomy-supportive environments, effective
____ strategies, and conflict-resolution frameworks within teams.
A. communication
B. establishing
C. intervention
D. restructuring
Correct Answer: A
Full Explanation: Applied Practice, Consultation, and Systemic Work: Coach and Stakeholder Education:
Training coaches to create autonomy-supportive environments, effective communication strategies, and
conflict-resolution frameworks within teams. The required expression is “communication”; it completes the
specific association described, rather than substituting a different concept.
Question 8
Complete this statement by selecting the most appropriate term.
Coping with Pressure and Performance Anxiety: Cognitive restructuring, stress-inoculation training,
management of ____, and emotional regulation strategies.
A. rehabilitation protocols
B. concentration control
C. choking under pressure
D. sports injuries
Correct Answer: C
Full Explanation: Psychological Intervention, Training, and Enhancement Techniques: Coping with Pressure
and Performance Anxiety: Cognitive restructuring, stress-inoculation training, management of choking under
pressure, and emotional regulation strategies. The required expression is “choking under pressure”; it
completes the specific association described, rather than substituting a different concept.
Question 9
Complete this statement by selecting the most appropriate term.
Consultation Models and Process: Contracting, intake formulation, establishing collaborative ____ alliances,
and managing professional boundaries with athletes, coaches, and sporting organizations.
A. transition
B. working
C. reporting
D. preventing
Correct Answer: B
Full Explanation: Applied Practice, Consultation, and Systemic Work: Consultation Models and Process:
Contracting, intake formulation, establishing collaborative working alliances, and managing professional
boundaries with athletes, coaches, and sporting organizations. The required expression is “working”; it
completes the specific association described, rather than substituting a different concept.
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