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PGA Level 1 Test - Introduction to Teaching
and Coaching. Exam Questions And Answers
|Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass.
Improvement in golf skill performance due to increased strength and flexibility as a result of
participation in a fitness program is evidence that learning has taken place. - Answer✔False
A common mistake in teaching is the expectation that the student will be able to learn a skill
from a verbal suggestion. - Answer✔True
Autonomous learning is the first phase of learning a student will pass through when learning a
new golf skill. - Answer✔False
Effectively inhibiting unwanted movements is a characteristic of the autonomous phase of
learning. - Answer✔True
Competing movements encountered in new skill learning can cause a motor program memory
to be forgotten. - Answer✔True
Students can expect a slower rate of learning as they progress through the three phases of golf
skill learning. - Answer✔True
Motor learning has taken place when the improvements in skill technique were caused by
changes in motivation. - Answer✔False
A student's improved performance by the end of the first lesson is evidence that learning has
occurred. - Answer✔False
According to the Challenge Point Framework, the level of difficulty should be increased as a
player improves or becomes familiar with how swing movements feel. - Answer✔True
Changes in performance that result from increased motivation are suitable as evidence for
learning? - Answer✔False
One minute is about the short-term memory storage capacity for new cognitive information
before it is lost due to inattention? - Answer✔True
Performance production measures are the result of the movement. - Answer✔True
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What is an indication that learning has occurred? - Answer✔A relatively permanent change is
observed
What is the basis on which instructors can make reliable inferences that learning has taken
place? - Answer✔Feedback
What happens to the student in the early phase of golf skill learning? - Answer✔When students
try to perform the movements patterns that make up the new skill, they do so cognitively or by
actively thinking how to perform the movement pattern.
What should instructors teach their students in their early learning phase? - Answer✔The
instructor should communicate using words, visual or kinesthetic examples, or other feedback
tools to help illustrate a point. The teacher is responsible for communicating important
relationships between movement patterns that make up the old and the new skill.
What is the definition of learning? - Answer✔The change in the ability of a person to perform a
skill
What would be a Transfer Test to determine learning? - Answer✔Test the skill in a new
environment to change the skill slightly
What would be a Retention Test to determine learning? - Answer✔Will the learned golf skill
hold up if not practiced for a couple of weeks
Confidence is a performance characteristic that is observed as learning takes place. -
Answer✔True
What should instructors limit the amount of to help students process information from short
term to long-term memory? - Answer✔The amount of information given during a lesson. Point
out only one or two cues.
What is the essential assumption of the basic information processing model? - Answer✔Basic
concepts that teachers must master in order to understand how their students process
information.
Fundamental movement skills should be the focus of pre-teen training? - Answer✔True
Early success in golf for Juniors is the reliable predictor of long-term success. - Answer✔False
What should the learning environment emphasize when working with early childhood
students? - Answer✔The goal of movement and acquiring the movement pattern or golf skill
through problem solving and discovery rather than directly teaching the mechanics of the
movements.
What is the first thing an instructor should test when determining the physical capabilities of a
junior golfer? - Answer✔Motor skills
What is likely being evaluated when an informed instructor asks a junior golfer to throw or kick
a ball? - Answer✔Cross crawl movement pattern
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PGA Level 1 Test - Introduction to Teaching
and Coaching. Exam Questions And Answers
|Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass.
Improvement in golf skill performance due to increased strength and flexibility as a result of
participation in a fitness program is evidence that learning has taken place. - Answer✔False
A common mistake in teaching is the expectation that the student will be able to learn a skill
from a verbal suggestion. - Answer✔True
Autonomous learning is the first phase of learning a student will pass through when learning a
new golf skill. - Answer✔False
Effectively inhibiting unwanted movements is a characteristic of the autonomous phase of
learning. - Answer✔True
Competing movements encountered in new skill learning can cause a motor program memory
to be forgotten. - Answer✔True
Students can expect a slower rate of learning as they progress through the three phases of golf
skill learning. - Answer✔True
Motor learning has taken place when the improvements in skill technique were caused by
changes in motivation. - Answer✔False
A student's improved performance by the end of the first lesson is evidence that learning has
occurred. - Answer✔False
According to the Challenge Point Framework, the level of difficulty should be increased as a
player improves or becomes familiar with how swing movements feel. - Answer✔True
Changes in performance that result from increased motivation are suitable as evidence for
learning? - Answer✔False
One minute is about the short-term memory storage capacity for new cognitive information
before it is lost due to inattention? - Answer✔True
Performance production measures are the result of the movement. - Answer✔True
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What is an indication that learning has occurred? - Answer✔A relatively permanent change is
observed
What is the basis on which instructors can make reliable inferences that learning has taken
place? - Answer✔Feedback
What happens to the student in the early phase of golf skill learning? - Answer✔When students
try to perform the movements patterns that make up the new skill, they do so cognitively or by
actively thinking how to perform the movement pattern.
What should instructors teach their students in their early learning phase? - Answer✔The
instructor should communicate using words, visual or kinesthetic examples, or other feedback
tools to help illustrate a point. The teacher is responsible for communicating important
relationships between movement patterns that make up the old and the new skill.
What is the definition of learning? - Answer✔The change in the ability of a person to perform a
skill
What would be a Transfer Test to determine learning? - Answer✔Test the skill in a new
environment to change the skill slightly
What would be a Retention Test to determine learning? - Answer✔Will the learned golf skill
hold up if not practiced for a couple of weeks
Confidence is a performance characteristic that is observed as learning takes place. -
Answer✔True
What should instructors limit the amount of to help students process information from short
term to long-term memory? - Answer✔The amount of information given during a lesson. Point
out only one or two cues.
What is the essential assumption of the basic information processing model? - Answer✔Basic
concepts that teachers must master in order to understand how their students process
information.
Fundamental movement skills should be the focus of pre-teen training? - Answer✔True
Early success in golf for Juniors is the reliable predictor of long-term success. - Answer✔False
What should the learning environment emphasize when working with early childhood
students? - Answer✔The goal of movement and acquiring the movement pattern or golf skill
through problem solving and discovery rather than directly teaching the mechanics of the
movements.
What is the first thing an instructor should test when determining the physical capabilities of a
junior golfer? - Answer✔Motor skills
What is likely being evaluated when an informed instructor asks a junior golfer to throw or kick
a ball? - Answer✔Cross crawl movement pattern
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