PGA Level 1 Teaching & Coaching Exam Test with
Answers Graded A
Improvement in golf skill performance due to ANSWER -1) Early (cognitive), 2)
increased strength and flexibility as a result of Intermediate (associative), 3) Advanced
participation in a fitness program is that learning (autonomous)
has taken place. (T/F) - ANSWER -False
Memory - ANSWER -An internal
A common mistake in teaching is the expectation representation of an event, experience, or
that the student will be able to learn a skill from a something learned, and is about its storage and
verbal suggestion. (T/F) - ANSWER -True retrieval.
Cognitive learning is the first phase of learning a Retention - ANSWER -Persistence or
student will pass through when learning a new durability over time of something learned.
skill. (T/F) - ANSWER -True
A student's improved performance by the end of
Effectively inhibiting unwanted movements is a the first lesson is evidence that learning has
characteristic of the autonomous phase of occurred. (T/F) - ANSWER -True
learning. (T/F) - ANSWER -True
As learning takes place there are 4 performance
Competing movements encountered in new skill characteristics observed. What are they? -
learning can cause a motor program memory to ANSWER -Improvement, consistency,
be forgotten. (T/F) - ANSWER -True persistence, adaptability
Students can expect a slower rate of learning as According to the Challenge Point Framework, the
they progress through the 3 phases of golf skill level of difficulty should be increased as a player
learning. (T/F) - ANSWER -True improves or becomes familiar with how swing
movements feel. (T/F) - ANSWER -True
Motor learning has taken place when the
improvements in skill technique were caused by Changes in performance that result from
changes in motivation. (T/F) - ANSWER - increased motivation are suitable as evidence for
False learning? (T/F) - ANSWER -False
3 Phases of Golf Skill Learning - One-minute is about the short term memory
, PGA Level 1 Teaching & Coaching Exam Test with
Answers Graded A
storage capacity for new cognitive information What happens to the student in the early phase
before it is lost due to inattention? (T/F) - of golf skill learning? - ANSWER -The
ANSWER -True student may have cognitive self-talk aloud, lack
confidence, and fear of failure.
Performance production measures are the result
of the movement. (T/F) - ANSWER -True What should instructors teach their students in
the early learning phase? - ANSWER -
1)Explain and demonstrate the new skill or
correction, 2)CLEARLY point out appropriate
Intrinsic Feedback - ANSWER -Comes cues, 3)Encourage students to exercise patience
solely from the student and arises as a natural in learning and 4) Encourage positive and
consequence of the performed skill. rational self talk.
Augmented Feedback - ANSWER - How does a student transfer golf skills learned in
Received from a source external to the performer the cognitive phase to play on the course in the
that supplements the intrinsic feedback. intermediate phase? - ANSWER -Transfer
Practice
Performance is: - ANSWER -Observable
Behavior What would be a Transfer Test to determine
learning? - ANSWER -If a student has been
chipping on flat lie, move the student to uneven
lies.
Learning is not: - ANSWER -Observable
Behavior
What would be a Retention Test to determine
learning? - ANSWER -If the student takes a
What is an indication that learning has occurred? lesson and then practices three times that week,
- ANSWER -When a relatively permanent how will the skill hold up after two weeks with no
change in performance has occurred. practice.
According to the 2004 Guadagnoli and Lee study,
Outcome Measures - ANSWER -simply
what is the optimal challenge point? -
focus on what happens as a result of the
movement. ANSWER -the middle ground between
being under challenged and over challenged.
, PGA Level 1 Teaching & Coaching Exam Test with
Answers Graded A
What is the first thing an instructor should test
According to the Gentile's Model what is the when determining the physical capabilities of a
second stage of learning called? - junior golfer? - ANSWER -Heredity
ANSWER -Fixation/Diversification Stage
Which exercises are best for evaluating a juniors'
Confidence is a performance characteristic that movement patterns? - ANSWER -Problem
is observed as learning takes place. (T/F) - solving and discovery
ANSWER -False
Teachers must exhibit qualities that students
What should instructors limit the amount of to value when modeling professional standards.
help students process information from short- (T/F) - ANSWER -True
term to long-term memory? - ANSWER -
Information
One way that disciplined teachers can
demonstrate consistency and balance is to
Where does the ability to retrieve accomplished moderate their praise for student successes.
swing skills reside? - ANSWER -Recall (T/F) - ANSWER -True
Memory
Professional instruction practice recommends
Fundamental movement skills should be the that teachers keep their interest in the lives of
focus of pre-teen training?(T/F) - their students "on the lesson tee". (T/F) -
ANSWER -True ANSWER -True
Early success in golf for Juniors is the reliable The use of communication technology can
predictor of long-term success. (T/F) - dramatically reduce the number of lesson no-
ANSWER -False shows. (T/F) - ANSWER -True
What should the learning environment What has research shown to be directly
emphasize when working with early childhood correlated with the teacher's level of enthusiasm?
students? - ANSWER -Building many - ANSWER -Greater student enjoyment
different fundamental moving patterns and skills
What can an instructor do which likely would
Answers Graded A
Improvement in golf skill performance due to ANSWER -1) Early (cognitive), 2)
increased strength and flexibility as a result of Intermediate (associative), 3) Advanced
participation in a fitness program is that learning (autonomous)
has taken place. (T/F) - ANSWER -False
Memory - ANSWER -An internal
A common mistake in teaching is the expectation representation of an event, experience, or
that the student will be able to learn a skill from a something learned, and is about its storage and
verbal suggestion. (T/F) - ANSWER -True retrieval.
Cognitive learning is the first phase of learning a Retention - ANSWER -Persistence or
student will pass through when learning a new durability over time of something learned.
skill. (T/F) - ANSWER -True
A student's improved performance by the end of
Effectively inhibiting unwanted movements is a the first lesson is evidence that learning has
characteristic of the autonomous phase of occurred. (T/F) - ANSWER -True
learning. (T/F) - ANSWER -True
As learning takes place there are 4 performance
Competing movements encountered in new skill characteristics observed. What are they? -
learning can cause a motor program memory to ANSWER -Improvement, consistency,
be forgotten. (T/F) - ANSWER -True persistence, adaptability
Students can expect a slower rate of learning as According to the Challenge Point Framework, the
they progress through the 3 phases of golf skill level of difficulty should be increased as a player
learning. (T/F) - ANSWER -True improves or becomes familiar with how swing
movements feel. (T/F) - ANSWER -True
Motor learning has taken place when the
improvements in skill technique were caused by Changes in performance that result from
changes in motivation. (T/F) - ANSWER - increased motivation are suitable as evidence for
False learning? (T/F) - ANSWER -False
3 Phases of Golf Skill Learning - One-minute is about the short term memory
, PGA Level 1 Teaching & Coaching Exam Test with
Answers Graded A
storage capacity for new cognitive information What happens to the student in the early phase
before it is lost due to inattention? (T/F) - of golf skill learning? - ANSWER -The
ANSWER -True student may have cognitive self-talk aloud, lack
confidence, and fear of failure.
Performance production measures are the result
of the movement. (T/F) - ANSWER -True What should instructors teach their students in
the early learning phase? - ANSWER -
1)Explain and demonstrate the new skill or
correction, 2)CLEARLY point out appropriate
Intrinsic Feedback - ANSWER -Comes cues, 3)Encourage students to exercise patience
solely from the student and arises as a natural in learning and 4) Encourage positive and
consequence of the performed skill. rational self talk.
Augmented Feedback - ANSWER - How does a student transfer golf skills learned in
Received from a source external to the performer the cognitive phase to play on the course in the
that supplements the intrinsic feedback. intermediate phase? - ANSWER -Transfer
Practice
Performance is: - ANSWER -Observable
Behavior What would be a Transfer Test to determine
learning? - ANSWER -If a student has been
chipping on flat lie, move the student to uneven
lies.
Learning is not: - ANSWER -Observable
Behavior
What would be a Retention Test to determine
learning? - ANSWER -If the student takes a
What is an indication that learning has occurred? lesson and then practices three times that week,
- ANSWER -When a relatively permanent how will the skill hold up after two weeks with no
change in performance has occurred. practice.
According to the 2004 Guadagnoli and Lee study,
Outcome Measures - ANSWER -simply
what is the optimal challenge point? -
focus on what happens as a result of the
movement. ANSWER -the middle ground between
being under challenged and over challenged.
, PGA Level 1 Teaching & Coaching Exam Test with
Answers Graded A
What is the first thing an instructor should test
According to the Gentile's Model what is the when determining the physical capabilities of a
second stage of learning called? - junior golfer? - ANSWER -Heredity
ANSWER -Fixation/Diversification Stage
Which exercises are best for evaluating a juniors'
Confidence is a performance characteristic that movement patterns? - ANSWER -Problem
is observed as learning takes place. (T/F) - solving and discovery
ANSWER -False
Teachers must exhibit qualities that students
What should instructors limit the amount of to value when modeling professional standards.
help students process information from short- (T/F) - ANSWER -True
term to long-term memory? - ANSWER -
Information
One way that disciplined teachers can
demonstrate consistency and balance is to
Where does the ability to retrieve accomplished moderate their praise for student successes.
swing skills reside? - ANSWER -Recall (T/F) - ANSWER -True
Memory
Professional instruction practice recommends
Fundamental movement skills should be the that teachers keep their interest in the lives of
focus of pre-teen training?(T/F) - their students "on the lesson tee". (T/F) -
ANSWER -True ANSWER -True
Early success in golf for Juniors is the reliable The use of communication technology can
predictor of long-term success. (T/F) - dramatically reduce the number of lesson no-
ANSWER -False shows. (T/F) - ANSWER -True
What should the learning environment What has research shown to be directly
emphasize when working with early childhood correlated with the teacher's level of enthusiasm?
students? - ANSWER -Building many - ANSWER -Greater student enjoyment
different fundamental moving patterns and skills
What can an instructor do which likely would
