NFHS Unit 5 Exam 2025
Questions & Verified Solutions
1. Complete the following sentence. _______is the process of acquiring knowledge or skill
through study, experience, or teaching.
a) Intuition
b) Technical ability
c) Learning
d) Tactical ability
2. During the beginning stage of skill acquisition, the student is focused on:
a) Developing a motor program for the technique being performed.
b) Tactical abilities.
c) Making adjustments to basic technique.
d) None of the above
3. During the intermediate stage of learning, the teacher/coach can use which of the following
learning tactics?
a) Allow students to devote their entire attention to technical learning during practice
sessions.
b) Structure practice sessions to enhance technical/tactical development and learning.
c) Provide feedback after every success.
d) Use short and concise statements to tell the student what to look for in their technical
performance
4. What are three common learning styles?
a) Visual, Musical, Tactile
b) Auditory, Reading, Interpersonal
c) Auditory, Kinesthetic, Visual
d) Auditory, Spatial, Logical
5. Select the type of skill required in the following sport situation:
Shortstop executing a double play
A) Open
B) Closed
6. Select the type of skill required in the following sport situation: Tennis serve
A) Open
B) Closed
7. Select the type of skill required in the following sport situation:
Swimming start
1/7
, A) Open
B) Closed
8. Select the type of skill required in the following sport situation: Single-leg takedown in
wrestling
A) Open
B) Closed
9. Select the type of skill required in the following sport situation: Shot put
A) Open
B) Closed
10. Select the type of skill required in the following sport situation:
Rebounding in basketball
A) Open
B) Closed
11. If a skill causes physical fatigue, demands intense concentration, or has the potential to
become tedious, practice sessions should be long with short periods of rest between sessions.
a) True
b) False
12. Regardless of innate talent, hereditary predispositions, and genetic limitations, high
levels of skill cannot be acquired without years of deliberate practice.
a) True
b) False
13. Variable practice would be most effective in learning a skill under which conditions?
a) When the conditions under which the skill is executed do not change
b) When students are just starting to learn the skill
c) When the skill causes physical fatigue
d) When the conditions under which the skill is executed change frequently: -
14. Practice sessions must accommodate different rates of learning.
a) True
b) False
15. The decision to use the "whole" method of practice should be made when:
a) The techniques being learned are high in interdependence.
b) The techniques being learned are low in interdependence.
c) The techniques learned cannot be combined.
d) None of the above
16. The 5-step process for tactical interviewing is:
a) Observe, Ask, Tell, Assess, Feedback
b) Observe, Ask, Listen, Assess, Feedback
c) Observe, Attend, Question, Correct, Evaluate
d) Observe, Question, Share, Evaluate, Observe Again:
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Questions & Verified Solutions
1. Complete the following sentence. _______is the process of acquiring knowledge or skill
through study, experience, or teaching.
a) Intuition
b) Technical ability
c) Learning
d) Tactical ability
2. During the beginning stage of skill acquisition, the student is focused on:
a) Developing a motor program for the technique being performed.
b) Tactical abilities.
c) Making adjustments to basic technique.
d) None of the above
3. During the intermediate stage of learning, the teacher/coach can use which of the following
learning tactics?
a) Allow students to devote their entire attention to technical learning during practice
sessions.
b) Structure practice sessions to enhance technical/tactical development and learning.
c) Provide feedback after every success.
d) Use short and concise statements to tell the student what to look for in their technical
performance
4. What are three common learning styles?
a) Visual, Musical, Tactile
b) Auditory, Reading, Interpersonal
c) Auditory, Kinesthetic, Visual
d) Auditory, Spatial, Logical
5. Select the type of skill required in the following sport situation:
Shortstop executing a double play
A) Open
B) Closed
6. Select the type of skill required in the following sport situation: Tennis serve
A) Open
B) Closed
7. Select the type of skill required in the following sport situation:
Swimming start
1/7
, A) Open
B) Closed
8. Select the type of skill required in the following sport situation: Single-leg takedown in
wrestling
A) Open
B) Closed
9. Select the type of skill required in the following sport situation: Shot put
A) Open
B) Closed
10. Select the type of skill required in the following sport situation:
Rebounding in basketball
A) Open
B) Closed
11. If a skill causes physical fatigue, demands intense concentration, or has the potential to
become tedious, practice sessions should be long with short periods of rest between sessions.
a) True
b) False
12. Regardless of innate talent, hereditary predispositions, and genetic limitations, high
levels of skill cannot be acquired without years of deliberate practice.
a) True
b) False
13. Variable practice would be most effective in learning a skill under which conditions?
a) When the conditions under which the skill is executed do not change
b) When students are just starting to learn the skill
c) When the skill causes physical fatigue
d) When the conditions under which the skill is executed change frequently: -
14. Practice sessions must accommodate different rates of learning.
a) True
b) False
15. The decision to use the "whole" method of practice should be made when:
a) The techniques being learned are high in interdependence.
b) The techniques being learned are low in interdependence.
c) The techniques learned cannot be combined.
d) None of the above
16. The 5-step process for tactical interviewing is:
a) Observe, Ask, Tell, Assess, Feedback
b) Observe, Ask, Listen, Assess, Feedback
c) Observe, Attend, Question, Correct, Evaluate
d) Observe, Question, Share, Evaluate, Observe Again:
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