PGA PGM LEVEL 1 3.0 TEACHING
AND COACHING EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
,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. -
ANSWERSFalse
A common mistake in teaching is the expectation that the student will be able to learn a
skill from a verbal suggestion - ANSWERSTrue
Autonomous learning is the first phase of learning a student will pass through when
learning a new golf skill. - ANSWERSFalse
Effectively inhibiting unwanted movements is a characteristic of the autonomous phase
of learning. - ANSWERSTrue
Competing movements encountered in new skill learning can cause a motor program
memory to be forgotten. - ANSWERSTrue
Students can expect as lower rate of learning as they progress through the three
phases of golf skill learning. - ANSWERSTrue
Motor learning. has taken place when the improvements in skill technique were caused
by changes in motivation. - ANSWERSFalse
A student's improved performance by the end of the first lesson is evidence that
learning has occurred. - ANSWERSfalse
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. -
ANSWERSTrue
Changes in performance that result from increased motivation are suitable as evidence
for learning? - ANSWERSFalse
One minute is about the short-term memory storage capacity for new cognitive
information before it is lost due to inattention? - ANSWERSTrue
Performance production measures are the result of the movement. - ANSWERSFalse
What is an indication that learning has occurred? - ANSWERSRelative permeant
change
What is the basis on which instructors can make reliable inferences that learning has
taken place? - ANSWERSPermeant results in experience and practice
, How does a student transfer golf skills learned in the cognitive phase to play on the
course in the intermediate learning phase? - ANSWERS......
What increases as students transition from early to intermediate to the advanced phase
of learning? - ANSWERSMovement coordination
What is the definition of learning? - ANSWERSRelatively permeant change
What would be a Transfer Test to determine learning? - ANSWERSTaking time off and
coming back
According to the 2004 Guadagnoli and Lee study, what is the optimal challenge point? -
ANSWERSMiddle ground of challenge
According to Gentile's Model, what is the second stage of learning called? -
ANSWERSFixation/diversification
Confidence is a performance characteristic that is observed as learning takes place. -
ANSWERSFalse
What should instructors limit to help students process information from short term to
long-term memory? - ANSWERSChunks and cues
Where does the ability to retrieve accomplished swing skills reside - ANSWERSLong-
term memory
What is the essential assumption of the basic information processing model? -
ANSWERSPeople are active processors of information
Juniors: Learning, fitness, Develop Programs - ANSWERS
Fundamental movement skills should be the focus of pre-teen training?( -
ANSWERSTrue
Early success in golf for Juniors is the reliable predictor of long-term success. -
ANSWERSFalse
What should the learning environment emphasize when working with early childhood
students? - ANSWERSExperimentations with movement and skills
What is the first thing an instructor should test when determining the physical
capabilities of a junior golfer? - ANSWERSMotor skills
Which exercises are best for evaluating a junior's movement patterns? -
ANSWERSThrowing, striking, running, skipping
AND COACHING EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
,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. -
ANSWERSFalse
A common mistake in teaching is the expectation that the student will be able to learn a
skill from a verbal suggestion - ANSWERSTrue
Autonomous learning is the first phase of learning a student will pass through when
learning a new golf skill. - ANSWERSFalse
Effectively inhibiting unwanted movements is a characteristic of the autonomous phase
of learning. - ANSWERSTrue
Competing movements encountered in new skill learning can cause a motor program
memory to be forgotten. - ANSWERSTrue
Students can expect as lower rate of learning as they progress through the three
phases of golf skill learning. - ANSWERSTrue
Motor learning. has taken place when the improvements in skill technique were caused
by changes in motivation. - ANSWERSFalse
A student's improved performance by the end of the first lesson is evidence that
learning has occurred. - ANSWERSfalse
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. -
ANSWERSTrue
Changes in performance that result from increased motivation are suitable as evidence
for learning? - ANSWERSFalse
One minute is about the short-term memory storage capacity for new cognitive
information before it is lost due to inattention? - ANSWERSTrue
Performance production measures are the result of the movement. - ANSWERSFalse
What is an indication that learning has occurred? - ANSWERSRelative permeant
change
What is the basis on which instructors can make reliable inferences that learning has
taken place? - ANSWERSPermeant results in experience and practice
, How does a student transfer golf skills learned in the cognitive phase to play on the
course in the intermediate learning phase? - ANSWERS......
What increases as students transition from early to intermediate to the advanced phase
of learning? - ANSWERSMovement coordination
What is the definition of learning? - ANSWERSRelatively permeant change
What would be a Transfer Test to determine learning? - ANSWERSTaking time off and
coming back
According to the 2004 Guadagnoli and Lee study, what is the optimal challenge point? -
ANSWERSMiddle ground of challenge
According to Gentile's Model, what is the second stage of learning called? -
ANSWERSFixation/diversification
Confidence is a performance characteristic that is observed as learning takes place. -
ANSWERSFalse
What should instructors limit to help students process information from short term to
long-term memory? - ANSWERSChunks and cues
Where does the ability to retrieve accomplished swing skills reside - ANSWERSLong-
term memory
What is the essential assumption of the basic information processing model? -
ANSWERSPeople are active processors of information
Juniors: Learning, fitness, Develop Programs - ANSWERS
Fundamental movement skills should be the focus of pre-teen training?( -
ANSWERSTrue
Early success in golf for Juniors is the reliable predictor of long-term success. -
ANSWERSFalse
What should the learning environment emphasize when working with early childhood
students? - ANSWERSExperimentations with movement and skills
What is the first thing an instructor should test when determining the physical
capabilities of a junior golfer? - ANSWERSMotor skills
Which exercises are best for evaluating a junior's movement patterns? -
ANSWERSThrowing, striking, running, skipping
