PGA GOLF MANAGEMENT 3.0 LEVEL 3
EXAM PREP CERTIFICATION REVIEW
GUIDE 2026 SOLUTIONS GUARANTEED
PASS
⫸ 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 as lower 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: False
⫸ What is an indication that learning has occurred? Answer: Relative
permeant change
⫸ What is the basis on which instructors can make reliable inferences
that learning has taken place? Answer: Permeant 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? Answer: ......
,⫸ What increases as students transition from early to intermediate to the
advanced phase of learning? Answer: Movement coordination
⫸ What is the definition of learning? Answer: Relatively permeant
change
⫸ What would be a Transfer Test to determine learning? Answer:
Taking time off and coming back
⫸ According to the 2004 Guadagnoli and Lee study, what is the optimal
challenge point? Answer: Middle ground of challenge
⫸ According to Gentile's Model, what is the second stage of learning
called? Answer: Fixation/diversification
⫸ Confidence is a performance characteristic that is observed as
learning takes place. Answer: False
⫸ What should instructors limit to help students process information
from short term to long-term memory? Answer: Chunks and cues
⫸ Where does the ability to retrieve accomplished swing skills reside
Answer: Long-term memory
⫸ What is the essential assumption of the basic information processing
model? Answer: People are active processors of information
, ⫸ Juniors: Learning, fitness, Develop Programs Answer:
⫸ 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: Experimentations with movement
and skills
⫸ What is the first thing an instructor should test when determining the
physical capabilities of a junior golfer? Answer: Motor skills
⫸ Which exercises are best for evaluating a junior's movement patterns?
Answer: Throwing, striking, running, skipping
⫸ What is likely being evaluated when an informed instructor asks a
junior golfer to throw or kick a ball? Answer: Distance control
⫸ Introduction to building relationships and communication Answer:
EXAM PREP CERTIFICATION REVIEW
GUIDE 2026 SOLUTIONS GUARANTEED
PASS
⫸ 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 as lower 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: False
⫸ What is an indication that learning has occurred? Answer: Relative
permeant change
⫸ What is the basis on which instructors can make reliable inferences
that learning has taken place? Answer: Permeant 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? Answer: ......
,⫸ What increases as students transition from early to intermediate to the
advanced phase of learning? Answer: Movement coordination
⫸ What is the definition of learning? Answer: Relatively permeant
change
⫸ What would be a Transfer Test to determine learning? Answer:
Taking time off and coming back
⫸ According to the 2004 Guadagnoli and Lee study, what is the optimal
challenge point? Answer: Middle ground of challenge
⫸ According to Gentile's Model, what is the second stage of learning
called? Answer: Fixation/diversification
⫸ Confidence is a performance characteristic that is observed as
learning takes place. Answer: False
⫸ What should instructors limit to help students process information
from short term to long-term memory? Answer: Chunks and cues
⫸ Where does the ability to retrieve accomplished swing skills reside
Answer: Long-term memory
⫸ What is the essential assumption of the basic information processing
model? Answer: People are active processors of information
, ⫸ Juniors: Learning, fitness, Develop Programs Answer:
⫸ 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: Experimentations with movement
and skills
⫸ What is the first thing an instructor should test when determining the
physical capabilities of a junior golfer? Answer: Motor skills
⫸ Which exercises are best for evaluating a junior's movement patterns?
Answer: Throwing, striking, running, skipping
⫸ What is likely being evaluated when an informed instructor asks a
junior golfer to throw or kick a ball? Answer: Distance control
⫸ Introduction to building relationships and communication Answer:
