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PGA Level 1 Teaching & CoachingTEST FINAL EXAM AND
PRACTICE EXAM 20262027 BANK 2 VERSIONS QUESTIONS
WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS EXAM QUESTIONS
WILL COME FROM HERE (100% CORRECT ANSWERS A+
GRADED
Improvement in golf skill performance due to increased strength and
flexibility as a result of participation in a fitness program is that learning
has taken place. (T/F) - ANSWER--False
A common mistake in teaching is the expectation that the student will
be able to learn a skill from a verbal suggestion. (T/F) - ANSWER--True
Cognitive learning is the first phase of learning a student will pass
through when learning a new skill. (T/F) - ANSWER--True
Effectively inhibiting unwanted movements is a characteristic of the
autonomous phase of learning. (T/F) - ANSWER--True
Competing movements encountered in new skill learning can cause a
motor program memory to be forgotten. (T/F) - ANSWER--True
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Students can expect a slower rate of learning as they progress through
the 3 phases of golf skill learning. (T/F) - ANSWER--True
Motor learning has taken place when the improvements in skill
technique were caused by changes in motivation. (T/F) - ANSWER--
False
3 Phases of Golf Skill Learning - ANSWER--1) Early (cognitive), 2)
Intermediate (associative), 3) Advanced (autonomous)
Memory - ANSWER--An internal representation of an event,
experience, or something learned, and is about its storage and
retrieval.
Retention - ANSWER--Persistence or durability over time of something
learned.
A student's improved performance by the end of the first lesson is
evidence that learning has occurred. (T/F) - ANSWER--True
As learning takes place there are 4 performance characteristics
observed. What are they? - ANSWER--Improvement, consistency,
persistence, adaptability
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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. (T/F) - ANSWER--True
Changes in performance that result from increased motivation are
suitable as evidence for learning? (T/F) - ANSWER--False
One-minute is about the short term memory storage capacity for new
cognitive information before it is lost due to inattention? (T/F) -
ANSWER--True
Performance production measures are the result of the movement.
(T/F) - ANSWER--True
Intrinsic Feedback - ANSWER--Comes solely from the student and arises
as a natural consequence of the performed skill.
Augmented Feedback - ANSWER--Received from a source external to
the performer that supplements the intrinsic feedback.
Performance is: - ANSWER--Observable Behavior
Learning is not: - ANSWER--Observable Behavior
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What is an indication that learning has occurred? - ANSWER--When a
relatively permanent change in performance has occurred.
Outcome Measures - ANSWER--simply focus on what happens as a
result of the movement.
What happens to the student in the early phase of golf skill learning? -
ANSWER--The student may have cognitive self-talk aloud, lack
confidence, and fear of failure.
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 cues, 3)Encourage
students to exercise patience in learning and 4) Encourage positive and
rational self talk.
How does a student transfer golf skills learned in the cognitive phase to
play on the course in the intermediate phase? - ANSWER--Transfer
Practice
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.
What would be a Retention Test to determine learning? - ANSWER--If
the student takes a lesson and then practices three times that week,
how will the skill hold up after two weeks with no practice.
PGA Level 1 Teaching & CoachingTEST FINAL EXAM AND
PRACTICE EXAM 20262027 BANK 2 VERSIONS QUESTIONS
WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS EXAM QUESTIONS
WILL COME FROM HERE (100% CORRECT ANSWERS A+
GRADED
Improvement in golf skill performance due to increased strength and
flexibility as a result of participation in a fitness program is that learning
has taken place. (T/F) - ANSWER--False
A common mistake in teaching is the expectation that the student will
be able to learn a skill from a verbal suggestion. (T/F) - ANSWER--True
Cognitive learning is the first phase of learning a student will pass
through when learning a new skill. (T/F) - ANSWER--True
Effectively inhibiting unwanted movements is a characteristic of the
autonomous phase of learning. (T/F) - ANSWER--True
Competing movements encountered in new skill learning can cause a
motor program memory to be forgotten. (T/F) - ANSWER--True
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Students can expect a slower rate of learning as they progress through
the 3 phases of golf skill learning. (T/F) - ANSWER--True
Motor learning has taken place when the improvements in skill
technique were caused by changes in motivation. (T/F) - ANSWER--
False
3 Phases of Golf Skill Learning - ANSWER--1) Early (cognitive), 2)
Intermediate (associative), 3) Advanced (autonomous)
Memory - ANSWER--An internal representation of an event,
experience, or something learned, and is about its storage and
retrieval.
Retention - ANSWER--Persistence or durability over time of something
learned.
A student's improved performance by the end of the first lesson is
evidence that learning has occurred. (T/F) - ANSWER--True
As learning takes place there are 4 performance characteristics
observed. What are they? - ANSWER--Improvement, consistency,
persistence, adaptability
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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. (T/F) - ANSWER--True
Changes in performance that result from increased motivation are
suitable as evidence for learning? (T/F) - ANSWER--False
One-minute is about the short term memory storage capacity for new
cognitive information before it is lost due to inattention? (T/F) -
ANSWER--True
Performance production measures are the result of the movement.
(T/F) - ANSWER--True
Intrinsic Feedback - ANSWER--Comes solely from the student and arises
as a natural consequence of the performed skill.
Augmented Feedback - ANSWER--Received from a source external to
the performer that supplements the intrinsic feedback.
Performance is: - ANSWER--Observable Behavior
Learning is not: - ANSWER--Observable Behavior
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What is an indication that learning has occurred? - ANSWER--When a
relatively permanent change in performance has occurred.
Outcome Measures - ANSWER--simply focus on what happens as a
result of the movement.
What happens to the student in the early phase of golf skill learning? -
ANSWER--The student may have cognitive self-talk aloud, lack
confidence, and fear of failure.
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 cues, 3)Encourage
students to exercise patience in learning and 4) Encourage positive and
rational self talk.
How does a student transfer golf skills learned in the cognitive phase to
play on the course in the intermediate phase? - ANSWER--Transfer
Practice
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.
What would be a Retention Test to determine learning? - ANSWER--If
the student takes a lesson and then practices three times that week,
how will the skill hold up after two weeks with no practice.
