PGA PGM ASSOCIATE QUALIFYING
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ 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
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ 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
