PGA PGM 3.0 - LEVEL 3 PRACTICE QUESTIONS –
LATEST EXAM STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS
WITH 100% VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2025
A teacher determines that a student better relates to internal motor imagery.
What technique would be most successful for this student? - Correct Answer
Using internal imagery. Player imagines what they see and feel when they
execute the swing from the performer's perspective
What is the cognitive rehearsal of a physical activity in the absence of any
observable muscular movement? - Correct Answer Mental practice
What is a conscious experience in which a player uses all her senses to create or
recreate the execution of a motor skill in the player's mind? - Correct Answer
Motor imagery
A student relates primarily to which type of imagery if she is unable to learn from
a face-on video of her swing? - Correct Answer External imagery
A student relates primarily to which type of imagery if she is able to learn from a
face-on video of her swing? - Correct Answer Internal imagery
,Does cognitively rehearsing procedural skills at a fast rate before physically
performing them interfere with the benefits of mental practice? - Correct Answer
False - practicing at a faster rate helps remember the steps they need to perform
What is the definition of modeling when used for teaching and coaching? -
Correct Answer The use of a demonstration as a means of conveying
information about how to perform a motor skill. (Observational learning, used in
demonstration)
When is mental practice and motor imagery most effective? - Correct Answer
When used in conjunction with physical practice
What is the best way for beginners to improve their shot performance? - Correct
Answer Combine mental and physical practice
What makes 'cognitive hypothesis' an effective learning tool? - Correct Answer
Helps identify what to do and where to focus attention
Which condition enhances the benefits of mental practice? - Correct Answer
Cognitive hypothesis
,Based on research, at what speed should a skill be mentally rehearsed prior to
actual performance? - Correct Answer The same as actual performance (the
same speed)
What is an effective means of helping a beginner to use motor imagery to
improve performance? - Correct Answer Combine with physical performance
What situation justifies substituting mental practice for physical practice? -
Correct Answer When the student cannot physically practice
According to research, what will optimize performance when combining mental
and physical practice? - Correct Answer Recall past shots, execute prior
memory
What is an example of "Form Focus of Attention"? - Correct Answer Stance, ball
position, posture
What is an example of retroactive transfer? - Correct Answer Subsequent
learning of a skill affects ability to perform previous acquired skill
, What is the influence of a previous skill on the current skill to be learned
regardless of whether the influence is positive or negative? - Correct Answer
Proactive transfer
Addison has acquired a new student who previously played ice hockey. During
the opening interview, Addison asks questions to find out ways he can take
advantage of previous learning, what skills to teach, and what order to teach
them. This is an example of what learning transfer concept? - Correct Answer
Proactive transfer
What determines the transfer of golf skill learning? - Correct Answer Time,
structural similarity, skills and goals, skill level
What conditions lead to greater learning transfer? - Correct Answer
Same/similar conditions, same/similar skills
What term is used to describe transferring a learned skill of a 20-foot chip onto a
practice green to a 50-foot chip on the same practice green? - Correct Answer
Response generalization
LATEST EXAM STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS
WITH 100% VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2025
A teacher determines that a student better relates to internal motor imagery.
What technique would be most successful for this student? - Correct Answer
Using internal imagery. Player imagines what they see and feel when they
execute the swing from the performer's perspective
What is the cognitive rehearsal of a physical activity in the absence of any
observable muscular movement? - Correct Answer Mental practice
What is a conscious experience in which a player uses all her senses to create or
recreate the execution of a motor skill in the player's mind? - Correct Answer
Motor imagery
A student relates primarily to which type of imagery if she is unable to learn from
a face-on video of her swing? - Correct Answer External imagery
A student relates primarily to which type of imagery if she is able to learn from a
face-on video of her swing? - Correct Answer Internal imagery
,Does cognitively rehearsing procedural skills at a fast rate before physically
performing them interfere with the benefits of mental practice? - Correct Answer
False - practicing at a faster rate helps remember the steps they need to perform
What is the definition of modeling when used for teaching and coaching? -
Correct Answer The use of a demonstration as a means of conveying
information about how to perform a motor skill. (Observational learning, used in
demonstration)
When is mental practice and motor imagery most effective? - Correct Answer
When used in conjunction with physical practice
What is the best way for beginners to improve their shot performance? - Correct
Answer Combine mental and physical practice
What makes 'cognitive hypothesis' an effective learning tool? - Correct Answer
Helps identify what to do and where to focus attention
Which condition enhances the benefits of mental practice? - Correct Answer
Cognitive hypothesis
,Based on research, at what speed should a skill be mentally rehearsed prior to
actual performance? - Correct Answer The same as actual performance (the
same speed)
What is an effective means of helping a beginner to use motor imagery to
improve performance? - Correct Answer Combine with physical performance
What situation justifies substituting mental practice for physical practice? -
Correct Answer When the student cannot physically practice
According to research, what will optimize performance when combining mental
and physical practice? - Correct Answer Recall past shots, execute prior
memory
What is an example of "Form Focus of Attention"? - Correct Answer Stance, ball
position, posture
What is an example of retroactive transfer? - Correct Answer Subsequent
learning of a skill affects ability to perform previous acquired skill
, What is the influence of a previous skill on the current skill to be learned
regardless of whether the influence is positive or negative? - Correct Answer
Proactive transfer
Addison has acquired a new student who previously played ice hockey. During
the opening interview, Addison asks questions to find out ways he can take
advantage of previous learning, what skills to teach, and what order to teach
them. This is an example of what learning transfer concept? - Correct Answer
Proactive transfer
What determines the transfer of golf skill learning? - Correct Answer Time,
structural similarity, skills and goals, skill level
What conditions lead to greater learning transfer? - Correct Answer
Same/similar conditions, same/similar skills
What term is used to describe transferring a learned skill of a 20-foot chip onto a
practice green to a 50-foot chip on the same practice green? - Correct Answer
Response generalization
