PGA PGM Level 2 Test (Teaching & Coaching) Questions
and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A (2024 /
2025)
Negative augmented feedback can function as either negative reinforcement or
punishment. (T/F) - ANSWERTrue
Instructors should avoid giving positive feedback when using negative feedback as
punishment. (T/F) - ANSWERFalse
Feedback functions as negative reinforcement when it strengthens undesirable
behavior. (T/F) - ANSWERFalse
Biofeedback devices provide intrinsic feedback to the player. (T/F) - ANSWERFalse
After executing a motor skill, a player will evaluate the skill movements by comparing
the results of the performance to his or her expectations for the performance. (T/F) -
ANSWERTrue
Knowledge feedback will influence the direction of a student's efforts but is unable to
influence the student's arousal and motivation level. (T/F) - ANSWERFalse
Because beginners have no established motor program, they can easily determine if
they performed the skill movements as planned. (T/F) False - ANSWER
Augmented feedback given immediately after skill performance is considered positive
reinforcement if the teacher or coach perceives the feedback as rewarding. (T/F) -
ANSWERFalse
What function of feedback energizes and directs student behavior toward achieving a
goal? - ANSWERMotivation
What is the defining property of feedback that functions as reinforcement? -
ANSWERStrengthens desired behavior
What is an example of intrinsic feedback serving as negative reinforcement? -
ANSWERSwing feels bad, feedback not desired, avoid that feel in the future
What should teachers expect their students to learn from the feedback they provide for
the purpose of improving or maintaining performance? - ANSWERExplanation of the
causes, how to change it and why
, What should students learn from instruction given to improve or maintain performance?
- ANSWERHow it felt, error detections and why
A teacher watches a student leave a ten-foot putt short and then informs her that the
putt needed to be hit with more speed. What type of feedback is this an example of? -
ANSWERRedundant Augmented
The teacher's role is to help the student improve his own ability to do what? -
ANSWERDetect Errors
A teacher shows frustration when a student performs a skill incorrectly. To avoid this
response in the future, the student focuses on correcting the skill movement. What is
this an example of? - ANSWERNegative reinforcement
Augmented feedback that functions as positive or negative reinforcement can have the
same result. (T/F) - ANSWERTrue
When a training aid is used correctly, and skill performance suffers, the concurrent KP
could be directing the student's attention away from relevant feedback. (T/F) -
ANSWERTrue
Augmented feedback used as punishment is most effective when the desired change is
personal. (T/F) - ANSWERFalse
Research suggests that when a student has less control over the learning process, the
student is more engaged. (T/F) - ANSWERFalse
Knowledge of performance feedback can improve performance without learning taking
place. (T/F) - ANSWERTrue
A good reason for delivering only non-error augmented feedback is so the student will
become more aware of cause and effect relationships within the swing. (T/F) -
ANSWERFalse
Generally speaking, advanced players need less descriptive knowledge of performance
feedback than beginning players. (T/F) - ANSWERFalse
Beginners typically benefit more from video feedback than advanced players. (T/F) -
ANSWERFalse
When practicing, changing camera angles by only a few degrees between swings can
be more harmful than if the player had not used video feedback. (T/F) - ANSWERTrue
What is the likely cause of a performance decline after a student has been using a
training aid? - ANSWERUnable to interpret feedback properly. Reliance on the training
aid
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