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INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION, ARTS AND SCIENCES

PE 109 QUIZZES

QUIZ #1

1.This is a factor within the task which  Adam's closed looped theory

refers to controlling of equipment.  Schmidt's theory

 Mobility 5.This is a factor within the Individual

 Cognition which is an integration of the senses.

 Action  Action

 Manipulation  Manipulation

2.This is the learning phase where  Perception

component parts of the skill are initially  Mobility

learned. It involves formation of a mental 6.This is a factor in environment which
picture of the skill. refers to features that are not essential but
 Affective may affect the performance.

 Autonomous  Stability

 Cognitive  Regulatory

 Associative  Non-regulatory

3.This a learning model having 3 stages-  Manipulation

cognitive, associative and autonomous. 7.This is a factor within the Individual
 Fitts and Posner Model where a movement goal is established

 Adam's closed looped theory through the mental functions.

 Bernstein's model  Cognition

 Dynamic theory  Manipulation

4. This theory of motor learning states that  Action

learning is occurred by the coordination of  Mobility

perception and action under the task and 8.This is the ability to regulate the
environmental constraints. mechanisms essential to movement.
 Ecological theory  Motor development
 Reflex theory  Motor learning
 Motor behavior  Reflex theory

 Motor control 13.This is the learning phase where

9. This is the learning phase where component parts are linked into a smooth

component parts are linked into action but action and the athlete showcase strategies

with minimal error. and tactics.

 Cognitive  None of the above

 Affective  Associative

 Associative  Cognitive

 Autonomous  Autonomous

10.This a learning model having 2 stages- 14.This is a set of processes associated with

first stage (understanding and developing practice or experience leading to relatively

movement) and second stage (adapt permanent changes in the capability for

movement and perform skilled movement.

efficiently/effectively).  Motor control

 Bernstein's model  Motor behavior

 Gentile's Model  Motor development

 Ecological theory  Motor learning

 Fitts and Posner Model 15.This theory of motor control states that

11.This theory of motor learning states that movement is controlled by stimulus-

sensory feedback is used for the ongoing response.

skilled movement.  Dynamic systems theory

 Schmidt's theory  Reflex theory

 Adam's closed looped theory  Ecological theory

 Reflex theory  Adam's Loop Theory

 Ecological theory 16.This is a factor within the individual that

12.This theory of motor control states that is goal directed.

movement emerges to control degrees of  Manipulation

freedom.  Mobility
 Dynamic systems theory  Perception
 Ecological theory  Action
 Hierarchical theory
17.This is a factor within the task which QUIZ #2
refers to still base of support. 1.Why is it important to study motor control
 Manipulation and learning?

 Stability  All of the above

 To develop interventions for individuals with

 Regulatory
motor disorders
 Non-regulatory
 To improve physical performance in sports
18.This theory of motor learning states and dance
motor learning occurs with the use of
 To understand how the brain controls
schema concept. movement
 Adam's closed looped theory 2.What is the main goal of performance
 Ecological theory analysis in physical education and sports?

 Schmidt's theory  To compare athletes to each other

 Reflex theory  To identify the best athletes

 To identify areas for improvement and

19.This is a factor in environment which
develop strategies to improve performance
refers to essential elements that determine
 To determine which athletes should receive
the movement.
scholarships
 Regulatory
3.How can physical and cognitive abilities
 Stability impact motor learning?
 Manipulation  Individuals with physical or cognitive
 Non-regulatory limitations may require different types of
instruction or adaptations to successfully
20.This theory of motor control states that
learn a skill.
the person, the task, and the environment
 Individuals with physical or cognitive
interact to influence motor behavior.
limitations may not be able to learn new skills
 Dynamic systems theory at all.
 Reflex theory  Physical and cognitive abilities do not have

 Hierarhical theory any impact on motor learning.

 Ecological theory  Individuals with physical or cognitive

  Analyzing the social context in which a skill

limitations may learn more quickly and effectively is performed.

than those without limitations.  Analyzing the physical environment in which

4.Which of the following is NOT a reason to a skill is performed.

study motor control and learning?  Analyzing student understanding in which a

 To develop interventions for individuals with skill is learned.

motor disorders 8.What is the role of feedback in instructional

 To enhance rehabilitation programs design?

 To design assistive technology and robots that  To provide comments that is specific,

can perform complex tasks timely, and focused on relevant aspects of

performance.
 To optimize performance in video games
 To sequence activities in a logical and
5.What is task analysis?
progressive manner.
 Analyzing a movement task to identify the
 To integrate previous learning into new
underlying components and strategies
activities.
involved
 To provide accommodations or modifications
 Analyzing a movement task to determine the
to students with different abilities.
time required to complete it
9.Why is knowledge of motor control and
 Analyzing a movement task to identify the
learning important for sports coaches?
equipment needed to perform it
 To provide effective training and
 Analyzing a movement task to identify the
instruction that promotes skill acquisition,
location where it should be performed
performance improvement, and athlete
6. Which of the following is an example of
development.
adaptation in physical education?
 To provide academic instruction in physical
 Assigning a higher number of repetitions to a
education
student who is struggling.
 To develop interventions for individuals with
 Using equipment that is too difficult for a
motor disorders
student to handle.
 To design rehabilitation programs for
 Ignoring a student who is struggling with a
individuals recovering from injuries
particular activity.

 Modifying an activity to suit a student's

abilities.
10.Which of the following factors is least factor
7.What is task analysis in motor learning?
that can affect motor learning?
 Analyzing movement tasks to identify the
 Attention
underlying components and strategies
involved.  Practice
 Genetics  It determines an individual's ability to learn a

 Feedback skill.

11.How can physical and cognitive abilities  It allows individuals to adjust their

impact motor learning? movements based on the outcomes they

produce.
 Mentally gifted individuals are guaranteed to
have excellent motor learning. 15.Which of the following is NOT an area where
physical education teachers apply knowledge of
 Individuals with limitations require
motor control and learning?
different types of instruction or adaptations
to successfully learn a skill.  Task analysis

 Only physical abilities can impact motor  Skill acquisition

learning  Technology development

 They cannot learn motor skills  Performance analysis

12.What is the role of motor control and QUIZ #3

learning in sports coaching?
1.This is a discreet skill.
 To develop interventions for motor disorders
 Gymnastics balance beam event
 To design training programs that optimize
 High Jump
physical performance in sports
 Cycling
 To analyze student performance to identify
areas of strength and weakness  Shot put
 To enhance rehabilitation programs 2. This is a serial skill.
13.What are some motor disorders that can  Triple jump
benefit from interventions developed with
 Tennis serve
knowledge of motor control and learning?
 Golf swing
 Cardiovascular disease and diabetes
 Free throw shot
 Parkinson's disease and cerebral palsy

 Autism spectrum disorder and dyslexia 3.Which of the following is an example of a

verbal cue in golf?
 Depression and anxiety
 "Use the inside of your foot"

 "Squeeze your glutes"

14.What is the role of feedback in motor  "Keep your head down"

learning?  "Eyes forward"
 It is not essential in motor learning.
4.What is a technique?
 It helps individuals to develop their cognitive
 The specific way in which a skill is
abilities.
performed
 None of the above  Self-paced skills

 The acquired ability to perform a task 9.What is the purpose of a verbal cue in
effectively and efficiently soccer “use the inside foot” that encourages

 The fundamental characteristic or trait that the use of the inside of the foot?

contributes to the development of a skill  To increase power

5.What is the main reason why verbal cues  To improve accuracy and control
can enhance motivation in sports training?  To improve balance
 They provide encouragement through  To encourage agility
short instruction
10.What is necessary to develop proper
 They provide assessment techniques?
 They improve understanding through  Instruction, practice, and feedback
detailed conception
 Innate abilities
 They enhance strategy
 Acquired skills
6.Which type of skills do not have distinct
 Fundamental characteristics
beginning or end points?
11.What is the main purpose of verbal cues
 Discrete skills
in motor learning?
 Serial skills
 To enhance focus and attention
 Continuous skills
 To provide detailed information
 None of the above
 To improve thorough understanding
7.What is an ability?
 To facilitate deep motor comprehension
 An innate trait or fundamental
12.Which type of skills require the
characteristic
performer to pay greater attention to
 A movement performed efficiently and external events in order to control their rate
effectively of movement?
 An acquired trait  Self-paced skills
 A specific way of performing a task  Externally paced skills
8.What type of skills involve major muscle  Fine skills
movements?
 Gross skills
 Fine skills
13.Which type of skills are usually thought
 Externally paced skills of as a group of discrete skills strung
 Gross skills together to make a new and more complex
movement?  Plays a crucial role in the control of
voluntary movement
 Continuous skills
 Planning of involuntary movement
 All of the above
3.What is the purpose of motor unit recruitment?
 Serial skills
 To control fast-twitch muscle
 Discrete skills
 To control muscle fiber color
14.What is an open skill?
 To control muscle force production
 A skill that is performed in a stable,
 To control slow-twitch muscle
predictable environment
4.What are motor units?
 A skill that involves major muscle
 Long, cylindrical cells that make up skeletal
movements
muscles
 A skill that is performed in an  Functional units of the muscular system
environment that is constantly changing responsible for muscle contraction
 None of the above  Nerve cells that extend from the spinal cord to

15.What type of skills tend to involve a the muscle fibers

degree of hand-eye coordination?  None of the choices

 Self-paced skills 5.What are central pattern generators (CPGs)

in the spinal cord?
 Gross skills
 Neurons responsible for transmitting
 Externally paced skills
involuntary movements
 Fine skills  Circuits of neurons that can generate
QUIZ #4 rhythmic movements

1.What is the role of sensory components in  None of the choices

motor control?  Neurons that send signals from brain down to
 None of the above. the brain stem

 They are responsible for muscle contraction. 6.This is the role of the basal ganglia in motor

 They are involved in the production of force control.

especially for rhythmic movements  Initiating and terminating movements

 They provide feedback from the senses to  All of the above

the nervous system about the state of the  Coordination and fine-tuning of movement
body and the environment.
 Planning and organization of complex
2.What is the role of the primary motor cortex? movements involve in posture and
 Execute the movement stabilization.

 Coordination of senses and language 7.Which of the following activities improve

vision and coordination? movements involve in posture and

 Balance exercises stabilization.

 Tai-chi  Coordination and fine-tuning of movement

 Juggling  Initiating and terminating movements

 Braile 12.What is the neuromuscular junction?

8.Which of the following sensory components  The point where the brain meets the spinal

provides sense about the position and cord.

movement of the body parts.  The point where the motor neuron meets the

 Vision bone.

 Proprioception  The point where the motor neuron meets

the muscle fiber.
 Touch
 The point where the muscle fiber meets the
 Vestibular system
tendon.
9.This is the role of the supplementary motor
13.The vestibular system is located in which
area in motor control.
part of the body?
 Planning and organization of complex
 Eyes
movements involve in posture and
stabilization.  Ears

 All of the above  Mouth

 Initiating and terminating movements  Nose

 Coordination and fine-tuning of movement 14. What is the difference between slow-twitch
(Type I) and fast-twitch (Type II) muscle fibers?
10.Which of the following activities can help
improve the touch sense specifically in the  Fast-twitch fibers are larger than slow-twitch

fingertips? fibers.

 Yoga poses  Slow-twitch fibers are well-suited for

endurance activities, while fast-twitch
 Target practice
fibers are well-suited for activities that
 Braille games
require explosive power.
 Texture walks
 Slow-twitch fibers contract quickly and
generate high amounts of force, while fast-
twitch fibers contract slowly but sustainably.

11.What is the role of the cerebellum in motor  Slow-twitch fibers are larger than fast-twitch

control? fibers.

 None of the choices 15.Which of the following statements is true

regarding motor unit recruitment?
 Planning and organization of complex
 The recruitment of motor units does not
 require feedback from senses.
 Motor units are selectively activated based
on the force required
 The nervous system only activates the
smallest motor units for all movements
 Motor unit recruitment is important for
controlling gross movement only
16.What are motor neurons?
 Nerve cells that extend from the bone to the
muscle fibers.
 Nerve cells that extend from the
proprioception to the muscle fibers.
 Nerve cells that extend from the spinal cord
to the muscle fibers.
 Nerve cells that extend from the ears to the
muscle fibers.
17.Which type of muscle fiber is well-suited for
sprinting or weightlifting?
 None of the above
 Both slow-twitch and fast-twitch muscle
fibers
 Fast-twitch (Type II) muscle fibers
 Slow-twitch (Type I) muscle fibers
18.Which of the following activities can improve
the vestibular system by stimulating the inner
ear and challenging balance and coordination?
 Target shooting
 Bouncing on trampoline
 Braille games
 Taichi
19.What is the relationship between motor unit
recruitment and muscle force?
 As motor unit recruitment increases, muscle
force remains constant.
 As motor unit recruitment increases, muscle
force decreases.
 As motor unit recruitment increases,
muscle force increases.
 As motor unit recruitment decreases, muscle
force is constant.
20.Which of the following sensory components
provides information about the texture, shape,
and temperature of objects in the environment?
 Proprioception
 Vision
 Touch
 Vestibular system
QUIZ #5
1.Which of the following best describes the
concept of attention?
 The act of memorizing information for later
use
 The ability to process a bulk of information.
 The process of selectively concentrating on
certain stimuli while ignoring others.
 The ability to react quickly to unexpected
stimuli
2. In what way does limited capacity affect our
ability to process information?
 We can attend to all stimuli equally
 We must allocate our attentional resources
strategically
 Our attentional capacity never varies
 We have unlimited attentional resources
available to us
3.What is the psychological refractory period? 7.According to Nideffer's Model of Attentional

 The state of seemingly being frozen for a Focus Classification, what type of attentional

brief time, usually only a fraction of a focus allows athletes to attend to a wide range of

second, before responding to a stimulus. stimuli in the external environment?

 The ability to selectively focus on a particular  Broad internal focus

stimulus while ignoring others.  Narrow external focus

 The process of filtering out irrelevant  Narrow internal focus

information to focus on relevant information.  Broad external focus
 The tendency for attention to be drawn 8.According to Mateer's Hierarchical
continuously Attentional Model, what is the ability to change
4.What is flexibility in terms of attention? focus attention between two or more stimuli

 Our unlimited attentional resources known as?

 Our inability to ignore distractions  Divided attention

 Our ability to attend to all stimuli equally  Selective attention

 Our ability to shift our attentional focus  Sustained attention

quickly and adaptively to changing  Alternating attention

circumstances 9.According to Mateer's Hierarchical
5.What is the bottleneck theory of attention? Attentional Model, what is the ability to attend

 Attentional resources are unlimited to a specific stimulus or activity in the presence

of other distracting stimuli called?
 Cognitive processes involved in information
processing occur in parallel order.  Selective attention

 Cognitive processes involved in information  Divided attention

processing occur in serial order.  Sustained attention

 Cognitive processes involved in information  Alternating attention

processing occur in continuous order.
6.According to Nideffer's Model of Attentional
Focus Classification, what type of attentional
focus allows athletes to selectively attend to a
specific stimulus (one or two) environmental
cues, in the external environment while ignoring
other distractions?
10.What is selectivity in terms of attention?
 Our inability to allocate attentional resources
strategically
 The consistent attentional capacity across all
individuals
 Our unlimited ability to attend to all stimuli

Broad internal focus  Our ability to attend to certain stimuli


while ignoring others
 Narrow external focus

 Broad external focus

 Narrow internal focus

11.What can affect our attentional capacity, 15.What is the central-resources theory of
according to the concept of variability? attention?

 Fatigue, motivation, and emotional state  Cognitive processes involved in information

 The weather processing occur in continuous order.

 The time of day  Cognitive processes involved in information

processing occur in parallel order.
 All of the choices
 Cognitive processes involved in information
12.According to Nideffer's Model of Attentional
processing occur in serial order.
Focus Classification, what type of attentional
focus where the performer focuses attention on  There is a central reserve of attentional

a specific aspect of bodily movement when resources available from which all activities

executing a skill, or characterized by the ability requiring attention draw and compete.

to engage in mental imagery, visualization, or

meditation?

 Broad internal focus

 Broad external focus

 Narrow internal focus

 Narrow external focus

13.According to Mateer's Hierarchical

Attentional Model, what is the ability to attend
different stimuli or attention at the same time.?

 Selective attention

 Alternating attention

 Divided attention

 Sustained attention

14.According to Nideffer's Model of Attentional

Focus Classification, what style of attentional
focus involves focusing attention on a wide
range of bodily sensations or mental processes
and thoughts. characterized by the ability to
attend to one's thoughts and feelings, and
develop a strategy?

 Narrow internal focus

 Narrow external focus

 Broad internal focus

 Broad external focus