Deck 1: The Classification of Motor Skills

Question 1

If a motor skill requires the use of large musculature and does not require precision of movement for successful performance,then the skill would best be classified as a:

A) Fine motor skill
B) Gross motor skill
C) Discrete motor skill
D) Open motor skill

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Shifting from second to third gear in a car is an example of which type of motor skill?

A) Open motor skill
B) Fine motor skill
C) Serial motor skill
D) Continuous motor skill

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Motor skills that require the performer to initiate a specific action on an object according to the object's motion are best categorized as:

A) Open motor skills
B) Closed motor skills
C) Discrete motor skills
D) Continuous motor skills

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following skills is a discrete motor skill?

A) Riding a bicycle
B) Swimming the crawl stroke
C) Steering a car on a highway
D) Striking a typewriter key

Question 5

Locomotion is an example of which of the following terms?

A) Movement
B) Ability
C) Performance measure
D) Action

Question 6

The relationship between movements and actions is:

A) Many-to-one
B) One-to-many
C) Many-to-one and one-to-many
D) Movements and actions are not related

Question 7

The term skill is used to denote:

A) A task that has a specific purpose or goal to achieve
B) The degree of competence or capacity to perform a task
C) The activity in nervous system that underlies movement
D) A and B

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of skills and actions:

A) They are innate
B) There is a goal to achieve
C) They are performed voluntarily
D) They require movement of joints and body segments

Question 9

The triple jump is a track and field event that requires a performer to run down a runway and then to perform a hop,skip,and jump sequence.The hop,skip,and jump portion sequence of the event is an example of a:

A) Discrete motor skill
B) Continuous motor skill
C) Serial motor skill
D) Open motor skill

Question 10

According to Gentile's taxonomy of motor skills,which of the following describes the least complex skill?

A) Regulatory conditions stationary;object manipulated
B) Regulatory conditions in motion;object manipulated
C) Regulatory conditions stationary;no object manipulated
D) Regulatory conditions in motion;no object manipulated

Question 11

Gentile's taxonomy of motor skills includes which of the following factors as part of the "environmental context" dimension?

A) Intertrial variability
B) Object location
C) Object orientation
D) Body transport

Question 12

The relationship between neuromotor processes and movements is:

A) Many-to-one
B) One-to-many
C) Many-to-one and one-to-many
D) Movements and actions are not related

Question 13

A researcher from the area of __________ would be interested in how massed versus distributed practice influences the acquisition of a skill:

A) Motor Control
B) Motor Learning
C) Motor Development
D) None of these

Question 14

The performance of any motor skill is influenced by characteristics of:

A) The performer
B) The environment
C) The skill itself
D) All of these

Question 15

Which term is sometimes used synonymously with the term closed motor skills?

A) Other-paced motor skills
B) Externally-paced motor skills
C) Forced-paced motor skills
D) Self-paced motor skills

Question 16

Regulatory conditions regulate:

A) The spatial characteristics of a movement
B) The temporal characteristics of a movement
C) The spatial and temporal characteristics of a movement
D) The spatial and temporal characteristics of a movement and the forces that underlie these characteristics

Question 17

Which of the following skill category distinctions is popular in textbooks related to methods of teaching motor skills?

A) Gross vs.fine motor skills
B) Discrete vs.continuous motor skills
C) Open vs.closed motor skills
D) Stability vs.transport motor skills

Question 18

The specific pattern of limb motions used in throwing a ball is an example of:

A) An action
B) A movement
C) A neuromotor process
D) A reflex

Question 19

Motor control and learning are prioritized in the following order relative to the three levels of study:

A) Neuromotor processes,movements,actions
B) Neuromotor processes,actions,movements
C) Actions,movements,neuromotor processes
D) Actions,neuromotor processes,movements

Question 20

Returning a serve in tennis is an example of which of the following types of motor skills?

A) Self-paced motor skill
B) Open motor skill
C) Closed motor skill
D) Stationary motor skill

Question 21

Classifying skills into general categories helps us to understand the demands those skills place on the performer/learner.

Question 22

The size of a pen that a person uses to write is an example of a regulatory condition that will determine the movements required for the handwriting action.

Question 23

Skilled individuals are much less efficient than less skilled individuals.

Question 24

Riding a surfboard on multiple waves would be classified in Gentile's taxonomy as:

A) Stationary environment,inter-trial variability,body transport
B) Stationary environment,inter-trial variability,body stability
C) In motion environment,inter-trial variability,body transport
D) In motion environment,inter-trial variability,body stability

Question 25

An example of a gross motor skill is ________.

Question 26

Serial skills are a form of discrete skills.What is an example of a serial motor skill?

Question 27

If motor skills are classified according to the stability of the environment,removing groceries from a shopping bag would be placed in the category of closed motor skills.

Question 28

Walking in a crowded mall makes walking a(n)________ motor skill.

Question 29

A softball player throws pitches to a stationary,cardboard cut-out of a batter.The Environmental Context for the pitcher is:

A) Stationary with intertrial variability
B) Stationary with no intertrial variability
C) In-motion with intertrial variability
D) In-motion with no intertrial variability

Question 30

An example of an open motor skill is ________.

Question 31

Whether or not an object must be manipulated is a skill characteristic in Gentile's taxonomy of motor skills that is included in the "environmental context" dimension of the taxonomy.

Question 32

If motor skills are classified according to the stability of the environment,bowling would be placed in the category of ________ motor skills.

Question 33

Based on Gentile's Taxonomy,to simulate the regulatory conditions involved in the game of softball,a coach would have players:

A) Hit a ball from a stationary tee
B) Hit balls pitched by a pitching machine
C) Hit balls pitched by a live pitcher
D) Practice swinging without a bat and a ball

Question 34

Typing a word on a keyboard is an example of a serial motor skill.

Question 35

Running is an example of a gross motor skill.

Question 36

When we skate on a crowded ice rink,we perform a closed motor skill.

Question 37

If motor skills are classified according to the stability of the environment,bowling would be placed in the category of closed motor skills.

Question 38

Shooting a free throw in basketball is an example of an open motor skill.

Question 39

Whether or not an object must be manipulated is a skill characteristic in Gentile's taxonomy of motor skills that is included in the ________ dimension of the taxonomy.

Question 40

Archery and piano playing are two quite different skills,yet they can both be classified as ________ motor skills when the classification system is based on the stability of the environment.

Question 41

To distract a basketball free throw shooter,the fans from the opposing team wave their arms in the air.The waving arms are an example of a regulatory condition.

Question 42

The color of a ball is an example of a non-regulatory condition.

Question 43

A physical therapist could use Gentile's taxonomy to evaluate a patient's capabilities and limitations.

Question 44

A movement that can be used to accomplish many different action goals highlights the one-to-many relationship between movements and actions.

Question 45

The motor system always recruits the same muscle fibers when executing a simple movement like lifting the arm.

Question 46

People learn movements rather than actions when they begin to learn or relearn a skill.

Question 47

The terms actions and movements are interchangeable.

Question 48

An effective instructor would acknowledge that the best way to accomplish a task may vary from one individual to another.