Free CMPC Practice Questions

Question 1

A 100-m sprinter has compared several pre-race routines in matched training trials. An energizing warm-up and assertive cue consistently accompany her fastest starts. A longer relaxation routine makes her feel calmer but leaves her slow out of the blocks. She describes her usual pre-start butterflies as readiness, and assessment identifies no broader distress or health concern. What adjustment is most consistent with these findings?

Accepted Answer

Refine the energizing routine around her effective activation pattern and monitor its effects on starts.

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Extend relaxation, then build speed while keeping the calmer state.

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Aim for moderate activation before every trial, since performance should peak at the midpoint of the arousal range.

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Obtain clinical clearance before further trials with the energizing routine.

Question 2

A professional club pays for an adult athlete's individual CMPC sessions. The agreement authorizes sharing attendance and two practice goals chosen by the athlete. Before roster selection, the coach requests questionnaire results and a resilience rating. The athlete wants the original updates to continue but declines the new request. No safety or legal exception applies. Which response honors the existing agreement?

Accepted Answer

Share the authorized attendance and goals, but withhold questionnaire results and the resilience rating.

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Send a brief resilience rating instead of the questionnaires, because a summary protects the athlete's private wording.

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Decline all reporting while the club is making selection decisions.

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Supply the results through the club's medical director, who can relay a confidential recommendation to the coach.

Question 3

Just before a competition, an adult athlete completes the 17-item Revised Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 (CSAI-2R). Raw sums are 21 for the seven somatic-anxiety items, 18 for the five cognitive-anxiety items, and 15 for the five self-confidence items. Each subscale is scored as its mean item response multiplied by 10. Interview findings indicate a performance-specific concern without broader impairment or safety concerns. How should the CMPC interpret the profile when choosing a follow-up focus?

Accepted Answer

Cognitive anxiety is 36 and somatic anxiety is 30; explore worry-related interference in this competition.

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Prioritize bodily tension: the somatic raw total of 21 exceeds the cognitive raw total of 18 and therefore indicates greater intensity.

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The cognitive score of 36 and somatic score of 30 indicate enduring anxiety across competitive situations.

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Suspend mental performance work until a clinician determines that competition is safe.

Question 4

After errors, a tennis player rushes into the next point without choosing a target. He agrees to practice a reset: exhale, select a target, and use a commitment cue. Which goal measures the process itself rather than a match result or a post-match analysis activity?

Accepted Answer

Complete the agreed reset after at least eight of ten errors over the next two weeks.

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Win at least three of the next four practice matches against opponents of comparable ability over the next two weeks.

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Reduce unforced errors to no more than one per service game in each practice match over the next two weeks.

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Identify two triggers for rushing during each post-match video review.

Question 5

'I can play this excerpt in 90 seconds; imagining it takes me nearly three minutes.' A professional violinist explains that she inspects every finger placement despite knowing the music thoroughly. Her aim is execution fluency for an audition, not learning the notes. Which PETTLEP adjustment directly addresses the mismatch?

Accepted Answer

Rehearse at performance tempo, preserving the excerpt's phrasing and felt movement.

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Slow the imagery further to consolidate precise finger control.

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Preserve the pace but switch to a clearer observer perspective.

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Keep the slower script and increase daily repetitions until the imagined sequence feels consistently fluent.

Question 6

An accomplished golfer putts fluently in practice but becomes hesitant over comparable putts during qualifying rounds. Asked what changes, he says, 'I check my wrist angle, tell my shoulders when to turn, and then check the clubface again before contact.' He reports no pain or fatigue. Which explanation is most directly supported by his account?

Accepted Answer

Conscious control interfering with a previously automated stroke.

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An incompletely learned stroke breaking down as competitive demands increase.

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Outcome-related worry diverting attention away from the execution of the stroke.

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Reduced activation failing to energize the golfer's dominant motor response.

Question 7

During a discussion about practice between sessions, a team captain says, 'I can see how the reset routine would help. But if I have to record every miss, I'll start dreading practice.' The CMPC wants to reflect both sides of this ambivalence before discussing changes to the task. Which response does that?

Accepted Answer

You want a better reset, and counting every miss could make practice something you dread.

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Recording seems stressful; let's test whether that prediction matches your experience.

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You value the routine, so let's start with a shorter record.

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Let's drop the record temporarily so practicing the routine feels more manageable.

Question 8

A volleyball team socializes happily, trains hard, and has adequate individual technical skills. Yet players duplicate one another's defensive assignments and leave other areas uncovered. For a joint coach-CMPC session, which focus most directly addresses these breakdowns?

Accepted Answer

Clarify shared responsibilities and rehearse communication during changing defensive situations.

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Strengthen interpersonal bonds through additional off-court social activities.

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Make effort scores public to increase individual accountability.

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Develop shared ambition by having each player describe the personal significance of winning the championship.

Question 9

A soccer player rehabilitating a knee injury performs planned cutting drills without pain. The physiotherapist has cleared progression to a controlled reactive-cutting drill, but the player avoids it because of reinjury fear. The concern is confined to this task, with no new physical symptoms or broader psychological impairment. At a joint planning meeting, what should the CMPC advocate?

Accepted Answer

Agree on graded, clinician-approved rehearsals and track confidence in each task.

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Postpone the cleared drill until imagining it is fear-free.

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Prioritize full-speed repetitions so successful completion provides the strongest possible evidence that recovery is progressing.

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Continue physical drills unchanged and use reassuring statements as the main strategy for rebuilding confidence in cutting.

Question 10

In a video session, an adult dancer discloses current suicidal intent, a feasible plan, and access to the means. The dancer is alone and says, 'I don't trust myself to stay safe tonight.' The CMPC has confirmed the dancer's current location and callback number and has the local emergency contact details. Which action takes priority?

Accepted Answer

Activate local emergency assistance and maintain live contact while help is mobilized.

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Finish a detailed risk history before contacting emergency services.

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Arrange urgent outpatient care and secure a promise of safety.

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Direct the dancer to seek emergency care independently.

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