FTCE Physical Education Certification Exam
Questions and Answers
1. The best strategy to appropriately challenge students and increase
motivation: Allow students to adjust difficulty of the task
2. Because of inclement weather, a teacher transitions a 5th grade class to
an inside space. During the previous lesson, the students were working
outside on a progression of tasks where they were striking a variety of
objects with tennis rackets. For this lesson, the best strategy for the
teacher to implement is: Modify the task, adapting and maintaining instructional objectives
3. What organization authorized the definition of a physically education
individ- ual: National Association for Sport and Physical Education
4. Definition of OBESE: Too much body fat
5. Which motivational theory emphasizes the role that interaction with
others plays in student performance?: SOCIAL LEARNING
6. What is the most important criterion to consider when providing
appropriate experiences for the ability of a student?: Student's developmental level
7. To maintain balance the center of gravity should be aligned: OVER the base of
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, support
8. A tumbler can make the transition from explosive movement to
sustained controlled landing by adjusting what aspect of movement: EFFORT
QUALITY
9. What movement concept is included in estimating the difference in
force required to throw a ball 10 feet or 50 feet: EFFORT QUALITY
10. As students put DANCE movements together, the teacher
should instruct them in the concept of: FLOW
11. Which are classified as LOCOMOTOR Skills: running, sliding, walking, leaping,
skipping,
Hopping
12. MANIPULATIVE skills: throwing, kicking, anything that involve hand-eye coordination
13. NONLOCOMOTOR SKILLS: Bending, twisting, turning, pushing, pulling, stretching
14. A PE teacher is teaching a 7th grade student a modified version
of flag football. Which of the following sequentially progressive activities
should the teacher follow?: Throwing and catching while running, and then throwing and
catching against a defender
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, 15. CLOSED skill: Hitting a ball of a tee
16. How to help a student hit the ball to left field: Swing sooner
17. The ability to keep an upright posture while standing still or moving:
BALANCE
18. In an instructional sequence for developing game strategy, skills
are learned and then combined, followed by offensive and defensive
strategies. The best representation of the next stage would be: Playing a
MODIFIED VERSION
19. Sequence of performing a FORWARD ROLL: Forward roll on an inclined mat,
then on a flat
Mat
20. A student keeps missing a ball when they swing. What cue
should you give to help the student successfully hit the ball: Keep your eyes
on the ball
21. Anything needed to produce a change in the motion of an object:
FORCE
22. Archery - the bow string repeatedly hits the students elbow. This
can be corrected by: Rotating the bow arm so the elbow points outward
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Questions and Answers
1. The best strategy to appropriately challenge students and increase
motivation: Allow students to adjust difficulty of the task
2. Because of inclement weather, a teacher transitions a 5th grade class to
an inside space. During the previous lesson, the students were working
outside on a progression of tasks where they were striking a variety of
objects with tennis rackets. For this lesson, the best strategy for the
teacher to implement is: Modify the task, adapting and maintaining instructional objectives
3. What organization authorized the definition of a physically education
individ- ual: National Association for Sport and Physical Education
4. Definition of OBESE: Too much body fat
5. Which motivational theory emphasizes the role that interaction with
others plays in student performance?: SOCIAL LEARNING
6. What is the most important criterion to consider when providing
appropriate experiences for the ability of a student?: Student's developmental level
7. To maintain balance the center of gravity should be aligned: OVER the base of
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16
, support
8. A tumbler can make the transition from explosive movement to
sustained controlled landing by adjusting what aspect of movement: EFFORT
QUALITY
9. What movement concept is included in estimating the difference in
force required to throw a ball 10 feet or 50 feet: EFFORT QUALITY
10. As students put DANCE movements together, the teacher
should instruct them in the concept of: FLOW
11. Which are classified as LOCOMOTOR Skills: running, sliding, walking, leaping,
skipping,
Hopping
12. MANIPULATIVE skills: throwing, kicking, anything that involve hand-eye coordination
13. NONLOCOMOTOR SKILLS: Bending, twisting, turning, pushing, pulling, stretching
14. A PE teacher is teaching a 7th grade student a modified version
of flag football. Which of the following sequentially progressive activities
should the teacher follow?: Throwing and catching while running, and then throwing and
catching against a defender
2/
16
, 15. CLOSED skill: Hitting a ball of a tee
16. How to help a student hit the ball to left field: Swing sooner
17. The ability to keep an upright posture while standing still or moving:
BALANCE
18. In an instructional sequence for developing game strategy, skills
are learned and then combined, followed by offensive and defensive
strategies. The best representation of the next stage would be: Playing a
MODIFIED VERSION
19. Sequence of performing a FORWARD ROLL: Forward roll on an inclined mat,
then on a flat
Mat
20. A student keeps missing a ball when they swing. What cue
should you give to help the student successfully hit the ball: Keep your eyes
on the ball
21. Anything needed to produce a change in the motion of an object:
FORCE
22. Archery - the bow string repeatedly hits the students elbow. This
can be corrected by: Rotating the bow arm so the elbow points outward
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