Physical Education EC-12 Content Exam
Review UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
A comprehensive exercise program would consist of which of the following sets of activities?
A) Plyometrics, overload training, and warm-up and cool-down activities
B) Plyometrics and cardiorespiratory activities
C) Weight training, cardiorespiratory activities, and flexibility exercises
D) Weight training and cardiorespiratory activities - CORRECT ANSWER A) Plyometrics,
overload training, and warm-up and cool-down activities
Which of the following is the most important reason for a cool down activity after an aerobic
exercise?
A) To prevent excessive sweating
B) To prevent a heart attack
C) To prevent an irregular heartbeat
D) To prevent blood from pooling in the legs - CORRECT ANSWER D) To prevent blood
from pooling in the legs
A physical education teacher's coworker states that lifting weights is not important for women. The
physical education teacher would most accurately counter the coworker's view by stating that weight-
bearing activities...
A) are less important than cardiovascular activities
B) are not widely engaged in by women
C) improve cardiovascular fitness
D) decrease the likelihood of osteoporosis - CORRECT ANSWER C) improve cardiovascular
fitness
As part of a community-wide fitness theme a physical education teacher has set a goal for her third
grade students to jog or walk 26 miles during one month. The teacher could best accomplish this goal
by...
A) starting an optional after-school running club
B) incorporating a home component in which students jog or walk with parents or guardians
,C) asking classroom teachers to establish jogging as a recess activity
D) having the students jog or walk for the entire period for the last 13 days - CORRECT ANSWER
B) incorporating a home component in which students jog or walk with parents or guardians
A person who has a sedentary lifestyle has been regularly engaging in cardiorespiratory workout for
the past six weeks. Which of the following describes the person's resting heart rate now, as compared
to before beginning the workout regimen?
A) The resting heart rate will be increased
B) The resting heart rate will be the same
C) The resting heart rate will be decreased
D) The resting heart rate will vary greatly - CORRECT ANSWER C) The resting heart rate
will be decreased
Which of the following major body systems should a physical education teacher discuss during a
lesson on diabetes?
A) Nervous
B) Skeletal
C) Muscular
D) Digestive - CORRECT ANSWER A) Nervous
The President's Challenge fitness program includes which of the following groups of tests?
A) Flexed arm hang, pull-ups, push-ups, and standing broad jump
B) Flexed arm hang, one mile walk/run, sit and reach, and shuttle run
C) Sit and reach, shuttle run, standing broad jump, and curl-ups
D) One mile walk/run, shuttle run, pull-ups, and squats - CORRECT ANSWER B) Flexed arm
hang, one mile walk/run, sit and reach, and shuttle run
For a high school physical education class, a teacher is planning a unit on the components of
perceived exertion and achieving target heart rate. Which of the following physical activities would
best fit this unit?
A) Weight lifting
B) Golfing
C) Jogging
, D) Shot put throw - CORRECT ANSWER C) Jogging
For a student with ambulatory cerebral palsy, which of the following would be the best activity to
promote cardiovascular endurance?
A) Stationary bike
B) Arm crank ergometer
C) Pushing a manual wheelchair
D) Jumping rope - CORRECT ANSWER B) Arm crank ergometer
When the goal is to strengthen the abdominal muscles, which of the following would be the safest and
most effective exercise to perform?
A) Deep squat
B) Curl-up
C) Straight-leg sit-up
D) Double leg lift - CORRECT ANSWER B) Curl-up
Participating in yoga throughout one's lifetime would yield a primary health benefit of...
A) cardiorespiratory endurance
B) agility
C) muscular strength
D) flexibility - CORRECT ANSWER D) flexibility
In a program to improve cardiovascular fitness through aerobic conditioning, students should maintain
a heart rate...
A) of ten or twenty beats per minute above their resting heart rate
B) that represents their maximum level of exertion
C) determined by multiplying their age by five
D) that represents 60 to 80 percent of their maximal heart rate - CORRECT ANSWER D) that
represents 60 to 80 percent of their maximal heart rate
On which of the following surfaces would it be most appropriate to conduct high-intensity lower-body
plyometric drills?
Review UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
A comprehensive exercise program would consist of which of the following sets of activities?
A) Plyometrics, overload training, and warm-up and cool-down activities
B) Plyometrics and cardiorespiratory activities
C) Weight training, cardiorespiratory activities, and flexibility exercises
D) Weight training and cardiorespiratory activities - CORRECT ANSWER A) Plyometrics,
overload training, and warm-up and cool-down activities
Which of the following is the most important reason for a cool down activity after an aerobic
exercise?
A) To prevent excessive sweating
B) To prevent a heart attack
C) To prevent an irregular heartbeat
D) To prevent blood from pooling in the legs - CORRECT ANSWER D) To prevent blood
from pooling in the legs
A physical education teacher's coworker states that lifting weights is not important for women. The
physical education teacher would most accurately counter the coworker's view by stating that weight-
bearing activities...
A) are less important than cardiovascular activities
B) are not widely engaged in by women
C) improve cardiovascular fitness
D) decrease the likelihood of osteoporosis - CORRECT ANSWER C) improve cardiovascular
fitness
As part of a community-wide fitness theme a physical education teacher has set a goal for her third
grade students to jog or walk 26 miles during one month. The teacher could best accomplish this goal
by...
A) starting an optional after-school running club
B) incorporating a home component in which students jog or walk with parents or guardians
,C) asking classroom teachers to establish jogging as a recess activity
D) having the students jog or walk for the entire period for the last 13 days - CORRECT ANSWER
B) incorporating a home component in which students jog or walk with parents or guardians
A person who has a sedentary lifestyle has been regularly engaging in cardiorespiratory workout for
the past six weeks. Which of the following describes the person's resting heart rate now, as compared
to before beginning the workout regimen?
A) The resting heart rate will be increased
B) The resting heart rate will be the same
C) The resting heart rate will be decreased
D) The resting heart rate will vary greatly - CORRECT ANSWER C) The resting heart rate
will be decreased
Which of the following major body systems should a physical education teacher discuss during a
lesson on diabetes?
A) Nervous
B) Skeletal
C) Muscular
D) Digestive - CORRECT ANSWER A) Nervous
The President's Challenge fitness program includes which of the following groups of tests?
A) Flexed arm hang, pull-ups, push-ups, and standing broad jump
B) Flexed arm hang, one mile walk/run, sit and reach, and shuttle run
C) Sit and reach, shuttle run, standing broad jump, and curl-ups
D) One mile walk/run, shuttle run, pull-ups, and squats - CORRECT ANSWER B) Flexed arm
hang, one mile walk/run, sit and reach, and shuttle run
For a high school physical education class, a teacher is planning a unit on the components of
perceived exertion and achieving target heart rate. Which of the following physical activities would
best fit this unit?
A) Weight lifting
B) Golfing
C) Jogging
, D) Shot put throw - CORRECT ANSWER C) Jogging
For a student with ambulatory cerebral palsy, which of the following would be the best activity to
promote cardiovascular endurance?
A) Stationary bike
B) Arm crank ergometer
C) Pushing a manual wheelchair
D) Jumping rope - CORRECT ANSWER B) Arm crank ergometer
When the goal is to strengthen the abdominal muscles, which of the following would be the safest and
most effective exercise to perform?
A) Deep squat
B) Curl-up
C) Straight-leg sit-up
D) Double leg lift - CORRECT ANSWER B) Curl-up
Participating in yoga throughout one's lifetime would yield a primary health benefit of...
A) cardiorespiratory endurance
B) agility
C) muscular strength
D) flexibility - CORRECT ANSWER D) flexibility
In a program to improve cardiovascular fitness through aerobic conditioning, students should maintain
a heart rate...
A) of ten or twenty beats per minute above their resting heart rate
B) that represents their maximum level of exertion
C) determined by multiplying their age by five
D) that represents 60 to 80 percent of their maximal heart rate - CORRECT ANSWER D) that
represents 60 to 80 percent of their maximal heart rate
On which of the following surfaces would it be most appropriate to conduct high-intensity lower-body
plyometric drills?
