PE CST Final Exam Questions with
Solutions Solved Correctly 2026/2027
Elaborated.
Closed Skill - Answer Motor skills performed in a static environment (archery)
Open Skill - Answer Motor skills in a dynamic environment (tennis, soccer pass)
The planned sequence of learning activities , allowing students to acquire content listed in the
task analysis - Answer Informing, refining, extending, applying, repeating
Motor Learning- Stages - Answer Cognitive- student trying to figure out how to do the skill,
different errors each attempt
Associative- student is trying to perfect the movement, adjustment made at the conscious level,
performers often become overloaded at this level
Automatic- Flow to the movement, unconscious movement, teams-game play, anticipation
PE based movement education- overhand throwing pattern- tennis serve, badminton smash
Motor Development - Answer The study of change in movement behavior across the life span
and the process of the underlying changes
Fundamental Movement - Answer Walk, run, hop, skip, jump, leap, slide, gallop, throw, catch,
kick, strike
Body development directly effects kyphosis, hypertrophy, body composition and cardiovascular
development
Motor Learning (Piaget) - Answer Sensorimotor 0-2 years
Preoperational 2-8 years
Concrete Operational 8-11 years
Formal Operational 11-12 years
Motor Learning- Bloom - Answer Cognitive referred to the intellectual changes that we all
experience
,Affective refers to the social and emotional changes that we experience
Psychomotor made reference to human movement, especially that movement that is created
via a conscious effort and an impulse being sent from the higher brain centers
Motor Learning- Bandura - Answer Attention- various factors increase or decrease the amount
of attention paid. Includes distinctiveness, affective valence, prevalence, complexity, functional
value,l. One"s characteristics , sensory capacities, arousal level, perceptual set, past
reinforcement affect attention
Retention- remembering what you paid attention to. Includes symbolic coding mental images,
cognitive organization. Symbolic rehearsal, motor rehearsal
Reproduction- reproducing the image. Including physical capabilities, and self-observation of
reproduction
Motivation- having a good reason to imitate. Includes motives such as a past (traditional
behaviorism), promised (imagined incentives), and vicarious (seeing and recalling the reinforced
model)
Developmental Approach to PE - Answer Assumes age effects level at which people can learn
and change. Think of binder class (K-2 vs. 3-6)
Developmental Sequence - Answer The series of changes that a skill goes through from 1st
attempt to efficient state
Motor Learning- Types of Practice - Answer Block Practice- repetitive practice during a period
of given time
Random Practice- changing the skill and order of the skill
Variable Practice- practicing the same skill in different situations
Massed Practice- the continued practice of a skill for a long period of time
Distributed Practice- spreading practice time across serval shorter sessions
,Motor Learning- What effects practice? - Answer Feedback- both internal or external.
Knowledge of performance (your movement), knowledge of results (what happened to the
object)
Kinesthetic awareness- knowing where your body is in space and time, sensory perception
systems, closed skill (swimming, golf, diving)
Arousal level- state of readiness, physical, emotional, cognitive
Flexibility - Answer The ability of muscle groups to stretch and bend
Body Composition - Answer Lean Body Mass (LBM)
Non fat tissue
Two times when a person gains fat cells - Answer 1. Gestation/Infancy
2. Puberty for females
Cardiovascular Endurance - Answer The ability of the body to sustain aerobic activities for
extended periods
Muscle strength - Answer The ability of muscle groups to contract and support a given amount
of weight
Muscle endurance - Answer The ability of muscle groups to contract continually over a period
of time and support a given amount of weight
Body Mass Index (BMI) - Answer Used by doctors and insurance companies to test for obesity
This is a flawed test because it relies on height and weight
BMI= Weight in pounds x 703/ height in inches
BMI categories - Answer Underweight- 18.5
Normal- 18.5-24.9
Overweight- 25-29,9
Obese- 30+
, Morbidly Obese- 40+
Deltoid - Answer Move the arm from the rotator cuff. Triangular shaped muscles that cover
the shoulder and move the arm in all directions
biceps brachii - Answer Front of the upper arm. Control the eccentric movement of the arm
(bends the elbow)
triceps branchii - Answer Back of the upper arm. Control the concentric movement of the arm
(extends the arm)
Quadriceps - Answer Front of the upper leg. Control the eccentric movement of the thigh
(extends the leg from the knee to hip)
Rectus Femurus
Vastus Intermedius
Vastus Medialis
Vastus Laterus
Hamstring Muscles - Answer Back of the upper leg. Control the concentric movement of thigh.
Aids in bending the knee from the rear of the leg)
Muscles that make up the hamstrings:
Semitendinosus
Semimembranosus
Bicep femoris
Calve Muscle - Answer Gastrocnemius- back of the lower leg. Aids in ankle and knee
movement
Buttocks - Answer Gluteus Maximus- the main gluteal muscle aiding in hip movement. Other
hip movement includes gluteus medius , gluteus minumus, and sacro iliac
Chest Muscle - Answer Pectoralis Major- Aids in deltoid and latissimus dorsi movement; main
chest muscle; protects the ribcage and major organs
Back Muscle - Answer Latissimus Dorsi- A large back muscle; aids in deltoid and pectoralis
movement as well as core movement; protects the rib cage from the back
Solutions Solved Correctly 2026/2027
Elaborated.
Closed Skill - Answer Motor skills performed in a static environment (archery)
Open Skill - Answer Motor skills in a dynamic environment (tennis, soccer pass)
The planned sequence of learning activities , allowing students to acquire content listed in the
task analysis - Answer Informing, refining, extending, applying, repeating
Motor Learning- Stages - Answer Cognitive- student trying to figure out how to do the skill,
different errors each attempt
Associative- student is trying to perfect the movement, adjustment made at the conscious level,
performers often become overloaded at this level
Automatic- Flow to the movement, unconscious movement, teams-game play, anticipation
PE based movement education- overhand throwing pattern- tennis serve, badminton smash
Motor Development - Answer The study of change in movement behavior across the life span
and the process of the underlying changes
Fundamental Movement - Answer Walk, run, hop, skip, jump, leap, slide, gallop, throw, catch,
kick, strike
Body development directly effects kyphosis, hypertrophy, body composition and cardiovascular
development
Motor Learning (Piaget) - Answer Sensorimotor 0-2 years
Preoperational 2-8 years
Concrete Operational 8-11 years
Formal Operational 11-12 years
Motor Learning- Bloom - Answer Cognitive referred to the intellectual changes that we all
experience
,Affective refers to the social and emotional changes that we experience
Psychomotor made reference to human movement, especially that movement that is created
via a conscious effort and an impulse being sent from the higher brain centers
Motor Learning- Bandura - Answer Attention- various factors increase or decrease the amount
of attention paid. Includes distinctiveness, affective valence, prevalence, complexity, functional
value,l. One"s characteristics , sensory capacities, arousal level, perceptual set, past
reinforcement affect attention
Retention- remembering what you paid attention to. Includes symbolic coding mental images,
cognitive organization. Symbolic rehearsal, motor rehearsal
Reproduction- reproducing the image. Including physical capabilities, and self-observation of
reproduction
Motivation- having a good reason to imitate. Includes motives such as a past (traditional
behaviorism), promised (imagined incentives), and vicarious (seeing and recalling the reinforced
model)
Developmental Approach to PE - Answer Assumes age effects level at which people can learn
and change. Think of binder class (K-2 vs. 3-6)
Developmental Sequence - Answer The series of changes that a skill goes through from 1st
attempt to efficient state
Motor Learning- Types of Practice - Answer Block Practice- repetitive practice during a period
of given time
Random Practice- changing the skill and order of the skill
Variable Practice- practicing the same skill in different situations
Massed Practice- the continued practice of a skill for a long period of time
Distributed Practice- spreading practice time across serval shorter sessions
,Motor Learning- What effects practice? - Answer Feedback- both internal or external.
Knowledge of performance (your movement), knowledge of results (what happened to the
object)
Kinesthetic awareness- knowing where your body is in space and time, sensory perception
systems, closed skill (swimming, golf, diving)
Arousal level- state of readiness, physical, emotional, cognitive
Flexibility - Answer The ability of muscle groups to stretch and bend
Body Composition - Answer Lean Body Mass (LBM)
Non fat tissue
Two times when a person gains fat cells - Answer 1. Gestation/Infancy
2. Puberty for females
Cardiovascular Endurance - Answer The ability of the body to sustain aerobic activities for
extended periods
Muscle strength - Answer The ability of muscle groups to contract and support a given amount
of weight
Muscle endurance - Answer The ability of muscle groups to contract continually over a period
of time and support a given amount of weight
Body Mass Index (BMI) - Answer Used by doctors and insurance companies to test for obesity
This is a flawed test because it relies on height and weight
BMI= Weight in pounds x 703/ height in inches
BMI categories - Answer Underweight- 18.5
Normal- 18.5-24.9
Overweight- 25-29,9
Obese- 30+
, Morbidly Obese- 40+
Deltoid - Answer Move the arm from the rotator cuff. Triangular shaped muscles that cover
the shoulder and move the arm in all directions
biceps brachii - Answer Front of the upper arm. Control the eccentric movement of the arm
(bends the elbow)
triceps branchii - Answer Back of the upper arm. Control the concentric movement of the arm
(extends the arm)
Quadriceps - Answer Front of the upper leg. Control the eccentric movement of the thigh
(extends the leg from the knee to hip)
Rectus Femurus
Vastus Intermedius
Vastus Medialis
Vastus Laterus
Hamstring Muscles - Answer Back of the upper leg. Control the concentric movement of thigh.
Aids in bending the knee from the rear of the leg)
Muscles that make up the hamstrings:
Semitendinosus
Semimembranosus
Bicep femoris
Calve Muscle - Answer Gastrocnemius- back of the lower leg. Aids in ankle and knee
movement
Buttocks - Answer Gluteus Maximus- the main gluteal muscle aiding in hip movement. Other
hip movement includes gluteus medius , gluteus minumus, and sacro iliac
Chest Muscle - Answer Pectoralis Major- Aids in deltoid and latissimus dorsi movement; main
chest muscle; protects the ribcage and major organs
Back Muscle - Answer Latissimus Dorsi- A large back muscle; aids in deltoid and pectoralis
movement as well as core movement; protects the rib cage from the back
