FTCE PE K-12 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. The United States' involvement in the war within the last 100 years
has had which of the following effects on the Physical Education profession?
Answer An Increased emphasis on physical fitness.
2. Which of the following documents states that lack of physical
activity and smoking tobacco have the same health risk?
Answer Surgeon General's Report
3. John Dewey's educational belief that one "Learns by doing" is
applicable to physical education and is closely aligned with the philosophy of
a (an)
Answer Pragmatist
4. Which physical education curriculum model is based on the qualities of
space, relationship and effort?
Answer Movement Education Model
5. Cooperative learning is based on all the following concepts EXCEPT
Answer Working
towards independent goals
6. Which of the following sets of prescribed operations that promotes
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, students achievement best fits into the direct instruction curriculum model?
Answer The teacher structures the learning, proceeds in small steps but at a brisk pace, and
divides large academic tasks into smaller ones.
7. The National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE)
content standards specify
Answer What physically educated individuals should know and be able to do.
8. A teacher has been asked to recommend facilities to be included in a
play ground renovation. What combination of facilities would be the most
appro- priate for use by the primary grades?
Answer A multi purpose hard-top area, an apparatus area, and a large field.
9. An elementary physical education teacher should incorporate the
principle of summation of forces to align a lesson with?
Answer Science
10. A teacher tells students that if they complete a one-page
assignment that is cross-curricular it can be about any sport, they will earn
extra credit. Which one of the following topics would earn the extra credit?
Answer Football and How to Keep Score.
11. When teaching students with disabilities, a physical education
teacher should do which of the following?
Answer Raise expectations based on approval standards for the students.
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1. The United States' involvement in the war within the last 100 years
has had which of the following effects on the Physical Education profession?
Answer An Increased emphasis on physical fitness.
2. Which of the following documents states that lack of physical
activity and smoking tobacco have the same health risk?
Answer Surgeon General's Report
3. John Dewey's educational belief that one "Learns by doing" is
applicable to physical education and is closely aligned with the philosophy of
a (an)
Answer Pragmatist
4. Which physical education curriculum model is based on the qualities of
space, relationship and effort?
Answer Movement Education Model
5. Cooperative learning is based on all the following concepts EXCEPT
Answer Working
towards independent goals
6. Which of the following sets of prescribed operations that promotes
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, students achievement best fits into the direct instruction curriculum model?
Answer The teacher structures the learning, proceeds in small steps but at a brisk pace, and
divides large academic tasks into smaller ones.
7. The National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE)
content standards specify
Answer What physically educated individuals should know and be able to do.
8. A teacher has been asked to recommend facilities to be included in a
play ground renovation. What combination of facilities would be the most
appro- priate for use by the primary grades?
Answer A multi purpose hard-top area, an apparatus area, and a large field.
9. An elementary physical education teacher should incorporate the
principle of summation of forces to align a lesson with?
Answer Science
10. A teacher tells students that if they complete a one-page
assignment that is cross-curricular it can be about any sport, they will earn
extra credit. Which one of the following topics would earn the extra credit?
Answer Football and How to Keep Score.
11. When teaching students with disabilities, a physical education
teacher should do which of the following?
Answer Raise expectations based on approval standards for the students.
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