FTCE PHYSICAL EDUCATION CERTIFICATION
EXAM|| 100 ACTUAL QUESTIONS & CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS 2025|26 || GRADED A+
1. The best strategy to appropriately challenge students and increase motiva-
tion: 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 indi-
vidual: 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 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, leap-
ing, skipping, hopping
12. MANIPULATIVE skills: throwing, kicking, anything that involve hand-eye coor-
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, dination
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
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: BAL-
ANCE
18. In an instructional sequence for developing game strategy, skills are
learned and then combined, followed by offensive and defensive strategies.
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EXAM|| 100 ACTUAL QUESTIONS & CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS 2025|26 || GRADED A+
1. The best strategy to appropriately challenge students and increase motiva-
tion: 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 indi-
vidual: 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 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, leap-
ing, skipping, hopping
12. MANIPULATIVE skills: throwing, kicking, anything that involve hand-eye coor-
1/
11
, dination
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
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: BAL-
ANCE
18. In an instructional sequence for developing game strategy, skills are
learned and then combined, followed by offensive and defensive strategies.
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