Cadet Challenge

You are about to join your friends after school for a quick game of soccer. You know this activity will put stress on your bones, muscles, and tendons. How should you prepare your body before the game?

• Warm up after a quick stretch

• Do a stretch of all muscles you will use

• No preparation is necessary

• Stretch after a quick warm up

As you review the list of winners and their scores, you notice that one of the winners got the wrong ribbon. The following list shows the participants, their percent score on the five exercises (one-mile walk/run; shuttle run; pull-ups; curl-ups; and V-sit reach), and their ribbon. Which one got the wrong ribbon?

• Ken: 95%; 90%; 92%; 85%;100%; - JROTC Physical Fitness Ribbon

• Rachel: 86%; 91%; 87%; 85%; 86%; - JROTC Athletic Ribbon

• Cindy: 85%; 90%; 86%; 88%; 87%; - JROTC Physical Fitness Ribbon

• Tim: 100%; 100%; 96%; 84%; 100%; - JROTC Athletic Ribbon

When you warm up for exercise, you should ______.

• exercise at a reduced pace

• bounce back and forth the muscles you'll be using

• breathe rapidly

• do as many repetitions as possible

A new Cadet asks, "If I practice a lot and score 100% on each event, then what can the Cadet Challenge do for me?" What should you NOT tell him?

• It will help you develop an understanding and appreciation for physical fitness.

• It will show how a physical fitness program can improve your health and appearance.

• You will gain personal satisfaction by having to strive for and achieve a goal.

• You will receive a round red emblem with an embroidered eagle that you can wear on your uniform.

The following list shows the first two percent scores and events for four of the Cadet Challenge participants. If each of the participants scores 100% on the remaining events, then who qualifies for the JROTC Physical Fitness Ribbon?

• Dan: 100% shuttle run; 100% flexed-arm hang

• Dave: 92% curl-ups; 80% pull-ups

• Dean: 85% pull-ups; 85% one-mile walk/run

• Don: 100% curl-ups; 75% V-sit reach

You are stretching before you do the exercises in the Cadet Challenge. With your feet about shoulder-width apart and knees slightly bent, you hold your hands together behind your back and pull them up as you bend at the waist. What parts of your body are you focusing on with this stretch?

• Arms and shoulders

• Lower back and arms

• Thighs and lower back

What is the definition of the term "Cadet Challenge?"

• One of the five events on the Cadet Challenge consists of a sit-up movement from a lying position up to the point where your elbows touch your thighs

• An award earned by achieving a standard of 85 percent or higher

• A physical fitness test that consists of five exercises taken from the Cadet Challenge program

• An alternative event for the pull-up in the Cadet Challenge

What is a curl-up?

• One of the five events on the Cadet Challenge that consists of a sit-up movement from a lying position up to the point where your elbows touch your thighs

• An award earned by achieving a standard of 85 percent or higher

• One of the five events on the Cadet Challenge that consists of running 30-feet twice and picking up a block at each end

• An alternative event for the pull-up in the Cadet Challenge

What is a flexed-arm hang?

• One of the five events on the Cadet Challenge that consists of a sit-up movement from a lying position up to the point where your elbows touch your thighs

• One of the five events on the Cadet Challenge that consists of pulling the body up from a dead weight hanging position on a bar to having the chin clear the bar

• A physical fitness test that consists of five exercises

• An alternative event for the pull-up in the Cadet Challenge

What is a pull-up?

• One of the five events on the Cadet Challenge that consists of pulling the body up from a dead weight hanging position on a bar to having the chin clear the bar

• One of the five events on the Cadet Challenge that consists of stretching a number of inches past an established baseline

• One of the five events on the Cadet Challenge that consists of running 30-feet twice and picking up a block at each end

• One of the five events on the Cadet Challenge that consists of a sit-up movement from a lying position up to the point where your elbows touch your thighs