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WorksheetsCadet Challenge
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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 award. The following list shows the participant, their percent score on the five exercises (one-mile walk/run; shuttle run; pull-ups; curl-ups; and V-sit reach), and their award. Which one got the wrong award?
Ken: 95%; 90%; 92%; 85%; 100%; - 85th Percentile Award
Rachel: 86%; 91%; 87%; 85%; 86%; - 50th Percentile Award
Cindy: 85%; 90%; 86%; 88%; 87%; - 85th Percentile Award
Tim: 100%; 100%; 96%; 84%; 100%; - 50th Percentile Award
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.
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
Lower back and shoulders
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 85th Percentile Fitness Award?
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
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 consist 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 a 30-foot shuttle run
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
What is a shuttle-run?
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
An award earned by achieving a standard of 85 percent or higher
One of the five events on the Cadet Challenge that consists of a 30-foot shuttle run
None of the above
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
Lower back and shoulders
What is the definition of the term "Cadet Challenge"?
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
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
