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WorksheetsPE REVIEW TEST (teacher cert.)
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 53mins
The United States ‘involvement in the war within the last 100 years has had which of the following effects on the physical education profession?
An increased emphasis on motor skill develop
An increased emphasis on recreational activities
An increased emphasis on enhanced physical fitness
An increased emphasis on formal, regimented drill
Which of the following documents states that lack of physical activity and smoking tobacco have the same health risk?
Healthy People 2020
National standards for physical education
Surgeon General ‘s Report
State standards for physical education
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)
Idealist
Naturalist
Pragmatist
Realist
The ancient Greeks had a lasting impact on physical education programs because of their belief, in the importance of the development of,
Competitive nature
Mind, body and spirit
Physical being
Spiritually through physical education
Which physical education curriculum model is based on the qualities of space, relationship and effort?
Developmental Model
Skill theme model
Sport education model
Movement education model
Cooperative learning is based on all the following concept EXCEPT:
Group rewards
Individual accountability
Equal opportunities for success
Student selection of content
Which of the following strategies best applies teaching games for understanding tennis?
Throwing balls to stimulate game play to promote tactical awareness
Practicing the backhand groundstroke to enhance skill mastery
Observing other players during game to assess activity level
Reflecting at the end of the lesson to emphasize individual responsibility
Which of the following sets of prescribed operations that promotes student achievement best fits into the direct instruction curriculum model?
The teacher needs only to be aware of which tasks will be attempted in the upcoming lesson and to provide the necessary equipment for students
The interdependence among group members and explicit attention to the development of social skills are carefully planned by the teacher
The cognitive development of students in physical education is potentially enhanced when they act as teachers and assist other students
The teacher structures the learning, proceeds in small steps but at a brisk pace, and divides large academic tasks into smaller ones
When a philosophy of physical education has been established, the next step in curriculum development is to
Develop units of sport skills
Choose an appropriate fitness assessment program
Establish methods of evaluations of the physical education program
Determine physical education goals
The National Association for Sport and Physical Education content standards specify
Appropriate skill and task progressions for writing lesson plans
What physically educated individuals should know and be able to do
how teachers can assess student progress toward expectations
measurable performance indicators for writing lesson objectives
Which of the following do the state standards for physical education include
Benchmarks that indicate what students should know and be able to do
Appropriate after-school and extracurricular activities for each grade level
Lesson plans appropriate for teachers to implement at each grade level
Goals and objectives for physical education program at each grade level
A teacher has been asked to recommend facilities to be included in a playground renovation. What combination of facilities would be the most appropriate for use by the primary grades?
A. A multipurpose hard-top area, an apparatus area, and a large field
B. A basketball court, a natural area, and a large field
C. A large field, a basketball court and a multipurpose area
D. An Apparatus area, a basketball court and a large field
Which of the following items of a unit plan presents learning topics and experience in an organized manner?
Introductory rationale information
Scope and sequence
Instructional delivery information
Task and Materials
Which of the following information sources would best help a teacher develop a more effective physical education program?
Student assessments
Teacher evaluation
Student interest surveys
Parent Teacher Conferences
An elementary physical education teacher should incorporate the principle of summation of forces to align a lesson with
Science
Mathematics
Health
Music
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?
Wrestling and the rules for a tournament
Tennis and the equipment needed
Soccer and how to pass the ball
Football and how to keep score
In a middle school physical education class, several students are considered obese, have below-average scores on health-related fitness measures, and appear to have awkward or clumsy movements. The physical education program for these students should emphasized
Aerobic activity, body management, and coordination skills
Weight training, aerobic activity, and modified team games
Fundamental motor patters, gymnastics, and rhythms
Low-organization games, dance, and flexibility activities
When teaching students with disabilities, a physical education teacher should do which of the following?
Decrease expectations for the students because of their physical or cognitive disabilities
Provide consistent expectations of the students regardless of their abilities or disabilities
Form expectations based on defined objectives for the students
Raise expectation based on approval standards for the students
Of the following choices, the best way to increase motivation is to
Broaden the expectations for achievement
Increase the consequences for failure
Involve students in setting individual goals
Give general feedback
Which of the following is the safest and most effective means to line up students while maintaining each child’s social and emotional well-being
Line up from the shortest to the tallest
Line up boys alternated with girls
Randomly select students by colors they are wearing
Randomly select students with appropriate behavior
The most effective teacher strategy to foster students’ support of their classmates during class games is to
Ignore players when students make negative comments to their classmates
Deduct team points when students make negative comments to their classmates
award team points when students make positive comments to their classmates
Stop playing the game immediately and compliment students and classmates
A middle school class is learning to play racquetball using regulation equipment. The teacher observed that students cannot keep a rally going because the ball is moving too fast. What is the best modification to increase the length of the rallies?
asking students to hit the racquetball more softly
having additional students on the racquetball court
having students strike the racquetball with their hands
asking students to use flight-restricted racquetballs
A middle school physical education teacher meets the students at the door of the gymnasium at the beginning of class. Which of the following should the teacher’s priority before starting class?
Ensuring that the environment is safe
maintaining a productive learning environment
reinforcing the learning objectives
providing individual and whole class feedback
To make feedback more effective, a teacher should
The Physical Education teacher notices that students are using more force than necessary while dribbling soccer balls. Which is the best feedback statement to improve performance in the future?
Stop putting so much force on the balls
Use less force on the ball
Kick the ball with more force
Try kicking the ball with your other foot
“Everyone, try to use your finger pads instead of your palms” is an example of which of the following types of feedback?
Positive and evaluative
Negative and corrective
Class and corrective
individual and congruent
A teacher who keeps a daily journal of positive and negative feelings about each of the day’s lesson is practicing
Prevention of burnout
Reflective teaching
Accountability
Authentic Assessment
Which of the following statements is true with Mastery Learning?
The goal is for the child to develop intrinsic motivation
The teacher makes all designs about the task
There is a preconceived exit point, but the time a student takes to reach this point is flexible
There are ways to measure personal improvement and compare performance to classmates
Students are working on dribbling basketballs. Most students are challenged by traveling while dribbling. A few students are highly skilled so the teacher tells them, “Begin dribbling around the obstacles arranged on the other end of the court. When I stop the rest of the class to talk to them, stand quietly, but begin working again when the rest of the class begins again.”
Intratask variation
Child-designed activities
self-instructional strategies
Teaching by invitation
34. The type of obstacle course that is the most appropriate for developing physical fitness for middle school students is one that:
includes a variety of activities targeting different muscle groups
focuses only on running exercises
is designed for professional athletes
requires advanced equipment
Which of the following is the most appropriate way to motivate students?
Coach the students like they are an athletic team
Give the same task to all students at all times
Help students attribute success and failures to what they can control
Use similar learning activities throughout the unit to provide familiarity
Many students in a 1st grade class are not developmentally ready to skip. Which of the following strategies will facilitate students’ readiness to skip?
Teach only the step-hop sequence to students
Give students many opportunities to hop, gallop and slide
Teach students a dance with many hopping steps
Give students many opportunities to demonstrate the skill
Which of the following learning setting is most effective for a child who is a kinesthetic learner?
Task cards
Cooperative learning groups
Active learning games
Student contract
The most appropriate way to teach striking skills in the initial stages of developments would be to use
the hand
a short-handled racquet
a long-handled racquet
a plastic basketball bats
The role of cognitive development in physical education is best reflected in activities that
Develop physical fitness, good health, and an appropriate hygiene routine
Encouraging questioning, integrating, analyzing, and communicating
ensure motor skill development
Incorporate Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
While developing throwing and catching skills, students’ self-esteem would most likely be enhanced if they are
Rewarded extrinsically for accuracy
assigned a more highly-skilled partner
rotating through learning stations
working to achieve personally set goals
Which of the following strategies would most benefit a student who has a dominant auditory learning style?
A. A Teacher demonstration
B. Skill practice
C. Learning centers
D. Precise explanations
Which of the following is a valid application of part-whole learning?
Practicing the toss of the tennis serve before practicing the entire serve
practicing the backswing of the arm before practicing the underhand throw
Practicing dribbling through cones before practicing dribbling against an opponent
practicing with a training ball before practicing with an official volleyball
What motor skill is used to handle an object which leads to the use of hand-eye coordination?
Nonlocomotor
Nonmanipulative
Locomotor
Manipulative
A teacher is instructing a team sports unit and wants to follow the correct learning sequence. When is it most appropriate for a teacher to introduce offensive and defensive strategies for the students to practice within the context of a game?
near the beginning of the unit, immediately following conditioning
near the middle of the unit, immediately following fundamentals
near the end if the test, immediately following skills and techniques
near the middle of the unit, immediately following safety rules
In swimming, students who experience difficulty in executing the crawl stroke equally both on sides of the body probably need additional movement experience develop
Directionality
Laterality
Right-Left discrimination
Sensory Perception
Which sport skill involves the highest development of spatial awareness?
Running in a 100-meter sprint
Running the bases in softball
Running with the football in a game
Running in a 400-meter relay
Beginning gymnastics student has difficulty maintaining balance and control while doing simple balance beam routines. To correct this problem the teacher should construct the student to
Focus attention on a distant eye-level spot
Focus attention on the feet
Focus attention on the hands
Focus attention on the beam
Which of the following sets is classified as non-locomotor skills?
Rolling, leaping, turning and running
Twisting, turning, sliding, and bending
Turning, Rolling, Kicking and hopping
Bending, twisting, pushing and turning
To assist 5th grade students practicing layup shooting the teacher should do which set of activities to apply the part-to-whole method of teaching?
Have students practice the approach, then the jump, then the shot
Have students practice the shot, then the approach, then the jump
Have students practice the vertical jump, then the approach, jump and shot
Have students practice the approach, then the shot, then the jump
Which of the following is the best sequence for learning fundamentals skill the teacher should follow in a basketball unit?
dribble around objects, dribble to music, dribble around the body, dribble using finger pads
Dribble different places around the body, dribble using finger pad, dribble to music, dribble around stationary objects
Dribble using finger pads, dribble different places around the body, dribble around stationary objects, dribble to music
Dribble to music, dribble around stationary objects, dribble using finger key pads, dribble different places around the body
A teacher is working on locomotor skills with kindergarten children and find the majority of students cannot gallop. Which of the following activities would be appropriate to help the students learn to gallop?
Perform hopping on alternate feet to music
perform jumping movement to a drum beat
practice keeping the same foot in front as they travel
practice the movements in a dance combination
When a student performs an overhand throw, what is the initial position?
Stepping towards the target
bringing arm back
using follow through
standing side to target
A ball goes out-of-bounds during a soccer game, and a team member is preparing to throw the ball back into the game. Which of the following is the best instructional prompt for the teacher to give to the student throwing the ball?
Roll the ball towards your teammate
Bring the ball behind your head and keep both your feet on the ground
Bring the ball behind your head and throw in with one hand
During a gymnastics unit, the physical education teacher is introducing the tripod stand. To facilitate balance, the head and hands position on the mat should be
Hands together and head in front of hands
hands shoulder-width apart and head between hands
hands together and head between hands
hands shoulder-width apart and head in front of hands
At the beginning of the school year, a physical education teacher is instructing lesson on kicking to a 1st-grade class. Which of the following is the first skill that the teacher should ask the students to attempt at this level of proficiency?
The students are moving while kicking a moving ball
the students are moving while kicking a stationary ball
The students are stationary while kicking a tossed ball
The student it’s are stationary while kicking a stationary ball
During a kindergarten lesson on skipping, a physical education teacher notices a student who cannot perform the skill properly. To help improve the skill level of the student, the teacher should first check to see if the student can
Stand on one foot and then hop
Change directions while running
Step forward while pointing the toes
Run in a straight line and leap
During an Olympic-themed fitness unit, middle school students are performing the long jump. Which of the following skill-related fitness components will give the best results for distance?
Speed and Balance
Balance and coordination
Coordination and power
power and speed
A member of the high school soccer team wants to develop a weight training program that focus on the development of muscular endurance. Which of the following would be best to achieve the started goal?
heavier resistance with more repetition
lighter resistance with fewer repetitions
Heavier resistance with fewer repetitions
lighter resistance with more repetition
To improve, what prescriptive measure should the teacher recommend?
decrease muscular endurance excessive and increase flexibility exercise
Increase muscular endurance exercise and decrease flexibility
Increase muscular endurance exercise and maintain current flexibility
Decrease muscular endurance exercise and maintain current flexibility exercise
All of the students in a 5th-grade physical education class score below the 50th percentile on the PACER test. To help them improve, which of the following activities should the teacher regularly include in future lesson plans?
Curl-up
Jumping ropes
push-ups
The assessment of flexibility in a physical education class is best accomplished using the
Flex meter test
Sit and reach test
Goniometer test
A student’s exercise plan includes weight lifting 3 days a week. Pilates 3 days a week, and swimming laps 4 days a week. This fitness program emphasis which of the following health related fitness component?
Muscular strength and muscular endurance, reaction time, and cardiorespiratory endurance
Coordination, cardiorespiratory endurance, and flexibility
Coordination, cardiorespiratory endurance, and power
Muscular strength and muscular endurance, flexibility, cardiorespiratory endurance
Which of the following dietary actions would be most important to provide a healthy balanced diet?
Increase dietary supplements and vitamins
decrease saturated fat intakes
increase calcium and transfatty acids
decrease complex carbohydrates
Which of the following are all symptoms of heat exhaustion
Reduced heart rate, nausea, and muscles cramps
muscle cramps, hypothermia and weakness
Headache, muscle cramps, and unconsciousness
Dizziness, clammy skin and muscle cramps
Without having access to their inhaler, which of the following statements is the most appropriate recommendation when working with students who have asthma?
Ask students experiencing symptoms to reduce the intensity of their activity
Encourage students to breathe through the mouth rather than the nose
Allow students access to drinking water and send them to the restroom
Call the parent or guardian and send the students to the nurse
A young person begins a weight training program during the middle school years. The students apply good training principles that can be continued throughout life. One can predict the student will
Decrease flexibility
Develop and maintain greater muscle mass
develop skills related fitness
increase cardiorespiratory capacity
A lat pull-down on a resistance machine would best develop which of the following muscles?
Posterior deltoids and trapezius
Pectorals major and triceps
Quadriceps and biceps
Hamstring and teres major
If a student has completed 3 push-ups with difficulty, then a teacher should initially suggest
Positioning the hands closer together
Starting by using modified push-ups
Lifting the body only a few inches at first
keeping the body in a straight line
Which of the following is a noted benefit of improving flexibility through a regimen range of motion exercise?
Reduced muscle injuries
Increase muscle endurance
Improved cardiorespiratory fitness
refined hand-eye coordination
An elementary school physical education teacher sees each class once for 45 minutes. Which of the following is the best way for increasing physical activity time beyond the physical education setting?
Have students write a paper about a famous athlete
Talk to the administration about block scheduling
Implement team teaching strategies
Organize a walk to school program
69. The best way to expose students to physical activity representation of a variety of cultures is:
Including traditional games and dances from different cultures in the curriculum.
Focusing only on mainstream sports such as basketball and soccer.
Teaching only the physical activities popular in the local community.
Limiting activities to those found in the national curriculum.
Which of the following is NOT a Paralympic sport?
Boccie
Wheelchair basketball
Folk dancing
Soccer
A physical education teacher addresses a student by saying, 'Tommy, you are very skilled in basketball, but I asked you not to shoot baskets when you were supposed to be working on dribbling the basketball. You will have to take time out for a few minutes. When you think you can come back and join the group and follow directions, let me know and we will discuss it.' This scenario is an example of developing a climate for inclusion in physical education by using which of the following strategies?
teach students to respect both the person and property of others
When students demonstrate disrespectful behavior toward you, do not respond in kind
Positively reinforce appropriate behavior displayed by all students
Model attitudes toward differences by responding to all students in a positive, supportive manner.
To help all children develop desirable social standards and ethics, the teacher should structure the physical education environment so that students
Choose team members by alternating choices
experiment and practice skills alone
know established limits of acceptable behavior
express both positive and negative feelings in team settings
A student approaches a teacher and complains of feeling lethargic, lacking in energy and experiencing feelings of depression. The student is displaying symptoms of
Psychological fatigue
Physiological fatigue
Distress
eustress
Research has shown that physical education has a positive impact on academic achievement because physical activity
Increase self-esteem
improves stress management
improves cognitive function
increase social interaction
To help instill self-efficacy in students, a teacher should choose activities that promote student effort, facilitate success early in the learning process and
Are initially challenging to the student
can be easily mastered with assistance
Progress from simple to complex
require little or no feedback
To increase the potential of team sports to develop sportsmanship in students, teacher must make clear expectations of what sportsmanship is in the classroom, reinforce sportsmanship in the classroom and
Do short-term planning with daily lessons
build student motivation into each phase of the lesson and unit
make goals for student skill level in yearly lessons
Motivate students externally in each phases of the lesson and unit
A teacher wants to encourage students to demonstrate good character traits during class and to make healthier lifestyle choices, such as eating nutritious foods and keeping physically active. Which of the following character traits should the teacher emphasize on a daily basis during physical education lessons?
Trustworthiness, caring and winning
Trustworthiness, responsibility and competing
Respect, fairness and citizenship
Respect, perseverance, and skillfulness
Which of the following is a summative type of assessment in physical education
Unit tests
Peer evaluations
performance rubric
daily journal
A written test that represents instructional information and objectives has
Statistical reliability
Content validity
Concurrent validity
Interrater readability
Which physical education assessment is defined as a form of performance structures around real-life situations?
Observational
traditional
authentic
peer
Which set of behaviors is measured by tests in the affect domain?
Evaluating, appreciating, selecting, and contacting
Appreciating, motivating, valuing, and structuring
classifying, comprehending, motivating and manipulating
comprehending, evaluating, selecting, and controlling
To demonstrate understanding of game strategy in the sport education model, students should be asked to:
explain and apply tactics during gameplay
memorize the rules of the sport
list the equipment used in the sport
describe the history of the sport
Which of the following is a key element in Hellion’s model for teaching personal and social responsibility?
Analyze a video of an opponent and create a game plan
Explain the rules and appropriate officiating techniques
Record statistics of participants to evaluate players-team performance
Write an article for the school newspaper detailing an intramural game
Which of the following is a key element in Hellion’s model for teaching personal and social responsibility?
Student behavior modification and discipline strategies
levels of student goal-setting and development of self-control
rules and procedures for maintaining appropriate behavior
Etiquette and guidelines for sports and physical activities
Which of the following best describes the four steps of planning for an academic school year?
Establishing the number of lessons, creating a daily lesson plan, aligning benchmarks to lesson, and evaluating the outcome of lesson plans.
Deciding on the number of students, creating the daily lesson plan according to equipment available, observing student success, and evaluating outcomes.
Developing a curriculum outline, determining the number of lessons, using benchmarks to determine what is to be taught, and creating a daily lesson plan
Selecting the location of the lesson, determining the number of lesson, aligning the state standards to the lesson, and creating a daily lesson plan
Which of the following post lesson questions best represents the affective domain of learning?
What skill do you think your team needs to improve?
How do you feel when the ball is passed to you?
What are the cues for the skill we learned today
How many points did you score in the challenge
A teacher observes that a class of 6th grade student is having difficulty with cooperation in a game of volleyball. Which of the following adaptations would foster cooperative play?
Allow for unlimited hits by anyone person
Let the ball bounce before volleying
Focus on the goal of continuous volleys between teams
Score a point when opponents do not return a volley
Which physical activity is developmentally appropriate for primary students?
A volleyball game using a large foam ball
A half-court basketball game with lowered baskets
A creative movement activity focusing on spatial awareness
relay races using a variety of locomotor skills
A Physical Education teacher is instructing a class in a soccer unit and notices that several students are performing movements and skills at the proficiency level. The teacher is most likely observing this group of students
Performing movements that are automatic and fluid in changing environments
Performing movements that are extraneous and repetitive in succession
Concentrating intensely on the movements and combining the skills
Concentrating intensely on the movements and varying the skills
Which of the following learning setting is most effective for a child who is a kinesthetic learner?
Task cards
Cooperative learning groups
Active learning games
Student contract
The physical education staff members at a middle school are asked to increase the variety of program activities. The school has limited funding, facilities, and equipment. The most feasible strategy is to
seek equipment funding from the school’s parent teacher organization
advocate the necessity of hiring another physical education teacher
develop a mutually beneficial plan with an adjacent recreation center
schedule intramural during the school day instead of after school.
Which skill progression, simple to complex, should be followed as a child matures and learns jumping skill?
Jumping rope, jumping as part of a gymnastics routine, two-footed takeoff and a two footed landing
two-footed takeoff and a two-footed landing, jumping as a part of a dance routine, jumping in a basketball game.
two-footed takeoff and a two-footed landing, jumping in a volleyball game, jumping as a part of a gymnastic routine.
Jumping ropes, jumping as a part of a dance routine, two-footed takeoff and a two footed landing
Which of the following fitness test is commonly used to assess a student’s agility?
PACER test
Shuttle runs
50-yard dash
The following sets is classified as manipulative skills?
throwing, striking and volleying
hopping, jumping rope, and tossing
striking, leaping, and throwing
tossing, dribbling, bending
For 1st grade students which locomotor movement is most complex?
skipping
jumping
hopping
galloping
Spotting assistance is given when needed, which learning sequence aids in the success in performing a forward roll?
forward roll on a flat mat the forward roll on a log
start on a flat mat a log roll then forward roll from a straddle position
forward roll on an inclined mat then forward roll on a flat mat
start from a straddle position a side roll the forward roll on a flat mat
Practicing hitting off a batting tee. They have positioned their bodies in relation to the field. The bat is back in swinging position. The student is missing the ball each time they swing. what cue should the teacher use first for the students to successfully hit the ball?
Rotate your body and shift to hit the bar
keep your eyes on the ball
Extend your arms to hit the ball
shift your weight and swing harder to hit the ball
What concept is defined as “anything needed to produce or change the motion of an object?
equilibrium
force
gravity
leverage
In archery class, a student complains that the bow string repeatedly hits the inside of the elbow this error can be corrected by having the student
A. cock the wrist of the bow arm
B. hyperextended the wrist of the bow arm
C. turn the bow arm so that the elbow points inward
D. rotate the bow arm so the elbow points outward
To assist a 1st grade student who has a difficulty performing static balance activities the teacher should instruct the student to
narrow his base of support and place his arms at his side
widen his base of support and place his arms at his side
Since the late 20th century, childhood obesity has become a growing epidemic in the United States. Which of the following best defines obesity?
Sedentary lifestyle
High cholesterol
Low body mass index
Too much body fat
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
Altering objectives for the day by engaging the class in a lively game of table tennis
Giving the same objectives, reducing equipment, and having students take time practicing.
Modifying task, adapting equipment and maintaining instructional objectives
Postponing objectives until next week and showing a video about the history of tennis
