PRACTICE TEST IN MAPEH

PHYSICAL FITNESS AND GYMNASTICS

1. A student’s heath screening should administered prior to

A. Any physical activity by the student at your facility.
B. Any contract with the student.
C. Fitness assessment or programming.
D. The initial “walk-through” showing of a facility.
2. Which of the following is strategy to improve the accuracy of a fitness assessment?
A. Ensure appropriate pretest preparation of the student.
B. Ensure physician supervision of all assessments.
C. Use checklists of pretest procedures.
D. Use only certified staff.
3. When performing multiple assessments of health related fitness in a single session, resting
measurement should be allowed in order by
A. Body composition, flexibility, muscular fitness, cardiorespiratory fitness.
B. cardiorespiratory fitness, flexibility, muscular fitness, body composition.
C. Cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular fitness, body composition, flexibility.
D. Body composition, cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular fitness, flexibility.
4. Flexibility is the measure of the
A. Disease-free range of motion about a joint.
B. Pain-free range of motion about a joint.
C. Habitually used range of motion about a joint.
5. In order to maximize safety during a fitness assessment, the room layout should address which
of the following issues?
A. The equipment and floor space should be arrange to allow safe exit from the facility in an
emergency situation and to prevent accidental upsetting of equipment.
B. The equipment and floor space should be arrange so that although exits are clearly marked,
it not essential to students to be near the exit, and equipment can be move from in front of
exits in an emergency.
C. The equipment and floor space should be arrange to allow students the opportunity to
move equipment away from exits should an emergency develop.
D. Annual drills announced early in the year allow the staff to properly prepare for any type of
emergency.
6. Body composition is determine by which of the following formulate?
A. Total weight – fat weight
B. Total weight – fat –free weight
C. Fat-free mass + fat mass
D. Fat weight +fat free weight
7. Physical fitness battery test are conducted at the start of each year. What is the purpose of
these tests?
 A. To comply with content requirements.
B. To choose elite athletes.
C. To give grade for fitness assessment.
D. To identify the strengths and weakness of student.
8. The best predictor of one’s cardiorespiratory fitness is
A. The mile run
B. 200 yard run
C. 50 yard dash
D. 400 meter run
9. Which of the following fitness tests measures the strength of the abdominal muscles?
A. Sit-ups
B. Flexed Arm Hang
C. Sit and Rich
D. Shuttle Run
10. Which among these Physical Fitness Tests measure flexibility?
A. Chair push-up
B. Sit and Reach
C. Standing ;long jump
D. Flexed Arm Hang
11. About certain exercises:
A. Forward bending should occur from the waist.
B. Set-ups should be done with leg straight.
C. When stretching, hyperextend the knees.
D. Bouncing stretches are the best.
12. The American College of Sports Medicine recommendation for intensity, duration, and
frequency of physical activity for apparently healthy individuals includes
A. Intensity of 60% to 90% maximal heart rat, duration of 20 to 60 minutes, frequency of 3 days
to 5 days a week.
B. Intensity of 85% to 90% maximal heart rate, duration of 30 minutes, frequency of 3 days to
5 days a week.
C. Intensity of 50% to 70% maximal heart rate, duration of 15 to 45 minutes, frequency of 5
days a week.
D. Intensity of 60% to 90% maximal heart rate reserve, duration of 20 to 60 minutes, frequency
of 7 days a week
13. A method of strength and power training that involves an eccentric loading of muscles and
tendons followed immediately by an explosive concentric contraction is called
A. Periodization
B. Ployemetrics
C. Super sets
D. Isotonic reversals
14. Which of the following excercise modes allow buoyancy to reduce the potential for
musculoskeletal injury and even allow injured person an opportunity to excercies without
further injury?
A. Skilling
B. Walking
C. Water exercise
D. Cycling
15. Which of the following activities provides for the greatest improvement in aerobic fitness for
someone who is beginning an exercise program?
A. Dieting
B. Downhill skiing
C. Walking
D. Weight training
16. Exercise to prepare the body for a strenuous workout
A. Warm-up
B. Peak aerobics
C. Cool-down
D. Isotonic exercise
17. Which of the following is a true statement about physical exercise?
A. Physical exercise usually involves repetitive movements.
B. Physical exercise includes only movements that results in expenditure of energy.
C. Physical exercise require at least 10 minutes at an activity.
D. Physical exercise produce muscle stress, which lead to muscle growth.
18. Weight training programs which emphasize building muscular endurance should include
A. Many repetitions with a low to moderate weight load.
B. Only isokinetic exercise.
C. Few repetitions with heavy weight load.
D. Only exercise exceeding 10 minutes.
19. The primary difference between aerobic exercise and anaerobic exercise is
A. Demand on muscle tissue
B. Oxygen consumption.
C. Fatigue factor.
D. Overload.
20. This principle states that the specific type of exercise you do determines the specific benefit you
receive.
A. Principle of Specificity
B. Principle of progression
C. Principle of overload
D. Principle of Reversibility
21. Apparatus activity, stunts, tumbling are most closely associated with
A. Body management attainment
B. Higher skill attainment
 C. Specialized skills
D. Fundamental skill
22. Which of the following is not a standing position in gymnastics?
A. Feet together
B. Full knees bend
C. Half knee bend
D. Hurdle position
23. Stunts that tests the ability of the performer to fight with each other
A. Combinative stunts
B. Individual stunts
C. Dual stunts
D. Group stunts
24. Which is not a skill in manipulating the ball in rhythmic gymnastics?
A. Throwing and catching
B. Tapping in different planes
C. Balancing the ball on different parts of the body
D. Bouncing on different surfaces
25. It is a gymnastic position where the head and knees are held in contact from curved trunk.
A. Truck
B. Pike
C. Hook
D. Stride
26. It is gymnastic position or shape when the body and legs are extended upward while the head,
shoulder and the bend elbow supports the extended body.
A. Shoulder stand
B. Hands stand
C. Head stand
D. Stride stand
27. Chinese get-up, Wheelbarrow, wring the dishcloth are stunts that help develop body
coordination among children. These stunts are categorized as
A. Dual stunt
B. Individual stunt
C. Acrobatics
D. Group stunts
28. It is a gymnastic position or shape where one leg is extended forward while the other leg is
extended backward with or without hand support on the floor
A. Split
B. Front scale
C. Knee scale
D. Bridge stand
29. What is the most essential factor when participating in gymnastics?
A. Precision
 B. Safety
C. Confidence
D. Power
30. Which of the following tumbling skills dominantly used in any apparatus events for both men
and women?
A. Handstand
B. Backward Roll
C. Forward Roll
D. Cartwheel
31. It is the preparatory position in backward roll where the feet are held together with knees
straight and trunk bent forwards the legs
A. Squat
B. Pike
C. Tuck
D. Straddle
32. Which gymnastic move uses a tripod?
A. Forward roll
B. Handstand
C. Headstand
D. Backward roll
33. Which phrase is this descriptive statement is in correct? When coming out of a straddle forward
roll, the performer should reach forward with the body from the hips, place the hand close to
the crotch, shoulders far out in front of the body, head tucked close to the chest, arms straight
and in line with the shoulders.
A. Head tucked close to the chest
B. Reach forward with the body from the hips
C. Place the hands close to the crotch
D. Shoulders far out in front of the body.
34. Which lead-up move should be a beginning tumbler must execute before attempting for a dive
forward roll?
A. Backward roll
B. Forward roll
C. Shoulder roll
D. Wrestle’s bridge
35. Where should be the head be placed in a forward roll?
A. With chin tucked to chest and head on mat
B. With the forehand on the mat
C. Outside the hands
D. Facedown on the mat
36. Choose two factors that are most crucial in executing a headstand
1-strenght
2-flexibility
 3-balance
4-agility
A. 1 and 3
B. 1 and 2
C. 2 and 3
D. 3 and 4
37. In which position should the knees be kept during execution of the backward roll in a truck
position?
A. Pike position
B. Jackknife position
C. Arch position close to the chest
38. Which of the following will be likely show the correct rhythm of a cartwheel?
A. Hand, hand, foot, foot
B. Foot, foot, hand, hand
C. Hand, foot, hand, foot
D. Foot, hand, foot, hand
39. Your student in your gymnastic class is having a difficulty with a handstand. What exercises must
help?
A. Wall push-ups
B. Duck waddle
C. Crab walk
D. Elephant walk
40. Which move is a lead-up to the standing backward roll
A. Handstand
B. Cartwheel
C. Back extension
D. Backward roll form squat
41. What contributes most to procedure good balance in a headstand?
A. A broad base of support
B. The elbows bent at a 90% angle
C. The toes pointed
D. The head in the same line with hands
42. How long should an exercise wait after eating a meal before workout?
A. 2 hours
B. 30 minutes
C. 1 hour
D. No wait necessary
43. The recommended way to increase flexibility is a safe manner is through a carefully planned
activity. Which among the exercises is the fastest?
A. Ballistic stretching
B. Rapid stretching
C. Static stretching
 D. Bouncing
44. The recommended solution to decrease body fats include
1. Diet
2. Increase physical activity
3. Medical guidance

A. 1 and 2
B. 1 and 3
C. 2 and 3
D. 1, 2, and 3
45. Progressive resistance id applied when the muscles becomes stronger as they work against a
corresponding grater resistance. Which of the following approaches does not contribute to this
method of increasing strength?
A. Daily and simple exercise
B. Heavy resistance exercises using weight training
C. Specific exercises against body weight as in pull-ups
D. Vigorous athletic performance
46. Interval training is one of the most effective training approaches in the preparation of athletes.
Which of the practices contributes to this type of training?
A. Medium to high intensity and vice versa for each activity
B. Continuous performance of an activity
C. Untimed and unlimited training activity
D. Any activity desired and enjoyed by the performer
E.