Exam skills - physical training practice questions
Questions
- Identify which of these fitness tests can be used to measure flexibility.
- A) 12 minute Cooper run
- B) Harvard Step test
- C) sit and reach test
- D) vertical jump
- Identify the correct principle of training to each description. (3)
- session duration
- how many times a week/month a person trains
- how hard a person trains
- Explain what would happen if a person did not schedule a rest day into their training programme. (3)
Answers
- C
- How long the session lasts = Time
- How many times a week/month a person trains = Frequency
- How hard a person trains = Intensity
- A rest day is required for the body to adapt to the training (1). If the person did not have a rest day their fitness would not improve as their body would not have time to adapt. (1) There would be the possibility of developing an overuse injury such as a muscle strain. (1)