CSET SUBTEST 3 EXAM SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● In a third-grade physical education class, students work on the
challenge below.
-Assume a balanced pose with your feet together.
-The teacher will try to gently push you off balance while you try to
maintain your balance.
-Assume a balanced pose once again, this time with your feet spread
apart.
-The teacher will again try to gently push you off balance while you try
to maintain your balance.
-Identify which of the positions, feet together or feet apart, helped you
maintain your balance.
This activity is best designed to promote students' awareness of how:
Answer: D. increasing the body's base of support improves stability.
●● In volleyball, which movement pattern helps produce sufficient
velocity and accuracy to serve the ball underhand? Answer: A) moving
and striking arm in a pendulum swing
, ●● Which line in the table above accurately matches an activity with a
type of skill required to engage successfully in that activity? Answer: D)
Line 4
Activity: Riding a Unicycle
Type of Skill Required: dynamic balance skill
●● Which of the following activities emphasizes use of a locomotor
skill? Answer: A) galloping to music
●● A sixth grader's family fitness program includes bicycling. To begin,
the student and his father agree to ride three times each week for 20
minutes each session. According to the FITT criteria for fitness training,
which of the following is an accurate application of the principle of
TIME to this program? Answer: A) gradually increasing the duration of
each session.
●● Which of the following is a key benefit of including flexibility
training in a fitness development program? Answer: C) reducing the risk
of injury to joints and soft tissue
●● Which of the following is the most important instructional strategy to
use when adapting physical education activities for children with
asthma? Answer: B) Permit the children to perform at lower intensity
levels during aerobic activities and when exercising in cold, dry weather.
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● In a third-grade physical education class, students work on the
challenge below.
-Assume a balanced pose with your feet together.
-The teacher will try to gently push you off balance while you try to
maintain your balance.
-Assume a balanced pose once again, this time with your feet spread
apart.
-The teacher will again try to gently push you off balance while you try
to maintain your balance.
-Identify which of the positions, feet together or feet apart, helped you
maintain your balance.
This activity is best designed to promote students' awareness of how:
Answer: D. increasing the body's base of support improves stability.
●● In volleyball, which movement pattern helps produce sufficient
velocity and accuracy to serve the ball underhand? Answer: A) moving
and striking arm in a pendulum swing
, ●● Which line in the table above accurately matches an activity with a
type of skill required to engage successfully in that activity? Answer: D)
Line 4
Activity: Riding a Unicycle
Type of Skill Required: dynamic balance skill
●● Which of the following activities emphasizes use of a locomotor
skill? Answer: A) galloping to music
●● A sixth grader's family fitness program includes bicycling. To begin,
the student and his father agree to ride three times each week for 20
minutes each session. According to the FITT criteria for fitness training,
which of the following is an accurate application of the principle of
TIME to this program? Answer: A) gradually increasing the duration of
each session.
●● Which of the following is a key benefit of including flexibility
training in a fitness development program? Answer: C) reducing the risk
of injury to joints and soft tissue
●● Which of the following is the most important instructional strategy to
use when adapting physical education activities for children with
asthma? Answer: B) Permit the children to perform at lower intensity
levels during aerobic activities and when exercising in cold, dry weather.
