PHYSICAL EDUCATION EC-12
CONTENT. EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 VERIFIED.
A comprehensive exercise program would consist of which of the following sets of activities?
A) Plyometrics, overload training, and warm-up and cool-down activities
B) Plyometrics and cardiorespiratory activities
C) Weight training, cardiorespiratory activities, and flexibility exercises
D) Weight training and cardiorespiratory activities - ANS A) Plyometrics, overload training,
and warm-up and cool-down activities
Which of the following is the most important reason for a cool down activity after an aerobic
exercise?
A) To prevent excessive sweating
B) To prevent a heart attack
C) To prevent an irregular heartbeat
D) To prevent blood from pooling in the legs - ANS D) To prevent blood from pooling in the
legs
A physical education teacher's coworker states that lifting weights is not important for women.
The physical education teacher would most accurately counter the coworker's view by stating
that weight-bearing activities...
A) are less important than cardiovascular activities
B) are not widely engaged in by women
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,C) improve cardiovascular fitness
D) decrease the likelihood of osteoporosis - ANS C) improve cardiovascular fitness
As part of a community-wide fitness theme a physical education teacher has set a goal for her
third grade students to jog or walk 26 miles during one month. The teacher could best
accomplish this goal by...
A) starting an optional after-school running club
B) incorporating a home component in which students jog or walk with parents or guardians
C) asking classroom teachers to establish jogging as a recess activity
D) having the students jog or walk for the entire period for the last 13 days - ANS B)
incorporating a home component in which students jog or walk with parents or guardians
A person who has a sedentary lifestyle has been regularly engaging in cardiorespiratory workout
for the past six weeks. Which of the following describes the person's resting heart rate now, as
compared to before beginning the workout regimen?
A) The resting heart rate will be increased
B) The resting heart rate will be the same
C) The resting heart rate will be decreased
D) The resting heart rate will vary greatly - ANS C) The resting heart rate will be decreased
Which of the following major body systems should a physical education teacher discuss during a
lesson on diabetes?
A) Nervous
B) Skeletal
C) Muscular
D) Digestive - ANS A) Nervous
The President's Challenge fitness program includes which of the following groups of tests?
A) Flexed arm hang, pull-ups, push-ups, and standing broad jump
B) Flexed arm hang, one mile walk/run, sit and reach, and shuttle run
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, C) Sit and reach, shuttle run, standing broad jump, and curl-ups
D) One mile walk/run, shuttle run, pull-ups, and squats - ANS B) Flexed arm hang, one mile
walk/run, sit and reach, and shuttle run
For a high school physical education class, a teacher is planning a unit on the components of
perceived exertion and achieving target heart rate. Which of the following physical activities
would best fit this unit?
A) Weight lifting
B) Golfing
C) Jogging
D) Shot put throw - ANS C) Jogging
For a student with ambulatory cerebral palsy, which of the following would be the best activity
to promote cardiovascular endurance?
A) Stationary bike
B) Arm crank ergometer
C) Pushing a manual wheelchair
D) Jumping rope - ANS B) Arm crank ergometer
When the goal is to strengthen the abdominal muscles, which of the following would be the
safest and most effective exercise to perform?
A) Deep squat
B) Curl-up
C) Straight-leg sit-up
D) Double leg lift - ANS B) Curl-up
Participating in yoga throughout one's lifetime would yield a primary health benefit of...
A) cardiorespiratory endurance
B) agility
C) muscular strength
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CONTENT. EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 VERIFIED.
A comprehensive exercise program would consist of which of the following sets of activities?
A) Plyometrics, overload training, and warm-up and cool-down activities
B) Plyometrics and cardiorespiratory activities
C) Weight training, cardiorespiratory activities, and flexibility exercises
D) Weight training and cardiorespiratory activities - ANS A) Plyometrics, overload training,
and warm-up and cool-down activities
Which of the following is the most important reason for a cool down activity after an aerobic
exercise?
A) To prevent excessive sweating
B) To prevent a heart attack
C) To prevent an irregular heartbeat
D) To prevent blood from pooling in the legs - ANS D) To prevent blood from pooling in the
legs
A physical education teacher's coworker states that lifting weights is not important for women.
The physical education teacher would most accurately counter the coworker's view by stating
that weight-bearing activities...
A) are less important than cardiovascular activities
B) are not widely engaged in by women
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,C) improve cardiovascular fitness
D) decrease the likelihood of osteoporosis - ANS C) improve cardiovascular fitness
As part of a community-wide fitness theme a physical education teacher has set a goal for her
third grade students to jog or walk 26 miles during one month. The teacher could best
accomplish this goal by...
A) starting an optional after-school running club
B) incorporating a home component in which students jog or walk with parents or guardians
C) asking classroom teachers to establish jogging as a recess activity
D) having the students jog or walk for the entire period for the last 13 days - ANS B)
incorporating a home component in which students jog or walk with parents or guardians
A person who has a sedentary lifestyle has been regularly engaging in cardiorespiratory workout
for the past six weeks. Which of the following describes the person's resting heart rate now, as
compared to before beginning the workout regimen?
A) The resting heart rate will be increased
B) The resting heart rate will be the same
C) The resting heart rate will be decreased
D) The resting heart rate will vary greatly - ANS C) The resting heart rate will be decreased
Which of the following major body systems should a physical education teacher discuss during a
lesson on diabetes?
A) Nervous
B) Skeletal
C) Muscular
D) Digestive - ANS A) Nervous
The President's Challenge fitness program includes which of the following groups of tests?
A) Flexed arm hang, pull-ups, push-ups, and standing broad jump
B) Flexed arm hang, one mile walk/run, sit and reach, and shuttle run
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, C) Sit and reach, shuttle run, standing broad jump, and curl-ups
D) One mile walk/run, shuttle run, pull-ups, and squats - ANS B) Flexed arm hang, one mile
walk/run, sit and reach, and shuttle run
For a high school physical education class, a teacher is planning a unit on the components of
perceived exertion and achieving target heart rate. Which of the following physical activities
would best fit this unit?
A) Weight lifting
B) Golfing
C) Jogging
D) Shot put throw - ANS C) Jogging
For a student with ambulatory cerebral palsy, which of the following would be the best activity
to promote cardiovascular endurance?
A) Stationary bike
B) Arm crank ergometer
C) Pushing a manual wheelchair
D) Jumping rope - ANS B) Arm crank ergometer
When the goal is to strengthen the abdominal muscles, which of the following would be the
safest and most effective exercise to perform?
A) Deep squat
B) Curl-up
C) Straight-leg sit-up
D) Double leg lift - ANS B) Curl-up
Participating in yoga throughout one's lifetime would yield a primary health benefit of...
A) cardiorespiratory endurance
B) agility
C) muscular strength
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