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Name: ________________________
Check Point Test
Class: ________________________
Date: ________________________
(i) State one reason why taking part in regular exercise can improve general health.
Reason
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(1)
(ii) Explain why the amount of exercise carried out might vary between different types
of people.
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(2)
(Total 3 marks)
Q2.
Fitness testing is often used as a motivational tool.
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2. _________________________________________________________________
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(Total 2 marks)
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(Total 1 mark)
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(Total 1 mark)
Q5. There are several basic components of fitness which are important for sports
performers.
(i) What is meant by the term power? Give one example from a physical activity.
Power
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(2)
(ii) What is meant by the term reaction time? Give one example from a physical
activity.
Reaction time
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(2)
(Total 4 marks)
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Q6.
The Illinois Agility Test is a maximal test that measures agility.
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(Total 2 marks)
Q7. Give two examples of where agility is particularly important in physical activities.
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2. _________________________________________________________________
(Total 2 marks)
Q8. During your GCSE Physical Education course you were required to lead a warm-up or
warm-down.
(i) State one part of your warm-up and describe two reasons why you included it.
(ii) What is lactic acid? Why do you need to remove it during a warm-down?
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(2)
(Total 5 marks)
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Q9. Describe a suitable warm-down after an intensive training session, and explain how
this would help the performer to recover quickly.
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(Total 6 marks)
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M1. (i) Award one mark for a correctly stated reason why taking regular exercise
can generally improve health.
Examples include:
(ii) Award up to two marks for correctly explaining why the amount
of exercise carried out, might vary between individuals.
Examples include:
M2.
Award one mark for each of the following points up to a maximum of two marks.
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To monitor improvement, eg. in strength (1)
To show a starting level of fitness (1)
To inform training requirements (1)
To compare against norms of the group / national averages (1)
Accept any other suitable reason why fitness testing is carried out. Do not credit any
response linked to motivation.
[2]
M3.Award one mark for stating what is meant by the term reaction time.
how fast or how quickly or the time taken (for the body, or part of the body) to
respond to a stimulus.
M5. (i) Award one mark for being able to state what power is, ie the combination
of the (maximum) amount of speed with the (maximum) amount of strength.
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(ii) Award one mark for being able to state what reaction time is,
ie the amount of time taken to respond to something/ the speed
of response to external events.
1
M6.
Award one mark for each of the following points up to a maximum of two marks.
AO1
Accept any other suitable description of how to carry out the Illinois Agility Test.
[2]
M7. Any two where the body has to change position / direction such as:
A dodge
A swerve
A sidestep
A somersault
A round off
A tumble turn
A spin
A vault
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A traverse / a smear / a lay-back
M8. (i) Award one mark for a correctly identified part, and one mark for each
reason for including the exercise.
Parts include:
stretching / mobilising
skills practice
Reasons include:
(ii) Award one mark for being able to correctly identify lactic acid as:
Award one further mark for a correct reason for removing it.
Examples include:
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Accept the above plus any other suitable examples.
2
[5]
Explanation:
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