Barton College Study Guide

0091 PE Content Knowledge
June of 1999

These are items are provided to further guide your study for the PE Praxis exams.  No effort has been made to provide the correct answers to these items. Part of preparing for the test is identifying and addressing your weak areas. So, please do not send an email asking me to send you the answers. Looking up the answers is part of your test preparation! Possible multiple choice options appear in parentheses.

1. Which is the most rudimentary skill? (running, hopping, skipping, galloping)
    
2. If the elbow is at a 90 degree angle, what is the pull on the biceps brachii?
    
3. Which type of kick is used in the butterfly stroke? (dolphin, flutter, scissors, whip)
    
4. What is the best stroke for a tired swimmer? (doggie paddle, backstroke, front pull, back pull)
    
5. Angular velocity
    
6. What stage is present in running, but not in walking? (non-dependent stage, no-contact with the ground)
    
7. At what age can a percentage of children skip and slide, can run with controlled stop, start, and turns, and kneel and stand on a 3-foot wide bean?
    
8. The easiest tool to teach striking. (balloon, tennis ball, yarn ball) - check the FAQs page
    
9. The easiest tool to teach striking. (yarn ball, baseball, volleyball)
    
10. Order of contractions in a hamstring curl. (concentric, isometric, eccentric) - note that the order of contractions depends on which muscle you are talking about - the order for the quadriceps is different from the order of the hamstrings - you can read a short explanation of types of muscle contractions - check the FAQs page
     
11. Treatment for immediate musculoskeletal injury include. (ice, compression, elevation)
     
12. Main causes of low back pain. (weak abdominal muscles and tight hamstrings)
     
13. Scoring procedures for tennis.
     
14. In tennis the best time to start the back swing. (when the ball is hit by the opponent, when the ball crosses the net, when ball is over the player's mid-court, when ball strikes the ground)
     
15. What is the correct ruling by a softball umpire when a player misses an infield pop-fly with runners on first and second? (automatic out and runners may advance, automatic out and runners may advance at own risk, fair ball, replay the at bat) - this is the infield fly rule
     
16. What things must be taken into consideration when judging a pop-fly in softball? (wind, trajectory path, sound of hit, speed of travel)
     
17. Which U.S. sport in was developed with no other country or sport influencing its development? (baseball, football, golf, tennis) - what about other sports? - volleyball and basketball?
     
18. In basketball, if a skilled shooter misses a free throw shot and hits the front of the rim, which part of the information processing system was not completed correctly? (input, processing, output, feedback)
     
19. Open/Closed Skills (I get lots of email asking me to about open and closed skills.  Unfortunately, I cannot give lectures on open and closed skills by email.  You can learn about open and closed skills in any standard motor learning textbook. You can also read a short explanation of open and closed skills on the FAQS page.)
     
20. Between the golf drive and the tennis ground stroke, which is an open skill and which is a closed skill? - you can read a short explanation of open and closed skills on the FAQs page.
     
21. Intrinsic and extrinsic feedback
     
22. Inverted U-Theory - (only one choice on exam dealt with arousal)
     
23. In a track-and-field relay, which leg is run by the fastest runner? (first, second, third, or fourth) What is that person called?
     
24. In 6th through the 8th grades, which should not be taught? (50 m dash, 100 m dash, high jump, pole vault)
     
25. Which are aerobic activities? (select from a list of activities - mile run, 6 mile run, shot put, soccer, a football play, high jump)
     
26. After maturity, which increases? (resting heart rate, muscle size, maximum heart rate)
     
27. After maturity, which decreases? (resting heart rate, stroke volume, V0₂max, muscle tone)
     
28. Order/sequence of stages of throwing.
     
29. The biggest change of the 1980s in major college athletic sports, i.e., baseball, basketball and football. (25 percent of scholarship athletes go to pros, 4 percent of scholarship athletes go to pros, majority of male scholarship athletes go to pros, more coaches and professionals in the athletic field)
     
30. Safety technique in the forward roll (praise regardless of technique, weight on head, weight on hands).
     
31. Motor fitness components vs. health fitness components.
     
32. Problem solving in pragmatism, realism, or idealism?
     
33. Circle dances - descriptions of possible movements while partners are facing each other.
     
34. Promenade hand position.
     
35. Historical circle dance. (choices may include the Virginia Reel which is a contra dance - two lines facing each other)
     
36. List of words associated with folk/square dances - (promenade was one of the words on the list and question asked which type of dance the list was associated with)
     
37. Attractive nuisance - (rope hanging down) - can you list other examples?
     
38. Permission slip - (prevents suing school, allows parents to accept all responsibility for what may happen, lets administration know that parents are informed about the trip)
     
39. Objectives of PE (cognitive, affective, psychomotor and organic - question addressed affective and cognitive)
     
40. What is the correct position for heading in soccer? (body straight under ball, angle body toward ball, thrust head forward at contact)
     
41. Which is not legal in volleyball? (blocking and hitting in succession with no one else touching the ball, step on the center line but not over it, unintentionally hitting the ball with the knee, unintentionally hitting the ball with the head)
     
42. Why does a gymnast bend lower on the balance bean when trying to regain balance? (lower the center of gravity)
     
43. Mature and elementary level of throwing (identify from diagram).
     
44. Which is not one of the uses of forearm pass? (receive serve, receive low ball, score, set for a spike)
     
45. Which is the incorrect method of catching a pass in basketball? (angle fingers upward for a high ball, angle fingers downward for a low ball, step into the ball, trap the ball with the body)
     
46. Which exercises work the quadriceps? (short squat, leg press)
     
47. Seated leg curls work which muscles group? (hamstrings, anterior deltoid, quadriceps, biceps)
     
48. Tennis Elbow, Little League Elbow, and Pitcher's Elbow. (Epicondylitis)
     
49. Physical Best Test. (components/test items)
     
50. Comparison of Physical Best Test to other fitness tests.
     
51. What type of training is needed for high power jumping. (plyometrics) - you can read a short explanation of types of muscle contractions on the FAQs page.
     
52. Dynamic balance is used during (stork stand, cycling, headstand)  - the answer is on the FAQs page
     
53. Tripod. (base for head stand)
     
54. Which deals with values? (sport psychology, sport sociology, both) 
     
55. Percentage of time physical education classes spent in physical activity? (less than 40 percent, 40 to 60 percent, 60 to 80 percent, more than 80 percent)
     
56. The 1800s Battle of the Gymnastics Systems. - you can read a short explanation of the Battle of the Gymnastics styles on the FAQs page
     
57. Why was basketball invented? (need for an indoor activity)
     
58. Torque.
     
59. Specificity of exercise. (use of fly machine for butterfly)
     
60. Progression. (add weights during workout, add weight to workout over a period of time)
     
61. Eccentric vs. concentric contractions. - you can read a short explanation of types of muscle contractions FAQs page.
     
62. Progressive-part practice.
     
63. Isotonic/Isometric/Isokinetic endurance and strength (3 questions) - you can read a short explanation of types of muscle contractions on the FAQs page.
     
64. What type of contraction is it if you hold a weight out to the side. (isometric, isotonic, isokinetic) - you can read a short explanation of types of muscle contractions om the FAQs page.
     
65. Types of stretching. (PNF and others)
     
66. Safety in soccer. (eliminate metal spikes for children)
     
67. Individual stages of hitting. (asks sequence within the stages)
     
68. Choking up on bat. (reduces lever arm)
     
69. Metabolism and personality. (independent of one another, dependent upon one another)
     
70. In throwing, forearm (moves with upper arm and shoulder, follows behind upper arm and shoulder, completely independent of upper arm and shoulder)
     
71. When dribbling in a small space, do all EXCEPT (keep the ball close to feet, stay in a crouched position, use changes of speed, use only dominant foot for control)
     
72. Greatest influence in 1800s physical education. (came from medical field)
     
73. First physical education teachers (doctors).
     
74. Angular motion represented in (the knees of a cyclist, legs of a runner, arms of a swimmer).
     
75. Racing position of a swimmer, cyclist, or a downhill skier is designed to reduce (turbulence and drag).
     
76. All of these are effects of cool-down EXCEPT (prevent blood from pooling in legs, increasing lactic acid removal, reduces cholesterol, reduces risk of cardiac irregularities).
     

Movement Forms - Analysis and Design (0092)

These were the two constructed response questions on the June 12, 1999 Praxis PE Exams.

Thanks go to Barton College of Wilson, North Carolina for sharing these study materials with us!