fitness tests protocols and purposes test

Question 1

Cooper 12-minute run test (purpose)

Answer 1

Test Cardiovascular endurance

Question 2

Cooper 12-minute run test (Protocol)

Answer 2

Run for 12 min around a course, normally marked with cones at for example 50m intervals. Measure distance and your VO2 max and calculate your score against a table of normative data.

Question 3

Harvard Test (purpose)

Answer 3

Test cardiovascular endurance as the score is based in the heart rates; good muscular endurance in legs is helpful but not measured.

Question 4

Harvard Test (protocol)

Answer 4

Step on and off a 45cm-high bench every two seconds for 5 min. Making 150 steps in 5 min. Measure bpm 1 to 3 min to recovery.

Question 5

Hand grip-strength test (purpose)

Answer 5

Test muscular strength in the hand

Question 6

Hand grip-strength test (protocol)

Answer 6

Use a hand grip dynamometer. With your strongest hand, squeeze as tightly as possible. Take three recordings. Record the best score.

Question 7

One-minute press-up test (purpose)

Answer 7

Tests muscular endurance

Question 8

One-minute press-up test (protocol)

Answer 8

Perform each press-up with your hands in the ground, level with your shoulders. Get yourself into the starting position and lower your body until your elbows form a 90 degree angle. Work with partner. Start timer and count.

Question 9

One-minute sit-up test (Purpose)

Answer 9

Test abdominal muscular endurance

Question 10

One-minute sit-up test (Protocol)

Answer 10

Perform each sit-up with your knees bent and your hands on your ears. Sit up and touch your knees with your elbows. Work with partner. Start timer and count.

Question 11

30m sprint (purpose)

Answer 11

Tests a person’s speed.

Question 12

30m sprint (protocol)

Answer 12

Work with partner. Mark out a 30m distance. When your partner signals you to start run as fast as you can while your partner records your time.

Question 13

Vertical jump/Sargent jump test (purpose)

Answer 13

Test leg power

Question 14

Vertical jump/Sargent jump test (protocol)

Answer 14

Chalk your fingertips, the reach up and touch the wall as high as you can. Ben your knees and jump as far as you can touching the wall at the highest point as you can. Measure the difference and record your result. Score best of three attempts

Question 15

Sit and reach test (purpose)

Answer 15

Measure flexibility of the harmstrings and lower back muscles

Question 16

Sit and reach test (protocol)

Answer 16

Use a standard sit and reach box or bench. Measure how far beyond your toes you can reach. If you cannot reach your toes you score a minus total. If you just reach your toes you score 0, which is average.

Question 17

Illinois agility test (purpose)

Answer 17

It tests speed and the ability to turn in different directions and at different angles

Question 18

Illinois agility test (protocol)

Answer 18

Cones mark the course. The subject starts face down, with the head to the start line and hands by the shoulders. At the whistle, the subject runs the course, without knocking down any cones.