Soc 4 - Fitness Testing

Question 1

Hand grip strength test - Protocol

Answer 1

Protocol : Use a hand grip dynamometer. With your strongest hand, squeeze as tightly
as possible.

Question 2

Purpose - hand grip strength test

Answer 2

Tests muscular strength in the hand.

Question 3

One min press up test - Purpose

Answer 3

Tests muscular endurance.

Question 4

One min press up test - Protocol

Answer 4

Perform each press-up with your hands on the ground, level with your
shoulders. Then straighten your arms to get into the starting position. Bend
your arms and lower your body until your elbows form a 90 degree angle,
then return to the starting position to complete one press up.

Question 5

One min sit up test
Purpose

Answer 5

Tests abdominal muscular endurance.

Question 6

30m sprint
Purpose

Answer 6

Tests a person’s speed.

Question 7

Verical jump
Purpose

Answer 7

Tests leg power.

Question 8

Sit and reach
Purpose

Answer 8

Measures the flexibility of the hamstrings and lower back muscles.

Question 9

12 min cooper run
Purpose

Answer 9

Tests cardio vascular fitness

Question 10

Harvard step test
Purpose

Answer 10

Tests cardiovascular endurance

Question 11

One min sit up test Protocol

Answer 11

Work with a partner. Your partner starts the clock as you start your sit-ups
and continue with good form for one minute. Your partner records the
number of correctly completed sits-ups.

Question 12

30 m sprint
Protocol

Answer 12

Work with a 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
Protocol

Answer 13

Chalk your fingertips then reach up and touch the wall as high as you can.
Bend your knees and jump, touching the wall at the highest point of the
jump. Measure how high above your standing, reach mark you jumped and
record your result. Score the best of three attempts.

Question 14

Sit and reach
Protocol

Answer 14

Either use a standard sit and reach box or sit down with legs straight and
feet against a bench set on its side. 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 store zero, which is average.

Question 15

12 min cooper run
Protocol

Answer 15

Mark out an area with the same lengths then count how many times your partner laps around the marked out area.

Question 16

Harvard step test
Protocol

Answer 16

Step on and off a 45cm-high bench every two seconds for five minutes, Keep
to a regular pace so that you step on and off once every two seconds, making
150 steps in five minutes. It may help you to count 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 for a complete
step on and off the bench, Measure your heart rate at one, two and three
minutes into recovery. The fitter you are, the quicker your recovery will be.

Question 17

Norm

Answer 17

A pattern or standard

Question 18

Quantitive

Answer 18

Information about quantities, which can be measured

Question 19

Qualitative

Answer 19

Information about qualities, which is difficult to measure

Question 20

Protocol

Answer 20

Official procedure; set way to do something

Question 21

Balance

Answer 21

Standing stork test

Question 22

Reaction time

Answer 22

Ruler drop test

Question 23

Coordination

Answer 23

Ball toss test

Question 24

Body composition

Answer 24

Skinfold capliears