Soc 4-Fitness Testing

Question 1

What is the value of fitness testing?

Answer 1

You can use a single fitness test or a number of fitness tests to measure and access your current fitness level in a specific area. You can see what you need to imorove on.

Question 2

What is the purpose of the harvard step test?

Answer 2

Test cardiovasular endurance. The scores are based on heart rate.

Question 3

What is the protocol of the harvard step test?

Answer 3

Step on and off a 45cm bench for 5 minutes. Keep a regular pace of 1 step per 2 seconds which equals 150 steps in total. Measure heart rate 1,2 and 3 mins after.

Question 4

What is the purpose of the one-minute sit up ?

Answer 4

Test abdominal muscular endurance

Question 5

What is the purpose of the one minute press up?

Answer 5

Test muscular endurance

Question 6

What is the purpose of the vertical jump test?

Answer 6

Test leg power

Question 7

What is the purpose of the sit and reach test?

Answer 7

Measures the flexibility of the hamstrings and the lower back muscle.

Question 8

What is the purpose of the hand grip test?

Answer 8

Tests the muscular strength in the hand

Question 9

What is the purpose of the illnois agility test?

Answer 9

Tests an aplicants speed and athletic agility

Question 10

What is the purpose of the 12min cooper run?

Answer 10

Tests cardiovascular fitness and estimates vo2 max

Question 11

What is the purpose of the 30m sprint?

Answer 11

Tests a persons speed

Question 12

What is the protocol of the one minute sit up test?

Answer 12

Perform each sit up with your knees bent and your hands on your ears. Lay back Putting your back to the ground and then bring your chest back up to your knees to complete your correct sit up. Record score

Question 13

What is the protocol of the one minute press up test?

Answer 13

Hands on ground,level with shoulders. The straighten your arms to get into the starting position. Bend your arms and lower your body until your elbows form a 90 degree angle. The return back to starting position. Repeat for 60seconds and record your results

Question 14

What is the protocol of the vertical jump test?

Answer 14

Mark your fingers with some chalk. Raise your hand to see how high it goes,mark with chalk. Bend knees and jump (as hard as you can) touching the highest point on the wall you can reach. Measure the distance between your starting mark and the mark at the point you hit when you jumped.

Question 15

What is the protocol of the sit and reach test?

Answer 15

Get rid/take off shoes. Place your feet against a bench or wall. Keep your legs straight through out. Reach forwards as far as possible. Hold for 3 seconds. Measure the distance of how far you reached (in cm).

Question 16

What is the protocol of the hand grip test?

Answer 16

With your strongest hand,squeeze the grips together to measure your strength. Hold for 3 seconds then record your score.

Question 17

What is the protocol of the illnois agility test?

Answer 17

The individual starts by lying face down by the first cone. Starting at cone 1 he is required to run to cone 2 which is 10 meters away from cone 1. Then again to cone 3. Repeats this for cones 4,5 and 6.

Question 18

What is the protocol of the 12min cooper run test?

Answer 18

Run for 12 mins around a course (usally 50m intervals). Measure the distance you covered and your vo2, max,and calculate your score againts a table of normative data.

Question 19

What is the protocol of the 30m sprint test?

Answer 19

Mark out 30m. From a standing start,sprint from the start line to the finish line. Record the time in seconds

Question 20

What is defenition of Norm?

Answer 20

A pattern or standard

Question 21

What is the definition of quantitative?

Answer 21

Information about quantities, which can be measured

Question 22

What is the defintion of qualitative?

Answer 22

Information about qualities, which is difficult to measure