Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education

February 1996 5-a-day

Every sheet in February 1996

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st February 1996Explain what should be done instead of RICE if a fracture or dislocation is suspected.
  2. 2nd February 1996A rugby player's warm-up lasts 15 minutes, with 6 minutes spent on the pulse raiser. What percentage of the warm-up is this?
  3. 3rd February 1996Give one physical reason why participation in contact sport often falls as people get older.
  4. 4th February 1996State one drawback of using video technology to support officiating decisions.
  5. 5th February 1996A gymnast is told 'well done, that landing was perfectly balanced.' Classify this feedback by source and by tone.
  6. 6th February 1996Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
  7. 7th February 1996Which valve is found between the right atrium and the right ventricle?
  8. 8th February 1996State the main role of white blood cells.
  9. 9th February 1996What is a micronutrient?
  10. 10th February 1996Name the three planes of movement used in movement analysis.
  11. 11th February 1996Which model, the lever model or the planes and axes model, is more suited to analysing a rotational movement such as a hip turn in a golf swing, and why?
  12. 12th February 1996A netball goal shooter records a vertical jump test score. Which skill-related component and which health-related component together help her jump higher to intercept a pass?
  13. 13th February 1996State one sporting example of how a dislocation might occur.
  14. 14th February 1996Define 'gamesmanship'.
  15. 15th February 1996Give one argument against the use of PEDs that is not directly about health.
  16. 16th February 1996Give one strategy a coach could use to raise a player's arousal before a match if they seem flat and under-motivated.
  17. 17th February 1996Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
  18. 18th February 1996Name the airway that air passes through directly after the trachea.
  19. 19th February 1996Define aerobic exercise.
  20. 20th February 1996Why might a very active athlete need a higher daily energy intake than an inactive person of the same body size?
  21. 21st February 1996State the order of fulcrum, load and effort in a first-class lever.
  22. 22nd February 1996Which health-related component does the hand grip dynamometer test measure?
  23. 23rd February 1996Define reversibility.
  24. 24th February 1996A 14-year-old female scores 24cm on the sit and reach test. Using the table (Excellent: above 30cm; Good: 25 to 30cm; Average: 15 to 24cm; Below average: 10 to 14cm; Poor: below 10cm), state her rating.
  25. 25th February 1996Why is the relationship between sport, sponsorship and the media described as a 'triangle' rather than a straight line?
  26. 26th February 1996Why can a skill's position on the open-closed continuum change between different performances of the same skill?
  27. 27th February 1996According to social learning theory, what must happen for an observed aggressive behaviour to be repeated?
  28. 28th February 1996What is the role of a fixator muscle?
  29. 29th February 1996State one reason the aerobic system is not suitable for a 100m sprint.