IB Sports, Exercise and Health Science (SEHS) Practice Exam

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• Selective attention operates in which stage and prevents overload by filtering information before it enters which store?
• Which activity is a gross motor skill example?
• Sedentary individuals should aim for what percentage of daily calories from carbohydrates?
• Which type of abilities combines processing information and executing movement?
• Positive feedback is...
• Endurance athletes should obtain what percentage of daily calories from carbohydrates?
• In tennis, what is one effect of applying topspin to a ball according to the discussion of projectile motion?
• Which principle is designed to prevent a training plateau by changing stimulus?
• Performers' use of open and closed-loop control is best described by which statement?
• Which component initiates motor programs by the neuromuscular system in Welford's model?
• Which type of muscle action tends to produce the greatest post-exercise discomfort (DOMS)?
• Which maximal aerobic capacity test uses 20-meter shuttle runs with audible beeps?
• Which type of sensory receptor responds to information from outside the body?
• Which test requires running for 12 minutes and tracking distance to assess aerobic capacity?
• What best describes a tendon sheath?
• The Sit and Reach test assesses which component of fitness?
• The Lactic Acid System (anaerobic glycolysis) yields how many ATP per glucose?
• Which connective tissue connects muscle to bone?
• Which factor most directly causes the center of mass to shift with different body positions?
• What is the approximate energy content per 100 g of lipids?
• Which nerves decrease heart rate?
• In projectile motion, if release speed is increased while height and angle are unchanged, what is the effect on horizontal distance?
• Which statement best defines VO2 max?
• Which mineral is commonly associated with muscle contraction and fluid balance?
• Which part of the brain is primarily responsible for controlling involuntary functions such as breathing?
• Which statement best defines response time?
• Which of the following is a characteristic of skilled performers compared to novices?
• What type of feedback comes from outside sources such as a coach or stopwatch?
• For a shot put, increasing the release height with the same speed tends to produce what?
• On a distance-time graph, what is the correct progression as the line changes from horizontal to a positive-curved line to a negative-curved line?
• Triacylglycerol is composed of?
• In a t-test, a small p-value indicates what?
• Which principle is described by the idea that stopping training leads to loss of results?
• External intercostals are located between the ribs and assist inhalation.
• Which statement describes the Law of Inertia?
• According to the diet guidelines, what is the recommended daily protein intake in grams?
• What does the memory trace refer to in motor learning?
• Which statement about gaseous exchange at the alveoli is true?
• In maximizing a sprinter’s weight training program, what does overload primarily achieve?
• In the cross-bridge cycle, what happens when a new ATP binds to myosin?
• Which statement describes how training affects components of response time?
• During exercise, which of the following occurs?
• Which principle-to-skill transfer is demonstrated by applying the underlying science that long levers aid throwing a javelin?
• Which is a benefit of dietary fiber?
• Pulmonary ventilation is defined as
• In projectile motion, what is true about horizontal acceleration?
• In signal-detection processing, what does DCR stand for?
• The term that describes the rate at which something is able to move is:
• Which concept relates to the credibility or believability of the research?
• What does mental practice involve?
• What is the natural pacemaker of the heart?
• Which of the following is a second-class lever arrangement?
• Broadbent's filter model proposes which key feature of perceptual processing?
• Which structure surrounds, anchors, and protects the heart?
• Which statement is accurate about correlation and causation?
• Which is NOT a recommended strategy to prevent DOMS?
• Which process converts glucose to glycogen for storage?
• Which category describes performing a skill in isolation?
• Glycogen is stored as a polysaccharide in which tissues?
• Which principle involves gradually increasing intensity over time?
• Which statement correctly describes arteries?
• Which set of components are health-related fitness components?
• During a marathon, which energy system provides prolonged ATP production?
• Which type of transfer occurs when practice stimuli and cues are replicated in actual performance?
• What happens to insulin levels during exercise, and how does this affect glucose uptake?
• Which blood component is primarily involved in clotting and repairing damaged vessels?
• Which statement about the Bernoulli principle and projectile motion is correct?
• Which statement best describes the center of mass?
• What describes the Psychological Refractory Period (PRP)?
• Which of the following is characteristic of psychomotor abilities?
• Define ability.
• Which term describes ventricular contraction?
• Perception is best described as ...
• Which connective tissue surrounds each individual muscle fiber?
• According to the material, VO2 max tends to increase with age.
• Characteristics of saturated fatty acids?
• Progressive Part method describes...
• Which statement about intercostal muscles is true?
• What is the total ATP yield from one glucose molecule under aerobic conditions according to the source material?
• How is the release angle defined in projectile motion?
• In signal detection theory, what does d' represent?
• Which type of joint allows movement in all directions and rotation?
• Glucose is a type of which macronutrient?
• If two shot putters have the same release speed and angle, which is generally advantageous for range?
• Which statement represents the Law of Counterforce?
• What happens to lactate produced during intense exercise in the liver?
• Which term describes instruments that measure are accurate and operate correctly?
• Which statement accurately describes skeletal muscle?
• Which is a first-class lever configuration?
• According to the discussion of the golf application of Bernoulli’s principle, how does backspin influence flight?
• Where are chemoreceptors primarily located?
• For a 400-meter sprint, which energy systems contribute to rapid ATP resynthesis?
• What is the primary function of a joint?
• Which statement about the trachea is accurate?
• Which statement accurately describes anabolism?
• Which statement characterizes catabolism?
• Which structure of the neuron contains the nucleus?
• What characterizes an isokinetic muscle contraction?
• What does the perceptual trace refer to?
• Which term describes a skill performed in a stable and predictable environment, such as archery?
• Within muscle fibers, contraction is produced by the interaction of which structures?
• Movement time is defined as?
• Which equation best represents the relationship among ability, skill, and technique?
• Angular velocity is defined as:
• Which scenario is an example of skill-to-skill transfer?
• Which statement correctly differentiates Type IIa and Type IIb motor units?
• Which metabolic pathway is responsible for breaking down glucose to pyruvate to provide energy?
• Before fatty acids can enter the Krebs cycle, what process must occur?
• Glycogenolysis breaks down glycogen to release which molecule?
• Reciprocal inhibition involves relaxation of one muscle when its antagonist contracts. Which statement best describes this mechanism?
• What is the technique called that measures electrical activity of muscles using surface electrodes?
• In shot put technique, the acceleration path can include a specific rotation to increase speed. What does this involve?
• During exercise, which statement explains the increased blood flow to muscles?
• Which memory improvement method involves grouping information into smaller units to reduce the load on short-term memory?
• What type of reaction links monosaccharides to form disaccharides?
• When the body is hot, what happens to capillaries?
• Which principle states the exercise chosen should be relevant to the sport you are training for?
• Which method introduces the whole skill, then breaks into parts, then re-integrates?
• Which activity primarily uses large muscle groups?
• Which organelle is the site of cellular respiration?
• Which neurons carry information from the central nervous system to the muscles?
• During exercise, which muscle primarily increases airflow?
• Momentum is defined as the product of which quantities?
• Kinesthetic (internal) feedback refers to what?
• Which timing is feedback received during the task?
• What is the effect of having a large number of muscle fibers per motor unit on force and precision?
• Endurance training adaptations: capillarization.
• Inertia in sport, where a stationary object tends to stay stationary, is best illustrated by which scenario?
• Which statement about oxygen transport is true?
• Which class of synovial joints allows rotation around three axes?
• According to the material, which factor contributes to a higher VO2 max in males than in females?
• What is the role of hemoglobin in oxygen transport?
• Which statement about ATP is true?
• Which field test involves stepping onto a bench every two seconds for five minutes and measuring heart rate?
• In the blackbox model of information processing, which statement is true?
• Which of the following is NOT a Physical Proficiency ability in Fleishman's taxonomy?
• Which energy system is described as the quickest and peaks around 5 seconds?
• Angular momentum is the product of which quantities?
• Archery would be categorized under which environment?
• The PAR-Q indicates that if a person answers YES to any item, they should...
• What is systolic blood pressure?
• Which term best describes a muscle fiber?
• In short-term memory, information is held for several seconds unless rehearsed.
• Which factors affect the horizontal distance a projectile travels?
• What is the molecular formula of glucose?
• What is one role of lipids in nutrition?
• Which teaching style involves peer teaching and more social interaction?
• During exercise, what percentage of blood is directed to active muscles?
• During inhalation, which changes occur?
• What is one function of the nostrils and nasal cavity in respiration?
• What is the function of cholinesterase at the neuromuscular junction?
• Which timing is feedback after task completion?
• What is the function of the conducting airways?
• The elbow is an example of which joint type?
• Which type of practice trains a skill in isolation and strengthens the motor program, good for closed/discrete skills?
• What type of marrow is found in the medullary cavity of adults?
• Static exercise: which statement about blood pressure is true?
• Which part is the site of nerve signal transmission and is typically insulated by a myelin sheath?
• What links the neuron to other neurons?
• Under anaerobic conditions, pyruvate is converted to lactate. Where is lactate primarily transported for further metabolism?
• Which statement describes motor programmes in relation to open and closed-loop perspectives?
• What are bursae?
• What is the recommended daily water intake listed?
• Which contraction describes a muscle length that shortens during contraction?
• Which factor is described as increasing arterial blood pressure due to resistance?
• In the simple input-decision-output model, what is produced as the final step?
• Dynamic exercise: which is true about blood pressure?
• During a spin, if the moment of inertia decreases and angular momentum is conserved, what happens to the angular velocity?
• Which quantity has both magnitude and direction?
• Which category describes performing a skill with other competitors directly involved, such as football?
• Which component lubricates synovial joints?
• How is the term skill best defined?
• Which tissue is a major storage site for triglycerides?
• Which methods can be used to measure the center of mass?
• Which statement best describes angular momentum for a rotating body?
• A motor programme is best described as what?
• Which concept describes the reproducibility of a test's results?
• Triacylglycerol is primarily stored in which tissue?
• What happens to ATP during muscle contraction?
• Which method for assessing body composition is very accurate but expensive and uses water displacement?
• Which process breaks down triglycerides into glycerol and fatty acids?
• Which energy system is most limited by by-product accumulation, yet can provide rapid regeneration early in exercise?
• In a 60-meter sprint, which energy system primarily resynthesizes ATP to meet the initial demand of the sprint?
• Which energy system uses glycolysis, Krebs cycle, and electron transport chain to produce ATP and can utilize glucose, fats, or proteins?
• Cognitive stage of learning involves what?
• The lactic acid energy system is also known as what?
• Which statement best describes pulmonary circulation?
• What is the first step in muscular analysis of a motor skill?
• What does F = ma describe?
• The Illinois Agility Test is used to evaluate which physical quality?
• Which processes occur in aerobic metabolism to produce ATP from glucose and fatty acids?
• Glycogenolysis is primarily controlled by which hormone?
• Which bone type is the humerus an example of?
• Negative feedback is...
• Which rating of perceived exertion (RPE) test is noted as suitable only for children?
• What is the approximate energy content per 100 g of protein?
• During expiration in exercise, which muscle contracts to pull the ribs down?
• Which component of the respiratory system is the site of gas exchange?
• In glycolysis, how many net ATP are produced from one molecule of glucose before entering the mitochondria?
• Which describes the role of feedback in the learning process?
• Which statement accurately describes open-loop motor programs?
• What does the arteriovenous difference represent?
• Which pacing describes a performer who controls the rate of movement, usually in a closed skill?
• What percentage of information entering short-term memory is lost within 10 seconds?
• Which teaching style is described as command style, with the teacher in control and memory as primary thinking?
• To increase angular velocity, what must a performer do with their moment of inertia?
• During the sliding filament theory, what triggers exposure of binding sites on actin?
• Which memory type must be exercised to improve long-term memory performance?
• Which description best captures insulin's effect after a meal?
• What is the recommended carbohydrate percentage range in the macronutrient distribution?
• In the context of oxygen deficit, what best describes the oxygen demand relative to supply at the start of exercise?
• Which vitamins are fat-soluble?
• Which description best fits Slow Twitch Type I motor units?
• Cardiovascular drift during prolonged exercise is best described by which statement?
• What is the approximate energy content per 100 g of carbohydrates?
• What is the moment of inertia defined as in rotational motion?
• Chemical composition of a protein molecule.
• What is the primary function of stretch reflexes?
• Which type of feedback is based on the outcome of the action, such as time or distance?
• Which property describes the ability of muscle tissue to return to its original size after being stretched?
• Which statement about maximal heart rate and cardiac output across populations is true?
• What is the primary purpose of a cool down in a general training programme?
• Which term describes a structure closer to the midline of the body?
• Which structures are part of the axial skeleton?
• For maximizing horizontal range, the release angle is typically within which range?
• Which statement about essential amino acids is correct?
• Which type of practice is best when the skill is new or complex and fatigue is risky?
• Closed-loop motor programs are characterized by which feature?
• Moment of inertia measures an object's resistance to changes in what?
• At rest, which statement about overall blood distribution is accurate?
• Which component makes up about 55% of blood by volume?
• What is the end of the neuron where it meets the muscle called?
• Which factor contributes to different rates of learning due to maturation differences?
• Which method accounts for the difference between resting and maximum heart rate when determining training intensity?
• Which method involves practicing the whole skill at once?
• During fasting and exercise, which hormones rise to increase blood glucose?
• Which principle involves training harder than you have previously?
• What is the standard formula for estimating maximum heart rate in most individuals?
• An innervation ratio is defined as:
• Which statement best defines positive transfer?
• Which scenario illustrates stage-to-stage transfer?
• According to Wickens, we can attend to more than one piece of information if the tasks are not similar.
• Which joint allows only forward and backward movement?
• Which muscular endurance test involves performing as many sit-ups as possible in 30 seconds?
• Skinfold measurements estimate body fat by assessing fat at how many sites?
• Which is an example of bilateral transfer?
• What gives blood its red color?
• If height and angle are held constant, which factor determines the range of a projectile?
• In randomized controlled trials, what is the purpose of using a placebo?
• Which is an example of a coactive activity?
• Which statement about skeletal muscle structure is true?
• Which joint type is exemplified by the thumb?
• What term best defines cell respiration?
• State the definition of technique.
• Endurance training left ventricular adaptations.
• What term describes all biochemical reactions that occur within an organism, including both anabolic and catabolic processes?
• What process is most closely associated with transferring information from short-term memory to long-term memory?
• Tidal volume is defined as
• Endurance training at rest: which statement best describes stroke volume and resting heart rate?
• Hicks law is best described by which principle?
• Autonomous stage features?
• Knowledge of performance refers to feedback based on what?
• Which movement increases the angle of a joint?
• What is the coefficient of variation?
• The Flexed Arm Hang test primarily measures which attribute?
• During glycogenolysis, what is the immediate product produced from glycogen?
• Learning vs Performance: which statement is true?
• Which term best describes a discrete skill?
• In aerobic metabolism, what are the main end products of complete glucose oxidation?
• If glucose is not immediately stored as glycogen, which pathway is most likely used to generate energy?
• On a velocity-time graph, what is the progression of motion as the line transitions from horizontal to a positively curved line to a negatively curved line?
• Which vessels carry oxygenated blood away from the heart?
• If stroke volume remains 0.07 L and heart rate increases from 60 bpm to 120 bpm during exercise, what is the approximate change in cardiac output?
• Which organelle is the site of protein synthesis?
• What structures comprise the central nervous system?
• Which molecule donates a phosphate to resynthesize ATP in the ATP-CP system after it has been used?
• Which fuel sources and by-products characterize the lactic acid energy system?
• Which joint is a non-axial (gliding) joint?
• Which statistical test compares the means of two different groups?
• Essential amino acids description?
• Dorsiflexion refers to movement at the ankle where the sole is elevated. Which option best describes this action?
• Body Mass Index relates which two measurements?
• What does EPOC stand for and what does it describe?
• In fitness testing, specificity refers to testing that replicates the movement pattern and muscle contractions used by the athlete.
• What happens to resting heart rate with endurance training and why?
• What is the role of acetylcholine in muscle contraction?
• Which term describes turning the palm to face upwards?
• Error bars can denote which of the following measures of variability?
• Where is glycogen stored to provide energy for performance?
• Within a sarcomere, which structure is the thick filament?
• During exercise, what effect does adrenaline have on blood flow?
• Which energy system is dominant after about 55 seconds of steady-state exercise?
• Expiratory Reserve Volume is defined as
• Reaction time is best defined as?
• How is glycogen formed?