Fitness Unit Test



Fitness Unit – Practice Test

1. _______________ is the fitness training principle that requires a gradual increase in the

amount of work that the body performs. This increased workload allows the body to grow.

a. Specificity

b. Overload

c. Anaerobic exercise

d. Aerobic exercise

2. Running the mile is an example of _______________ exercise.

a. Specificity

b. Overload

c. Anaerobic

d. Aerobic

3. The most weight you can lift or the most effort you can exert at one time are measures of your ____________________________.

a. Muscular strength

b. Muscular endurance

c. Flexibility

d. Cardiovascular endurance.

4. Running sprints (maximum effort) is an example of ________________ exercise.

a. Specificity

a. Overload

b. Anaerobic exercise

c. Aerobic exercise

5. The difference between aerobic and anaerobic exercise is________________

a. intensity

b. time

c. frequency

d. fitness

6. Which of the following is NOT one of the five components of fitness?

a. Flexibility

b. Muscular endurance

c. Muscular strength

d. Body composition

e. Nutrition

True/False (answer “A” for TRUE OR “B” for FALSE)

7. Muscular Strength can be measured by finding out how much weight you can lift at one time.

8. Flexibility can be measured by performing the “sit and reach” test.

9. Aerobic Capacity can be measured by performing curl ups.

10. Muscular endurance can be measured by running the mile.

11. One way to measure body composition is to use the “BMI” test.

Matching (each answer below is used only once)

12. The number of times a person exercises each week.

13. The difficulty of your physical activity or exercise session.

14. How long a particular exercise session lasts.

15. A type of exercise that uses minimal energy over a long period of time.

16. A type of exercise that involves intense physical activity that requires little oxygen but uses

short bursts of energy.

A. anaerobic

B. frequency

C. intensity

D. aerobic

E. time

17. Which of the following is the same as aerobic capacity?

a. Muscular endurance

b. Cross training

c. Heart and lung endurance

d. Body composition

18. A one time maximum force exerted with your muscles is an example of _____________.

a. Aerobic capacity

b. Flexibility

c. Muscular endurance

d. Muscular strength

19. Abdominal (“Abs”) strength and endurance can be measured by _________________.

a. Curl up test

b. Running one mile

c. Sit and reach test

d. Breathing deeply for five minutes

20. How effectively the heart and lungs work during exercise and how quickly they

return to normal when you stop is called ____________________.

a. Heart and lung endurance

b. Abdominal strength and endurance

c. Body Mass Index

d. Muscular endurance

21. The FITT principle is used to ____________________.

a. plan your exercise program

b. increase your body composition

c. measure your level of fitness

d. help with weight loss

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