Free TExES Physical Education EC-12 (258) practice test: are you ready?

5 sample TExES Physical Education EC-12 (258) questions, explained

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1. 1. A physical education teacher plans a lesson with running through cones, balancing on a low beam, and tossing a beanbag at a target. Which set correctly identifies the three categories of fundamental movement skills these activities represent?

   • A. Fine motor, gross motor, and reflex skills
   • B. Aerobic, anaerobic, and flexibility skills
   • C. Reflexive, rudimentary, and specialized skills
   • D. Locomotor, stability, and manipulative skills
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   Correct: D (Locomotor, stability, and manipulative skills).

   Running is a locomotor skill, balancing is a stability skill, and tossing a beanbag is a manipulative skill. The other options list stages of development, fitness components, or broad motor classifications rather than the three fundamental skill categories.

   Topic: Human Growth and Motor Development From Early Childhood Through Adolescence

2. 2. A long jumper performs an approach run, then a takeoff, then a flight, then a landing. How should this sequence be classified?

   • A. Discrete skill, because it has a clear end point
   • B. Continuous skill, because the motion flows without interruption
   • C. Open skill, because the runway surface can vary
   • D. Serial skill, because it links discrete components in a specific order
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   Correct: D (Serial skill, because it links discrete components in a specific order).

   A serial skill is made of multiple discrete skills chained in a fixed order. The long jump's approach, takeoff, flight, and landing form such a sequence. It is not continuous because each component has a distinct start and end.

   Topic: Motor Learning and Biomechanical Principles for Skill Acquisition

3. 3. While observing a student's throw, a teacher notes that the throw is quick, hard, and can be stopped abruptly if needed. Which three effort qualities are demonstrated in this movement?

   • A. Space, time, and level
   • B. Time, space, and relationships
   • C. Time, force, and flow
   • D. Force, flow, and direction
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   Correct: C (Time, force, and flow).

   Quickness is the effort quality of time, hardness is force, and the ability to stop abruptly shows bound flow. The other choices mix in concepts such as level, direction, space, or relationships that are not effort qualities.

   Topic: Movement Forms, Games, Dance, Gymnastics, and Lifetime Activities

4. 4. A student can bench press 80 pounds one time but cannot complete 15 push-ups. Which statement best explains this performance pattern?

   • A. Muscular strength and muscular endurance are the same quality, so the result is invalid
   • B. The student has high muscular strength but low muscular endurance
   • C. The student's muscular endurance is high and muscular strength is low
   • D. The student lacks cardiorespiratory endurance
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   Correct: B (The student has high muscular strength but low muscular endurance).

   A one-repetition maximum lift reflects muscular strength, while completing 15 push-ups requires repeated muscle contractions and reflects muscular endurance. These components are distinct, so high strength can occur with low endurance.

   Topic: Health-Related Fitness, Components, Measurements, and Assessment

5. 5. A student jogs at a steady pace and uses a 10-second pulse check and a 0 to 10 rating of perceived exertion to guide her effort. What component of the FITT principle is she monitoring?

   • A. Time
   • B. Frequency
   • C. Type
   • D. Intensity
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   Correct: D (Intensity).

   Heart rate and perceived exertion are both measures of how hard the work is, which is the intensity variable in FITT. Frequency, time, and type describe how often, how long, and what activity is performed, not how difficult the effort is.

   Topic: Fitness Program Design and Physical Activity Promotion

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From the practice tests in our TExES Physical Education EC-12 (258) study guide, mixed across every topic of the exam: 25 questions per attempt. The sample questions on this page are not repeated in the test.