Praxis II: Health & Physical education Content Knowledge 5857

Describe the correct sequence of procedures one should follow when administering the ABC's of CPR.

1. Open airway with jaw thrust

2. If victim isn't breathing, begin with two quick breaths

3. Check for pulse

4. If pulse is absent, begin CPR

What is the correct order for the four major steps in designing a health education lesson plan?

-Determine the general focus for lesson plan

-Set scope and sequence parameters for topic

-Develop instructional objectives and evaluation measures

-Identify several teaching strategies that encourage teacher modeling and student participation

Essential amino acids are best described as those amino acids that are what?

Required for protein synthesis but can't be made in the body

How many calories must you increase your daily expenditure by in order to lose weight safely?

800 calories

Ex:

Daily intake- 2,000 calories

Daily expenditure- 2,800 calories

What technique will most accurately determine whether the fat composition of an individual's body is excessive?

Hydrostatic weighingweighing

Why is the presence of the ozone layer in the upper atmosphere so important?

It helps absorb harmful ultraviolet radiation

Approval of AZT for use in the treatment for AIDS came under the jurisdiction of which agency?

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Fetal alcohol syndrome is associated with what?

Developmental disabilities

Describe the correct pathway that sperm take through the female reproductive tract to the site of fertilization.

Vagina, cervix, uterus, Fallopian tube

Amniocentesis is most often used to determine what?

Determine the presence of certain disorders in the fetus

Compared to younger women, women over the age of 35 have an increased risk of giving birth to children with what genetic disorder?

Down syndrome

What are some of the major components of coordinated school health?

-Comprehensive school health education

-Physical education

-Nutrition services

-Healthy school environment

A high school has experienced a series of sexual harassment in the hallways. One of the health education teachers assigns students to create posters in class encouraging positive peer pressure to prevent this behavior. In this way the teacher is contributing to the school's what?

Healthy environment

Names some of the ways HIV may be transmitted from one individual to another.

-Through contact made during oral sex

-Through breast milk from an infected mother and fed to an infant

-Perinatally from infected mother to her fetus

Which method would be most appropriate for students to demonstrate refusal skills?

Role-playing

When designing classroom activities to address the different learning styles of students within the integrated health classroom, the health teacher should consider the theory of multiple intelligences suggested by who?

Howard Gardner

Which neurotransmitter is affected by the antidepressant Prozac?

Serotonin

What environmental problems is most lethal to people worldwide?

Water pollution

According to the CDC, which of the following is NOT among the top four causes of death for young people ages 15-24?

Diabetes is not in the top four.

1-motor vehicle injuries

2-homicide

3-suicide

When planning goals for lessons in health class, the teacher should consider what?

-How the information presented is relevant to the learner

-What motivates enthusiasm in the learner for the subject

-What types of learned make up the class population

(NOT A PRIMARY CONCERN):

How easily the material can be presented in class

What best describes a formative evaluation?

Documenting the feasibility of a program implementation

Haemophilus Influenzae Type B (Hib) is best describes a type of what?

Bacteria

Whic of the following would most likely require a prescription from a doctor:

-Vitamin supplements

-Diet pills

-Analgesics

-Birth control pills

Birth control pills

What are some major components of coordinated school health?

-Physical education

-Healthy school environment

-Comprehensive school health education

In which locomotor skill does each foot have two tasks to complete before the weight is transferred to the other foot?

Skipping

What is a problem most characteristic of the primitive stage of forward rolling?

Losing the curl

Name some characteristics of a correct mature form of striking a ball with a racquet.

-Taking forward step with the foot opposite to the striking arm

-Coiling and rotating the dot forward as the racquet is swung

-Putting weight on the back foot and then shifting to the front foot as the racquet is swung

When dribbling a soccer ball in a restricted space, the player should attempt to do all of the following:

-Keep the ball close to the feet

-Stay in a slightly crouched position

-Use body feints and changes of speed

It is reputed that Milo of Greece lifted a newborn bull onto his shoulders each day until the bull became fully mature. Milo followed what two principles of modern muscle strength and endurance conditioning?

Progression and overload

In the late 1800's, the greatest influence on the direction of physical education came from individuals with a background in what?

Medicine

According to most sport sociologists, a sport is primarily described as what kind of activity?

Institutionalized

The knees of a cyclist, the legs of a runner, and the arms of a swimmer all show what type of motion?

Angular motion

The correct racing posture of a swimmer, a cyclist, or a downhill skier minimizes the effect of what?

Turbulence

Which practice alternatives would best promote motor learning and saftey for potentially injurious sports such as pole vaulting and downhill skiing?

Progressive-part

List some of the direct physiological outcomes of cool-down activities following vigorous physical activity.

-Helps prevent blood from pooling in the legs

-Increases the rate of lactic acid removal from the blood and skeletal muscle

-Reduces the risk of cardiac irregularities

List examples of static balance.

-Standing in place on a balance beam

-Maintaining a handstand position

-Placing three body parts within a hula hoop for five seconds

Which of the following is the best example of a target game?

Bocce

(closest to the target)

In teaching a closed skill, a teacher should provide what?

A stable environment with a stable rate of skill performance

A type of framework or philosophy for effective teaching that involves providing different students within the same class with different avenues of learning.

Differentiated instruction

What domain of learning allows someone to learn about sport rules, traditions, history, and etiquette?

Cognitive learning

Which technology application would best support a wrestler's learning a new takedown technique?

Recording the wrestler's performance and having the wrestler view it on a video screen

Why is the National Association for Sport Physical Education (NASPE) an important resource for beginning physical educators?

Its mission is to enhance knowledge, improve practice, and disseminate current information

What is the best available fitness test for a teacher to use to assess a student with disabilities?

Brockport Physical Fitness Test (BPFT)

-a criterion-referenced health-related of physical fitness, appropriate for use with young people with disabilities

List a set of tasks that would be best for a physical education teacher to complete and adhere to in the beginning of the school year in a effort to establish good classroom management.

Establishing rules and reviewing them with students, creating a record-keeping system, and teaching students a predetermined signal to stop activity.

What is the most appropriate way for a teacher to assess the skills of students during a basketball skills unit?

Develop a rubric to assess learners as they move through the unit

Name the percentage range of maximum heart rate that should characterize students' exercise for health related fitness in a physical education class.

60-85% of maximum heart rate