Can You Pass This PE Test For 15-Year-Olds?

No cheating, your time starts...now.

These questions are adapted from a GCSE Bitesize mock test designed to be given at the end of secondary school in the UK, when pupils are 15 or 16 years old.

1. Anabolic steroids can cause increased...

Aggression

Blood flow

Pain
2. Which one of these social drugs is banned in sport?

Caffeine

Cannabis

Nicotine
3. What does the letter F stand for in the FITT training principles?

Force

Frequency

Fitness
4. Whose responsibility is it to insist on fair play in sport?

Officials

Manager

Trainers
5. The cardiovascular system consists of the heart, blood, and...

Blood vessels

Lungs

Muscles
6. In what part of the body does oxygenation take place?

Lungs

Blood vessels

Heart
7. What happens to your bone density when you regularly train?

It increases

It remains the same

It decreases
8. Where is haemoglobin found?

Platelets

Red blood cells

White blood cells
9. The amount of air breathed in and out in one breath is called:

Tidal capacity

Tidal volume

Lung volume
10. How can you improve speed and muscular endurance?

Interval training

Fartlek training

Circuit training
11. Your maximum heart rate is calculated by subtracting your age from...

226

220

215
12. Lactic acid is a waste product of...

Anaerobic exercise

Aerobic exercise

Light exercise
13. How does the body get rid of carbon dioxide?

Heart

Kidneys

Lungs
14. What is the distribution of muscle and fat called?

Body shape

Body type

Body awareness
15. Reaction time takes place between stimulus and...

Movement

Making a decision

Understanding
16. In the RICE treatment, what does the C stand for?

Compression

Control

Condition
17. Which of these is an example of an impact injury?

Hypothermia

Shock

A fracture
18. What is it called when the bone breaks and stays inside the skin?

An open fracture

A complicated fracture

A closed fracture