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PHYSICAL EDUCATION Written examination Wednesday 25 November 2020 Reading time: 3.00 pm to 3.15 pm (15 minutes) Writing time: 3.15 pm to 5.15 pm (2 hours) QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK Structure of book Section Number of questions Number of questions to be answered Number of marks A 15 15 15 B 10 10 105 Total 120 Students are permitted to bring into the examination room: pens, pencils, highlighters, erasers, sharpeners and rulers. Students are NOT permitted to bring into the examination room: blank sheets of paper and/or correction fluid/tape. No calculator is allowed in this examination. Materials supplied Question and answer book of 25 pages Answer sheet for multiple-choice questions Instructions Write your student number in the space provided above on this page. Check that your name and student number as printed on your answer sheet for multiple-choice questions are correct, and sign your name in the space provided to verify this. All written responses must be in English. At the end of the examination Place the answer sheet for multiple-choice questions inside the front cover of this book. Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic devices into the examination room. © VICTORIAN CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY 2020 SUPERVISOR TO ATTACH PROCESSING LABEL HERE Victorian Certificate of Education 2020 STUDENT NUMBER Letter

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PHYSICAL EDUCATIONWritten examination

Wednesday 25 November 2020 Reading time: 3.00 pm to 3.15 pm (15 minutes) Writing time: 3.15 pm to 5.15 pm (2 hours)

QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK

Structure of bookSection Number of

questionsNumber of questions

to be answeredNumber of

marks

A 15 15 15B 10 10 105

Total 120

• Studentsarepermittedtobringintotheexaminationroom:pens,pencils,highlighters,erasers,sharpenersandrulers.

• StudentsareNOTpermittedtobringintotheexaminationroom:blanksheetsofpaperand/orcorrectionfluid/tape.

• Nocalculatorisallowedinthisexamination.

Materials supplied• Questionandanswerbookof25pages• Answersheetformultiple-choicequestions

Instructions• Writeyourstudent numberinthespaceprovidedaboveonthispage.• Checkthatyournameandstudent numberasprintedonyouranswersheetformultiple-choice

questionsarecorrect,andsignyournameinthespaceprovidedtoverifythis.• AllwrittenresponsesmustbeinEnglish.

At the end of the examination• Placetheanswersheetformultiple-choicequestionsinsidethefrontcoverofthisbook.

Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic devices into the examination room.

©VICTORIANCURRICULUMANDASSESSMENTAUTHORITY2020

SUPERVISOR TO ATTACH PROCESSING LABEL HEREVictorian Certificate of Education 2020

STUDENT NUMBER

Letter

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Question 1Inthecognitivestageoflearning,whatisthelearnertryingtodo?A. understandtheskillB. refinetheirperformanceC. maketheactionsautomaticD. organiseamoreefficientmovementpattern

Question 2Heartrateresponsesweretakenatregularintervalsduringa20-minutecontinuousrun.Forthetimeperiodbetweenthreeandsevenminutes,heartratereadingswerebetween110bpmand113bpm.Whichoneofthefollowingphysiologicalstatementscouldexplainthesereadings?A. TheATPresynthesisrateisfinite.B. Theanaerobicthresholdisbeingmet.C. Oxygensupplyisequaltooxygendemand.D. Thelactateinflectionpoint(LIP)hasbeensurpassed.

Question 3Whichoneofthefollowingisapsychologicalbenefitofsleep?A. improvedmotivationB. increasedstresshormonesC. decreasedimmunefunctionD. increasedperceptionoffatigue

Question 4Theadvantageofasecond-classleverisA. anincreaseintheangularvelocityofthelever.B. anincreaseintherangeofmotionofthelever.C. adecreaseintheforcerequiredtomoveamass.D. adecreaseinthemechanicaladvantageofthelever.

SECTION A – Multiple-choice questions

Instructions for Section AAnswerallquestionsinpencilontheanswersheetprovidedformultiple-choicequestions.Choosetheresponsethatiscorrectorthatbest answersthequestion.Acorrectanswerscores1;anincorrectanswerscores0.Markswillnotbedeductedforincorrectanswers.Nomarkswillbegivenifmorethanoneansweriscompletedforanyquestion.

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Question 5 Ashortintervaltrainingsessionat90%HRmax.,withawork-to-restratioof1:8,wouldtrainwhichenergysystem(s)?A. aerobicsystemB. ATP-CPsystemC. anaerobicglycolysissystemD. ATP-CP,aerobicandanaerobicglycolysissystems

Question 6Whichoneofthefollowingadaptationswouldbeobservedintherespiratorysystemafter12weeksoffartlektrainingthreetimesperweek?A. maintainedlungvolumesB. increasedhaemoglobinlevelsC. decreasedalveolarsurfaceareaD. increasedventilationatmaximalintensity

Question 7Ahighjumperhasbeentakingpartinaresistancetrainingprogram.Theyhaverecentlyimprovedtheirperformanceby10cm.Whichoneofthefollowingadaptationsmayhavecontributedtothisincrease?A. increasedATPaseB. increasedlactatetoleranceC. increasedglycolyticenzymesD. increasedmuscleglycogenstores

Question 8Inrelationtopracticedistribution,whichoneofthefollowingpracticescheduleswouldbedescribedasthemostmassedpractice?A. 2×90-minutesessionsperweekB. 3×60-minutesessionsperweekC. 1×180-minutesessionperweekD. 6×30-minutesessionsperweek

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Question 9Fourdifferentpracticestrategieswereusedtoimproveamovementskill.Thetablebelowgivesadescriptionofeachofthefourpracticestrategiesused.

Practice strategy Description

1 sameskillrepeatedoverandoverinonepracticesession

2 variationsofthesameskillrepeatedinonepracticesession

3 multipleskillspractisedinanyorderinonepracticesession

4 multipleskillspractisedinasetorderinonepracticesession

Thegraphbelowshowstheimprovementachievedbyusingeachpracticestrategy.

1 2practice strategy

3 40

2

4

6

8

10

12

improvement(per cent)

Improvement in movement skill according to practice strategy (per cent)

Whatisthenameofthepracticestrategythatledtothegreatestimprovementinperformance?A. massedpracticeB. blockedpracticeC. randompracticeD. distributedpractice

Question 10TheenergysystemwiththehighestyieldofATPbutslowestrateistheA. ATP-CPsystem.B. aerobicsystem.C. anaerobicsystem.D. anaerobicglycolysissystem.

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Question 11‘Therateoffitnessgainswilldecreaseasanathletegetsclosertotheirgeneticpotential.’Whichtrainingprincipledoesthisstatementreferto?A. detrainingB. progressionC. overtrainingD. diminishingreturns

Question 12AgilityistheabilitytoA. controlequilibriumwhilemoving.B. changedirectionwhilemaintainingbalance.C. movethebodyquicklyfromonepointtoanother.D. exertamaximumamountofforceintheshortestperiodoftime.

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END OF SECTION A

Use the following information to answer Questions 13–15. Thefollowingquestionsrelatetoastudent’sperformancein100msprintsconductedduringtheirPhysicalEducationclass.Thedataforthestudent’ssprintisshowninthegraphbelow.

10

8

6

4

2

0

velocity(m/s)

0 2 4 6time (s)

8 10 12 14

Velocity versus time for 100 m sprint

Question 13Basedonthegraphabove,whichoneofthefollowingstatementsbestdescribesthestudent’ssprintperformance?A. Thestudentranataconstantvelocityfor100m.B. Thestudentranattheirmaximumvelocityfor100m.C. Thestudentacceleratedpositivelythroughoutthesprint.D. Thestudentacceleratedpositivelyuntiltheyreachedtheirmaximumvelocity.

Question 14Theteacherprovidedthefollowingfeedbacktothestudent:‘Yourtimeforthe100msprintwas14seconds.’Whichtypeoffeedbackwasprovidedtothestudent?A. knowledgeofperformanceB. knowledgeofresultsC. proprioceptiveD. intrinsic

Question 15Thestudentaskstorunagaintobeattheirtime.Thistimethestudentusesacrouchstartratherthanastandingstart.Biomechanically,inacrouchstartthestudentwillhaveA. alowercentreofgravityandlowerangleofrelease.B. higherforceproductionandahigherangleofrelease.C. alowercentreofgravityandlowerinertiatoovercome.D. higherforceproductionandhigherinertiatoovercome.

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Question 1 (6marks)Belowisanexampleofahigh-intensityintervaltraining(HIIT)program.

Frequency Intensity Work period Recovery period Type Repetitions

3×perweek 80–90%VO2max. 4min 1–3min running 4–6

a. i. Statethefitnesscomponentbeingtargetedbythetrainingprogramabove. 1mark

ii. OutlineonebenefitofHIITcomparedtolongintervaltraining. 1mark

b. i. ListtwochronicadaptationsthatoccurasaresultofusingtheHIITmethod. 2marks

ii. Explainhowoneofthechronicadaptationslistedinpart b.i.canimproverunningperformance. 2marks

SECTION B

Instructions for Section BAnswerallquestionsinthespacesprovided.

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SECTION B – Question 2–continued

Question 2 (10marks)

Thediagramaboveshowsthesequenceforahammerthrow.Flexibilityisanimportantfitnesscomponentinhammerthrowing.

a. Define‘flexibility’andexplaintheimportanceofflexibilityinhammerthrowing. 2marks

b. Basedonyourunderstandingoflevers,explainwhyitisimportantforahammerthrowertoreleasethehammerwithstraightarms. 3marks

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c. Plyometricsisoftenusedasatrainingmethodforthehammerthrow.

i. Inthetablebelow,designaplyometricstrainingsessionforthehammerthrow.Includetwoexercisesintheconditioningphase.Youmayusediagramstoexplaintheexercises. 4marks

Warm-up Conditioning phase Cool-down

1.

2.

ii. Giveoneexampleofhowprogressioncouldbeappliedtotheconditioningphaseoftheplyometricstrainingsessiondesignedinpart c.i. 1mark

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Question 3 (7marks)StudentsinaPhysicalEducationclasstookpartinthefollowinglongintervaltrainingsessionforrunning.

Repetitions Sets Distance (m) Recovery time (s) Intensity (% HR max.)

3 2 500 90 80

a. Nametheenergysystemwiththegreatestcontributionduringthelongintervaltrainingsessionabove. 1mark

Twostudentsintheclass,SarahandMark,debatedthebenefitsoflongintervaltraining.Sarahbelievedthatlongintervaltrainingwouldimprovelactateinflectionpoint(LIP).Markdisagreedandclaimedthatlongintervaltrainingwouldincreaselactatetolerance.

b. Whoiscorrect–SarahorMark?Justifyyourresponsewithreferencetothelongintervaltrainingsessionabove. 4marks

c. Statethetypeofrecovery–activeorpassive–thatshouldbeundertakenaftercompletinganenduranceeventandoutlinewhythistypeofrecoverywouldbesuitable. 2marks

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Question 4 (9marks)Petaisasoccercoachwhoisapplyingbiomechanicalandskillacquisitionprinciplestohelpplayersrefinetheir goal-shootingskills.Performingaqualitativemovementanalysis,Petaobservesthatwhiletheplayersaregenerallyaccuratewiththeirgoalkicking,thereisverylittlepowergeneratedwhentheystriketheball.

Withreferencetotherelevantbiomechanicalprinciples,discussthetypeoffeedbackthatPetacanprovidetotheplayerstocorrectthiserrorandrefinetheirskill.Yourresponseshouldincludereferenceto:• feedback• summationofmomentum• angularvelocity• levers.

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SECTION B – Question 5–continued

Question 5 (10marks)Datafromastudycomparinghockeyplayeractivityingamesplayedbyteamswithastandardnumberofplayersandteamswithareducednumberofplayersonthesamefull-sizedhockeyfieldispresentedinthetablebelow.

Average skill frequency for a 25-minute hockey game

Standard no. of players (11 players per team)

Reduced no. of players (8 players per team)

Skill frequency (number) Skill frequency (number)

Successful pass 6.36 8.55

Unsuccessful pass 3.36 2.46

Total passes 9.73 11.00

Skills performed under high pressure

1.82 2.64

Skills performed under medium pressure

2.64 3.45

Skills performed under low pressure

1.64 2.18

Data:EATimmerman,DFarrowandGJPSavelsbergh, ‘Theeffectofmanipulatingtaskconstraintsongameperformanceinyouthfieldhockey’,

International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching,12(5),2017,pp.588–594

a. Usingdatafromthetableabove,analysehowreducingthenumberofplayersperteaminfluencesskillpracticeopportunitiesforplayersinthegameofhockey. 3marks

b. Identifythetypeofconstraintthatreducingthenumberofplayersinagameofhockeyrepresents. 1mark

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c. Outlineoneadvantageandonedisadvantageofaconstraints-basedapproachtocoaching. 2marks

Advantage

Disadvantage

d. Withreferencetoimpulseandmomentum,explainhowahockeyplayermayimprovetheirpushpasstoresultinaballtravellingfaster. 4marks

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SECTION B – Question 6–continued

Question 6 (12marks)Waterpoloisapool-basedsportthatinvolvestwoteamsofsevenplayersattemptingtoscoregoalsbythrowingaballintotheopposingteam’snet.Awaterpolomatchconsistsoffourseven-minutequartersandtwominutesofrest.Eachquarter,playersuseacombinationofswimming,treadingwater,throwing,catchingandshootingtobeattheopposingteambyscoringmoregoals.Playersarenotallowedtotouchthebottomofthepoolorholdontothelaneropes.

Source:luca85/Shutterstock.com

Ineachquarter,awaterpoloplayer:• completesa‘swimoff’,wheretheymaximallyswim10–15mtogainpossessionoftheballandpassitbackto

teammates• swimsandmovestoapositionwheretheycanscore• holdstheirpositionagainstanopposingplayer• catchestheball,thenpropelsthemselvesoutofthewaterandshootsatthegoalnet• willrepeatseveralintervalswithlittlerestinbetween,resultinginback-to-backintenseswimsthatmaytotal

25–30seconds.

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SECTION B – Question 6–continuedTURN OVER

a. Usingtheinformationonpage14,analysetherelativecontributionofthethreeenergysystemswithspecificreferencetofatigueandrecovery. 6marks

b. Explaintheimportanceofmaintainingrecordsoftrainingforeachwaterpoloplayer. 2marks

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c. Drylandmuscularenduranceresistancetrainingisrecommendedforelitewaterpoloplayers.Asuggestedprogramisoutlinedinthetablebelow.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

frontsquats5sets×5reps

seatedrow2sets×20reps

heavyweightwalk

1–2reps×400m

sumosquats1set×20–30reps

push-ups5sets×5reps

tricepsdips2sets×10reps

tricepsdips1set×20reps

chin-ups5sets×5reps

Source:adaptedfromMichaelReid,WaterPoloPlanet, <www.waterpoloplanet.com/a-strength-training-template-for-water-polo-part-ii/>

Note:‘reps’standsfor‘repetitions’

Critiquetheeffectivenessofthisprogramforimprovingawaterpoloplayer’sperformancethroughthedevelopmentofmuscularendurance. 4marks

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CONTINUES OVER PAGE

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SECTION B – Question 7–continued

Question 7 (10marks)

fibrediameter

(µm)

Type I fibre

Type II fibre

age (years)

musclearea

(mm2/48*)

age (years)

90

70

50

30

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

Muscle cross-sectional area versus age Muscle fibre diameter versus age

60

50

40

30

20

10

60 70 80 90

Source:adaptedfromJFSignorile,Bending the Aging Curve: The Complete Exercise Guide for Older Adults,HumanKinetics,Champaign,pp.6and7

*mm2/48–correspondstothenumberofsquares(1×1mm)examined

a. Otherthanthethreefactorsshowninthegraphsabove,nameonefactorthatcanaffectmuscularstrength. 1mark

b. Usingthedatainthegraphsabove,analysetheinfluenceofageonthecross-sectionalareaandfibresizeofamuscle.Includehowthisinturnaffectsmuscularstrength. 4marks

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c. Anexampleofatrainingprogramdesignedtoimprovemuscularstrengthisshownbelow.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

weightedcircuit

resistancetraining

weightedcircuit

resistancetraining

cycling

85%of 1RM

85%of 1RM

85%of 1RM

85%of 1RM

65% HRmax.

fixedreps=6 maximumreps

fixedreps=6 maximumreps

20min

4rotations 4sets 4rotations 4sets

40srestbetween

eachstation

10srestbetween eachset

40srestbetween

eachstation

10srestbetween eachset

8stations,all lower-body exercises

all lower-body exercises

8stations,all lower-body exercises

all lower-body exercises

Keyreps–repetitions RM–repetitionmaximum s–seconds

UsingtheFITTprinciples(frequency,intensity,timeandtype),evaluatetheeffectivenessofthistrainingprograminimprovinglower-bodymuscularstrength.Usespecificexamplesfromthetrainingprogramtosupportyourresponse. 5marks

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SECTION B – Question 8–continued

Question 8 (14marks)TheIronmanTriathlonconsistsofa3.86kmswim,a180.25kmbicyclerideanda42.20kmmarathon,racedinthatorder.Racesgenerallylasteighthoursforworld-classperformers.

a. Withreferencetothelikelycauseoffatigue,discussfuelusagethroughouttheeventandhowthismayhaveanimpactonperformance. 4marks

b. Listoneacuteresponseanddescribehowitresultsinincreasedoxygenuptakeduringexercise. 2marks

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c. TheIronmanTriathlonisusuallyscheduledtobeheldatatimewhenathleteswillnothavetocompeteinhightemperatures.

Explain,physiologically,whatoccurswhenexercisinginhightemperaturesandsuggestwhatimplicationsthiscouldhaveonanathlete’sperformance. 4marks

d. Explain,physiologically,whycarbohydratesarebeneficialfortheathleteswithinthefirst30minutesoffinishingtheIronmanTriathlon. 2marks

e. Suggestwhyanathletewouldingestproteinincombinationwithcarbohydratesafteraracetoaidrecovery. 2marks

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SECTION B – Question 9–continued

Question 9 (14marks)ThesportofskateboardingwillbefeaturedforthefirsttimeattheTokyoOlympicGames.OneofthetwodisciplinesontheskateboardingprogramattheTokyoOlympicGameswillbethestreetskateboardingcompetition.Thiscompetitionwillbeheldonastreet-likecoursefeaturingstairs,handrails,kerbs,benches,wallsandslopes.Avarietyoftrickswillbeperformed,suchasslidingtheskateboardalongthekerbsorhandrails.Competitorswillcompletetwo45-secondrunsonthesamecoursewithapproximatelyonehourbetweenruns.Theirfivebesttrickswillbescored.

a. Explaintheimportanceofbalanceforstreetskateboarding. 2marks

b. Theimagebelowshowsaskateboarderperformingatrick.

Source:homydesign/Shutterstock.com

Fromabiomechanicalperspective,describehowaskateboardercouldmanipulatetheircentreofgravity,baseofsupportandlineofgravitytoimprovestabilitywhenperformingthetrickshownabove. 3marks

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c. Identifyanddescribeone acutemuscularresponsethatwouldlikelyoccurinthefirstrunofthestreetskateboardingcompetition. 2marks

d. AttheTokyoOlympicGames,musicwillbeplayedduringtheskateboardingeventstohelpdevelopafestivalatmosphere.

StateonepsychologicalstrategythatcouldbeusedintrainingleadinguptotheTokyoOlympicGamesandexplainhowthisstrategycouldimproveaskateboarder’sperformance. 3marks

e. Explainthecontributionoftheanaerobicenergysystemstotheenergyrequirementsofcompetitorsinthestreetskateboardingcompetition.Usetheinformationonpage22tosupportyourresponse. 4marks

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Question 10 (13marks)Inawomen’sgymnasticsfloor event,thegymnaststakepartinmovementsthatareperformedon asquarefloorspace.Throughoutthe90-secondroutine,thegymnastsareexpectedtomakefasttumblingpassesacrossthefloor,oftenuptofiveinaroutine,combinedwithseveralcombinationsofskillsinsuccession,suchasasprint,leap,twist,somersault,flipandhandstand,thatrequireexplosiveenergy.Thegymnaststhenrestfornomorethanafewsecondsbeforerepeatinganotherhigh-intensitycombinationofmoveslastingfromthreesecondsto20seconds.Thiscontinuesfortheentire90secondsoftheroutine.

a. Withreferencetotheintensityanddurationofthefloorroutine,andusingtheinformationprovidedabove,explaintheinterplayofenergysystemsthatprovidetheenergyrequiredforagymnasttoperformafloorroutine. 6marks

b. Incaisagymnastwaitingtocompeteinthefloorroutine.AstrategyIncauseswhilewaitingiscontrolledbreathing.

DescribehowthisstrategycouldhelpenhanceInca’sperformance. 2marks

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c. Classifytheflooreventingymnasticsasanopenskilloraclosedskillandprovidetwocharacteristicsofthistypeofskilltojustifyyourresponse. 3marks

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d. ExplainhowNewton’sthirdlawofmotionrelatestothetake-offwhenperformingasomersaultaspartofafloorroutineingymnastics. 2marks

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