DP Sports, Exercise and Health Science Questionbank

What is movement time?

A. Response time − reaction time

B. Response time + reaction time

C. Response time × reaction time

D. Response time ÷ reaction time

Which is an example of information received through proprioceptors?

A. Recognition of a cool temperature

B. Recognition of wind resistance

C. Detection of blood glucose concentration

D. Detection of the location of one’s body in space

The diagram shows two people boxing.

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Compare and contrast the motor skill classifications of a boxer and a road cyclist.

Using an example from a team sport, evaluate the concept of the psychological refractory period (PRP).

Compare and contrast the motor skill classifications of a boxer and a road cyclist.

Using examples, outline the different methods of transfer.

The diagram shows a basketball player shooting.

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 Describe types of feedback when shooting in a basketball game.

Discuss a sporting example of an externally-paced skill.

Using a sporting example, outline a closed skill.

A football coach is trying to maximize the performance of the individuals in the team.

Discuss factors that will contribute to the players’ different rates of learning.

Using examples, describe two different types of practice that a coach can use to improve skill performance.

Discuss specific areas in which a novice golfer may differ from a professional golfer when putting the ball towards the hole.

Using examples, outline the following type of skill: perceptual motor.

Using examples, outline the following type of skill: perceptual.

What is the average capacity of short-term memory?

A. 1 bit of information

B. 2 + 7 bits of information

C. 7 + 2 bits of information

D. Unlimited

What does ability refer to?

A. The production of goal-orientated movements

B. The way in which a sports skill is performed

C. A learned skill that is specific to the task

D. The general trait or capacity of the individual

What is Hick’s Law?

A. There is an increase in reaction time with increased number of choices.

B. There is a decrease in reaction time with increased number of choices.

C. There is an increase in movement time with increased number of choices.

D. There is a decrease in movement time with increased number of choices.

The diagram shows Welford’s model of information processing. What does X represent?

A. Short-term store

B. Decision making

C. Effector control

D. Long-term store

The diagram shows a learning curve. What type of learning is occurring during X?

A. Plateau

B. Linear

C. Positive acceleration

D. Negative acceleration

Using examples, outline the following type of skill: motor.

The graphs represent how reaction time changes when additional possible outcomes are introduced into a situation. Which graph represents Hick’s Law?

Using examples, describe two different types of practice.

Using examples, describe two different types of practice.

Motor skills are classified into various continua. Using examples, outline the motor skills along the interaction continuum.

Explain factors that a coach can change to increase the rate of learning in a youth soccer academy for children under the age of 11.

The image shows a 100 m freestyle swimming race. What is the classification of motor skills for a competitor in this race?

The diagram shows a baseball player. What type of sensor is used by a hitter to gain information regarding the flight of a baseball?

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A. Exteroceptors

B. Interoceptors

C. Chemoreceptors

D. Proprioceptors

Using examples from sport, compare motor programmes from both open-loop and closed-loop perspectives.

Using the characteristics of the three phases of learning, describe the skill development of a child learning to walk.

An attacking football player moves in one direction and immediately changes to the opposite direction. This deceives the defender.

Explain the concept the attacking player is using to evade the defender.

An attacking football player moves in one direction and immediately changes to the opposite direction. This deceives the defender.

Explain the concept the attacking player is using to evade the defender.

Describe the characteristics associated with the three phases (stages) of learning, with reference to the progression from novice to skilled performance.

Outline three types of transfer that a sports coach needs to take into account when planning a practice, with reference to sporting examples.

Discuss the differences between a skilled and a novice footballer.

State three different approaches to the classification of motor skills.

Distinguish between cognitive and perceptual motor skills.

What factors contribute to reaction time?

A. Stimulus transmission and nerve transmission

B. Signal detection and muscle movement time

C. Nerve transmission and intrinsic feedback

D. Initiation of an action and extrinsic feedback

Apply these three approaches to relevant sporting examples.

Outline six different types of feedback used in sport.

Distinguish between learning and performance using a sporting example.

Construct a diagram showing a closed loop motor programme.

Describe how coding, chunking and association can be used to improve memory when learning a new skill.

Analyse how rehearsal and organization improve memory in a sporting routine.

What is the order of the learning phases (stages) for a performer acquiring new skills?

A. Associative → cognitive → professional

B. Cognitive → associative → autonomous

C. Associative → cognitive → autonomous

D. Cognitive → autonomous → professional

The diagrams show a long jumper at take-off and a triple jumper during the hop phase.

[Source: © International Baccalaureate Organization 2017]

[Source: © International Baccalaureate Organization 2017]

Outline the type of transfer that occurs between a long jumper moving to triple jump as a new event.

What type of transfer occurs from a 3 versus 3 training game to a 5 versus 5 competitive basketball game?

A. Skill to skill

B. Abilities to skill

C. Practice to performance

D. Stage to stage

What type of skill is used to decide and perform a pass in soccer?

A. Cognitive skill

B. Perceptual skill

C. Motor skill

D. Perceptual motor skill

Which defines response time?

A. Time from the introduction of a stimulus to completion of an action

B. Time from the onset of a stimulus to the beginning of an action

C. Time taken to carry out motor aspects of a performance

D. Time between the introduction of first and second stimuli

Which would be classified as a continuous skill?

A. Running outdoors

B. Throwing a ball

C. Performing a gymnastics routine

D. Lifting a weight

What type of skill is used to decide and perform a pass in football?

A. Cognitive skill

B. Perceptual skill

C. Motor skill

D. Perceptual motor skill

Using an example, describe how selective attention prevents information overload.

Using Welford’s model of information processing, describe how information enters the short-term memory (STM).

Using examples from team sports, evaluate the concept of the psychological refractory period (PRP).

Outline two named methods of memory improvement.

Using examples from team sports, evaluate the concept of the psychological refractory period (PRP).

Using an example, discuss the effect of experience and memory on selective attention.

Using an example, describe the phases of learning a skill.

Outline three different types of exteroceptor sensory inputs for a football player during a game.

Explain different methods of presentation when teaching a skill.

Using an example, describe the phases of learning a skill.

Using the data, deduce the effect of each practice group on each skill.

Which graph shows a negatively accelerated learning curve?

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Using an example from sport, apply the concept of psychological refractory period.

Using the data, deduce the effect of each practice group on each skill.

Define performance.

Outline fixed practice.

Explain how physical maturation and motivation can affect the rate of learning.

Draw a positive acceleration learning curve.

Explain how physical maturation and motivation can affect the rate of learning.