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1. What are the seven principals of exercise?
-Progression
-Regularity
-Overload
-Variety
-Recovery
-Balance
-Specificity
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2. What are the four FITT factors?
-Frequency
-Intensity
-Time
-Type
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3. What groups of soldiers may need special fitness programs?
-APFT failures who do not have medical profiles
-Overweight personnel according to AR 600-9
-Those who have permanent or temporary profiles
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4. Why are ability group runs more effective than a unit formation run?
An ability group run allows soldiers to train in groups of soldiers with near ability. Each group runs with the intensity to produce a training effect for that group.
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5. Who is responsible for training the event supervisors, scorers, and demonstrators for the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT)?
The OIC or NCOIC
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6. Who makes rulings on questions or scoring for each event in the APFT?
The event supervisor
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7. May the event supervisor for an event on the APFT also be a scorer?
No.
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8. What does the push-up measure?
Endurance of the chest, shoulder, and triceps muscles
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9. If a mat is used for the push-up or sit-up event on the APFT, what should the scorer observe?
That the entire body is on the mat
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10. If the fingers are not interlocked during a repetition of a sit-up, is the repetition not counted, or is the event terminated?
Only that repetition is not counted
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11. May the scorer stand while scoring the push-up event?
No, the scorer must kneel or sit about three feet from the testee’s hip.
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12. Is it legal to pace a soldier during the 2-mile run on the APFT?
Yes, as long as there is no contact
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13. What alternate aerobic events are there for the APFT?
-800 yard swim test
-6.2 mile stationary bicycle ergometer test
-6.2 mile bicycle test
-2.5 mile walk test
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14. What is the recommended sequence of warm-up activities for a physical fitness session?
-Slow jogging in place or walking 1-2 minutes
-Slow joint rotation exercises 5-10 seconds for each major joint
-Slow static stretching of the muscles to be used 10-15 seconds for each stretch
-Calisthenics exercises enough to increase intensity level
-Slowly mimic activities to be performed
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15. What considerations are taken for the cool-down period?
-gradually bring the body back to the resting state
-repeat stretches done during the warm-up, holding the stretch for 30 seconds or more
-be careful not to over-stretch
