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Leaving Cert Physical Education: Fitness testing & test batteries

How often Fitness testing & test batteries comes up on the Physical Education papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

HL Asked on 4 of the last 5 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025. most years

OL Asked on 4 of the last 5 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2025. most years

Fitness testing & test batteries, Higher Level(7 marks)

Quick ones on Fitness testing & test batteries.

(a)Which test measures flexibility of the lower back and hamstrings?
  1. Illinois agility run
  2. Sit and reach test
  3. Vertical jump test
(b)The multistage fitness (bleep) test estimates?
  1. Maximal leg strength
  2. Anaerobic power output in watts
  3. Aerobic capacity (VO2 max)
(c)Why design a fitness test battery for one specific activity?
  1. The tests match that activity's demands
  2. To compare results with a different sport
  3. Specific tests are always easier to run
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(a) Sit and reach test

(b) Aerobic capacity (VO2 max)

(c) The tests match that activity's demands

Your turn: Higher Level questions on Fitness testing & test batteries.

Higher Level

Asked on 4 of the last 5 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2025Q15
2024Q15
2023Q16
2022Not asked
2021Q4

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

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Fitness testing & test batteries, 2 marks

Which test measures reaction time?

  1. Sit and reach test
  2. Cooper 12-minute run
  3. Ruler drop test
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Ruler drop test

A partner drops a ruler without warning and the performer catches it: the shorter the distance it falls, the faster the reaction time.

Fitness testing & test batteries, 2 marks

The standing broad jump measures?

  1. Aerobic endurance
  2. Leg power
  3. Balance
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Leg power

Jumping as far as possible from a standing start needs force applied quickly: leg power, like the vertical jump.

Fitness testing & test batteries, 2 marks

The Cooper test involves?

  1. Running as far as possible in 12 minutes
  2. Sprinting 30 m from a standing start
  3. Holding a plank until failure
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Running as far as possible in 12 minutes

The Cooper test measures the distance covered in 12 minutes. It estimates cardiorespiratory endurance.

Ordinary Level

Asked on 4 of the last 5 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2025. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2025Q13
2024Not asked
2023Q1
2022Q2
2021Q10, Q16

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

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Fitness testing & test batteries, 3 marks

A coach uses a handgrip test to check his rowers' leg strength. Why is this a poor choice?

  1. It gives a time in seconds, not a score in kilograms
  2. Nobody can do it twice in a row
  3. It measures grip strength, not leg strength
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It measures grip strength, not leg strength

A test must measure what it claims to measure. This is called validity.

Fitness testing & test batteries, 2 marks

Which makes a fitness test more reliable?

  1. Grass one week, a track the next
  2. The same conditions every time
  3. A different tester every time
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The same conditions every time

Keeping the tester, place, time and warm-up the same means changes in scores are due to fitness, not conditions.

Fitness testing & test batteries, 3 marks

Why are timing gates more reliable than a stopwatch?

  1. They remove human timing error
  2. They are cheaper
  3. They let the athlete start early
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They remove human timing error

A person with a stopwatch may press it too early or too late. Timing gates start and stop automatically.

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