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Aerobic Fitness - Treadmill
​Practice Quiz C-29
​1. A standardized Aerobic Fitness Test for individuals with a BMI < 35 and otherwise fit enough to participate in calisthenic type exercises is a 4-minute Treadmill Test during which the participant tries to cover as much distance as possible by walking/jogging on a treadmill at 0 elevation at personally adjusted speeds until time runs out.
  • A. True
  • B. False

2. Participants must be observed at all times during the test and not allowed to become over-exerted and out-of-breath.
  • A. True
  • B. False

3. The distance indicator on the treadmill needs to be accurate to 0.1 miles (176 yards)
  • A. True
  • B. False

4. The participant is allowed to adjust the speed of the treadmill up or down to _______ as tolerated.
  • A. Walk
  • B. Jog
  • C. Run
  • D. All the above

5. The participant is allowed to use the timer on the treadmill panel so that he/she can set the pace according to the remaining amount of time.
  • A. True
  • B. False

6. If the participant covers 0.48 miles in 4 minutes, what is the participant's Aerobic Fitness Score?
  • A. 48.0
  • B. 83.7
  • C. 87.3
  • D. Need more information

7. The extra distance requirement (0.05 miles = 88 yards) to score 100.0 on the continuous Treadmill Test is to compensate for the stop-and-go course of the Shuttle Test in order to make the scores between the two tests more comparable.
  • A. True
  • B. False
The correct answers are:
1-A, 2-A, 3-B, 4-D, 5-B, 6-C, 7-A

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