PDHPE Suggested Answers and Exam Discussion

[jakesilove]

What did you all think of the exam? Anything particularly tricky? Unexpected? Share your thoughts below! Check out our suggested answers by clicking the 'Spoiler' underneath each section.

Our PDHPE lecturer, Jamie Manalatao, has answered the paper and shared her thoughts below!

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Multiple Choice


Part A, Section I

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Section II

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[Daliaradosevic]

Overall thought the exam was so good! a few challenging questions but very happy with it, i was only confused by what it meant in the sports medicine option question regarding temp regulation like i knew what those were but what did it mean by strategies!??

[youknowwho]

Overall thought the exam was so good! a few challenging questions but very happy with it, i was only confused by what it meant in the sports medicine option question regarding temp regulation like i knew what those were but what did it mean by strategies!??

The strategies were like wearing appropriate clothing , wetsuits, etc.
I personally think that question shouldn't have been worth 12 marks. There wasn't much to talk about

[Daliaradosevic]

SWEET! got that but yeah no 100% agree with you i struggled filling in all the pages for that question!

[youknowwho]

At least it's over

[Ashwilkie]

I felt like the exam was really good compared to the last two years which seemed much harder! I did option one and option two and found that the questions weren't very succinct and you couldn't answer with a concise response and had to waffle a bit. I also found that the paper suggests you leave an hour and 10 minutes for the options which was definitely not enough time!!!

[youknowwho]

why is 14) D ? my teacher said that the fluid intake after performance should be 600 mL for every 0.5 kg lost and can someone explain the last mcq. 

I got 18/20... Yay!!!

[caarlinsloan]

Hi, ummm just a question.

Question 14 is asking about athletes addressing dehydration DURING competition. So how would you expect an athlete to measure themselves whilst running a marathon for example? Personally, I believe the answer is A as it is the most effective of keeping hydrated.

Thankyou xxxxx

[JamesMcFadden]

Thanks for the answers, but Q20 I'm almost certain is not C, fat metabolism is glycogen sparing not protein metabolism - which would be the body eating itself? And also Q14, I'm fairly sure that it's not D as fluid must be replaced by 150% post exercise, and this would not cover the given sentence 'dehydration DURING competing'. I'm under the impression that it's A on that basis, as 250mL per 30min is the recommended replacement of fluid DURING comp.

[Jimmy Barnes]

Q14 has to be D

For all the contention surrounding it, all A, B & C provide an arbitrary amount of fluid to address dehydration. So say the athlete sweat out x litres of fluid, if x is greater than 600mL none would cover it except for answer D which scales with the amount lost in sweat

[caarlinsloan]

Q14 has to be D

For all the contention surrounding it, all A, B & C provide an arbitrary amount of fluid to address dehydration. So say the athlete sweat out x litres of fluid, if x is greater than 600mL none would cover it except for answer D which scales with the amount lost in sweat

LOL bro, how do you weigh yourself during competition? You can't, hence it wouldn't be D because you don't know how much weight you have lost....

[Jimmy Barnes]

LOL bro, how do you weigh yourself during competition? You can't, hence it wouldn't be D because you don't know how much weight you have lost....

You don't have to weigh yourself, the question takes that into account by saying for every 100ml + The question doesn't say anything about during competition, just which strategy would best address it

[WLalex]

LOL bro, how do you weigh yourself during competition? You can't, hence it wouldn't be D because you don't know how much weight you have lost....

I agree, how can it be D as during competition you are not capable of weighing yourself hahaha.. I said A

[SaeedAyman]

I agree that question 14 is D, A is also correct but what if he lost lots of water? Hence D (even though people are talking about how it can't be measured during preformance).
However, can someone explain why question 20 is C and not  A?

[JamesMcFadden]

You don't have to weigh yourself, the question takes that into account by saying for every 100ml + The question doesn't say anything about during competition, just which strategy would best address it

It says it in the quote above the actual question about during