AQA A Level Physical Education Paper 1 November 2020 question paper

Which of the following athletes would be most likely to incorporate Speed Agility Quickness (SAQ) sessions into their training routine?

Respiratory Exchange Ratio (RER) is a method for measuring the energy expenditure of an athlete.

Table 1 shows the RER values of three performers.

Which of these performers is using fat as their main energy source?

Runners in the London Marathon will mainly use the aerobic energy system during their race.

Name and describe the three key processes involved in the aerobic energy system when using glucose as an energy source.

State one long-term effect of smoking regularly on the structures of a runner’s respiratory system.

Explain how smoking regularly would impact the performance of the runners in the marathon.

Describe how heart disease can result in a heart attack.

Outline two ways an active lifestyle can reduce the risk of heart disease.

Analyse how changes in venous return occurring during exercise help performance in aerobic events such as a triathlon.

Figure 1 shows an athlete moving upwards at take-off during the high jump.

Analyse how the musculo-skeletal and lever systems operating at the knee and ankle of the take-off leg contribute to gaining maximum height in the high jump.

All sports skills can be placed on a continuum from open at one end to closed at the other.

Which of the following would sit nearest to the closed end of the continuum?

Which of the following is the correct order of the central mechanisms in Whiting’s Information Processing Model?

Negative reinforcement and punishment are key aspects of operant conditioning.

Define the terms negative reinforcement and punishment.

Give a sporting example of each.

Negative reinforcement

Punishment

Define bilateral transfer.

Give a sporting example of bilateral transfer.

Discuss the effectiveness of using massed practice with performers in gymnastics.

Developments in video and analysis programmes have changed how coaches provide feedback to performers.

Evaluate the impact of these developments on a coach’s ability to provide effective feedback to an athlete in the cognitive stage of learning.

Which of the following national partners of Sport England has the biggest focus on increasing participation at grassroots level?

Which of the following was not a characteristic of society during the pre-industrial period (pre-1780)?

Table 2 shows the percentages of inactive adults by socio-economic group according to data collected in the Active Lives Adult Survey 2016/17.

Analyse the trend shown in Table 2 and its causes. Use the data to support your answer.

State one way the characteristics of a modern-day amateur differ from those of an amateur in the 1800s.

State one positive effect that modern-day ‘amateurism’ has on sport. Give an example.

Describe the main concepts of social action theory.

In 2016 the Football Association (FA) estimated the number of qualified female football officials to be 850. This is a relatively small number and does not reflect the increase in the number of female football players.

Evaluate the effectiveness of the strategies being used to overcome specific barriers that may prevent women from becoming football officials.

Analyse how the changes in society between 1780 and 1900, driven by the Industrial Revolution, improved the sporting opportunities available to the working classes in Great Britain.