VCE Physical Education exam 2009 review
By Heath McGregor on Nov 9, 2009 in VCE Exams, VCE Physical Education
Hi all,
So…you have finished the VCE PE exam for 2009.
What did you think of the paper? What was hard? What was easy? How do you think you went?
Let me know your thoughts and comments below (please keep them clean!)…cheers
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Georgia | Nov 9, 2009 | Reply
It was a fair exam, but c’mon, why would you choose surfing for interplay?! Like honestly!
And I’m well aware they can’t examine everything but nothing on drugs, and sports nutrition!
Jackson | Nov 9, 2009 | Reply
I agree it was a fair exam, but Georgia did you not see the question that specifically about the role of CHO pre event, during and recovery, thats were they were asking you about nutrition
oli | Nov 9, 2009 | Reply
yer none about drugs(ergogenics) and none about sports psychology too and the bloody stages of change they always have to put m in the middle of two stages studid…
does any one know where the solutions are?
Stacey | Nov 9, 2009 | Reply
I was really happy with it. It was allot shorter than any of the practice ones i have done. Yeah nothing on drugs and little about fatigue but all good. And yeah surfing.. seriously?
Heath McGregor | Nov 9, 2009 | Reply
Good to hear Stacey. Energy system interplay questions are always less mainstream sports as they want for you to be able to apply your knowledge to a wide variety of sports and activities. In recent years this has included squash, kayaking etc.
Daniel | Nov 10, 2009 | Reply
Felt pretty good, to be completely honest.
The practice exams our teacher set aside for us to do were actually harder that this one…it was more set out “clearly” (as in the questions)
But anyway! Surfing interplay was a bit “huh?” but it was all good in the end.
Good luck to all of my fellow students
carl | Nov 10, 2009 | Reply
good, although i thought it was a bit confusing in the question asking for times when oxygen deficit, steady state and EPOC occured in relation to the table with different o2 consumptions at the end of each minute during the 5 min sub max test. did people say steady state was 2 minutes (4th min and 5th min) or 1min (4th to 5th min)
alexi | Nov 10, 2009 | Reply
I didn’t like the exam at all. It was nothing like the other exams of the current study design and didn’t test the knowledge of students enough. I think most people would’ve done well and differentiating between students is going to be hard now. They made their job of marking the exam difficult too – heaps of questions weren’t worded well.
I didn’t think it was that short… actually provided a lot of information… but yeah, at least everyone went well I suppose
linda | Nov 10, 2009 | Reply
yer that steady state q was annoying, i chanaged my answer a few times.
but overall the exam was way too easy, no questions to differentiate between everyone
nik | Nov 11, 2009 | Reply
i liked the exam but one question had me! i can’t remember the wording of the question but it was about how to reduce the o2 deficit but you werent able to use intensity? (does this sounds right?) anyways i was wondering what the correct answer would be! thanks!
i think i understand ur question carl and i think i put that the athlete was in a steady state for 2 minutes (where the numbers were both 2)
alexi | Nov 11, 2009 | Reply
To lower EPOC you can do anything that will increase oxygen consumption by muscles during exercise. My answer was to cool the skin with a wet cloth and that this would increase blood flow to muscles as less blood is needed for thermoregulation (near the skin).
I have added parts of the exam to my site if anyone wants a look.
alexi | Nov 11, 2009 | Reply
Here we go, 2008 exam:
Strategies to reduce EPOC include: • lower core temperature • undertake a passive recovery • acclimatisation • reduction in intensity of exercise • more aerobic training.
Practical examples include: • immersing the athlete in an ice bath • placing cooling towels on the athlete • re-hydrating the athlete with a cool drink • having the athlete take a cold shower • fanning the athlete • sitting the athlete in the shade • resting the athlete after exercise • training the athlete in similar climates.
Jon | Nov 11, 2009 | Reply
I found the exam really easy…
My answer to the O2 deficit was breathing techniques by forcing to breathe in the initial stages to get a greater amount of O2 in and decrease the oxygen deficit (It works with my cycling and schools athletics events.) Also a fair percentage of questions relating to cycling i found advantageous but really if you knew the material you should be able to apply it to any sport unless you never heard of it.
linda | Nov 11, 2009 | Reply
for the reducing o2 deficit i wrote undertaking a 12 week aeribic training program to obtain aerobic adapations.
im pretty sure i wrote 2mins for the steady state
alexi | Nov 11, 2009 | Reply
sorry, i misread the question… you can still apply some of the EPOC techniques to lower the O2 deficit
John | Nov 13, 2009 | Reply
The exam was ridiculously easy. Only tested about half of the knowledge was tested. The questions were too easy as it will now be a tough challenge
to separate the good students and the slackers who were praying for something that easy
Holly | Nov 14, 2009 | Reply
what was the answer to the question with the graph and it asked about which energy system would have lowest energy production, using the graph. I said aerobic cos the bar was shorter but i know aerobic provides lots of energy! i hated the exam, so many discrepencies.