Year 12 · QCE / Physical Education
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- Check the task format, time limit and permitted materials with your school.
- Start with one timed section or task and record where you spent the most time.
- Review errors before attempting another section. Separate missing knowledge from timing problems.
Practice paper focus areas
- Exam 1 — AFL centre midfielder aerobic capacity and mixed energy system demands; Energy system interplay: ATP-PC, anaerobic glycolysis, aerobic transitions; Repeated sprint work and phosphocreatine replenishment
- Exam 2 — ATP-PC system and anaerobic glycolysis dominance in NRL prop forward repeated efforts; Energy system interplay and transition time points; Phosphocreatine depletion and glycogen mobilisation mechanisms
- Exam 3 — ATP-PC energy system and phosphocreatine depletion in explosive goalkeeper movements; Energy system interplay and transition time points in repeated-sprint goalkeeper activity; Dynamic systems theory — learner, environmental and task constraints on goalkeeper movement strategy
- Exam 4 — Volleyball libero specialised movement sequences and defensive positional adjustments; Dynamic systems theory — learner, task, and environmental constraints shaping libero movement strategies; ATP-PC, anaerobic glycolysis, and aerobic energy system interplay for repeated short-burst defensive efforts
- Exam 5 — ATP-PC system exclusivity and phosphocreatine resynthesis in 100 m sprint; VO2 max irrelevance to 100 m sprint performance; EPOC after maximal sprint effort — fast and slow components
- Exam 6 — 1500 m running — aerobic system dominance beyond 90 seconds; VO2 max and lactate threshold as performance determinants; ATP-PC to anaerobic glycolysis to aerobic system interplay and transition time points
- Exam 7 — ATP-PC energy system and phosphocreatine fuel during fast-break sprints; Anaerobic glycolysis interplay and lactate threshold in repeated court press efforts; Aerobic energy system recovery contribution during low-intensity transitions
- Exam 8 — Netball centre position — aerobic capacity, speed endurance, and HIIT design; ATP-PC, anaerobic glycolysis, and aerobic energy system interplay and transitions; VO2 max, lactate threshold/OBLA, and EPOC in intermittent team sport
- Exam 9 — Badminton singles — net and court tactical awareness; Environmental constraints: court dimensions and shuttle speed; Movement strategy for position of advantage (base position, T-position recovery)
- Exam 10 — Swimming 400 m freestyle — aerobic system dominance and energy system interplay; Lactate threshold and OBLA in elite swimming performance; Pacing strategy as a movement strategy across 400 m freestyle splits
- Exam 11 — Rugby union flanker specialised movement sequences and collision-based demands; Mixed energy system contributions and interplay transitions in high-intensity intermittent sport; ATP-PC, anaerobic glycolysis, and aerobic system fuels, end-products, and durations
- Exam 12 — Gymnastics floor routine — Performance category; Quality of movement concept: effort, flow, time, weight in specialised sequences; Flexibility and muscular power fitness requirements for gymnastics
- Exam 13 — Hockey midfielder (field hockey) — invasion game constraints; Transition play as a movement strategy; Aerobic capacity and muscular endurance
- Exam 14 — Tennis doubles — net and court body awareness, position-of-advantage movement strategy; Dynamic systems theory: learner, environmental, and task constraints in net and court context; ATP-PC, anaerobic glycolysis, and aerobic energy system interplay for repeated short-court sprints
- Exam 15 — Ethics in sport — drugs, fair play, discrimination, media role, institutional integrity (Unit 3); Lance Armstrong / Ben Johnson / AFL supplements saga as case study stimulus; Tactical awareness and ethical evaluation in Australian physical activity contexts
- Exam 16 — ATP-PC system: phosphocreatine fuel, oxygen-independent, ADP+Pi end-product, 0–10 s maximal duration, ruckman tap contest application; Anaerobic glycolysis: glycogen/glucose fuel, lactate+H+ end-product, 10 s–2 min, repeated sprint capacity for rucking contests; Energy system interplay: ATP-PC to anaerobic glycolysis transition at ~8–10 s, to aerobic at ~90 s, phosphocreatine resynthesis during recovery
- Exam 17 — Surf life-saving ironman — aerobic and anaerobic glycolysis interplay across swim, board, ski, and run legs; ATP-PC, anaerobic glycolysis, and aerobic energy system transitions, fuels, end-products, and durations; VO2 max, lactate threshold/OBLA, and EPOC in endurance-based cyclic sport
- Exam 18 — Volleyball setter — tactical decision-making under constraints (setter position, blocker positioning as environmental constraint), quality of movement in setting technique; Dynamic systems theory: learner, task, and environmental constraints shaping tactical awareness and specialised movement sequences; ATP-PC, anaerobic glycolysis, and aerobic energy systems — fuels, oxygen dependency, end-products, durations, interplay transitions
- Exam 19 — Soccer winger repeated sprint activity; ATP-PC, anaerobic glycolysis, and aerobic energy system interplay and graph interpretation; Energy system fuels, oxygen dependency, end-products, and transition time points
- Exam 20 — Water polo goalkeeper — invasive net and court hybrid sport; ATP-PC energy system — phosphocreatine fuel, explosive leg-kick saves, ~0–8 s duration; Anaerobic glycolysis — glycogen fuel, lactate and H+ end-products, ~8–90 s duration
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