Year 11 PDHPE study notes and practice questions

For Year 11 and 12 students sitting the HSC, VCE, QCE, SACE, WACE and more. Each unit has short study notes, flashcards and practice questions, and the app builds timed practice exams from the whole course.

• Meanings of health, behaviours and determinantsMeanings of health; Health behaviours; Determinants of health; Risk and protective factors; Individual responsibility and victim-blaming
• Health promotion and the Ottawa CharterApproaches to health promotion; The Ottawa Charter (1986); Social justice principles; Shared responsibility and partnerships
• The body in motion: body systemsSkeletal system; Muscular system; Circulatory system; Respiratory system
• The body in motion: biomechanicsMotion, velocity and momentum; Balance and stability; Force: Newton’s laws, applying and absorbing force; Projectile motion; Fluid mechanics
• First aid, sports injuries and fitness choicesEmergency care: DRSABCD and CPR; Classifying sports injuries; Assessment and management; Fitness choices

4 multiple choice and 2 written questions. Try each one before you open the answer. Written answers show the model answer and what a full-marks response needs.

1. Question 1. Meanings of health, behaviours and determinantsMultiple choice

   Which is a sociocultural determinant?

   1. APeer influence
   2. BIncome
   3. CDistance to services
   4. DGenetics
   Show answer

   A. Peer influence

2. Question 2. Health promotion and the Ottawa CharterMultiple choice

   Free sunscreen dispensers at public beaches mainly represent…

   1. ABuilding healthy public policy
   2. BCreating supportive environments
   3. CDeveloping personal skills
   4. DReorienting health services
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   B. Creating supportive environments

3. Question 3. Health promotion and the Ottawa Charter: social justice principles3 marks

   Explain how the social justice principle of equity could be applied in a health promotion program for a rural community.

   Show model answer and marking criteria

   Model answer. Equity means allocating resources according to need, so groups facing greater disadvantage get more support. Rural communities often have fewer GPs and specialists and must travel long distances for care. An equitable program could fund visiting specialist clinics and telehealth services, and provide travel subsidies, so rural residents can access care comparable to people in cities.

   A full-marks answer:

   • Defines equity as allocating resources fairly according to need
   • Identifies a rural need, e.g. limited access to GPs or specialists
   • Explains a specific equitable action, e.g. outreach clinics, telehealth, travel subsidies, extra funding
4. Question 4. The body in motion: body systemsMultiple choice

   Which joint is a ball and socket joint?

   1. AKnee
   2. BAnkle
   3. CElbow
   4. DHip
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   D. Hip

5. Question 5. The body in motion: body systems: skeletal system2 marks

   Using an example from sport, explain the difference between flexion and extension and between abduction and adduction.

   Show model answer and marking criteria

   Model answer. Flexion decreases the angle at a joint and extension increases it: when kicking a football the knee flexes in the backswing and extends to strike the ball. Abduction moves a limb away from the body’s midline and adduction moves it back: in a star jump the arms and legs abduct outwards and then adduct back together.

   A full-marks answer:

   • Flexion decreases the joint angle and extension increases it, with a sport example (e.g. knee in kicking)
   • Abduction moves a limb away from the midline and adduction towards it, with a sport example (e.g. side-stepping, star jumps)
6. Question 6. The body in motion: biomechanicsMultiple choice

   Which factor has the greatest effect on projectile distance?

   1. ARelease speed
   2. BWind direction only
   3. CRelease angle
   4. DColour of the ball
   Show answer

   A. Release speed

A few of the 82 Year 11 PDHPE flashcards. In the app they use spaced repetition: rate each card Again, Hard, Good or Easy and it comes back just before you would forget it.

• Holistic healthPhysical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual dimensions interacting.
• Health promotionEnabling people to increase control over and improve their health.
• Axial skeletonSkull, vertebral column, ribs and sternum.
• BiomechanicsStudy of forces and their effects on the moving body.

Senior PDHPE questions ask you to apply theory: a training method to an athlete, a health promotion strategy to a priority issue. Name the concept, explain how it works in that scenario and support it with data or an example, using the key terms precisely.

Press Study for me and the app builds a 15 to 20 minute session from the cards that are due, the mistakes that are due and questions on your weakest topics. Practice questions come in three levels, and anything you get wrong comes back 1, 3 and 7 days later until you get it right. When an exam is close, sit a timed practice exam with AI marking.

Your state, your exam

PDHPE goes by different names around Australia. In the app the course shows under your state’s name: NSW: PDHPE; VIC, QLD, ACT: Health & PE (PDHPE content); SA, NT: Health and Wellbeing (PDHPE content); WA, TAS: Health Studies (PDHPE content). Where a label says “content”, your state’s course is the closest match rather than the same course, so check the topics against your outline.

When you set up Year 11, you pick your state (NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, WA, TAS, ACT or NT) and your subjects. The AI then pitches explanations and marking at your certificate’s level. Courses differ between states, so compare the units above with your course outline, and turn your class notes into extra decks for anything that’s different.

PDHPE in Year 12

Year 12 PDHPE study notes and practice questions.

More Year 11 courses

Year 11 Maths Advanced, Year 11 Maths Standard, Year 11 English, Year 11 Modern History, Year 11 Biology, Year 11 Chemistry, Year 11 Business Studies, Year 11 Legal Studies. All Year 11–12 subjects.