Year 9 PDHPE practice questions

Lock in’s Year 9 PDHPE course has 6 units with 96 flashcards and 103 practice questions, plus timed exams built fresh each time.

• Mental health, body image and help-seekingMental health and stress; Help-seeking and services; Body image and media influences; Supporting others
• Relationships, consent and online safetyHealthy and unhealthy relationships; Consent and the law; Online safety; Diversity, inclusion and discrimination
• Alcohol, other drugs and road safetyDrugs and their effects; Alcohol; Laws and harm minimisation; Road safety
• Health promotion and community healthDeterminants of health; Health promotion and the Ottawa Charter; Health literacy and evaluating information; Community health and resources
• Fitness and trainingComponents of fitness; Fitness testing; Training principles and methods; Heart rate and training zones
• Skill learningStages of skill learning; Feedback; Practice methods; Classifying skills

Try each question before you open the answer. Written answers show what a full-marks response needs to include.

1. Question 1. Mental health, body image and help-seekingMultiple choice

   Mental health is best described as…

   1. AFixed for life
   2. BSomething only adults have
   3. CA state of wellbeing everyone has
   4. DThe same as mental illness
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   C. A state of wellbeing everyone has

2. Question 2. Relationships, consent and online safetyMultiple choice

   Consent must be…

   1. AOnly verbal in writing
   2. BAssumed if someone is quiet
   3. CFree, voluntary, informed and ongoing
   4. DGiven once for ever
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   C. Free, voluntary, informed and ongoing

3. Question 3. Relationships, consent and online safety: diversity, inclusion and discrimination2 marks

   Suggest TWO actions students can take to promote inclusion in their school community.

   Show model answer and marking criteria

   Model answer. Students can invite people who are often left out to join their group at lunch or in class activities. They can also safely call out discriminatory jokes or language and support events that celebrate diversity, such as Harmony Day.

   A full-marks answer:

   • Action 1, e.g. inviting students who are left out into groups or activities
   • Action 2, e.g. safely calling out discriminatory language, supporting diversity events, adapting games so all can join
4. Question 4. Alcohol, other drugs and road safetyMultiple choice

   A standard drink contains…

   1. A100 mL of any drink
   2. B10 g of pure alcohol
   3. C50 g of alcohol
   4. D1 g of alcohol
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   B. 10 g of pure alcohol

5. Question 5. Alcohol, other drugs and road safety: alcohol3 marks

   Describe THREE short-term effects of alcohol on the body.

   Show model answer and marking criteria

   Model answer. Alcohol is a depressant, so it slows reaction time and reduces coordination, making injuries more likely. It impairs judgement, so people take risks they normally would not. In larger amounts it causes nausea, vomiting, blurred vision and blackouts, and can lead to alcohol poisoning.

   A full-marks answer:

   • Effect 1, e.g. slowed reaction time and poor coordination
   • Effect 2, e.g. impaired judgement and increased risk-taking
   • Effect 3, e.g. nausea and vomiting, blurred vision, blackouts, alcohol poisoning
6. Question 6. Health promotion and community healthMultiple choice

   Which is an environmental determinant of health?

   1. AAccess to health services
   2. BPersonal attitudes
   3. CGenetics
   4. DPeer influence
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   A. Access to health services

PDHPE questions usually ask you to apply an idea to a situation. Name the skill or strategy, then explain how the person in the scenario would use it and why it helps. Use the key terms from your notes, and give a specific example rather than general advice.

In Lock in, every PDHPE topic has short notes, then flashcards that use spaced repetition: rate each card Again, Hard, Good or Easy and it comes back just before you would forget it. Practice questions come in three levels, Foundation, Standard and Complex. Three right in a row moves you up a level, and two wrong moves you back.

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. 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.

More Year 9 subjects

Year 9 Maths practice questions, Year 9 English practice questions, Year 9 Science practice questions, Year 9 History practice questions, Year 9 Geography practice questions.

PDHPE in other years

Year 7 PDHPE practice questions, Year 8 PDHPE practice questions, Year 10 PDHPE practice questions, Year 11 PDHPE practice questions, Year 12 PDHPE practice questions.