Adapted Physical Education and Disability Sports MCQs 2026

Inclusive physical education means

1. A segregating all students with disabilities always ✓
2. B students with and without disabilities participate together with appropriate supports ✓
3. C eliminating all competition ✓
4. D ignoring individual needs ✓

Adapted Physical Education (APE) is designed to

1. A meet unique needs of individuals with disabilities in physical education ✓
2. B replace all general PE without assessment ✓
3. C exclude students from any activity ✓
4. D focus only on competitive Olympics ✓

Least restrictive environment in APE implies

1. A placing students in general PE when appropriate with supports ✓
2. B isolating students without trial in general PE ✓
3. C removing all safety equipment ✓
4. D avoiding any assessment ✓

An IEP in special education may include

1. A only academic math targets ✓
2. B only cafeteria menus ✓
3. C only bus schedules without PE ✓
4. D APE goals, services and accommodations ✓

Functional assessment in APE evaluates

1. A only standardized written exams ✓
2. B motor skills and participation needs relevant to PE activities ✓
3. C only shoe sizes ✓
4. D only classroom seating ✓

Modification in inclusive PE can include

1. A rule changes, equipment adaptation or task simplification ✓
2. B excluding the student entirely ✓
3. C raising barriers without support ✓
4. D canceling all physical activity ✓

Para sport classification aims to

1. A group athletes by degree of impairment affecting sport performance ✓
2. B rank athletes by fame only ✓
3. C exclude all wheelchair users ✓
4. D replace anti-doping rules ✓

Wheelchair basketball is played

1. A only standing without chairs ✓
2. B in wheelchairs with rules adapted for dribbling and contact ✓
3. C only in swimming pools ✓
4. D without any classification ✓

Sitting volleyball differs from standing volleyball by

1. A higher net and running only ✓
2. B use of rackets ✓
3. C absence of a net ✓
4. D lower net height and court played seated ✓

Goalball is designed for

1. A only hearing-impaired swimmers ✓
2. B only ambulant sprinters without blindness ✓
3. C only Olympic footballers ✓
4. D athletes with visual impairments using a ball with bells ✓

Boccia is a Paralympic sport primarily for athletes with

1. A only visual impairment ✓
2. B only intellectual disability without motor issues ✓
3. C severe physical impairments affecting motor control ✓
4. D only hearing impairment ✓

Special Olympics primarily serves athletes with

1. A only elite Olympic qualifiers ✓
2. B only professional coaches ✓
3. C only temporary injuries ✓
4. D intellectual disabilities ✓

Unified Sports in Special Olympics pairs

1. A only coaches with referees ✓
2. B only siblings ✓
3. C athletes with and without intellectual disabilities on the same team ✓
4. D only medical staff ✓

Paralympic Movement uses Agitos whereas Special Olympics uses

1. A Olympic rings only ✓
2. B FIFA logo ✓
3. C five figures in a circle logo representing joy and unity ✓
4. D BWF shuttle only ✓

Amputee athletes in track may use

1. A no assistive devices ever ✓
2. B standard office chairs on track ✓
3. C swimming goggles only ✓
4. D running-specific prostheses within classification and equipment rules ✓

Guide runners assist athletes with

1. A hearing impairments only by signing pool rules ✓
2. B visual impairments in track events via tether or verbal cues ✓
3. C swimming lane ropes only ✓
4. D football offside calls only ✓

Hearing impairment sport includes

1. A only goalball for all deaf athletes ✓
2. B only boccia for all hearing athletes ✓
3. C Deaflympics without auditory starter signals relying on visual cues ✓
4. D only water polo without rules ✓

Adaptive aquatics may involve

1. A flotation aids, ramp entry and modified stroke instruction ✓
2. B banning all pool access ✓
3. C identical instruction without safety review ✓
4. D deep-water diving only for all ✓

Transfer training in APE helps students

1. A move safely between wheelchair, floor and equipment ✓
2. B avoid all movement ✓
3. C compete in FIFA only ✓
4. D skip warm-up always ✓

Proprioceptive and balance activities in APE support

1. A only written tests ✓
2. B body awareness and fall prevention ✓
3. C only spectator skills ✓
4. D only ticket sales ✓

Occupational therapist may collaborate with APE specialist on

1. A Olympic host city bidding ✓
2. B equipment selection and functional motor goals ✓
3. C FIFA VAR decisions only ✓
4. D pool chlorine marketing ✓

Physical therapist may support APE through

1. A badminton string tension only ✓
2. B Olympic ring design ✓
3. C media rights sales ✓
4. D rehabilitation exercises and movement recovery plans ✓

Universal Design for Learning in PE emphasizes

1. A one rigid lesson for all ✓
2. B no equipment variety ✓
3. C multiple means of engagement, representation and action ✓
4. D excluding accommodation ✓

Peer tutor or buddy system in inclusive PE can

1. A provide modeling and social support during activities ✓
2. B replace qualified supervision entirely ✓
3. C eliminate safety rules ✓
4. D exclude the student with disability ✓

Paralympic categories in swimming use prefixes S, SB and SM for

1. A freestyle/backstroke/butterfly, breaststroke and individual medley ✓
2. B football, field hockey and marathon ✓
3. C only alpine skiing ✓
4. D only boccia throws ✓

Wheelchair rugby was formerly known as

1. A goalball ✓
2. B sitting volleyball ✓
3. C boccia ✓
4. D murderball ✓

Para athletics track events include

1. A only equestrian dressage ✓
2. B wheelchair racing and ambulant classes with prostheses ✓
3. C only sailing ✓
4. D only fencing without classes ✓

Intellectual disability sport eligibility in Special Olympics requires

1. A only physical amputation ✓
2. B only visual impairment without ID ✓
3. C primary diagnosis of intellectual disability with functional limitations ✓
4. D only Olympic medal history ✓

Shorter duration or rest breaks are an example of

1. A mandatory exclusion ✓
2. B activity modification in inclusive PE ✓
3. C anti-doping violation ✓
4. D FIFA offside rule ✓

Sensory-friendly PE environment may reduce

1. A all physical movement ✓
2. B all safety mats ✓
3. C all peer interaction always ✓
4. D excessive noise, glare and unpredictable stimuli ✓

Stand-up adaptive paddle sports include

1. A only high diving ✓
2. B sit-on-top kayaks with outriggers or supported boarding ✓
3. C only hammer throw indoors ✓
4. D only pool deck sprinting ✓

CP (cerebral palsy) football is

1. A eleven-a-side able-bodied World Cup format ✓
2. B swimming medley only ✓
3. C seven-a-side football for athletes with hypertonia, athetosis or ataxia ✓
4. D badminton singles only ✓

Legally blind classification in goalball requires

1. A normal vision with glasses ✓
2. B only colour blindness ✓
3. C only night blindness without field loss ✓
4. D severe visual field and acuity loss below sport thresholds ✓

Reverse integration places

1. A students without disabilities into specialized APE settings for specific activities ✓
2. B all students into segregated settings permanently ✓
3. C coaches into IOC session ✓
4. D referees into classrooms only ✓

Annual transition planning for APE may address

1. A only primary school cafeteria ✓
2. B community recreation and lifelong physical activity options ✓
3. C only Olympic TV rights ✓
4. D only pool tile colour ✓

Equipment adaptation example is

1. A removing all balls ✓
2. B banning wheelchairs always ✓
3. C beep balls, larger grips or lighter implements ✓
4. D using only Olympic regulation gear without review ✓

Health-related fitness in APE still targets

1. A only elite medal counts ✓
2. B only ticket revenue ✓
3. C only media contracts ✓
4. D cardiovascular endurance, strength, flexibility and body composition as appropriate ✓

Zero reject principle in special education means

1. A denying all accommodations ✓
2. B excluding all IEP students ✓
3. C no student is denied PE services due to disability severity ✓
4. D canceling all APE ✓

Paralympic Games typically follow the Olympic Games in

1. A exactly ten years before ✓
2. B only every eight years in winter only ✓
3. C the same host city or region shortly after Olympics when applicable ✓
4. D never near Olympics ✓

Wheelchair tennis allows

1. A two bounces of the ball before return ✓
2. B no bounces on any surface ✓
3. C five bounces before return ✓
4. D only overhead serves without bounce ✓