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CSCS Testing & evaluation: key points

Testing and evaluation asks about terms like reliability and validity, the order in which tests are administered, and what each test measures.

Points that often appear

Reliability vs validity

Reliability is consistency across repeated measurements; validity is how well a test measures what it is meant to measure. A test cannot be valid without being reliable.

Principles of test order

Start with the least fatiguing tests and move to more fatiguing ones. The most fatiguing aerobic capacity test goes last or on a separate day.

What each test measures

The vertical jump assesses lower-body maximal power, the T-test agility (change of direction), and tests like the 1.5-mile run aerobic capacity.

Quick reference

Order	Type of test (examples)
1	Non-fatiguing measures (height, weight, flexibility)
2	Agility (e.g., T-test)
3	Maximal power and strength (vertical jump, 1RM)
4	Sprint
5	Local muscular endurance
6	Fatiguing anaerobic capacity
7	Aerobic capacity (e.g., 1.5-mile run)

Watch for this trap

Order questions usually ask which test should come last. Remembering that aerobic capacity tests go last answers most of them.