Question

The Harvard Step test is a test of aerobic fitness, developed by Brouha and his associates (1943) for the purpose of measuring physical fitness for work and the ability to recover from work in the Harvard Fatigue Laboratories during WW II for college students. It was a very simple and promising field test for measuring cardiovascular endurance of human beings by using easily available and inexpensive equipment. There are many other variations of step tests too.

1. Harvard step test was developed by:

1. Harvard and his associates
2. Brouha and his associates
3. Roberta Rikli
4. None of the above

2. Harvard step test was developed in:

1. 1943
2. 1945
3. 1948
4. 1949

3. Harvard step test is used to measure:

1. Speed and balance
2. Speed and agility
3. Cardiovascular endurance
4. None of these

4. Harvard step test was developed for measuring:

1. Physical fitness for work
2. Physical fitness to recover from work
3. Both Physical fitness for work as well as Physical fitness to recover from work
4. None of the above

Or

Harvard step test was developed to measure the physical fitness of :

1. Senior citizens
2. College students
3. School students
4. None of these

Answer 1

1. Brouha and his associates
   Explanation: The Harvard Step Test was developed by Brouha and his associates in 1943 at the Harvard Fatigue Laboratories. 
2. 1943
   Explanation: The Harvard Step Test was developed by Brouha and his associates in 1943.
3. Cardiovascular enduranc
   Explanation: The Harvard Step Test measures aerobic fitness/cardiovascular endurance. It does not measure speed, balance, or agility.
4. Both Physical fitness for work as well as Physical fitness to recover from work
   Or
   College students
   Explanation: The Harvard Step Test was originally designed for young men of college age in the Harvard Fatigue Laboratories during WWII.