CAPE Study Guide 2026
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📋 CAPE Exam Format at a Glance
📚 CAPE Topics to Study (37)
✍️ Sample CAPE Questions & Answers
1. A student with spina bifida and a latex allergy is enrolled in an adapted PE class. Which activity equipment poses the GREATEST risk to this student?
Latex resistance bands pose a direct contact allergen risk for students with latex allergies; individuals with spina bifida have an elevated prevalence of latex allergy.
2. What is the primary purpose of obtaining a physician's written clearance before a student with a congenital heart condition participates in adapted PE?
Physician clearance for students with cardiac conditions defines individualized safe exercise parameters and identifies activities that should be avoided.
3. Proprioception is sensory information provided primarily by which body structures?
Proprioceptors in muscles (spindles), tendons (Golgi tendon organs), and joint capsules sense position, movement, and force.
4. Which condition is characterized by abnormally brittle bones resulting from a genetic defect in collagen production?
Osteogenesis imperfecta is caused by mutations affecting type I collagen synthesis, resulting in bones that fracture easily with minimal or even no apparent trauma.
5. Professional ethics require a CAPE to obtain informed consent before conducting formal assessments primarily because:
IDEA requires informed parental consent before conducting initial evaluations, reflecting both legal and ethical obligations to families.
6. An adapted physical educator notices a student with Down syndrome has low muscle tone. Which term describes this condition?
Hypotonia refers to abnormally decreased muscle tone and is commonly associated with Down syndrome.