NATIONAL PILATES CERTIFICATION
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ elastic cartilage. Answer: cartilage with abundant elastic fibers; more
flexible than hyaline cartilage. EARS
◉ fibro cartilage. Answer: JOINTS/LIGAMENTS
◉ Ligaments. Answer: Connect bone to bone
◉ Tendon. Answer: Connects muscle to bone
◉ fascia. Answer: a band or sheet of fibrous connective tissue that
covers, supports, and separates muscle. CONNECTIVE TISSUE
HOLDING ORGANS, BLOOD VESSEL, NERVE FIBER, MUSCLES
IN PLACE
◉ Muscle functions. Answer: producing movement, maintaining
posture, stabilizing joints, generating heat
◉ MUSCLE FUNCTION AGAINST. Answer: MUSCLE DOING
WORK
, ◉ MUSCLE FUNCTION ANTAGONISTS. Answer: DOES OPPOSITE
ACTION. EX: GLUE MAX AGAINST FLEXORS
◉ SYNERGIST. Answer: MUSCLES THAT WORK TOGETHER
◉ muscle contraction. Answer: the tensioning of the muscle during
shortening (concentric), lengthening (eccentric), or no motion
(isometric)
◉ CONCENTRIC. Answer: BICEP CURL - MUSCLE SHORTENED
◉ ESSENTRIC. Answer: LOWERING BICEP CURL. MUSCLE
LENGTHENED
◉ lordosis. Answer: abnormal anterior curvature of the lumbar spine
(sway-back condition)
◉ kyphosis. Answer: excessive outward curvature of the spine, causing
hunching of the back. HUNCHBACK
◉ Swayback. Answer: common term for lordosis
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ elastic cartilage. Answer: cartilage with abundant elastic fibers; more
flexible than hyaline cartilage. EARS
◉ fibro cartilage. Answer: JOINTS/LIGAMENTS
◉ Ligaments. Answer: Connect bone to bone
◉ Tendon. Answer: Connects muscle to bone
◉ fascia. Answer: a band or sheet of fibrous connective tissue that
covers, supports, and separates muscle. CONNECTIVE TISSUE
HOLDING ORGANS, BLOOD VESSEL, NERVE FIBER, MUSCLES
IN PLACE
◉ Muscle functions. Answer: producing movement, maintaining
posture, stabilizing joints, generating heat
◉ MUSCLE FUNCTION AGAINST. Answer: MUSCLE DOING
WORK
, ◉ MUSCLE FUNCTION ANTAGONISTS. Answer: DOES OPPOSITE
ACTION. EX: GLUE MAX AGAINST FLEXORS
◉ SYNERGIST. Answer: MUSCLES THAT WORK TOGETHER
◉ muscle contraction. Answer: the tensioning of the muscle during
shortening (concentric), lengthening (eccentric), or no motion
(isometric)
◉ CONCENTRIC. Answer: BICEP CURL - MUSCLE SHORTENED
◉ ESSENTRIC. Answer: LOWERING BICEP CURL. MUSCLE
LENGTHENED
◉ lordosis. Answer: abnormal anterior curvature of the lumbar spine
(sway-back condition)
◉ kyphosis. Answer: excessive outward curvature of the spine, causing
hunching of the back. HUNCHBACK
◉ Swayback. Answer: common term for lordosis
