AFPA PILATES INSTRUCTOR MAT FINAL 2026
PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
MOVEMENT BREAKDOWN FULL REVIEW
◉ What is the best way to warm up a class of elderly persons?
Answer: Ground based pelvic rocks followed by single leg stretch
keeping the head down
◉ What exercises should your client master before trying the
Boomerang? Answer: Roll over and Teaser
◉ Choose best exercise for client type:
Hunched shoulders
swimming
pelvic rocks/tilts
single leg circle
corkscrew Answer: swimming
◉ Choose best exercise for client type:
post natal
,swimming
pelvic rocks/tilts
single leg circle
corkscrew Answer: pelvic rocks/tilts
◉ Choose best exercise for client type:
hip replacement
swimming
pelvic rocks/tilts
single leg circle
corkscrew Answer: single leg circle
◉ Choose best exercise for client type:
young athlete
swimming
pelvic rocks/tilts
single leg circle
corkscrew Answer: corkscrew
, ◉ After warming up my small group mat class, I plan on having them
do ________________________ to get the back of their body warm and then
_________________________ to get the front of their body warm. Answer:
bridging variations, hundreds
◉ Having both legs in table top is considered a closed kinetic chain
and this is good for clients with low back issues.
True or false Answer: false
◉ You are evaluating a client for the first time and find they have a
major anterior tilt in their pelvis and no injuries in the past. They
have been cleared to start a fitness routine after having not worked
out in the past 4 years. What moves would you teach them in their
first work out? Answer: bridge, roll up, quadruped
◉ During the chest lift, the client should maintain their neutral
pelvis.
true or false Answer: true
◉ During Teaser, how does bending the knees into the chest change
the exercise? Answer: changes the intent of exercise; once master,
they can progress
◉ In what plane of motion is the Hundred? Answer: sagittal
PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
MOVEMENT BREAKDOWN FULL REVIEW
◉ What is the best way to warm up a class of elderly persons?
Answer: Ground based pelvic rocks followed by single leg stretch
keeping the head down
◉ What exercises should your client master before trying the
Boomerang? Answer: Roll over and Teaser
◉ Choose best exercise for client type:
Hunched shoulders
swimming
pelvic rocks/tilts
single leg circle
corkscrew Answer: swimming
◉ Choose best exercise for client type:
post natal
,swimming
pelvic rocks/tilts
single leg circle
corkscrew Answer: pelvic rocks/tilts
◉ Choose best exercise for client type:
hip replacement
swimming
pelvic rocks/tilts
single leg circle
corkscrew Answer: single leg circle
◉ Choose best exercise for client type:
young athlete
swimming
pelvic rocks/tilts
single leg circle
corkscrew Answer: corkscrew
, ◉ After warming up my small group mat class, I plan on having them
do ________________________ to get the back of their body warm and then
_________________________ to get the front of their body warm. Answer:
bridging variations, hundreds
◉ Having both legs in table top is considered a closed kinetic chain
and this is good for clients with low back issues.
True or false Answer: false
◉ You are evaluating a client for the first time and find they have a
major anterior tilt in their pelvis and no injuries in the past. They
have been cleared to start a fitness routine after having not worked
out in the past 4 years. What moves would you teach them in their
first work out? Answer: bridge, roll up, quadruped
◉ During the chest lift, the client should maintain their neutral
pelvis.
true or false Answer: true
◉ During Teaser, how does bending the knees into the chest change
the exercise? Answer: changes the intent of exercise; once master,
they can progress
◉ In what plane of motion is the Hundred? Answer: sagittal
