CLUB PILATES ALL QUIZ QUESTIONS
& VERIFIED ANSWERS PASSED
NEWEST VERSION
Where was Joseph Pilates born? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Germany
Who inspired Joseph's passion for movement? - Correct Answer ✔✔ His Parents and
their active & healthy lifestyles
People "doing" life
Animals in nature
What item inspired Joseph to build the reformer? - Correct Answer ✔✔ a hospital bed
Joseph Pilates died of natural causes in the late 90's - Correct Answer ✔✔ False
Joseph Pilates has always referred to his work as "Pilates" - Correct Answer ✔✔ False :
called it contrology
What does the "O" stand for in SOAP? - Correct Answer ✔✔ objective
Which is the best choice to elicit an objective response?" - Correct Answer ✔✔ On a
scale of 1-10, how is that shoulder feeling today?"
What details must be included in the "P" of SOAP? - Correct Answer ✔✔ The plan for
your client. I'll make sure to include the list of moves, apparatus used, reps of
movement and modifications
As long as you are cueing safely, there is no need to do assessments and re-
assessments with your clients. - Correct Answer ✔✔ False
True or False: If I start teaching at a studio, it is the studio management's responsibility
to make sure the equipment in the studio is safe and well maintained. - Correct Answer
✔✔ True
What is the right CLASSICAL order of Jospeh's first 5 mat moves? - Correct Answer
✔✔ Hundred, Roll Up, Roll Over, One Leg Circle, Rolling Like a Ball
Which movements and or milestones will your client need to have accomplished in
order to try Crab? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Rolling Like a Ball. They need to have no back
or spine issues.
,What order of movement should be your goal in each class? - Correct Answer ✔✔
Flexion, Extension, Lateral Rotation, Transverse Rotation
Mat work is the most simple Pilates practice. - Correct Answer ✔✔ False
The following would be a good example of using the "P" in PEACE RR. - Correct
Answer ✔✔ "Start in supine, on your back with your heels on the center of the foot bar
about 3 inches apart. Your back should be relaxed and your shoulders should not be
pressing against the rests."
Always suggest that clients use a thin mat or towel for their Pilates mat classes. It
doesn't have to be a thick mat, it should just cover the area under your client's body. -
Correct Answer ✔✔ False - thick mat
What is the best way to warm up an elderly class? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Ground based
pelvic rocks followed by single leg stretch keeping the head down
What exercises does your client have to master before they should try the Boomerang?
- Correct Answer ✔✔ Roll over and Teaser
Swimming - Correct Answer ✔✔ hunch shoulders
Pelvic rocks or tilts - Correct Answer ✔✔ post natal (light work out)
hip replacement - Correct Answer ✔✔ single leg circle
corkscrew - Correct Answer ✔✔ young athlete that does yoga
After warming up my small group mat class, I plan on having them do
________________________ to get the back of their body and then
_________________________ to get the from of their body. - Correct Answer ✔✔
Bridge variations and Hundreds
Having both legs in table top is considered a closed kinetic chain and this is good for
clients with low back issues. - Correct Answer ✔✔ False
A client comes to see you and upon first evaluation you see that they have a major
anterior tilt in their pelvis and no injuries in the past. They haven't worked out for 4 years
and they have been cleared for an easy start back into fitness. What moves would you
make sure to teach them in their first work out? - Correct Answer ✔✔ roll up, Roll Like a
Ball, Plank
During the chest lift, the client should maintain their neutral pelvis. - Correct Answer ✔✔
True
, During Teaser, how does bringing your knees into your chest change the move? -
Correct Answer ✔✔ It totally changes the intentions of the move and probably means
that your client isn't ready for Teaser. It's advised to have them start on Teaser prep
movements demonstrating the ability to articulate up and down through the pelvis and
spine first before moving onto full Teaser.
In what plane of motion is the Hundred? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Sagittal
Which method of journaling do we suggest using through the course? - Correct Answer
✔✔ Rapid Fire Journaling
Pilates Metrics has all of the entire exercise library uploaded in it so that I can utilize it
for helping my do my practice teaching hours, observation hours, assistant teaching and
self practice. - Correct Answer ✔✔ True
What is the best order of movement to start with if you your client had an old injury,
works all the time and is "just getting back to moving?" - Correct Answer ✔✔ Roll down,
Footwork, Bridge variation, hands in straps/ supine abs variation
What is the best choice for initial evaluation of ROM for the ankles? - Correct Answer
✔✔ Heels Lower and Lift
What is the best cue to give a client that has valgus knees when putting them into
footwork? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Magic Cirlce being held at the outside of the upper
knee area
Footwork on the Reformer is most closely related to which real-life activity? - Correct
Answer ✔✔ Sitting down and standing up
Footwork on the Jumpboard and the foot bar are exactly the same. - Correct Answer
✔✔ false
Clients who can do footwork on the Reformer are ready for jumping on the Jumpboard. -
Correct Answer ✔✔ False
When is a client ready to jump? - Correct Answer ✔✔ When they have a stable pelvis
and they are able to maintain a basic level of proprioceptive awareness
How is footwork on the Jump board different than footwork on the Reformer? - Correct
Answer ✔✔ The "ground" is flat compared to round which elicits a reaction closer to real
life than the foot bar on the reformer.
Which client has the most level appropriate sequence below to START a class?
& VERIFIED ANSWERS PASSED
NEWEST VERSION
Where was Joseph Pilates born? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Germany
Who inspired Joseph's passion for movement? - Correct Answer ✔✔ His Parents and
their active & healthy lifestyles
People "doing" life
Animals in nature
What item inspired Joseph to build the reformer? - Correct Answer ✔✔ a hospital bed
Joseph Pilates died of natural causes in the late 90's - Correct Answer ✔✔ False
Joseph Pilates has always referred to his work as "Pilates" - Correct Answer ✔✔ False :
called it contrology
What does the "O" stand for in SOAP? - Correct Answer ✔✔ objective
Which is the best choice to elicit an objective response?" - Correct Answer ✔✔ On a
scale of 1-10, how is that shoulder feeling today?"
What details must be included in the "P" of SOAP? - Correct Answer ✔✔ The plan for
your client. I'll make sure to include the list of moves, apparatus used, reps of
movement and modifications
As long as you are cueing safely, there is no need to do assessments and re-
assessments with your clients. - Correct Answer ✔✔ False
True or False: If I start teaching at a studio, it is the studio management's responsibility
to make sure the equipment in the studio is safe and well maintained. - Correct Answer
✔✔ True
What is the right CLASSICAL order of Jospeh's first 5 mat moves? - Correct Answer
✔✔ Hundred, Roll Up, Roll Over, One Leg Circle, Rolling Like a Ball
Which movements and or milestones will your client need to have accomplished in
order to try Crab? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Rolling Like a Ball. They need to have no back
or spine issues.
,What order of movement should be your goal in each class? - Correct Answer ✔✔
Flexion, Extension, Lateral Rotation, Transverse Rotation
Mat work is the most simple Pilates practice. - Correct Answer ✔✔ False
The following would be a good example of using the "P" in PEACE RR. - Correct
Answer ✔✔ "Start in supine, on your back with your heels on the center of the foot bar
about 3 inches apart. Your back should be relaxed and your shoulders should not be
pressing against the rests."
Always suggest that clients use a thin mat or towel for their Pilates mat classes. It
doesn't have to be a thick mat, it should just cover the area under your client's body. -
Correct Answer ✔✔ False - thick mat
What is the best way to warm up an elderly class? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Ground based
pelvic rocks followed by single leg stretch keeping the head down
What exercises does your client have to master before they should try the Boomerang?
- Correct Answer ✔✔ Roll over and Teaser
Swimming - Correct Answer ✔✔ hunch shoulders
Pelvic rocks or tilts - Correct Answer ✔✔ post natal (light work out)
hip replacement - Correct Answer ✔✔ single leg circle
corkscrew - Correct Answer ✔✔ young athlete that does yoga
After warming up my small group mat class, I plan on having them do
________________________ to get the back of their body and then
_________________________ to get the from of their body. - Correct Answer ✔✔
Bridge variations and Hundreds
Having both legs in table top is considered a closed kinetic chain and this is good for
clients with low back issues. - Correct Answer ✔✔ False
A client comes to see you and upon first evaluation you see that they have a major
anterior tilt in their pelvis and no injuries in the past. They haven't worked out for 4 years
and they have been cleared for an easy start back into fitness. What moves would you
make sure to teach them in their first work out? - Correct Answer ✔✔ roll up, Roll Like a
Ball, Plank
During the chest lift, the client should maintain their neutral pelvis. - Correct Answer ✔✔
True
, During Teaser, how does bringing your knees into your chest change the move? -
Correct Answer ✔✔ It totally changes the intentions of the move and probably means
that your client isn't ready for Teaser. It's advised to have them start on Teaser prep
movements demonstrating the ability to articulate up and down through the pelvis and
spine first before moving onto full Teaser.
In what plane of motion is the Hundred? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Sagittal
Which method of journaling do we suggest using through the course? - Correct Answer
✔✔ Rapid Fire Journaling
Pilates Metrics has all of the entire exercise library uploaded in it so that I can utilize it
for helping my do my practice teaching hours, observation hours, assistant teaching and
self practice. - Correct Answer ✔✔ True
What is the best order of movement to start with if you your client had an old injury,
works all the time and is "just getting back to moving?" - Correct Answer ✔✔ Roll down,
Footwork, Bridge variation, hands in straps/ supine abs variation
What is the best choice for initial evaluation of ROM for the ankles? - Correct Answer
✔✔ Heels Lower and Lift
What is the best cue to give a client that has valgus knees when putting them into
footwork? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Magic Cirlce being held at the outside of the upper
knee area
Footwork on the Reformer is most closely related to which real-life activity? - Correct
Answer ✔✔ Sitting down and standing up
Footwork on the Jumpboard and the foot bar are exactly the same. - Correct Answer
✔✔ false
Clients who can do footwork on the Reformer are ready for jumping on the Jumpboard. -
Correct Answer ✔✔ False
When is a client ready to jump? - Correct Answer ✔✔ When they have a stable pelvis
and they are able to maintain a basic level of proprioceptive awareness
How is footwork on the Jump board different than footwork on the Reformer? - Correct
Answer ✔✔ The "ground" is flat compared to round which elicits a reaction closer to real
life than the foot bar on the reformer.
Which client has the most level appropriate sequence below to START a class?
