National Pilates Certification Exam
Questions and Answers | Complete
Pack | A+ Verified
• The 6 Pilates Equipment Acknowledged by NPCP Exam -✓✓Reformer, trapeze
table/cadillac, wunda chair, ladder barrel, spine corrector, magic circle
• Client intake procedure should include -✓✓Clients health and exercise history
and possible need for medical release
• Procedure if accident occurs -✓✓Document immediately after and follow studio
guidelines
• Initial client assessment -✓✓Informally while in static positions
• Dynamic assessment -✓✓Observe clients performing movements during a
session
• Plum line postural alignment -✓✓Standing posture viewed from the side
• Lordotic -✓✓Increased lumbar lordosis, Anterior pelvis tilt often with
hyperextension of the knees
• Kyphotic -✓✓Increased thoracic kyphosis, forward head
• Flat back -✓✓Decreased thoracic kyphosis, decreased lumbar lordosis, hips
extended and posterior pelvic tilt
• Sway back -✓✓Anterior shift of pelvis, hips extended, posterior shift of thorax,
increased thoracic kyphosis and forward head
• Scoliosis -✓✓Condition where the spine deviates laterally by 10 degrees or more
• Proximal -✓✓Nearer to center of the body
• Distal -✓✓Farther from center of the body
, • Anterior -✓✓front of the body
• Superior -✓✓toward the head
• Posterior -✓✓back of body
• Inferior -✓✓Lower on the body, farther from the head toward the feet
• Medial -✓✓Toward the midline
• Lateral -✓✓Away from the midline of the body
• Varus -✓✓Outward anglulation of the knee, bowed legs
• Genu varem -✓✓bow legged
• Valgus -✓✓Inward angulation as in knocked knees
• Genu valgum -✓✓knock knees
• Adduction -✓✓movement toward the midline
• Abduction -✓✓movement away from the midline
• Flexion -✓✓Decreases the angle of a joint, forward bending
• Extension -✓✓Increasing the angle of a joint, bending backward or a return from
flexion
• Lateral flexion -✓✓Side-bending left or right
• medial rotation -✓✓Inward rotation toward midline
• lateral rotation -✓✓Outward rotation away from the midline
• Circumduction -✓✓Tri-planar, circular motion at the hip or shoulder
Questions and Answers | Complete
Pack | A+ Verified
• The 6 Pilates Equipment Acknowledged by NPCP Exam -✓✓Reformer, trapeze
table/cadillac, wunda chair, ladder barrel, spine corrector, magic circle
• Client intake procedure should include -✓✓Clients health and exercise history
and possible need for medical release
• Procedure if accident occurs -✓✓Document immediately after and follow studio
guidelines
• Initial client assessment -✓✓Informally while in static positions
• Dynamic assessment -✓✓Observe clients performing movements during a
session
• Plum line postural alignment -✓✓Standing posture viewed from the side
• Lordotic -✓✓Increased lumbar lordosis, Anterior pelvis tilt often with
hyperextension of the knees
• Kyphotic -✓✓Increased thoracic kyphosis, forward head
• Flat back -✓✓Decreased thoracic kyphosis, decreased lumbar lordosis, hips
extended and posterior pelvic tilt
• Sway back -✓✓Anterior shift of pelvis, hips extended, posterior shift of thorax,
increased thoracic kyphosis and forward head
• Scoliosis -✓✓Condition where the spine deviates laterally by 10 degrees or more
• Proximal -✓✓Nearer to center of the body
• Distal -✓✓Farther from center of the body
, • Anterior -✓✓front of the body
• Superior -✓✓toward the head
• Posterior -✓✓back of body
• Inferior -✓✓Lower on the body, farther from the head toward the feet
• Medial -✓✓Toward the midline
• Lateral -✓✓Away from the midline of the body
• Varus -✓✓Outward anglulation of the knee, bowed legs
• Genu varem -✓✓bow legged
• Valgus -✓✓Inward angulation as in knocked knees
• Genu valgum -✓✓knock knees
• Adduction -✓✓movement toward the midline
• Abduction -✓✓movement away from the midline
• Flexion -✓✓Decreases the angle of a joint, forward bending
• Extension -✓✓Increasing the angle of a joint, bending backward or a return from
flexion
• Lateral flexion -✓✓Side-bending left or right
• medial rotation -✓✓Inward rotation toward midline
• lateral rotation -✓✓Outward rotation away from the midline
• Circumduction -✓✓Tri-planar, circular motion at the hip or shoulder
