STOTT PILATES 2026 CORE MAIN EXAMS QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The scapula articulates which of the following?
A) Ribs
B) Clavicle
C) Spine - ✔✔B
✔✔Which of the following is not one of the Joseph Pilates original principles?
A) Breathing
B) Precision
C) Scapular Placement
D) Control - ✔✔C
✔✔Which bony landmark is on the femur?
A) ASIS
B) PSIS
C) Lesser Trochantor - ✔✔C
✔✔Gluteus Max does not do which of the following?
A) medial rotate at the hip
B) laterally rotate at the hip
C) Extend at the hip - ✔✔A
✔✔What is the action of the Serratus Posterior Superior?
A) Retracts the ribs during inspiration
B) Elevates the ribs during inspiration
C) Protracts the ribs during inspiration - ✔✔B
✔✔What is typically present in kyphosis-lordosis posture?
A) Posterior tilt in pelvis
B) Anterior tilt in pelvis
C) Neutral tilt in pelvis - ✔✔B
✔✔Which of the following muscle fibers run mainly horizontally?
A) Rectus Abdominus
B) Transversus Abdominus
, C) Internal Abdominal Oblique
D) External Abdominal Oblique
E) Obliques - ✔✔B
✔✔If the thoracic spine is flat, which of the following is present?
A) Lengthened
B) Neutral
C) Imprint - ✔✔A
✔✔What is not an anatomical structure?
A) Obturator Foramen
B) Obturator Externus
C) Obturator Internus - ✔✔A
✔✔Match the following exercises to the following muscle:
1) Leg Circles_____ A) Glutes
2) Single Leg Extension ______ B) Hip Flexors
3) Breast Stroke_____ C) Internal Oblique
4) Ab Prep____ D) Erector Spinae - ✔✔B, A, D, C
✔✔Which exercise works the posterior deltiod eccentrically and concentrically?
A) Stag
B) Bend and Stretch
C) Long Spine
D) Back Rowing prep-Plow - ✔✔D
✔✔What is the starting position of short box/round back?
A) Imprint spine
B) Neutral spine - ✔✔B
✔✔Which exercise does not contain elements similar to those in the hawk?
A) Mermaid 1 on the short box
B) Front Rowing prep/arm circles with flexion
C) Side Twist Kneeling
D) Long Box Arms Pulling Strap #1 - ✔✔D
✔✔Rotation in a flexed postion only occurs at which of the following joint?
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The scapula articulates which of the following?
A) Ribs
B) Clavicle
C) Spine - ✔✔B
✔✔Which of the following is not one of the Joseph Pilates original principles?
A) Breathing
B) Precision
C) Scapular Placement
D) Control - ✔✔C
✔✔Which bony landmark is on the femur?
A) ASIS
B) PSIS
C) Lesser Trochantor - ✔✔C
✔✔Gluteus Max does not do which of the following?
A) medial rotate at the hip
B) laterally rotate at the hip
C) Extend at the hip - ✔✔A
✔✔What is the action of the Serratus Posterior Superior?
A) Retracts the ribs during inspiration
B) Elevates the ribs during inspiration
C) Protracts the ribs during inspiration - ✔✔B
✔✔What is typically present in kyphosis-lordosis posture?
A) Posterior tilt in pelvis
B) Anterior tilt in pelvis
C) Neutral tilt in pelvis - ✔✔B
✔✔Which of the following muscle fibers run mainly horizontally?
A) Rectus Abdominus
B) Transversus Abdominus
, C) Internal Abdominal Oblique
D) External Abdominal Oblique
E) Obliques - ✔✔B
✔✔If the thoracic spine is flat, which of the following is present?
A) Lengthened
B) Neutral
C) Imprint - ✔✔A
✔✔What is not an anatomical structure?
A) Obturator Foramen
B) Obturator Externus
C) Obturator Internus - ✔✔A
✔✔Match the following exercises to the following muscle:
1) Leg Circles_____ A) Glutes
2) Single Leg Extension ______ B) Hip Flexors
3) Breast Stroke_____ C) Internal Oblique
4) Ab Prep____ D) Erector Spinae - ✔✔B, A, D, C
✔✔Which exercise works the posterior deltiod eccentrically and concentrically?
A) Stag
B) Bend and Stretch
C) Long Spine
D) Back Rowing prep-Plow - ✔✔D
✔✔What is the starting position of short box/round back?
A) Imprint spine
B) Neutral spine - ✔✔B
✔✔Which exercise does not contain elements similar to those in the hawk?
A) Mermaid 1 on the short box
B) Front Rowing prep/arm circles with flexion
C) Side Twist Kneeling
D) Long Box Arms Pulling Strap #1 - ✔✔D
✔✔Rotation in a flexed postion only occurs at which of the following joint?
