Pilates Exam Review 56 Questions and Answers 2023-
2024
1) In Pilates, we isolate movement, not _____ - Correct answer Muscles
1) Kyphosis is an exaggerated curve in the _____ spine - Correct answer Thoracic
1) Lengthen the neck and begin to flex the spine off the mat one vertebrae at a time.
Pass through imprint and keep moving until pelvis is vertical and arms are parallel to the
floor. The thoracic spine is flexed and shoulders are down and plantar flex the ankles.
This is the first exhale of what exercise? - Correct answer Roll up
1) Shoulders and scapula are able to _______, elevate, protract, retract and are able to
rotate - Correct answer Depress
1) Neck lengthening or cranial vertebral flexion is one of the five fundamentals. The
cervical spine should stay in alignment with the thoracic spine during ____, extension,
lateral flexion and rotation - Correct answer Flexion
1) Neutral refers to neutral _______ and neutral spine - Correct answer Pelvis
1) Between 1918 and 1919, the ______ epidemic broke out and killed millions. Legend
has it that in the inmates that followed Joe's exercise regime did not get sick - Correct
answer Influenza
1) Joseph Pilates was born in Germany in year ______ - Correct answer 1883
1) To _______, pull the pubic bone towards the tailbone and the sit bones in and up -
Correct answer Scoop
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, 1) Pilates muscles tend to be the ______ functional muscles that are not easily seen or
felt - Correct answer Deep
1) The ribs are connected to the 12 ______ vertebra - Correct answer Thoracic
1) __________ the spine comes from the scoop effect allowing the posterior spine to
lengthen by lifting and supporting the anterior spine from the inside of the body - Correct
answer Imprinting
1) Each Pilates exercise uses the ______ to control the body by focusing the _______
proper form, proper muscle engagement precise movement - Correct answer Breathing
1) Pregnant cat is a good exercise to learn how to do what? - Correct answer Scoop
1) Depression of the scapula can be described as moving the shoulders ________ -
Correct answer Down
1) To plantar flex the ankles is the same as ______ the foot - Correct answer Pointing
2) Cranial vertebral flexion - Correct answer Neck lengthening
2) Ribs in and down - Correct answer Arm scissors
2) Breath - Correct answer Breathing
2) Imprint and neutral - Correct answer Imprint and release
2) Scoop - Correct answer Pregnant cat
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1) In Pilates, we isolate movement, not _____ - Correct answer Muscles
1) Kyphosis is an exaggerated curve in the _____ spine - Correct answer Thoracic
1) Lengthen the neck and begin to flex the spine off the mat one vertebrae at a time.
Pass through imprint and keep moving until pelvis is vertical and arms are parallel to the
floor. The thoracic spine is flexed and shoulders are down and plantar flex the ankles.
This is the first exhale of what exercise? - Correct answer Roll up
1) Shoulders and scapula are able to _______, elevate, protract, retract and are able to
rotate - Correct answer Depress
1) Neck lengthening or cranial vertebral flexion is one of the five fundamentals. The
cervical spine should stay in alignment with the thoracic spine during ____, extension,
lateral flexion and rotation - Correct answer Flexion
1) Neutral refers to neutral _______ and neutral spine - Correct answer Pelvis
1) Between 1918 and 1919, the ______ epidemic broke out and killed millions. Legend
has it that in the inmates that followed Joe's exercise regime did not get sick - Correct
answer Influenza
1) Joseph Pilates was born in Germany in year ______ - Correct answer 1883
1) To _______, pull the pubic bone towards the tailbone and the sit bones in and up -
Correct answer Scoop
Pilates Exam Review 56 Questions and Answers
2023-2024
Page 1|5
, 1) Pilates muscles tend to be the ______ functional muscles that are not easily seen or
felt - Correct answer Deep
1) The ribs are connected to the 12 ______ vertebra - Correct answer Thoracic
1) __________ the spine comes from the scoop effect allowing the posterior spine to
lengthen by lifting and supporting the anterior spine from the inside of the body - Correct
answer Imprinting
1) Each Pilates exercise uses the ______ to control the body by focusing the _______
proper form, proper muscle engagement precise movement - Correct answer Breathing
1) Pregnant cat is a good exercise to learn how to do what? - Correct answer Scoop
1) Depression of the scapula can be described as moving the shoulders ________ -
Correct answer Down
1) To plantar flex the ankles is the same as ______ the foot - Correct answer Pointing
2) Cranial vertebral flexion - Correct answer Neck lengthening
2) Ribs in and down - Correct answer Arm scissors
2) Breath - Correct answer Breathing
2) Imprint and neutral - Correct answer Imprint and release
2) Scoop - Correct answer Pregnant cat
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