PILATES FINAL EXAM TEST OUT
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Choose best exercise for client type:
Hunched shoulders
swimming
pelvic rocks/tilts
single leg circle
corkscrew ✔️✔️Correct Ans-swimming
Choose best exercise for client type:
post natal
swimming
pelvic rocks/tilts
single leg circle
corkscrew ✔️✔️Correct Ans-pelvic rocks/tilts
Choose best exercise for client type:
hip replacement
swimming
pelvic rocks/tilts
single leg circle
corkscrew ✔️✔️Correct Ans-single leg circle
Choose best exercise for client type:
young athlete
, swimming
pelvic rocks/tilts
single leg circle
corkscrew ✔️✔️Correct Ans-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. ✔️✔️Correct Ans-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 ✔️✔️Correct Ans-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? ✔️✔️Correct Ans-
bridge, roll up, quadruped
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.
true or false ✔️✔️Correct Ans-false
What is the best way to warm up a class of elderly persons? ✔️✔️Correct Ans-Ground based pelvic
rocks followed by single leg stretch keeping the head down
What exercises should your client master before trying the Boomerang? ✔️✔️Correct Ans-Roll over
and Teaser
During the chest lift, the client should maintain their neutral pelvis.
true or false ✔️✔️Correct Ans-true
During Teaser, how does bending the knees into the chest change the exercise? ✔️✔️Correct Ans-
changes the intent of exercise; once master, they can progress
In what plane of motion is the Hundred? ✔️✔️Correct Ans-sagittal
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Choose best exercise for client type:
Hunched shoulders
swimming
pelvic rocks/tilts
single leg circle
corkscrew ✔️✔️Correct Ans-swimming
Choose best exercise for client type:
post natal
swimming
pelvic rocks/tilts
single leg circle
corkscrew ✔️✔️Correct Ans-pelvic rocks/tilts
Choose best exercise for client type:
hip replacement
swimming
pelvic rocks/tilts
single leg circle
corkscrew ✔️✔️Correct Ans-single leg circle
Choose best exercise for client type:
young athlete
, swimming
pelvic rocks/tilts
single leg circle
corkscrew ✔️✔️Correct Ans-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. ✔️✔️Correct Ans-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 ✔️✔️Correct Ans-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? ✔️✔️Correct Ans-
bridge, roll up, quadruped
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.
true or false ✔️✔️Correct Ans-false
What is the best way to warm up a class of elderly persons? ✔️✔️Correct Ans-Ground based pelvic
rocks followed by single leg stretch keeping the head down
What exercises should your client master before trying the Boomerang? ✔️✔️Correct Ans-Roll over
and Teaser
During the chest lift, the client should maintain their neutral pelvis.
true or false ✔️✔️Correct Ans-true
During Teaser, how does bending the knees into the chest change the exercise? ✔️✔️Correct Ans-
changes the intent of exercise; once master, they can progress
In what plane of motion is the Hundred? ✔️✔️Correct Ans-sagittal
