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CP FINAL WRITTEN TEST EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
UPDATED (2024/2025)
(VERIFIED ANSWERS)
What exercises should a client master before trying the Boomerang? - ANS
✓Roll over and Teaser
Post-Natal (cleared for light workouts) - ANS ✓Pelvis Rocks or Pelvic Tilts
Hunched Shoulders (Over-Kyphotic) - ANS ✓Swimming
Hip-Replacement, cleared for light/limited range of motion (ROM) - ANS
✓Single Leg Circle Supine
Young athlete who does Yoga - ANS ✓Corkscrew
After warming up my small 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. - ANS ✓Bridge variations and Hundreds
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. The client has been
cleared to begin a fitness routine after not exercising or working out for
four years. What moves would you make sure to teach the client in their
first work out? - ANS ✓Bridge, Roll up, Quadruped
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During exercise that are closed chain like chest-left, the client should
maintain a neutral pelvis - ANS ✓True
During teaser, how does bending the knees into the chest change the
exercise? - ANS ✓It provides a modification for individuals that may experience
tight hip flexors. The clients abdominals may be strong enough but their hip
flexors may need some assistance.
In what plan of motion is the Hundreds performed? - ANS ✓Sagittal
Choose the most modified description of Swimming. - ANS ✓Prone, slight
extensions of spine, arms reaching overhead, legs in subtle extension at hip joint.
Open kinetic chain exercises, such as Double-Leg Stretch, should be
performed in neutral pelvis position if the client has back pain - ANS ✓False
What is Pilates Breath? - ANS ✓(1) Three-dimensional, (2) Exhale used to
connect deeper to the transversus abdominis and obliques to control pelvis
movement, (3) Inhale through the nose, exhale through the mouth
What plane of motion is Spine Twist performed in? - ANS ✓Transverse
What are the 6 movements of the Scapula? - ANS ✓Protraction, retraction,
elevation, depression, upward rotation, downward rotation
What would be a modification for Hip Twists for someone with wrist
issues? - ANS ✓Coming down onto the forearms without sinking in the
shoulders
When doing the Side-lying Leg series, the client will have more stability
with their upper body toward the back of the Mat, while setting them up in
the middle of the Mat could provide a stability challenge. - ANS ✓True
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Side bend is an example of what type of movement of the spine? - ANS
✓Lateral Flexion
When doing Knee Circles, having the arms________will make the client more
stale. - ANS ✓Extended out on to the sides to make the letter "T"
Classical Pilates is better than Contemporary Pilates because of the order of
the exercises. - ANS ✓False
What inspired Joseph Pilates to develop Contrology and build the
Reformers? - ANS ✓(1) Being a boxer and athlete who wanted to make sure he
was cross-training to crate strength overall, (2) Being a sick child who wanted to
increase his lung capacity through proper breathing, (3) Being in an internment
camp with people who were sick in hospital beds
What is the best way to evaluate the range of motion of the ankles? - ANS
✓Heels lower and lift
For a client who has Valgus Knees, what is the most effective positioning
and prop to use during Footwork? - ANS ✓Feet parallel, Magic Circle on the
outside above the knees
What group of exercises helps the instructor evaluate functional patterns
that could create misalignments? - ANS ✓Footwork
Clients should ideally be in neutral when jumping supine on the Jump
board - ANS ✓True
When is a client ready to progress to a more challenging variation like
Coordination? - ANS ✓When they have a stable pelvis and they are able to
maintain a basic level of proprioceptive awareness
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CP FINAL WRITTEN TEST EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
UPDATED (2024/2025)
(VERIFIED ANSWERS)
What exercises should a client master before trying the Boomerang? - ANS
✓Roll over and Teaser
Post-Natal (cleared for light workouts) - ANS ✓Pelvis Rocks or Pelvic Tilts
Hunched Shoulders (Over-Kyphotic) - ANS ✓Swimming
Hip-Replacement, cleared for light/limited range of motion (ROM) - ANS
✓Single Leg Circle Supine
Young athlete who does Yoga - ANS ✓Corkscrew
After warming up my small 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. - ANS ✓Bridge variations and Hundreds
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. The client has been
cleared to begin a fitness routine after not exercising or working out for
four years. What moves would you make sure to teach the client in their
first work out? - ANS ✓Bridge, Roll up, Quadruped
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During exercise that are closed chain like chest-left, the client should
maintain a neutral pelvis - ANS ✓True
During teaser, how does bending the knees into the chest change the
exercise? - ANS ✓It provides a modification for individuals that may experience
tight hip flexors. The clients abdominals may be strong enough but their hip
flexors may need some assistance.
In what plan of motion is the Hundreds performed? - ANS ✓Sagittal
Choose the most modified description of Swimming. - ANS ✓Prone, slight
extensions of spine, arms reaching overhead, legs in subtle extension at hip joint.
Open kinetic chain exercises, such as Double-Leg Stretch, should be
performed in neutral pelvis position if the client has back pain - ANS ✓False
What is Pilates Breath? - ANS ✓(1) Three-dimensional, (2) Exhale used to
connect deeper to the transversus abdominis and obliques to control pelvis
movement, (3) Inhale through the nose, exhale through the mouth
What plane of motion is Spine Twist performed in? - ANS ✓Transverse
What are the 6 movements of the Scapula? - ANS ✓Protraction, retraction,
elevation, depression, upward rotation, downward rotation
What would be a modification for Hip Twists for someone with wrist
issues? - ANS ✓Coming down onto the forearms without sinking in the
shoulders
When doing the Side-lying Leg series, the client will have more stability
with their upper body toward the back of the Mat, while setting them up in
the middle of the Mat could provide a stability challenge. - ANS ✓True
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Side bend is an example of what type of movement of the spine? - ANS
✓Lateral Flexion
When doing Knee Circles, having the arms________will make the client more
stale. - ANS ✓Extended out on to the sides to make the letter "T"
Classical Pilates is better than Contemporary Pilates because of the order of
the exercises. - ANS ✓False
What inspired Joseph Pilates to develop Contrology and build the
Reformers? - ANS ✓(1) Being a boxer and athlete who wanted to make sure he
was cross-training to crate strength overall, (2) Being a sick child who wanted to
increase his lung capacity through proper breathing, (3) Being in an internment
camp with people who were sick in hospital beds
What is the best way to evaluate the range of motion of the ankles? - ANS
✓Heels lower and lift
For a client who has Valgus Knees, what is the most effective positioning
and prop to use during Footwork? - ANS ✓Feet parallel, Magic Circle on the
outside above the knees
What group of exercises helps the instructor evaluate functional patterns
that could create misalignments? - ANS ✓Footwork
Clients should ideally be in neutral when jumping supine on the Jump
board - ANS ✓True
When is a client ready to progress to a more challenging variation like
Coordination? - ANS ✓When they have a stable pelvis and they are able to
maintain a basic level of proprioceptive awareness
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