PILATES EXAM ITEM LIST AND EXACT
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1) In Pilates, we isolate movement, not _____. Answer: Muscles
⫸ 1) Kyphosis is an exaggerated curve in the _____ spine. 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?. Answer: Roll up
⫸ 1) Shoulders and scapula are able to _______, elevate, protract,
retract and are able to rotate. 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.
Answer: Flexion
⫸ 1) Neutral refers to neutral _______ and neutral spine. 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. Answer: Influenza
⫸ 1) Joseph Pilates was born in Germany in year ______. Answer:
1883
⫸ 1) To _______, pull the pubic bone towards the tailbone and the
sit bones in and up. Answer: Scoop
⫸ 1) Pilates muscles tend to be the ______ functional muscles that
are not easily seen or felt. Answer: Deep
⫸ 1) The ribs are connected to the 12 ______ vertebra. 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. Answer: Imprinting
⫸ 1) Each Pilates exercise uses the ______ to control the body by
focusing the _______ proper form, proper muscle engagement precise
movement. Answer: Breathing
⫸ 1) Pregnant cat is a good exercise to learn how to do what?.
Answer: Scoop
DATA 2026 CORE STUDY SOURCE
SUCCESS SECURED
1) In Pilates, we isolate movement, not _____. Answer: Muscles
⫸ 1) Kyphosis is an exaggerated curve in the _____ spine. 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?. Answer: Roll up
⫸ 1) Shoulders and scapula are able to _______, elevate, protract,
retract and are able to rotate. 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.
Answer: Flexion
⫸ 1) Neutral refers to neutral _______ and neutral spine. 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. Answer: Influenza
⫸ 1) Joseph Pilates was born in Germany in year ______. Answer:
1883
⫸ 1) To _______, pull the pubic bone towards the tailbone and the
sit bones in and up. Answer: Scoop
⫸ 1) Pilates muscles tend to be the ______ functional muscles that
are not easily seen or felt. Answer: Deep
⫸ 1) The ribs are connected to the 12 ______ vertebra. 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. Answer: Imprinting
⫸ 1) Each Pilates exercise uses the ______ to control the body by
focusing the _______ proper form, proper muscle engagement precise
movement. Answer: Breathing
⫸ 1) Pregnant cat is a good exercise to learn how to do what?.
Answer: Scoop
