CLUB PILATES WRITTEN EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADEXAM1
,1. Bridge with knee extensions is a beginner move because it introduces a longer lever angle
on the low back.
Answer: False
2. Mermaid cannot be modified and should not be done unless the client is ready.
Answer: False (Mermaid has modifications where the client can have multiple limitations and still
get the benefit from the move)
3. Why would you place the leg straps above your client's knees during feet in straps series?
Answer: If your client needed a smaller Range of Motion (ROM) in the hip joint
4. What is the best way to evaluate the ROM of the ankles?
Answer: Heels lower and Lift
5. What are the contraindications for Swan on the Reformer?
Answer: Pregnancy, shoulder replacement, slipped disc, osteoporosis
6. When is a client ready to jump?
Answer: When they have a stable pelvis and they are able to maintain a basic level of
proprioceptive awareness?
7. The correct starting position for Backstroke on the long box is supine on the box with the
head near the footbar and the torso flexed and supported on the box, legs in table top with the arms
straight up and facing the ceiling.
Answer: False
8. What are the elements of good flow programming when teaching group Pilates classes?
Answer: Progressions, Transitions, Creative Sequencing
, 9. During Side Lying Legs in Straps Series, the spine should be in a neutral position.
Answer: True
10. How is footwork on the jumpboard different. than footwork on the reformer?
Answer: There is more surface area under the foot of the jumpboard which elicits a reaction closer
to real life than the footbar on the reformer
11. What is the safest way to complete the arm facing side series?
Answer: Having the client sit on the carriage or long box
12. What are the major muscles emphasized in supine arms in straps series?
Answer: Transverse abdominis for stabilization, hip flexors to hold legs in place and latissimus
dorsi & the long head of the tricep for arm movement
13. What is the most advanced variation of Bridge and why?
Answer: Semi circle - it incorporates multiple variations of spinal articulations and requires a
client to have impeccable proprioceptive awareness
14. What are the four main muscles emphasized during footwork on the reformer?
Answer: Transverse Abdominis, Contralateral Obliques, Glutes, Hamstrings
15. Clients should always be in thoracic extension when jumping supine on the jumpboard?
Answer: False
16. Pick the correct list of possible matwork variations that could be taught on the reformer
with arms in straps.
Answer: Single leg stretch, Double leg stretch, Lower and lift, Scissors, Helicopters, Criss-Cross,
Frogs
ANSWERS CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADEXAM1
,1. Bridge with knee extensions is a beginner move because it introduces a longer lever angle
on the low back.
Answer: False
2. Mermaid cannot be modified and should not be done unless the client is ready.
Answer: False (Mermaid has modifications where the client can have multiple limitations and still
get the benefit from the move)
3. Why would you place the leg straps above your client's knees during feet in straps series?
Answer: If your client needed a smaller Range of Motion (ROM) in the hip joint
4. What is the best way to evaluate the ROM of the ankles?
Answer: Heels lower and Lift
5. What are the contraindications for Swan on the Reformer?
Answer: Pregnancy, shoulder replacement, slipped disc, osteoporosis
6. When is a client ready to jump?
Answer: When they have a stable pelvis and they are able to maintain a basic level of
proprioceptive awareness?
7. The correct starting position for Backstroke on the long box is supine on the box with the
head near the footbar and the torso flexed and supported on the box, legs in table top with the arms
straight up and facing the ceiling.
Answer: False
8. What are the elements of good flow programming when teaching group Pilates classes?
Answer: Progressions, Transitions, Creative Sequencing
, 9. During Side Lying Legs in Straps Series, the spine should be in a neutral position.
Answer: True
10. How is footwork on the jumpboard different. than footwork on the reformer?
Answer: There is more surface area under the foot of the jumpboard which elicits a reaction closer
to real life than the footbar on the reformer
11. What is the safest way to complete the arm facing side series?
Answer: Having the client sit on the carriage or long box
12. What are the major muscles emphasized in supine arms in straps series?
Answer: Transverse abdominis for stabilization, hip flexors to hold legs in place and latissimus
dorsi & the long head of the tricep for arm movement
13. What is the most advanced variation of Bridge and why?
Answer: Semi circle - it incorporates multiple variations of spinal articulations and requires a
client to have impeccable proprioceptive awareness
14. What are the four main muscles emphasized during footwork on the reformer?
Answer: Transverse Abdominis, Contralateral Obliques, Glutes, Hamstrings
15. Clients should always be in thoracic extension when jumping supine on the jumpboard?
Answer: False
16. Pick the correct list of possible matwork variations that could be taught on the reformer
with arms in straps.
Answer: Single leg stretch, Double leg stretch, Lower and lift, Scissors, Helicopters, Criss-Cross,
Frogs
