NPCP STUDY QUIZ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the equipment set up for the Long Stretch Series - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Headrest up, footbar
up, 2 springs
When working with a client with multiple sclerosis, what precautions need to be taken? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Avoid over-exertion and guard carefully with balance exercises
Which statement BEST identifies the contraindications for a client with a lumbar posteriorly herniated
disc? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Exclude spinal flexion, vertical loading, straight leg raises, and spinal
rotation
What teaching skill is effective in promoting positive reinforcement for exercise performance? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Recognize improvements with specific feedback
The client comes to the session with reports of a stress fracture of the fifth metatarsal and they are
cleared to exercise. Which of the following exercises are most appropriate? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Double Leg Pumps: Heels on Wunda Chair
A regular Pilates client arrives complaining of intense lower back pain due to a fall over the weekend.
Choose the beset response to present to the client. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Please contact your doctor
for an appointment before we continue our sessions.
If a client has had a past history of plantar fasciitis, which of the following is the BEST exercise to include
in their program? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Knee Stretches on the Reformer
When should the Pilates teacher recommend that a client with chronic fatigue syndrome consult with a
physician before continuing with a Pilates program? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅When the client
experiences muscle soreness for more than 24 hours after the exercise session.
Which of the following exercises would tend to displace the lumbar disc nucleus posteriorly - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Stomach massage round back on reformer
, As a Pilates Teacher you are responsible to make sure that the facilities you sue are free from
unreasonable hazards. one important condition to consider regarding the set up fo the Pilates studio is: -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅There is adéquat space around each piece of equipment.
What is an important safety check prior to performing swan dive on the ladder barrel - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅make sure all knobs are tightened
Which Pilates exercise is contraindicated in a program for a client with osteopenia/osteoporosis? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅roll up on the mat
pelvis is formed by the fusion of three smaller bones they are - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ilium, ischium
and pubis
a client has used a prop to assist with improved movement quality of a specific exercise. what indicates
to the teacher that the client no longer needs the prop - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅remove the prop and
assess the movement
which pilates mat exercise would most directly prepare a client to perform forward lunge on the wunda
chair - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅shoulder bridge
the studio owner you work for has written a series of lesson plans for you to use in your classes. the
bottom of each page lists the studio owner as the author of this material. according to intellectual
property law, what is the appropriate usage of this material - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅use the lesson
plans when the author gives you permission to use them
which is true of short and long term goals - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅goals should be specific, realistic, and
manageable
your client has been doing pilates with you for 7 months. they have a tight lower back and also stiffness
in the shoulders and chest. which best describes a lesson format for this individual - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅15 minutes of mat, 3 minutes of reformer. monkey push through seated front of the trap
table. end with reach/roll down on the spine corrector
What is the equipment set up for the Long Stretch Series - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Headrest up, footbar
up, 2 springs
When working with a client with multiple sclerosis, what precautions need to be taken? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Avoid over-exertion and guard carefully with balance exercises
Which statement BEST identifies the contraindications for a client with a lumbar posteriorly herniated
disc? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Exclude spinal flexion, vertical loading, straight leg raises, and spinal
rotation
What teaching skill is effective in promoting positive reinforcement for exercise performance? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Recognize improvements with specific feedback
The client comes to the session with reports of a stress fracture of the fifth metatarsal and they are
cleared to exercise. Which of the following exercises are most appropriate? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Double Leg Pumps: Heels on Wunda Chair
A regular Pilates client arrives complaining of intense lower back pain due to a fall over the weekend.
Choose the beset response to present to the client. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Please contact your doctor
for an appointment before we continue our sessions.
If a client has had a past history of plantar fasciitis, which of the following is the BEST exercise to include
in their program? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Knee Stretches on the Reformer
When should the Pilates teacher recommend that a client with chronic fatigue syndrome consult with a
physician before continuing with a Pilates program? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅When the client
experiences muscle soreness for more than 24 hours after the exercise session.
Which of the following exercises would tend to displace the lumbar disc nucleus posteriorly - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Stomach massage round back on reformer
, As a Pilates Teacher you are responsible to make sure that the facilities you sue are free from
unreasonable hazards. one important condition to consider regarding the set up fo the Pilates studio is: -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅There is adéquat space around each piece of equipment.
What is an important safety check prior to performing swan dive on the ladder barrel - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅make sure all knobs are tightened
Which Pilates exercise is contraindicated in a program for a client with osteopenia/osteoporosis? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅roll up on the mat
pelvis is formed by the fusion of three smaller bones they are - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ilium, ischium
and pubis
a client has used a prop to assist with improved movement quality of a specific exercise. what indicates
to the teacher that the client no longer needs the prop - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅remove the prop and
assess the movement
which pilates mat exercise would most directly prepare a client to perform forward lunge on the wunda
chair - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅shoulder bridge
the studio owner you work for has written a series of lesson plans for you to use in your classes. the
bottom of each page lists the studio owner as the author of this material. according to intellectual
property law, what is the appropriate usage of this material - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅use the lesson
plans when the author gives you permission to use them
which is true of short and long term goals - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅goals should be specific, realistic, and
manageable
your client has been doing pilates with you for 7 months. they have a tight lower back and also stiffness
in the shoulders and chest. which best describes a lesson format for this individual - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅15 minutes of mat, 3 minutes of reformer. monkey push through seated front of the trap
table. end with reach/roll down on the spine corrector
