STOTT Pilates Written Exam 2026 | Complete
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When you abduct the arms overhead from the anatomical reference position the scapula should... -
correct answer -Upwardly rotate
What does the term posterior mean - correct answer -Away from the front of the body
The legs are abducted and laterally rotated for full spinal extension such as swan dive to - correct
answer -Facilitate hip extension and prevent excessive extension of the lumbar spine
How can you modify if a client cannot support their weight in scapula isolation standing on the stability
chair - correct answer -Increase the spring tension
What does contralateral mean? - correct answer -opposite side
, True or false: the hundred requires all the following actions, thoracic flexion, hip flexion, shoulder
extension and forearm supination - correct answer -FALSE (no forearm supination)
How could you modify the breast stoke prep if the client keeps tilting the pelvis anteriorly? - correct
answer -Place a pad under their ASIS
The scapula has a bony attachment to which part of the body - correct answer -Clavicle
What is the natural curve of the cervical spine - correct answer -Anterior convex curve
What muscle actions are involved in back rowing prep #4 - correct answer -Concentric and
eccentric biceps
Name back rowing preps 1-8 - correct answer -Plow, open elbows, airplane, Bicep curls, triceps,
roll down, roll down with bicep curls, roll down with obliques.
Which vertebra has the largest body - correct answer -Lumbar
During half roll back the abdominals are working... - correct answer -Isometrically
How do you describe the leg movement during single leg stretch on the mat - correct answer -
Reciprocal
What is reciprocal movement - correct answer -Movement of both arms or legs at the same time
but in opposite directions.
Which of the following is a part of the axial skeleton: sacrum, ilium, femur, ulna - correct answer -
Sacrum
Certification Exam Study Guide with Verified
Questions & Answers, Practice Tests, Detailed
Rationales, Comprehensive Review, and Expert
Exam Preparation
When you abduct the arms overhead from the anatomical reference position the scapula should... -
correct answer -Upwardly rotate
What does the term posterior mean - correct answer -Away from the front of the body
The legs are abducted and laterally rotated for full spinal extension such as swan dive to - correct
answer -Facilitate hip extension and prevent excessive extension of the lumbar spine
How can you modify if a client cannot support their weight in scapula isolation standing on the stability
chair - correct answer -Increase the spring tension
What does contralateral mean? - correct answer -opposite side
, True or false: the hundred requires all the following actions, thoracic flexion, hip flexion, shoulder
extension and forearm supination - correct answer -FALSE (no forearm supination)
How could you modify the breast stoke prep if the client keeps tilting the pelvis anteriorly? - correct
answer -Place a pad under their ASIS
The scapula has a bony attachment to which part of the body - correct answer -Clavicle
What is the natural curve of the cervical spine - correct answer -Anterior convex curve
What muscle actions are involved in back rowing prep #4 - correct answer -Concentric and
eccentric biceps
Name back rowing preps 1-8 - correct answer -Plow, open elbows, airplane, Bicep curls, triceps,
roll down, roll down with bicep curls, roll down with obliques.
Which vertebra has the largest body - correct answer -Lumbar
During half roll back the abdominals are working... - correct answer -Isometrically
How do you describe the leg movement during single leg stretch on the mat - correct answer -
Reciprocal
What is reciprocal movement - correct answer -Movement of both arms or legs at the same time
but in opposite directions.
Which of the following is a part of the axial skeleton: sacrum, ilium, femur, ulna - correct answer -
Sacrum
