National Pilates Certification Updated Actual Exam Questions And Correct Answers

NATIONAL PILATES CERTIFICATION
UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS

Question 1.
Pilates Movement Principles

ANSWER
Control, Breath, Concentration, Centering, Flowing motion, Precision


Question 2.
Planes of Motion

ANSWER
Transverse, Frontal, Sagittal


Question 3.
Transverse Plane

ANSWER
divides the body into superior and inferior parts


Question 4.
frontal (coronal) plane

ANSWER
vertical plane dividing the body or structure into anterior and posterior portions


Question 5.
Sagittal Plane

ANSWER
a vertical plane that divides the body into right and left parts






,Question 6.
Cephalad
ANSWER
toward the head (upward)


Question 7.
Caudal

ANSWER
toward the tail


Question 8.
Extension
ANSWER
increases the angle of a joint


Question 9.
Flexion

ANSWER
Decreases the angle of a joint


Question 10.
Abduction
ANSWER
Movement away from the midline of the body


Question 11.
Adduction

ANSWER
Movement toward the midline of the body






,Question 12.
Medial Rotation
ANSWER
rotational movement towards the midline


Question 13.
Lateral Rotation

ANSWER
outward (lateral) movement of a body segment in the transverse plane


Question 14.
Circumduction
ANSWER
circular movement of a limb at the far end


Question 15.
Supination

ANSWER
movement that turns the palm up


Question 16.
Pronation
ANSWER
movement that turns the palm down


Question 17.
Elevation

ANSWER
raising a body part






, Question 18.
Depression
ANSWER
lowering a body part


Question 19.
Inversion

ANSWER
Turning the sole of the foot inward


Question 20.
Eversion
ANSWER
turning the sole of the foot outward


Question 21.
Plantar Flexion

ANSWER
bending of the sole of the foot by curling the toes toward the ground, pointing the toes


Question 22.
Dorsiflexion
ANSWER
bending of the foot or the toes upward


Question 23.
Protraction

ANSWER
moving a body part forward and parallel to the ground