STOTT PILATES WRITTEN EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS
When you abduct the arms overhead from the anatomical reference position
the scapula should... Accurate Answer - Upwardly rotate
What does the term posterior mean Accurate Answer - Away from the
front of the body
The legs are abducted and laterally rotated for full spinal extension such as
swan dive to Accurate 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 Accurate Answer - Increase the spring
tension
What does contralateral mean? Accurate Answer - opposite side
True or false: the hundred requires all the following actions, thoracic flexion,
hip flexion, shoulder extension and forearm supination Accurate
Answer - FALSE (no forearm supination)
How could you modify the breast stoke prep if the client keeps tilting the
pelvis anteriorly? Accurate Answer - Place a pad under their ASIS
The scapula has a bony attachment to which part of the body Accurate
Answer - Clavicle
What is the natural curve of the cervical spine Accurate Answer -
Anterior convex curve
What muscle actions are involved in back rowing prep #4 Accurate
Answer - Concentric and eccentric biceps
Name back rowing preps 1-8 Accurate 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 Accurate Answer - Lumbar
During half roll back the abdominals are working... Accurate Answer -
Isometrically
How do you describe the leg movement during single leg stretch on the mat
Accurate Answer - Reciprocal
What is reciprocal movement Accurate 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 Accurate Answer - Sacrum
What happens in the first inhalation in up stretch? Accurate Answer -
Extension of the hips articulating through the spine from tail to head
What is the starting position for up stretch Accurate Answer - Hands
on foot bar, high half toe against the shoulder rest, spine is rounded with
weight back over toes
What is the starting position for down stretch. Accurate Answer -
Hands resting on footbar, kneeling, feet against shoulder rests, rounded spine
with weight back over heels
Why would you lower the footbar during back splits Accurate Answer -
Client has limited hip extension
The ankle joint consists of... Accurate Answer - Tibia, fibula, talus
In which plane of motion is side splits done Accurate Answer -
Coronal/frontal
Why is it important to engage the transverse abdominis and pelvic floor
Accurate Answer - To stabilize the lumbo-pelvic region
What are the target muscles in side bends on the ladder barrel
Accurate Answer - Contralateral eccentric and concentric obliques
ACCURATE ANSWERS
When you abduct the arms overhead from the anatomical reference position
the scapula should... Accurate Answer - Upwardly rotate
What does the term posterior mean Accurate Answer - Away from the
front of the body
The legs are abducted and laterally rotated for full spinal extension such as
swan dive to Accurate 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 Accurate Answer - Increase the spring
tension
What does contralateral mean? Accurate Answer - opposite side
True or false: the hundred requires all the following actions, thoracic flexion,
hip flexion, shoulder extension and forearm supination Accurate
Answer - FALSE (no forearm supination)
How could you modify the breast stoke prep if the client keeps tilting the
pelvis anteriorly? Accurate Answer - Place a pad under their ASIS
The scapula has a bony attachment to which part of the body Accurate
Answer - Clavicle
What is the natural curve of the cervical spine Accurate Answer -
Anterior convex curve
What muscle actions are involved in back rowing prep #4 Accurate
Answer - Concentric and eccentric biceps
Name back rowing preps 1-8 Accurate 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 Accurate Answer - Lumbar
During half roll back the abdominals are working... Accurate Answer -
Isometrically
How do you describe the leg movement during single leg stretch on the mat
Accurate Answer - Reciprocal
What is reciprocal movement Accurate 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 Accurate Answer - Sacrum
What happens in the first inhalation in up stretch? Accurate Answer -
Extension of the hips articulating through the spine from tail to head
What is the starting position for up stretch Accurate Answer - Hands
on foot bar, high half toe against the shoulder rest, spine is rounded with
weight back over toes
What is the starting position for down stretch. Accurate Answer -
Hands resting on footbar, kneeling, feet against shoulder rests, rounded spine
with weight back over heels
Why would you lower the footbar during back splits Accurate Answer -
Client has limited hip extension
The ankle joint consists of... Accurate Answer - Tibia, fibula, talus
In which plane of motion is side splits done Accurate Answer -
Coronal/frontal
Why is it important to engage the transverse abdominis and pelvic floor
Accurate Answer - To stabilize the lumbo-pelvic region
What are the target muscles in side bends on the ladder barrel
Accurate Answer - Contralateral eccentric and concentric obliques
