National Pilates Certification Exam
Questions and Answers | Study Guide |
Grade A+
• Scope of practice -✓✓1. Design Pilates exercise program's according to an
individual's needs
2. Recognize conditions that would preclude a client from safely participating in a
Pilates exercise program
3. Coach, provide general information, and direct clients to seek medical attention
as necessary
4. Receive exercise guidelines and clearance from medical practitioners when
appropriate, to ensure client safety
5. Document clien profree and cooperate with referring medical practitioners
6. Promote exercise to improve overall health
7. Request permission to touch clients and observe practice laws within jurisdiction
8. Use appropriate touch to facilitate movement, position the client, and prevent
injury or damage
• Beyond the scope of practice -✓✓1. "Prescribing" an exercise program
2. "Diagnosing" a client with any medical, mental or physical condition
3. Continuing to teach a client with a condition beyond your knowledge without
appropriate medical clearance
4. ¨Prescribing¨diets or recommending supplements
5. Claiming to ¨treat¨or ¨rehabilitate" injury or disease
6. Monitoring the (with measurement) the progress of clients referred by therapists
or medical practitioners
7. Offering counseling
8. Claiming to be competent to offer professional education beyond the limits of
your credentials
9. Applying inappropriate touch
10. Continuing to teach a client who exhibits any of the following unusual
symptoms chest pain, prolonged dizziness, rapid heart rate, shortness of breath,
significant decrease in coordination, loss of consciousness, faintness, nausea,
blurred vision, and prolonged or increasing pain
• Code of Ethics -✓✓1. Do no harm
2. Teach within the scope of practice
Questions and Answers | Study Guide |
Grade A+
• Scope of practice -✓✓1. Design Pilates exercise program's according to an
individual's needs
2. Recognize conditions that would preclude a client from safely participating in a
Pilates exercise program
3. Coach, provide general information, and direct clients to seek medical attention
as necessary
4. Receive exercise guidelines and clearance from medical practitioners when
appropriate, to ensure client safety
5. Document clien profree and cooperate with referring medical practitioners
6. Promote exercise to improve overall health
7. Request permission to touch clients and observe practice laws within jurisdiction
8. Use appropriate touch to facilitate movement, position the client, and prevent
injury or damage
• Beyond the scope of practice -✓✓1. "Prescribing" an exercise program
2. "Diagnosing" a client with any medical, mental or physical condition
3. Continuing to teach a client with a condition beyond your knowledge without
appropriate medical clearance
4. ¨Prescribing¨diets or recommending supplements
5. Claiming to ¨treat¨or ¨rehabilitate" injury or disease
6. Monitoring the (with measurement) the progress of clients referred by therapists
or medical practitioners
7. Offering counseling
8. Claiming to be competent to offer professional education beyond the limits of
your credentials
9. Applying inappropriate touch
10. Continuing to teach a client who exhibits any of the following unusual
symptoms chest pain, prolonged dizziness, rapid heart rate, shortness of breath,
significant decrease in coordination, loss of consciousness, faintness, nausea,
blurred vision, and prolonged or increasing pain
• Code of Ethics -✓✓1. Do no harm
2. Teach within the scope of practice
