COMPREHENSIVE TEST-OUT UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
NAME THE 9 PILATES PRINCIPLES - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Breathing
2. Balanced Muscle Development
3. Concentration
4. Centering
5. Control
6. Precision
7. Rhythm/Flow
8. Relaxation 9. Whole Body Movement
NAME THE 10 PILATES MOVEMENT PRINCIPLES - CORRECT ANSWER - (not
sure if this is totally up to date-in the manuals I could only find the MP categorized into Upper
Body Training, Lower Body Training, Whole Body Movement, Trunk Integration, Mobility &
Restoration)
1. Breathing
2. Core Activation (lower)
3. Abdominal Strengthening
4. Neutral Spine/finding optimal starting position
5. Lumbopelvic Stability
6. Scapular Stability & Mobility
7. Strengthening & Mobilizing the Spine
8. Release Work
9. Stretching
10. Correct Alignment
,Placing the springs on the A or pre-loaded position on the reformer makes the resistance
_____________. - CORRECT ANSWER - harder
List the color coding of the Balanced Body Reformer springs from lightest to heaviest. -
CORRECT ANSWER - YELLOW (very light), BLUE (light), RED (medium), GREEN
(heavy)
In the footwork exercises, the footbar should ideally be adjusted so the client has a _____ degree
angle at their hips. - CORRECT ANSWER - 90
Name 3 ways to adjust the fit of the Reformer for clients with knee and hip injuries that don't
tolerate deep flexion? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. lower the footbar
2. limit carriage return with stopper blocks on the stoppers
3. horizontal adjustment
Name 5 pieces of exercise equipment that Joseph Pilates invented. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Reformer, Wunda Chair, Cadillac, Ladder Barrel, Spine Corrector (barrel)
Which are contraindicated for osteoporosis? Swan, Feet in Straps, Hundreds, Kneeling
Abdominals, Arm work sitting, Short Box Abdominals - CORRECT ANSWER - Hundreds
& Short Box Abdominals
Which exercises are recommended for clients with osteoporosis?
Footwork, Rollbacks, Feet in Straps, Pulling Straps, Standing, Short Box Abs, Swan, Arm Work
facing back - CORRECT ANSWER - Footwork, Feet in straps, Pulling Straps, Standing,
Swan, Arm work facing back
What points must line up for correct leg alignment when viewed from the front and from the
side? - CORRECT ANSWER - FRONT: center of pubic bone & ASIS (across), (down)
ASIS, center of patella, center of ankle, space b/n 1st and 2nd toe
, SIDE: high point of Iliac crest, mid point of the lateral side of the knee, slightly in front of the
lateral malleolus of the ankle
Name 3 common leg misalignments and describe them. - CORRECT ANSWER - Genu
Valgum-knock knees
Genu Varum-bow legs
Genu Recurvatum-hyperextended knees
(extra-supination, pronation, tibial torsion)
List two Reformer exercises that require caution for clients with low back problems. -
CORRECT ANSWER - (answers vary)
example: the Hundred, Short Spine Massage, Short Box Abdominals, Single leg stretch, Long
Box Rocking, etc.
Name the four kinds of Step Barrels that Balanced Body makes. - CORRECT ANSWER -
1. Pilates Arc
2. Clara barrel
3. East Coast barrel
4. Contour barrel
To adjust the Ladder Barrel for a shorter client, move the barrel:
closer to the ladder or farther away from the ladder? - CORRECT ANSWER - Closer to
the ladder
Name 2 Step Barrel exercises that can be used to work the spine in each of the following
movements:
1. Spinal flexion
2. Spinal extension
3. Spinal lateral strength and flexion
4. Spinal rotation - CORRECT ANSWER - **ANSWERS VARY**
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
NAME THE 9 PILATES PRINCIPLES - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Breathing
2. Balanced Muscle Development
3. Concentration
4. Centering
5. Control
6. Precision
7. Rhythm/Flow
8. Relaxation 9. Whole Body Movement
NAME THE 10 PILATES MOVEMENT PRINCIPLES - CORRECT ANSWER - (not
sure if this is totally up to date-in the manuals I could only find the MP categorized into Upper
Body Training, Lower Body Training, Whole Body Movement, Trunk Integration, Mobility &
Restoration)
1. Breathing
2. Core Activation (lower)
3. Abdominal Strengthening
4. Neutral Spine/finding optimal starting position
5. Lumbopelvic Stability
6. Scapular Stability & Mobility
7. Strengthening & Mobilizing the Spine
8. Release Work
9. Stretching
10. Correct Alignment
,Placing the springs on the A or pre-loaded position on the reformer makes the resistance
_____________. - CORRECT ANSWER - harder
List the color coding of the Balanced Body Reformer springs from lightest to heaviest. -
CORRECT ANSWER - YELLOW (very light), BLUE (light), RED (medium), GREEN
(heavy)
In the footwork exercises, the footbar should ideally be adjusted so the client has a _____ degree
angle at their hips. - CORRECT ANSWER - 90
Name 3 ways to adjust the fit of the Reformer for clients with knee and hip injuries that don't
tolerate deep flexion? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. lower the footbar
2. limit carriage return with stopper blocks on the stoppers
3. horizontal adjustment
Name 5 pieces of exercise equipment that Joseph Pilates invented. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Reformer, Wunda Chair, Cadillac, Ladder Barrel, Spine Corrector (barrel)
Which are contraindicated for osteoporosis? Swan, Feet in Straps, Hundreds, Kneeling
Abdominals, Arm work sitting, Short Box Abdominals - CORRECT ANSWER - Hundreds
& Short Box Abdominals
Which exercises are recommended for clients with osteoporosis?
Footwork, Rollbacks, Feet in Straps, Pulling Straps, Standing, Short Box Abs, Swan, Arm Work
facing back - CORRECT ANSWER - Footwork, Feet in straps, Pulling Straps, Standing,
Swan, Arm work facing back
What points must line up for correct leg alignment when viewed from the front and from the
side? - CORRECT ANSWER - FRONT: center of pubic bone & ASIS (across), (down)
ASIS, center of patella, center of ankle, space b/n 1st and 2nd toe
, SIDE: high point of Iliac crest, mid point of the lateral side of the knee, slightly in front of the
lateral malleolus of the ankle
Name 3 common leg misalignments and describe them. - CORRECT ANSWER - Genu
Valgum-knock knees
Genu Varum-bow legs
Genu Recurvatum-hyperextended knees
(extra-supination, pronation, tibial torsion)
List two Reformer exercises that require caution for clients with low back problems. -
CORRECT ANSWER - (answers vary)
example: the Hundred, Short Spine Massage, Short Box Abdominals, Single leg stretch, Long
Box Rocking, etc.
Name the four kinds of Step Barrels that Balanced Body makes. - CORRECT ANSWER -
1. Pilates Arc
2. Clara barrel
3. East Coast barrel
4. Contour barrel
To adjust the Ladder Barrel for a shorter client, move the barrel:
closer to the ladder or farther away from the ladder? - CORRECT ANSWER - Closer to
the ladder
Name 2 Step Barrel exercises that can be used to work the spine in each of the following
movements:
1. Spinal flexion
2. Spinal extension
3. Spinal lateral strength and flexion
4. Spinal rotation - CORRECT ANSWER - **ANSWERS VARY**
