Pilates Final Exam Version 1 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A

Pilates Final Exam Version 1 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A

Pilates Final Exam Version 1 (Latest 2024/
2025 Update) Questions and Verified
Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A
Q: What is the right CLASSICAL order of Jospeh’s first 5 mat moves?
Answer:
Hundred, Roll Up, Roll Over, One Leg Circle, Rolling Like a Ball
Q: Which movements and or milestones will your client need to have accomplished in order to
try Crab?
Answer:
Rolling Like a Ball. They need to have no back or spine issues.
Q: What order of movement should be your goal in each class?
Answer:
Flexion, Extension, Lateral Rotation, Transverse Rotation
Q: T or F: Mat work is the most simple Pilates practice.
Answer:
False: Although it may look less intimidating without giant apparatus, Mat work is actually the
most difficult in many cases as it gives no assistance like the springs and machines do.
Q: The following would be a good example of using the “P” in PEACE RR.

Answer:
“Start in supine, on your back with your heels on the center of the foot bar about 3 inches apart.
Your back should be relaxed and your shoulders should not be pressing against the rests.”
Q: T or F: Always suggest that clients use a thin mat or towel for their Pilates mat classes. It
doesn’t have to be a thick mat, it should just cover the area under your client’s body
Answer:
F: Many of our spinal flexion based movements are much more comfortable on a thicker mat. A
client’s spine can get irritated when using a thinner surface for moves like rolling like a ball and
roll over or roll up.
Q: What is the best way to warm up an elderly class?
Answer:
Ground based pelvic rocks followed by single leg stretch keeping the head down
Q: What exercises does your client have to master before they should try the Boomerang?
Answer:
Roll over and Teaser
Q: Match the client to the move.
1)Swimming
2) Pelvic Rocks or Tilts
3) Single Leg Cirlce
4) Corkscrew

Answer:
1) Hunched Shoulders (over-kyphotic)
2) Post Natal (cleared for light workouts)
3) Hip Replacement (cleared for light ROM)
4) Young Athlete who does Yoga
Q: After warming up my small group mat class, I plan on having them do
____________ to get the back of their body and then
_____________ to get the from of their body.
Answer:
Bridge variations and Hundreds
Q: T or F: Having both legs in table top is considered a closed kinetic chain and this is good for
clients with low back issues.
Answer:
False
Q: A client comes to see you and upon first evaluation you see that they have a major anterior
tilt in their pelvis and no injuries in the past. They haven’t worked out for 4 years and they have
been cleared for an easy start back into fitness. What moves would you make sure to teach them
in their first work out?
Answer:
Roll up, Roll Like a Ball, Plank
Q: T or F: During the chest lift, the client should maintain their neutral pelvis.
Answer:

True
Q: During Teaser, how does bringing your knees into your chest change the move?
Answer:
It totally changes the intentions of the move and probably means that your client isn’t ready for
Teaser. It’s advised to have them start on Teaser prep movements demonstrating the ability to
articulate up and down through the pelvis and spine first before moving onto full Teaser.
Q: In what plane of motion is the Hundred?
Answer:
Sagittal
Q: Which method of journaling do we suggest using through the course?
Answer:
Rapid Fire Journaling
Q: Pilates Metrics has all of the entire exercise library uploaded in it so that I can utilize it for
helping my do my practice teaching hours, observation hours, assistant teaching and self
practice.
Answer:
True
Q: What is the best order of movement to start with if you your client had an old injury, works
all the time and is “just getting back to moving?”
Answer:
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Where was Joseph Pilates born?
Germany

Who inspired Joseph’s passion for movement?
Animals in nature
His parents and their active lifestyles
People “doing” life

What item inspired Joseph to build the reformer?
A hospital bed

Joseph Pilates died of natural causes in the late 90’s. True or false?
False. Two years after running in and out of his burning studio to rescue his paperwork, Joseph Pilates died of smoke inhalation and related causes. He died in October of 1967.

Joseph Pilates has always referred to his work as “Pilates”. True or false?
False. He referred to it as “contrology”.

What does the “O” stand for in SOAP?
Objective

Which is the best choice to elicit an objective response?
“On a scale of 1-10, how is that shoulder feeling today?”

What details must be included in the “P” of SOAP?
The plan for your client. I’ll make sure to include the list of moves, apparatus used, reps of movement and modifications.

As long as you are cueing safely, there is no need to do assessments and re-assessments with your clients. True or false?
False;
ALWAYS do a client intake form and re-assessment at least every 6 months.

True or False: If I start teaching at a studio, it is the studio management’s responsibility to make sure the equipment in the studio is safe and well maintained.
True;
While the studio management holds the responsibility, it is every Pilates instructor’s professional responsibility to check all equipment for any hazards prior to use with a client, as well as, alerting management when changes are needed or new equipment ordered. Such requests should be submitted formally for documentation of your due diligence.

What is the right CLASSICAL order of Jospeh’s first 5 mat moves?
Hundred, Roll Up, Roll Over, One Leg Circle, Rolling Like a Ball

Which movements and or milestones will your client need to have accomplished in order to try Crab?
Rolling Like a Ball. They need to have no back or spine issues.

What order of movement should be your goal in each class?
Flexion, Extension, Lateral Rotation, Transverse Rotation

Mat work is the most simple Pilates practice. True or false?
False;
Although it may look less intimidating without giant apparatus, Mat work is actually the most difficult in many cases as it gives no assistance like the springs and machines do.

The following would be a good example of using the “P” in PEACE RR.
“Start in supine, on your back with your heels on the center of the foot bar about 3 inches apart. Your back should be relaxed and your shoulders should not be pressing against the rests.”

Always suggest that clients use a thin mat or towel for their Pilates mat classes. It doesn’t have to be a thick mat, it should just cover the area under your client’s body. True or false?
False;
Many of our spinal flexion based movements are much more comfortable on a thicker mat. A client’s spine can get irritated when using a thinner surface for moves like rolling like a ball and roll over or roll up.

What is the best way to warm up an elderly class?
Ground based pelvic rocks followed by single leg stretch keeping the head down

What exercises does your client have to master before they should try the Boomerang?
Roll over and Teaser

Match client to the move: Swimming
Hunched shoulders; over-kyphotic

Match client to the move: Pelvic rocks or tilts
Post-natal (cleared to workout)

Match client to the move: Single leg circle
Hip replacement (cleared for light ROM)

Match client to the move: Corkscrew
Young athlete who does yoga

After warming up my small group mat class, I plan on having them do ____________ to get the back of their body and then _____________ to get the from of their body.
Bridge variations; Hundreds

Having both legs in table top is considered a closed kinetic chain and this is good for clients with low back issues. True or false?
False

A client comes to see you and upon first evaluation you see that they have a major anterior tilt in their pelvis and no injuries in the past. They haven’t worked out for 4 years and they have been cleared for an easy start back into fitness. What moves would you make sure to teach them in their first work out?
Roll up, Roll Like a Ball, Plank

During the chest lift, the client should maintain their neutral pelvis. True or false?
True

During Teaser, how does bringing your knees into your chest change the move?
It totally changes the intentions of the move and probably means that your client isn’t ready for Teaser. It’s advised to have them start on Teaser prep movements demonstrating the ability to articulate up and down through the pelvis and spine first before moving onto full Teaser.

In what plane of motion is the Hundred?
Sagittal