Club Pilates Written Exam Version 2 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A

Club Pilates Written Exam Version 2 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A

Club Pilates Written Exam Version 2 (Latest
2024/ 2025 Update) Questions and Verified
Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A
Q: The following would be a great example of using the “P” in PEACE R&R
Answer:
Start in supine on your back, with your heels at the center of the footbar about three inches apart.
Your back should be relaxed and your shoulders shot not be pressing against the rests
Q: Always ask for permission before touching a client for tactile cueing
Answer:
True
Q: What exercises should a client master before trying the Boomerang?
Answer:
Roll over and Teaser
Q: Post-Natal (cleared for light workouts)
Answer:
Pelvis Rocks or Pelvic Tilts
Q: Hunched Shoulders (Over-Kyphotic)

Answer:
Swimming
Q: Hip-Replacement, cleared for light/limited range of motion (ROM)
Answer:
Single Leg Circle Supine
Q: Young athlete who does Yoga
Answer:
Corkscrew
Q: After warming up my small Mat class, I plan on having them do_________to get the back of
their body warm and then________to get the front of their body warm.
Answer:
Bridge variations and Hundreds
Q: You are evaluating a client for the first time and find they have a major anterior tilt in their
pelvis and no injuries in the past. The client has been cleared to begin a fitness routine after not
exercising or working out for four years. What moves would you make sure to teach the client in
their first work out?
Answer:
Bridge, Roll up, Quadruped
Q: During exercise that are closed chain like chest-left, the client should maintain a neutral
pelvis

Answer:
True
Q: During teaser, how does bending the knees into the chest change the exercise?
Answer:
It provides a a modification for individuals that may experience tight hip flexors. The clients
abdominals may be strong enough but their hip flexors may need some assistance.
Q: In what plan of motion is the Hundreds performed?
Answer:
Sagittal
Q: Choose the most modified description of Swimming.
Answer:
Prone, slight extensions of spine, arms reaching overhead, legs in subtle extension at hip joint.
Q: Open kinetic chain exercises, such as Double-Leg Stretch, should be performed in neutral
pelvis position if the client has back pain
Answer:
False
Q: What is Pilates Breath?
Answer:
(1) Three-dimensional, (2) Exhale used to connect deeper to the transversus abdominis and
obliques to control pelvis movement, (3) Inhale through the nose, exhale through the mouth
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Where was Joseph Pilates born?
Germany

Who inspired Joseph’s passion for movement?

• People “doing life”
• His parents and their active & healthy lifestyles
• Animals in nature
• All of these inspired Joseph
  All of these inspired Joseph

What item inspired Joseph to build the reformer?

• A ball
• A horse
• A hospital bed
• A bicycle
  A hospital bed

True or False:
Joseph Pilates died of natural causes in the late 90s
False, he died of smoke inhalation 2 years after his studio caught on fire. He died in October of 1967

True or False:
Joseph Pilates always referred to his work as “Pilates”
False, he initially called his work “Contrology”

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

Which is the best choice to elicit an objective response?

• “What do you think about the idea of us doing 100’s to start the session?”
• “How are you feeling today?”
• “Why are you holding your shoulder like that?”
• “On a scale of 1-10, how is that shoulder feeling today?”
  “On a scale of 1-10, how is that shoulder feeling today?”

What details must be included in the “P” of SOAP?

• My clients goal for their best “summer body”
• My analysis of my clients range of motion during the assessment performed
• My weekly plans with friends and family members so my client knows when I am available
• The plan for your client. I’ll make sure to include the list of moves, apparatus used, reps of movement and modifications
  The plan for your client. I’ll make sure to include the list of moves, apparatus used, reps of movement and modifications

True or False:
As long as you are cueing safely, there is no need to do assessments and re-assessments with your clients
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’s always an instructor’s professional responsibility to check all equipment

What is the right classical order of Joseph’s first 5 mat moves?

• Hundred, clams, swan, saw, corkscrew
• Pelvic rocks, bridges, ab series, side leg series, corkscrew
• One leg circle, roll up, roll over, hundred, rolling like a ball
• Hundred, roll up, roll over, one leg circle, rolling like a ball
  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?

• Roll up and open leg rocker
• Side lying series
• Hundred and saw
• Rolling like a ball, they need to have no back or spine issues
  Rolling like a ball, they need to have no back or spine issues

What order of movement should be your goal in each class?

• Standing, prone, supine, side lying
• Transverse, extension, flexion, lateral rotation
• Flexion, extension, lateral rotation, transverse rotation
• Lateral rotation, extension, flexion, transverse rotation
  Flexion, extension, lateral rotation, transverse rotation

True or False:
Mat work is the most simple Pilates practice
False

The following would be a good example of using the “P” in PEACE R&R

• “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”
• “Move back and forth like this”
• “This is called footwork”
• “Start on your back and put all the springs on and then, shoot, wait, now go back on your back and then move the carriage”
  “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”

True or False:
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
False

What’s the best way to warm up an elderly class?

• Ground based pelvic rocks followed by single leg stretch keeping the head down
• Pilates push up
• Standing balance and jumping challenge
  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 boomerang?

• Roll over & teaser
• Rolling like a ball & saw
• Roll over & side leg series
• Corkscrew & leg circles
  Roll over & teaser

Match client to move:
Swimming

• hunched shoulders
• post-natal
• hip replacement
• young athlete
  hunched shoulders

Match client to move:
Pelvic rocks or tilts

• hunched shoulders
• post-natal
• hip replacement
• young athlete
  post-natal

Match client to move:
Single leg circle

• hunched shoulders
• post-natal
• hip replacement
• young athlete
  hip replacement

Match client to move:
Corkscrew

• hunched shoulders
• post-natal
• hip replacement
• young athlete
  young athlete

After warming up my mat class, I plan on having them do _ to get the back of the body and then _ to get the front

• bridge variations & hundred
• corkscrew & side kneeling series
• saw & boomerang
• knee circles & seal
  bridge variations and hundred

True or False:
Having both legs in table top is considered a closed kinetic chain and this is good for clients with low back issues
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
• swimming, double leg kick, crab
• crab, corkscrew, back bends
• hundred, swan dive, teaser
  roll up, roll like a ball, plank

True or False:
During the chest lift, the client should maintain their neutral pelvis
True

During teaser, how does bringing your knees into your chest change the move?

• It takes the low back out of the equation and should be done during a clients entire Pilates practice
• 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
• It doesn’t, it’s part of the movement
• No answer provided
  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

What plane of motion is the hundred?
Sagittal