Balanced Body - MAT 1 Exam Questions
and Answers
9 Pilates Principles - Correct Answers -Breathing
Concentration
Control
Centering
Precision
Balance Muscle Development (BMD)
Rhythm/Flow
Whole Body Movement (WBM)
Relaxation
5 Pilates Movement Principles - Correct Answers -Breathing
Lower Core Activation
Neutral Pelvis
Abdominal Strength
Lumbopelvic Stability
4 muscles of the Core/Inner Unit - Correct Answers -Pelvic Floor
Transverse Abdominus
Multifidi
Diaphragm
What Country was Joseph Pilates born In? - Correct Answers -Germany/1883
What year did Joseph Pilates move to the US? - Correct Answers -1926
What US city did Joseph Pilates live and teach in? - Correct Answers -New York
Mat exercises that contradict clients with osteoporosis - Correct Answers -100, Rollup,
Rolling like a ball, Double straight leg stretch
3 Mat exercises that are safe throughout pregnancy - Correct Answers -Spine Side
Stretch, Spine Stretch forward, Side Leg series, Modified Pushup
What bony landmarks define neutral pelvis? - Correct Answers -ASIS & Pubic Bone
, 2 ways to modify Spine Stretch for clients with tight hamstrings - Correct Answers -Bend
Knees, Sit on foam roller or rolled mat
4 Mat exercises that require caution for clients with low back problems (round or extend)
- Correct Answers -Swan, Open Leg Rocker, Double Leg Kick, Single Leg Kick
Spine Stretch (key areas that are working) - Correct Answers -Stretch, PS, Abs
Hundred (key areas that are working) - Correct Answers -Abs, PS, Legs
Rollup (key areas that are working) - Correct Answers -Abs
Single Leg Circles (key areas that are working) - Correct Answers -Legs, PS, SS
Single Leg Stretch (key areas that are working) - Correct Answers -Abs, PS, Legs,
Stretch
Single Straight Leg Stretch (key areas that are working) - Correct Answers -Abs, PS,
Legs, Stretch
Saw (key areas that are working) - Correct Answers -Stretch, Rotation, PS
Single Leg Kicks (key areas that are working) - Correct Answers -Back, Legs, SS, PS
Double Leg Kicks (key areas that are working) - Correct Answers -Back, Legs, Stretch,
PS
Sign Leg Lifts (key areas that are working) - Correct Answers -Legs, PS, Arms & SS if
you are on your forearm
Seal (key areas that are working) - Correct Answers -Abs, PS
Pushups (key areas that are working) - Correct Answers -Arms, SS, PS, Stretch(for
pike)
Ideal Front view Vertical Standing Alignment - Correct Answers -eyes level, shoulders
level, equal distance between arms and torso, ASIS level, high point of iliac crests level,
greater trochanter level, both knees even, equal turnout on both feet
Ideal Front view Horizontal Alignment - Correct Answers -nose, center of sternum,
navel, center of pubic bone, leg alignment - inside ASIS, center of patella, center of the
front of the ankle, space between 1 & 2 toe
Ideal Side view Alignment - Correct Answers -tip of earlobe, top of shoulder, center of
ribcage, high point of iliac crest, midpoint of lateral side of of the knee, slightly in front of
the lateral malleolus of the ankle