Pilates Exam Review with Complete Solutions
1) __________ the spine comes from the scoop effect allowing the posterior spine to
lengthen by lifting and supporting the anterior spine from the inside of the body -
ANSWER-Imprinting
1) Between 1918 and 1919, the ______ epidemic broke out and killed millions. Legend
has it that in the inmates that followed Joe's exercise regime did not get sick -
ANSWER-Influenza
1) Depression of the scapula can be described as moving the shoulders ________ -
ANSWER-Down
1) Each Pilates exercise uses the ______ to control the body by focusing the _______
proper form, proper muscle engagement precise movement - ANSWER-Breathing
1) In Pilates, we isolate movement, not _____ - ANSWER-Muscles
1) Joseph Pilates was born in Germany in year ______ - ANSWER-1883
1) Kyphosis is an exaggerated curve in the _____ spine - ANSWER-Thoracic
1) Lengthen the neck and begin to flex the spine off the mat one vertebrae at a time.
Pass through imprint and keep moving until pelvis is vertical and arms are parallel to the
floor. The thoracic spine is flexed and shoulders are down and plantar flex the ankles.
This is the first exhale of what exercise? - ANSWER-Roll up
1) Neck lengthening or cranial vertebral flexion is one of the five fundamentals. The
cervical spine should stay in alignment with the thoracic spine during ____, extension,
lateral flexion and rotation - ANSWER-Flexion
1) Neutral refers to neutral _______ and neutral spine - ANSWER-Pelvis
1) Pilates muscles tend to be the ______ functional muscles that are not easily seen or
felt - ANSWER-Deep
1) Pregnant cat is a good exercise to learn how to do what? - ANSWER-Scoop
1) Shoulders and scapula are able to _______, elevate, protract, retract and are able to
rotate - ANSWER-Depress
1) The ribs are connected to the 12 ______ vertebra - ANSWER-Thoracic
1) To _______, pull the pubic bone towards the tailbone and the sit bones in and up -
ANSWER-Scoop
1) __________ the spine comes from the scoop effect allowing the posterior spine to
lengthen by lifting and supporting the anterior spine from the inside of the body -
ANSWER-Imprinting
1) Between 1918 and 1919, the ______ epidemic broke out and killed millions. Legend
has it that in the inmates that followed Joe's exercise regime did not get sick -
ANSWER-Influenza
1) Depression of the scapula can be described as moving the shoulders ________ -
ANSWER-Down
1) Each Pilates exercise uses the ______ to control the body by focusing the _______
proper form, proper muscle engagement precise movement - ANSWER-Breathing
1) In Pilates, we isolate movement, not _____ - ANSWER-Muscles
1) Joseph Pilates was born in Germany in year ______ - ANSWER-1883
1) Kyphosis is an exaggerated curve in the _____ spine - ANSWER-Thoracic
1) Lengthen the neck and begin to flex the spine off the mat one vertebrae at a time.
Pass through imprint and keep moving until pelvis is vertical and arms are parallel to the
floor. The thoracic spine is flexed and shoulders are down and plantar flex the ankles.
This is the first exhale of what exercise? - ANSWER-Roll up
1) Neck lengthening or cranial vertebral flexion is one of the five fundamentals. The
cervical spine should stay in alignment with the thoracic spine during ____, extension,
lateral flexion and rotation - ANSWER-Flexion
1) Neutral refers to neutral _______ and neutral spine - ANSWER-Pelvis
1) Pilates muscles tend to be the ______ functional muscles that are not easily seen or
felt - ANSWER-Deep
1) Pregnant cat is a good exercise to learn how to do what? - ANSWER-Scoop
1) Shoulders and scapula are able to _______, elevate, protract, retract and are able to
rotate - ANSWER-Depress
1) The ribs are connected to the 12 ______ vertebra - ANSWER-Thoracic
1) To _______, pull the pubic bone towards the tailbone and the sit bones in and up -
ANSWER-Scoop
