Yoga Practice Exam

Asana

Mantra

Namaste

None of the above

The weather

The time of day

The experience you want to create

All of the above

Increases energy

Improves balance

Improves posture

All of the above

The body’s ability to exert force against an object

Amount of force against resistance

Muscle that carries the primary work load

The muscle that plays the supportive role

Asanas

Namaste

Vinvasa

None of the above

Frontal plane

Sagittal plane

Transverse plane

None of the above

Hatha

Ashtanga

Bikram

Power yoga

To assist the primary mover

To be the primary mover

To control posture

To prevent injuries

Isokinetic

Isotonic

Isometric

None of the above

Increases the angle at a joint

Decreases the angle at a joint

Moves the body away from the midline

Elevates a body part

Practice Exam

1. What is the term used when offering a greeting or closing at the end of a yoga session?

2. What factors may affect your sequencing for each class?

3. Benefits of Yoga include which of the following?

4. Which is best described as a muscle agonist?

5. What is the name for the technique that allows students to flow from one pose to the next in yoga?

6. Which of the three planes of motion describe dividing the body into top and bottom?

7. Which Yoga style uses a heated studio up to 105 degrees?

8. What is the role of an agonist muscle?

9. Which contraction involves muscle length variations with no change in tension?

10. Which describes the joint movement of the flexor muscles?