ACE HEALTH COACH ADVANCED EXAM PAPER
NEWEST 2026 WITH 100 PERCENT SOLVED
QUESTIONS AND EXPERT VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉SWOT analysis . Answer: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and
threats. Can be used for health coach to assess herself or to analyze a
business or opportunity.
◉transtheoretical model of behaviorial change (TTM) . Answer: used to
assess readiness for change.
◉precontemplation stage . Answer: no intent of change
◉contemplation stage . Answer: considering making change
◉preparation stage . Answer: commitment and small changes underway
◉action stage . Answer: engaging in new activities
◉maintenance stage . Answer: have been engaged in health
enhancement, weight management, and lifestyle change for more than
six months.
,◉self-efficacy . Answer: one's perception of his or her ability to change
(increases as person moves through TTM)
◉habit strength . Answer: psychological factors involved in behaviors
the client wants to change (decreases as person moves through TTM)
◉active listening . Answer: confirm understanding using four steps.
◉extrinsic motivation . Answer: declaritive self statements, "I will stick
to my plan"
◉intrinsic motivation . Answer: interrogative self statements, "Will I
stick to my plan?"
◉motivational interviewing . Answer: client centered approach to assist
clients with ambivalence to change (grounded in expressing empathy
and acceptance of ambivalence).
◉problem solving model . Answer: problem identified, goal selection,
generation of alternatives, consideration of consequences, decision
making, implementation, and evaluation.
, ◉GROW . Answer: goal, reality, options, and what: structured approach
of behavioral change
◉SMART goal . Answer: specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and
time bound
◉neuro-linguistic programming . Answer: meta model-includes
questions that challenge linguistic distortions, clarifies generalizations
the client may make, recovers unrecalled info (hypnosis)
◉empathy . Answer: quality that allows one who has not personally
experienced an emotion to put themselves in anothers shoes
◉intrinsic team . Answer: knowledge in areas currently in use -exercise
science, nutritional science, and behavioral management.
◉extrinsic team . Answer: help outside own scope of practice-other
practitioners, etc
◉effective networking . Answer: building relationships
◉co-branding . Answer: brand partnership-two entities collaborate to
create marketing synergy
NEWEST 2026 WITH 100 PERCENT SOLVED
QUESTIONS AND EXPERT VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉SWOT analysis . Answer: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and
threats. Can be used for health coach to assess herself or to analyze a
business or opportunity.
◉transtheoretical model of behaviorial change (TTM) . Answer: used to
assess readiness for change.
◉precontemplation stage . Answer: no intent of change
◉contemplation stage . Answer: considering making change
◉preparation stage . Answer: commitment and small changes underway
◉action stage . Answer: engaging in new activities
◉maintenance stage . Answer: have been engaged in health
enhancement, weight management, and lifestyle change for more than
six months.
,◉self-efficacy . Answer: one's perception of his or her ability to change
(increases as person moves through TTM)
◉habit strength . Answer: psychological factors involved in behaviors
the client wants to change (decreases as person moves through TTM)
◉active listening . Answer: confirm understanding using four steps.
◉extrinsic motivation . Answer: declaritive self statements, "I will stick
to my plan"
◉intrinsic motivation . Answer: interrogative self statements, "Will I
stick to my plan?"
◉motivational interviewing . Answer: client centered approach to assist
clients with ambivalence to change (grounded in expressing empathy
and acceptance of ambivalence).
◉problem solving model . Answer: problem identified, goal selection,
generation of alternatives, consideration of consequences, decision
making, implementation, and evaluation.
, ◉GROW . Answer: goal, reality, options, and what: structured approach
of behavioral change
◉SMART goal . Answer: specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and
time bound
◉neuro-linguistic programming . Answer: meta model-includes
questions that challenge linguistic distortions, clarifies generalizations
the client may make, recovers unrecalled info (hypnosis)
◉empathy . Answer: quality that allows one who has not personally
experienced an emotion to put themselves in anothers shoes
◉intrinsic team . Answer: knowledge in areas currently in use -exercise
science, nutritional science, and behavioral management.
◉extrinsic team . Answer: help outside own scope of practice-other
practitioners, etc
◉effective networking . Answer: building relationships
◉co-branding . Answer: brand partnership-two entities collaborate to
create marketing synergy
