Health Coaching Final Exam – Comprehensive Study Guide and Certification
Exam Preparation Material
A client who describes having a core group of friends who often bike or walk together BEST
describes which motivational factor?
Correct! b. Relatedness
d. Motivation
a. Competence
c. Self-efficacy - ✔✔Relatedness
For what percentage of global death is chronic disease responsible?
a. 70%
b. 60%
c. 50%
d. 80% - ✔✔70%
Which element is being advocated as an addition to the "triple aim" of healthcare, making it a
"quadruple aim?"
d. Reduced per capita cost of healthcare
b. Improve patient experience
c. Improve population health
a. Provider well-being - ✔✔Provider well-being
Which of the following BEST describes the role of the National Commission for Certifying
Agencies (NCCA)?
b. Determine exam content
c. Create eligibility requirements
,a. Write relevant exam questions
d. Provide proper exam administration - ✔✔d. Provide proper exam administration
Which of the following is included in the scope of practice of an ACE Certified Health Coach?
d. Provide guidance on choosing supplements
b. Prescribe effective exercise regimens
c. Ask open-ended questions
a. Develop complete meal plans - ✔✔c. Ask open-ended questions
The phrase "First, do no harm" is described by which pillar of ethics?
a. Beneficence
c. Autonomy
b. Justice
c. Non-maleficence - ✔✔c. Non-maleficence
An ACE Certified Health Coach who also teaches yoga at a local studio would exhibit a conflict of
interest in which of the following situations?
d. Hold coaching sessions at another location
c. Teach breathing techniques often used in yoga mediation
a. Incorporate yoga into the client's current exercise program
b. Suggest the client attend their fee-based yoga class weekly - ✔✔b. Suggest the client attend
their fee-based yoga class weekly
Which of the following BEST describes the field of coaching?
a. Functions somewhere within the present and desired future
c. Concerned with the past
b. Comes from a place of healing
,d. Often leads to a diagnosis and treatment of dysfunction - ✔✔a. Functions somewhere
within the present and desired future
Which of the following statements about noncommunicable diseases is MOST accurate?
a. Genetics do not play a role in development
d. They are greatly impacted by lifestyle choices
c. Sedentary behavior is the leading cause
b. Onset is quick and often unpreventable - ✔✔d. They are greatly impacted by lifestyle
choices
Engaging in activities that stimulate and challenge mental faculties to enhance one's mental
fitness BEST describes which SAMHSA dimension of health?
a. Environmental
d. Spiritual
c. Occupational
b. Intellectual - ✔✔b. Intellectual
Which of the following interpretations of the illness-wellness continuum is MOST accurate?
d. Wellness is dynamic and ever-changing
a. Wellness is achieved at the neutral point
b. Once illness occurs, wellness is unrealistic
c. Illness requires only medical treatment - ✔✔. Wellness is dynamic and ever-changing
Which of the following BEST describes person-centered care?
a. Focusing on physician-led medical treatments
b. Limiting healthcare integration and components
c. Using authoritative healthcare providers
, c. Educating the patients and their families - ✔✔Educating the patients and their families
Which term MOST accurately reflects the approach to medicine that takes into account all
evidence-informed therapies that support physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual
aspects of individuals?
b. Alternative medicine
d. Western medicine
c. Complementary medicine
a. Integrative medicine - ✔✔Integrative medicine
Which of the following BEST describes the relationship of an ACE Certified Health Coach and a
client?
d. Health coaches are gatekeepers of the client's healthcare
a. Health Coaches are the authority figure
b. Health Coaches act under the direction of the client
c. Health Coaches are equal partners with their clients - ✔✔Health Coaches are equal partners
with their clients
Which type of coach is BEST suited for developing a client's capacity to deal with change in their
organization or career?
d. Executive coach
a. Life coach
b. Health coach
c. Wellness coach - ✔✔Executive coach
Which of the following BEST describes the role of an ACE Certified Health Coach?
a. Recommend specific strategies to individuals
c. Direct individuals on what to do
Exam Preparation Material
A client who describes having a core group of friends who often bike or walk together BEST
describes which motivational factor?
Correct! b. Relatedness
d. Motivation
a. Competence
c. Self-efficacy - ✔✔Relatedness
For what percentage of global death is chronic disease responsible?
a. 70%
b. 60%
c. 50%
d. 80% - ✔✔70%
Which element is being advocated as an addition to the "triple aim" of healthcare, making it a
"quadruple aim?"
d. Reduced per capita cost of healthcare
b. Improve patient experience
c. Improve population health
a. Provider well-being - ✔✔Provider well-being
Which of the following BEST describes the role of the National Commission for Certifying
Agencies (NCCA)?
b. Determine exam content
c. Create eligibility requirements
,a. Write relevant exam questions
d. Provide proper exam administration - ✔✔d. Provide proper exam administration
Which of the following is included in the scope of practice of an ACE Certified Health Coach?
d. Provide guidance on choosing supplements
b. Prescribe effective exercise regimens
c. Ask open-ended questions
a. Develop complete meal plans - ✔✔c. Ask open-ended questions
The phrase "First, do no harm" is described by which pillar of ethics?
a. Beneficence
c. Autonomy
b. Justice
c. Non-maleficence - ✔✔c. Non-maleficence
An ACE Certified Health Coach who also teaches yoga at a local studio would exhibit a conflict of
interest in which of the following situations?
d. Hold coaching sessions at another location
c. Teach breathing techniques often used in yoga mediation
a. Incorporate yoga into the client's current exercise program
b. Suggest the client attend their fee-based yoga class weekly - ✔✔b. Suggest the client attend
their fee-based yoga class weekly
Which of the following BEST describes the field of coaching?
a. Functions somewhere within the present and desired future
c. Concerned with the past
b. Comes from a place of healing
,d. Often leads to a diagnosis and treatment of dysfunction - ✔✔a. Functions somewhere
within the present and desired future
Which of the following statements about noncommunicable diseases is MOST accurate?
a. Genetics do not play a role in development
d. They are greatly impacted by lifestyle choices
c. Sedentary behavior is the leading cause
b. Onset is quick and often unpreventable - ✔✔d. They are greatly impacted by lifestyle
choices
Engaging in activities that stimulate and challenge mental faculties to enhance one's mental
fitness BEST describes which SAMHSA dimension of health?
a. Environmental
d. Spiritual
c. Occupational
b. Intellectual - ✔✔b. Intellectual
Which of the following interpretations of the illness-wellness continuum is MOST accurate?
d. Wellness is dynamic and ever-changing
a. Wellness is achieved at the neutral point
b. Once illness occurs, wellness is unrealistic
c. Illness requires only medical treatment - ✔✔. Wellness is dynamic and ever-changing
Which of the following BEST describes person-centered care?
a. Focusing on physician-led medical treatments
b. Limiting healthcare integration and components
c. Using authoritative healthcare providers
, c. Educating the patients and their families - ✔✔Educating the patients and their families
Which term MOST accurately reflects the approach to medicine that takes into account all
evidence-informed therapies that support physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual
aspects of individuals?
b. Alternative medicine
d. Western medicine
c. Complementary medicine
a. Integrative medicine - ✔✔Integrative medicine
Which of the following BEST describes the relationship of an ACE Certified Health Coach and a
client?
d. Health coaches are gatekeepers of the client's healthcare
a. Health Coaches are the authority figure
b. Health Coaches act under the direction of the client
c. Health Coaches are equal partners with their clients - ✔✔Health Coaches are equal partners
with their clients
Which type of coach is BEST suited for developing a client's capacity to deal with change in their
organization or career?
d. Executive coach
a. Life coach
b. Health coach
c. Wellness coach - ✔✔Executive coach
Which of the following BEST describes the role of an ACE Certified Health Coach?
a. Recommend specific strategies to individuals
c. Direct individuals on what to do
