Behavior Change Specialist Exam
LATEST 2023 EXAM 350 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+
Which of the following is a component of a successfully
formulated goal?
A. Has an open-ended timeframe
B. Appears vague and undefined
C. Distracts from the desired income
D. Enhances the client's motivation - CORRECT ANSWER D.
Enhances the client's motivation
** The effectiveness of behavior therapy in many different
populations and settings has:
A. been conclusively demonstrated by scientific reviews in
scholarly journals, books, and book chapters.
B. not yet been demonstrated in the scientific literature.
C. been shown in a series of testimonials speaking to the
effectiveness of behavior therapy techniques.
D. received some limited support in the scientific literature but
more research is necessary to demonstrate its effectiveness. -
CORRECT ANSWER A. been conclusively demonstrated by
scientific reviews in scholarly journals, books, and book chapters.
,** The combined stages of change and multimodal screening
matrix is:
A. intended to focus on the personality factors that affect a client's
decision to participate in an exercise program __ different
developmental periods in his or her life.
B. intended to provide health professionals with information
regarding how significant others enter into the __ at different
times to affect the client's desire to participate.
C. intended to provide wellness professionals with background
information on the reasons and causes for __ desire to participate
in a fitness program.
D. intended to prompt wellness professionals to consider the
client's most influential factors related to behavior change as well
as his or her readiness to change. - CORRECT ANSWER D.
intended to prompt wellness professionals to consider the client's
most influential factors related to behavior change as well as his
or her readiness to change.
The addition of a positive consequence after a desired behavior to
increase the frequency of that behavior is referred to as:
A. negative reinforcement
B. punishment.
C. positive reinforcement.
D. response cost. - CORRECT ANSWER C. positive
reinforcement.
A training client that says "I don't think I can do that exercise well
at all" is displaying a low level of:
A. self-regulation.
B. self-efficacy.
C. modeling behavior.
D. pre-contemplation. - CORRECT ANSWER B. self-efficacy.
, A client imagines himself with a smaller waist and more definition,
he is using imagery to experience positive attitude regarding his:
A. appearance.
B. technique.
C. exercise self-efficacy.
D. golf score. - CORRECT ANSWER A. appearance.
NASM refers to which organization's code of conduct as a
standard of ethical behavior?
A. International Wellness Coaches [IWC]
B. American Psychological Associations [APA]
C. American Therapist's Union [ATU]
D. National Therapist Association [NTA] - CORRECT ANSWER
B. American Psychological Associations [APA]
** Lazarus' multimodal screening model is especially helpful to
fitness professionals because it can:
A. screen potential clients based on a series of psychological and
physiological tests to determine __ program
B. screen potential clients so that the health professional would
know if they were going to put in __ to achieve their goals
C. identify biomechanical, motoric, physiological, psychological,
and sociological factors affecting the __ of clients
D. identify the greatest barrier to change and then the health
professional can implement strategies to __ eliminated this barrier
in the shortest amount of time - CORRECT ANSWER A. screen
potential clients based on a series of psychological and
physiological tests to determine __ program
Which of the following is a benefit of adhering to a high standard
of ethical and professional conduct?
LATEST 2023 EXAM 350 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+
Which of the following is a component of a successfully
formulated goal?
A. Has an open-ended timeframe
B. Appears vague and undefined
C. Distracts from the desired income
D. Enhances the client's motivation - CORRECT ANSWER D.
Enhances the client's motivation
** The effectiveness of behavior therapy in many different
populations and settings has:
A. been conclusively demonstrated by scientific reviews in
scholarly journals, books, and book chapters.
B. not yet been demonstrated in the scientific literature.
C. been shown in a series of testimonials speaking to the
effectiveness of behavior therapy techniques.
D. received some limited support in the scientific literature but
more research is necessary to demonstrate its effectiveness. -
CORRECT ANSWER A. been conclusively demonstrated by
scientific reviews in scholarly journals, books, and book chapters.
,** The combined stages of change and multimodal screening
matrix is:
A. intended to focus on the personality factors that affect a client's
decision to participate in an exercise program __ different
developmental periods in his or her life.
B. intended to provide health professionals with information
regarding how significant others enter into the __ at different
times to affect the client's desire to participate.
C. intended to provide wellness professionals with background
information on the reasons and causes for __ desire to participate
in a fitness program.
D. intended to prompt wellness professionals to consider the
client's most influential factors related to behavior change as well
as his or her readiness to change. - CORRECT ANSWER D.
intended to prompt wellness professionals to consider the client's
most influential factors related to behavior change as well as his
or her readiness to change.
The addition of a positive consequence after a desired behavior to
increase the frequency of that behavior is referred to as:
A. negative reinforcement
B. punishment.
C. positive reinforcement.
D. response cost. - CORRECT ANSWER C. positive
reinforcement.
A training client that says "I don't think I can do that exercise well
at all" is displaying a low level of:
A. self-regulation.
B. self-efficacy.
C. modeling behavior.
D. pre-contemplation. - CORRECT ANSWER B. self-efficacy.
, A client imagines himself with a smaller waist and more definition,
he is using imagery to experience positive attitude regarding his:
A. appearance.
B. technique.
C. exercise self-efficacy.
D. golf score. - CORRECT ANSWER A. appearance.
NASM refers to which organization's code of conduct as a
standard of ethical behavior?
A. International Wellness Coaches [IWC]
B. American Psychological Associations [APA]
C. American Therapist's Union [ATU]
D. National Therapist Association [NTA] - CORRECT ANSWER
B. American Psychological Associations [APA]
** Lazarus' multimodal screening model is especially helpful to
fitness professionals because it can:
A. screen potential clients based on a series of psychological and
physiological tests to determine __ program
B. screen potential clients so that the health professional would
know if they were going to put in __ to achieve their goals
C. identify biomechanical, motoric, physiological, psychological,
and sociological factors affecting the __ of clients
D. identify the greatest barrier to change and then the health
professional can implement strategies to __ eliminated this barrier
in the shortest amount of time - CORRECT ANSWER A. screen
potential clients based on a series of psychological and
physiological tests to determine __ program
Which of the following is a benefit of adhering to a high standard
of ethical and professional conduct?
