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Behavior Change Specialist Exam Questions
With Verified Answers.
Which of the following is NOT considered a coaching communication competency?
A. Establishing trust and rapport
B. Providing answers to the client
C. Asking appropriate questions
D. Providing helpful examples - answer✔B. Providing answers to the client
Which of the following is an appropriate application of the stages of change by a wellness
professional?
A. Selecting interventions to help progress the client through each stage
B. Classifying the client by their stage of change for insurance purposes
C. Deciding which type of exercise the client will find most enjoyable
D. Determining how much time the professional should spend with the client - answer✔A.
Selecting interventions to help progress the client through each stage
Exercise imagery can function to enhance which of the following for the client?
A. Efficacy
B. Technique
C. Feelings
D. All of the above - answer✔D. All of the above
The type of interpersonal influence where a client perceives the care that a wellness professional
has for them refers to as:
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A. Normative influence
B. Informative influence
C. Technical influence
D. Social support - answer✔D. Social support
** If a client is in the Pre-contemplation stage, what might the content of their journaling consist
of?
A. Very general thoughts and feelings around his or her every day life, noting moments of stress
and happiness
B. Thoughts and feelings about a recent relapse in behavior and strategies for improvement
C. Very specific thoughts and feelings around his or her struggles with the nutritional and
activity changes demanded of their program
D. - answer✔A. Very general thoughts and feelings around his or her every day life, noting
moments of stress and happiness
What are three types of social influence?
A. Social support, informative influences, and normative influences
B. Physical activity and dietary guidelines, physician recommendations, and educational media
C. Emotional support, instrumental support, and informational support
D. Social bias, peer pressure, and social media - answer✔A. Social support, informative
influences, and normative influences
Having a client identify negative thoughts and extreme or absolute words is an effective
intervention for which stage of change?
A. Contemplation
B. Preparation
C. Pre-contemplation
D. Action - answer✔A. Contemplation
** Ambivalence by the client can be best handled by the coach by:
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A. providing a specific exercise program to follow
B. exploring the reason for ambivalence through a series of questions
C. setting goals for what the client wants to achieve
D. - answer✔B. exploring the reason for ambivalence through a series of questions
The EAT acronym to describe a process of dealing with negative emotions stands for:
A. Emotion - Automatic Problematic Thoughts - Time-out Thoughts
B. Emotion - Automatic Problematic Thoughts - Turn-around Thoughts
C. Expression - Automatic Problematic Thoughts - Time-out Thoughts
D. Expression - Automatic Stressor Maintenance - Turn-around Thoughts - answer✔B. Emotion
- Automatic Problematic Thoughts - Turn-around Thoughts
** An exerciser that is anxious and not confident about their ability to complete an exercise is
experiencing a low amount of:
A. self-efficacy
B. self-awareness
C. self-absorption
D. self-centeredness - answer✔A. self-efficacy
** When asking the question "What would long-term success look like?" which sage of the
OSCAR model of __ session flow is the coach currently in?
A. Actions
B. Outcome
C. Situation
D. Choices/Consequences - answer✔B. Outcome
** John, an office worker who is dissatisfied with his sedentary job, decides to schedule an
introductory session with a personal trainer. Which stage is John in?
Behavior Change Specialist Exam Questions
With Verified Answers.
Which of the following is NOT considered a coaching communication competency?
A. Establishing trust and rapport
B. Providing answers to the client
C. Asking appropriate questions
D. Providing helpful examples - answer✔B. Providing answers to the client
Which of the following is an appropriate application of the stages of change by a wellness
professional?
A. Selecting interventions to help progress the client through each stage
B. Classifying the client by their stage of change for insurance purposes
C. Deciding which type of exercise the client will find most enjoyable
D. Determining how much time the professional should spend with the client - answer✔A.
Selecting interventions to help progress the client through each stage
Exercise imagery can function to enhance which of the following for the client?
A. Efficacy
B. Technique
C. Feelings
D. All of the above - answer✔D. All of the above
The type of interpersonal influence where a client perceives the care that a wellness professional
has for them refers to as:
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A. Normative influence
B. Informative influence
C. Technical influence
D. Social support - answer✔D. Social support
** If a client is in the Pre-contemplation stage, what might the content of their journaling consist
of?
A. Very general thoughts and feelings around his or her every day life, noting moments of stress
and happiness
B. Thoughts and feelings about a recent relapse in behavior and strategies for improvement
C. Very specific thoughts and feelings around his or her struggles with the nutritional and
activity changes demanded of their program
D. - answer✔A. Very general thoughts and feelings around his or her every day life, noting
moments of stress and happiness
What are three types of social influence?
A. Social support, informative influences, and normative influences
B. Physical activity and dietary guidelines, physician recommendations, and educational media
C. Emotional support, instrumental support, and informational support
D. Social bias, peer pressure, and social media - answer✔A. Social support, informative
influences, and normative influences
Having a client identify negative thoughts and extreme or absolute words is an effective
intervention for which stage of change?
A. Contemplation
B. Preparation
C. Pre-contemplation
D. Action - answer✔A. Contemplation
** Ambivalence by the client can be best handled by the coach by:
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A. providing a specific exercise program to follow
B. exploring the reason for ambivalence through a series of questions
C. setting goals for what the client wants to achieve
D. - answer✔B. exploring the reason for ambivalence through a series of questions
The EAT acronym to describe a process of dealing with negative emotions stands for:
A. Emotion - Automatic Problematic Thoughts - Time-out Thoughts
B. Emotion - Automatic Problematic Thoughts - Turn-around Thoughts
C. Expression - Automatic Problematic Thoughts - Time-out Thoughts
D. Expression - Automatic Stressor Maintenance - Turn-around Thoughts - answer✔B. Emotion
- Automatic Problematic Thoughts - Turn-around Thoughts
** An exerciser that is anxious and not confident about their ability to complete an exercise is
experiencing a low amount of:
A. self-efficacy
B. self-awareness
C. self-absorption
D. self-centeredness - answer✔A. self-efficacy
** When asking the question "What would long-term success look like?" which sage of the
OSCAR model of __ session flow is the coach currently in?
A. Actions
B. Outcome
C. Situation
D. Choices/Consequences - answer✔B. Outcome
** John, an office worker who is dissatisfied with his sedentary job, decides to schedule an
introductory session with a personal trainer. Which stage is John in?
