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A 48 year-old, female client is on her fifth coaching session and has made some progress toward
her goal to eat a serving of fruit and a serving of vegetables every day at work for lunch. She
indicated that she does struggle the most whenever her co-workers go out to lunch because she
either has to decline or when she goes with them she ends up not meeting her goal for that day.
During the coaching session, a coach would most likely focus on:
A. Building the client's willpower
B. Listing the reasons why the client should not eat out
C. Exploring the benefits of eating alone
D. Exploring what the client feels is most important in this situation ✔✔D. Exploring what the
client feels is most important in this situation
When coaches ask about the pros and cons of making a change and the pros and cons of not
making a change they are engaging in what coaching activity?
,A. Growth mindset
B. Active listening
C. Empathy
D. Decisional Balance ✔✔D. Decisional Balance
A client is on their 5th session and has set the goal to get better sleep in general most days of the
week.
Client: I slept horrible all week.
Coach: Tell me about it.Client: I am very stressed at work and anyone with my stress wouldn't
sleep well.
Coach: Stress is the primary reason you didn't sleep well this week.
Client: Yep. And anyone else that had the week I had would have done the same things.
Coach: There was one behavior you zeroed in on last week which was no social media before
bed to help with that too. How did that go?
, Client: There is no way I had any other choice. When work is this stressful using social media at
night helps relax me.
Discord may appear during a coaching session. Which of the following best categorizes the type
of discord the client may be exhibiting?
A. Defending
B. Interrupting
C. Disengagement
D. Questioning ✔✔A. Defending
Your client is going to be assessed for obesity at his next visit. The measurement is best
for assessing visceral fat.
A. Abdominal skinfold
B. BMI
C. Waist circumference
D. Hip circumference ✔✔C. Waist circumference
A 48 year-old, female client is on her fifth coaching session and has made some progress toward
her goal to eat a serving of fruit and a serving of vegetables every day at work for lunch. She
indicated that she does struggle the most whenever her co-workers go out to lunch because she
either has to decline or when she goes with them she ends up not meeting her goal for that day.
During the coaching session, a coach would most likely focus on:
A. Building the client's willpower
B. Listing the reasons why the client should not eat out
C. Exploring the benefits of eating alone
D. Exploring what the client feels is most important in this situation ✔✔D. Exploring what the
client feels is most important in this situation
When coaches ask about the pros and cons of making a change and the pros and cons of not
making a change they are engaging in what coaching activity?
,A. Growth mindset
B. Active listening
C. Empathy
D. Decisional Balance ✔✔D. Decisional Balance
A client is on their 5th session and has set the goal to get better sleep in general most days of the
week.
Client: I slept horrible all week.
Coach: Tell me about it.Client: I am very stressed at work and anyone with my stress wouldn't
sleep well.
Coach: Stress is the primary reason you didn't sleep well this week.
Client: Yep. And anyone else that had the week I had would have done the same things.
Coach: There was one behavior you zeroed in on last week which was no social media before
bed to help with that too. How did that go?
, Client: There is no way I had any other choice. When work is this stressful using social media at
night helps relax me.
Discord may appear during a coaching session. Which of the following best categorizes the type
of discord the client may be exhibiting?
A. Defending
B. Interrupting
C. Disengagement
D. Questioning ✔✔A. Defending
Your client is going to be assessed for obesity at his next visit. The measurement is best
for assessing visceral fat.
A. Abdominal skinfold
B. BMI
C. Waist circumference
D. Hip circumference ✔✔C. Waist circumference
