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BEHAVIOR CHANGE SPECIALIST EXAM 2025 LATEST
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES, 99% PASS
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.
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** 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.
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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?
SPECIALISTS EXAM
BEHAVIOR CHANGE SPECIALIST EXAM 2025 LATEST
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES, 99% PASS
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.
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** 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.
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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?
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