CMPC Review UPDATED Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Resonance-Cyclical Process - CORRECT ANSWER- Goal: Achieve a seamless fit between
internal self and external environment
Process: Dream-> Preparation-> Setback-> Obstacles-> Success-> Revisit Dream
Cognitive-Behavioral Process - CORRECT ANSWER- Goal: Individual becomes aware of
own thoughts and behaviors
Process: Identify how situations, thoughts, and behaviors influence emotions; and improve
feelings by changing dysfunctional thoughts and behaviors.
Acceptance/Mindfulness Process - CORRECT ANSWER- Goal: Develop greater
psychological flexibility
Affirmation Statements - CORRECT ANSWER- positive statements that can help you to
challenge and overcome self-sabotaging and negative thoughts
Reflecting - CORRECT ANSWER- complex process of which self- observation
Systems theory - CORRECT ANSWER- Focus: The understanding of the well-being of the
whole organism.
Studies patterns of interactions and acknowledges the ways individuals are affected by their
surrounding relationships.
Solution-focused Brief Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER- conversation is directed toward
developing and achieving the client's vision of solutions
Trans-theoretical Model (Stages of Change) - CORRECT ANSWER- Focus: decision-making
of the individual and is a model of intentional change
Health-Belief Model - CORRECT ANSWER- Focus: guide health promotion and disease
prevention programs.
It is used to explain and predict individual changes in health behaviors.
, Perceived susceptibility - CORRECT ANSWER- This refers to a person's subjective
perception of the risk of acquiring an illness or disease. There is wide variation in a person's
feelings of personal vulnerability to an illness or disease.
Perceived severity - CORRECT ANSWER- This refers to a person's feelings on the
seriousness of contracting an illness or disease (or leaving the illness or disease untreated).
There is wide variation in a person's feelings of severity, and often a person considers the
medical consequences (e.g., death, disability) and social consequences (e.g., family life,
social relationships) when evaluating the severity.
Perceived benefits - CORRECT ANSWER- This refers to a person's perception of the
effectiveness of various actions available to reduce the threat of illness or disease (or to cure
illness or disease). The course of action a person takes in preventing (or curing) illness or
disease relies on consideration and evaluation of both perceived susceptibility and perceived
benefit, such that the person would accept the recommended health action if it was perceived
as beneficial.
Perceived barriers - CORRECT ANSWER- This refers to a person's feelings on the obstacles
to performing a recommended health action. There is wide variation in a person's feelings of
barriers, or impediments, which lead to a cost/benefit analysis. The person weighs the
effectiveness of the actions against the perceptions that it may be expensive, dangerous (e.g.,
side effects), unpleasant (e.g., painful), time-consuming, or inconvenient.
Cue to action - CORRECT ANSWER- This is the stimulus needed to trigger the decision-
making process to accept a recommended health action. These cues can be internal (e.g.,
chest pains, wheezing, etc.) or external (e.g., advice from others, illness of family member,
newspaper article, etc.).
Self-efficacy - CORRECT ANSWER- This refers to the level of a person's confidence in his
or her ability to successfully perform a behavior.
Theory of Planned Behavior - CORRECT ANSWER- theory which explains all behaviors
over which people have the ability to exert self-control.
key component to this model is behavioral intentions. behavioral achievement depends on
both motivation (intention) and ability (behavioral control).
distinguishes between three types of beliefs - behavioral, normative, and control.
and CORRECT Answers
Resonance-Cyclical Process - CORRECT ANSWER- Goal: Achieve a seamless fit between
internal self and external environment
Process: Dream-> Preparation-> Setback-> Obstacles-> Success-> Revisit Dream
Cognitive-Behavioral Process - CORRECT ANSWER- Goal: Individual becomes aware of
own thoughts and behaviors
Process: Identify how situations, thoughts, and behaviors influence emotions; and improve
feelings by changing dysfunctional thoughts and behaviors.
Acceptance/Mindfulness Process - CORRECT ANSWER- Goal: Develop greater
psychological flexibility
Affirmation Statements - CORRECT ANSWER- positive statements that can help you to
challenge and overcome self-sabotaging and negative thoughts
Reflecting - CORRECT ANSWER- complex process of which self- observation
Systems theory - CORRECT ANSWER- Focus: The understanding of the well-being of the
whole organism.
Studies patterns of interactions and acknowledges the ways individuals are affected by their
surrounding relationships.
Solution-focused Brief Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER- conversation is directed toward
developing and achieving the client's vision of solutions
Trans-theoretical Model (Stages of Change) - CORRECT ANSWER- Focus: decision-making
of the individual and is a model of intentional change
Health-Belief Model - CORRECT ANSWER- Focus: guide health promotion and disease
prevention programs.
It is used to explain and predict individual changes in health behaviors.
, Perceived susceptibility - CORRECT ANSWER- This refers to a person's subjective
perception of the risk of acquiring an illness or disease. There is wide variation in a person's
feelings of personal vulnerability to an illness or disease.
Perceived severity - CORRECT ANSWER- This refers to a person's feelings on the
seriousness of contracting an illness or disease (or leaving the illness or disease untreated).
There is wide variation in a person's feelings of severity, and often a person considers the
medical consequences (e.g., death, disability) and social consequences (e.g., family life,
social relationships) when evaluating the severity.
Perceived benefits - CORRECT ANSWER- This refers to a person's perception of the
effectiveness of various actions available to reduce the threat of illness or disease (or to cure
illness or disease). The course of action a person takes in preventing (or curing) illness or
disease relies on consideration and evaluation of both perceived susceptibility and perceived
benefit, such that the person would accept the recommended health action if it was perceived
as beneficial.
Perceived barriers - CORRECT ANSWER- This refers to a person's feelings on the obstacles
to performing a recommended health action. There is wide variation in a person's feelings of
barriers, or impediments, which lead to a cost/benefit analysis. The person weighs the
effectiveness of the actions against the perceptions that it may be expensive, dangerous (e.g.,
side effects), unpleasant (e.g., painful), time-consuming, or inconvenient.
Cue to action - CORRECT ANSWER- This is the stimulus needed to trigger the decision-
making process to accept a recommended health action. These cues can be internal (e.g.,
chest pains, wheezing, etc.) or external (e.g., advice from others, illness of family member,
newspaper article, etc.).
Self-efficacy - CORRECT ANSWER- This refers to the level of a person's confidence in his
or her ability to successfully perform a behavior.
Theory of Planned Behavior - CORRECT ANSWER- theory which explains all behaviors
over which people have the ability to exert self-control.
key component to this model is behavioral intentions. behavioral achievement depends on
both motivation (intention) and ability (behavioral control).
distinguishes between three types of beliefs - behavioral, normative, and control.
