ISSA TRANSFORMATION SPECIALIST COMPETENCE EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
1. The strongest predicator of long lasting behavioral change is:
The relation- ship between the personal trainer and the client.
2. : Inspiring change in the client begins with: Understanding
the client on a fundamental level.
3. : Research by Prochaska and colleagues has shown that
interventions to change behavior are if they are "stage-
matched," that is, "matched to each individual's stage of
change".: More effective
4. Which is not a factor necessary for people to change: Someone
to hold them accountable to change
5. People in the pre-contemplation stage: Minimize the risks of no
changing.
6. In the contemplation stage people weigh the benefits and
risks of change-
: Equally.
7. Assessing the stage of change can be helped with: Open-ende
questions.
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,ISSA TRANSFORMATION SPECIALIST COMPETENCE EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
8. People in the pre-contemplation stage can be helped by:
Shifting the deci- sional balance.
9. People in the action stage can be helped by: Commitmen
strategies
10.When in the maintenance stage, which is helpful: Assessing
and managing stressors.
11.The goal of the motivational interviewing coach is to:
Expose the client's ambivalence.
12.Creating discrepancy through open-ended questions will:
Enhance motiva- tion for positive change.
13.Which is NOT an assumption of motivational interviewing?:
Change must begin from outside the client.
14.Which is NOT a principle of motivational interviewing?:
Create accountabil- ity.
15.An empathic style .: Listens rather than tells.
16.If you are NOT listening reflectively, but are instead imposing
direction and judgment, you are .: Creating barriers between
yourself and the client.
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, ISSA TRANSFORMATION SPECIALIST COMPETENCE EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
17.In uncovering ambivalence, the goal is to .: -
Create a discrepancy (a difference) between where a person is (their
current lifestyle choices that include diet and exercise) and where they
would like to be (losing weight, exercising more, looking and feeling
better).
18.Which is NOT a strategy to deal with client resistance?
Cornering.
19.: Summarizing consists of .: Distilling
the essence of what a client has expressed and communicating it
back.
20. Scaling questions are a very effective way to draw the
client's attention to
.: The processes that are influencing her behavior
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QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
1. The strongest predicator of long lasting behavioral change is:
The relation- ship between the personal trainer and the client.
2. : Inspiring change in the client begins with: Understanding
the client on a fundamental level.
3. : Research by Prochaska and colleagues has shown that
interventions to change behavior are if they are "stage-
matched," that is, "matched to each individual's stage of
change".: More effective
4. Which is not a factor necessary for people to change: Someone
to hold them accountable to change
5. People in the pre-contemplation stage: Minimize the risks of no
changing.
6. In the contemplation stage people weigh the benefits and
risks of change-
: Equally.
7. Assessing the stage of change can be helped with: Open-ende
questions.
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,ISSA TRANSFORMATION SPECIALIST COMPETENCE EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
8. People in the pre-contemplation stage can be helped by:
Shifting the deci- sional balance.
9. People in the action stage can be helped by: Commitmen
strategies
10.When in the maintenance stage, which is helpful: Assessing
and managing stressors.
11.The goal of the motivational interviewing coach is to:
Expose the client's ambivalence.
12.Creating discrepancy through open-ended questions will:
Enhance motiva- tion for positive change.
13.Which is NOT an assumption of motivational interviewing?:
Change must begin from outside the client.
14.Which is NOT a principle of motivational interviewing?:
Create accountabil- ity.
15.An empathic style .: Listens rather than tells.
16.If you are NOT listening reflectively, but are instead imposing
direction and judgment, you are .: Creating barriers between
yourself and the client.
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, ISSA TRANSFORMATION SPECIALIST COMPETENCE EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
17.In uncovering ambivalence, the goal is to .: -
Create a discrepancy (a difference) between where a person is (their
current lifestyle choices that include diet and exercise) and where they
would like to be (losing weight, exercising more, looking and feeling
better).
18.Which is NOT a strategy to deal with client resistance?
Cornering.
19.: Summarizing consists of .: Distilling
the essence of what a client has expressed and communicating it
back.
20. Scaling questions are a very effective way to draw the
client's attention to
.: The processes that are influencing her behavior
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