ACE Health Coach Certification Questions With Complete
Solutions
What is the illness-wellness continnum?
A way to understand how wellness can evolve and/or devolve in
an individual
What are the 5 A's of working with client's with heart disease?
- Assess: Ask questions and learn about the client
- Advise: Ask questions to evoke change
- Agree: Co-create a program
- Assist: Help them with their program (barriers, problem-
solving, etc.)
- Arrange: Arrange social support systems
What are the 8 dimensions of wellness?
- Occupational: Engaging with one's work in a way which feels
enriching, rewarding, and meaningful
- Physical: Physical activity, nutrition, and sleep
,- Social: Engaging one's interconnectedness with others for the
betterment of the community
- Intellectual: Activities that engage and stimulate mental
activity
- Spiritual: Aligning values with worldview to establish
meaning and purpose
- Emotional: Expression and management of one's feelings
- Financial: Establishing healthy financial habits
- Environmental: seeking surroundings that promote safety and
wellness
What are the 8 principles of integrative medicine?
1. The patient and health pro are partners in the healing process
2. All factors that influence health and wellness are taken into
consideration
3. Use of both conventional and traditional forms of medicine
4. Less invasive and more natural methods should be used as
often as possible
5. No form of therapy or intervention is accepted uncritically
6. Good medicine is based in good science. It is inquiry driven
and open to new paradigms
7. Along with treatment, health promotion and prevention are
critical
8. Integrative medicine professionals should exemplify the
,principles and commit to self-exploration and personal-
development
What is inside the scope of a health coach?
- Apply effective communication skills, including open-ended
questions, affirmations, reflective listening, and summarizing to
increase a client's internal motivation to make a health-behavior
change
- Support clients in developing achievable and measurable goals,
monitor their success, and motivate ongoing behavior change
- Empower clients to develop and leverage their strengths to
support successful behavioral changes
How can you calculate a client's ideal weight based on current
and target body fat %?
Current body weight x % current fat-free mass (FFM) = Current
FFM
Current FFM / % ideal FFM = Ideal weight
What is outside the scope of a health coach?
- Counseling, therapy, and consulting
- Nutrition prescription and meal planning
- Exercise routines
- Laboratory evaluation and analysis
- Diagnosis of medical or mental health ailments
- Recommendation, promotion, or sale of nutritional
, supplements
- Other practices or activities where the coach doesn't have the
requisite training or credentials
What are the 4 principles of ethics the client-coach relationship
is based upon?
1. Autonomy: Client can act on their own free will and initiative
2. Non-maleficence: Reduce the amount of harm done as much
as possible
3. Beneficence: Promote what is based on the best evidence
4. Justice: Treat people equally and equitably, displaying
positive regard
What are the major roles of a health coach?
- Client-coach relationship: Must understand how to express
empathy and build rapport and trust
- Coach presence and self-awareness: Must do the internal work
to recognize and remove biases and bring a positive coaching
experience to all clients
- Health and wellness concepts: Have a solid foundation and
understanding of health and wellness to bring to the client. They
must also understand behavior change, motivation, and coaching
therapy.
- Ethics & Standards of practice: SHould have a strong
understanding of the scope of practice and to safeguard their
clients' confidentiality
What is the definition of coaching?
Solutions
What is the illness-wellness continnum?
A way to understand how wellness can evolve and/or devolve in
an individual
What are the 5 A's of working with client's with heart disease?
- Assess: Ask questions and learn about the client
- Advise: Ask questions to evoke change
- Agree: Co-create a program
- Assist: Help them with their program (barriers, problem-
solving, etc.)
- Arrange: Arrange social support systems
What are the 8 dimensions of wellness?
- Occupational: Engaging with one's work in a way which feels
enriching, rewarding, and meaningful
- Physical: Physical activity, nutrition, and sleep
,- Social: Engaging one's interconnectedness with others for the
betterment of the community
- Intellectual: Activities that engage and stimulate mental
activity
- Spiritual: Aligning values with worldview to establish
meaning and purpose
- Emotional: Expression and management of one's feelings
- Financial: Establishing healthy financial habits
- Environmental: seeking surroundings that promote safety and
wellness
What are the 8 principles of integrative medicine?
1. The patient and health pro are partners in the healing process
2. All factors that influence health and wellness are taken into
consideration
3. Use of both conventional and traditional forms of medicine
4. Less invasive and more natural methods should be used as
often as possible
5. No form of therapy or intervention is accepted uncritically
6. Good medicine is based in good science. It is inquiry driven
and open to new paradigms
7. Along with treatment, health promotion and prevention are
critical
8. Integrative medicine professionals should exemplify the
,principles and commit to self-exploration and personal-
development
What is inside the scope of a health coach?
- Apply effective communication skills, including open-ended
questions, affirmations, reflective listening, and summarizing to
increase a client's internal motivation to make a health-behavior
change
- Support clients in developing achievable and measurable goals,
monitor their success, and motivate ongoing behavior change
- Empower clients to develop and leverage their strengths to
support successful behavioral changes
How can you calculate a client's ideal weight based on current
and target body fat %?
Current body weight x % current fat-free mass (FFM) = Current
FFM
Current FFM / % ideal FFM = Ideal weight
What is outside the scope of a health coach?
- Counseling, therapy, and consulting
- Nutrition prescription and meal planning
- Exercise routines
- Laboratory evaluation and analysis
- Diagnosis of medical or mental health ailments
- Recommendation, promotion, or sale of nutritional
, supplements
- Other practices or activities where the coach doesn't have the
requisite training or credentials
What are the 4 principles of ethics the client-coach relationship
is based upon?
1. Autonomy: Client can act on their own free will and initiative
2. Non-maleficence: Reduce the amount of harm done as much
as possible
3. Beneficence: Promote what is based on the best evidence
4. Justice: Treat people equally and equitably, displaying
positive regard
What are the major roles of a health coach?
- Client-coach relationship: Must understand how to express
empathy and build rapport and trust
- Coach presence and self-awareness: Must do the internal work
to recognize and remove biases and bring a positive coaching
experience to all clients
- Health and wellness concepts: Have a solid foundation and
understanding of health and wellness to bring to the client. They
must also understand behavior change, motivation, and coaching
therapy.
- Ethics & Standards of practice: SHould have a strong
understanding of the scope of practice and to safeguard their
clients' confidentiality
What is the definition of coaching?
