NB-HWC Exam Prep questions with correct
answers
Mindfulness - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅- the nonjudgmental awareness of what is happening in the
present moment.
-It is considered a health-promoting intervention that enhances the coaching process.
-May help clients become more aware and awake to where they are and what they are doing. It is a way
to break free from being on autopilot.
examples of mindfulness exercises - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Breathing
Tasting
Sensory (see/hear/feel/taste/smell)
Meditation
Gratitude practices
Coaching - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅a vehicle for helping people achieve a higher level of well-being
and performance in life and work, particularly when change is hard.
Coaching Process - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅requires a client's self-determination as a driver, moving
them from dependency to empowerment, thereby making longer lasting, confidence-building, internally
motivated changes that are appropriate for their evolving lives.
Pros of Client Assessments - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅-Trust and rapport
-Honoring personality preferences
-The written word (qualitative and quantitative data)
-Developing discrepancy
,Cons of Client Assessments - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅-Less room for collaboration and more room for
coach to wear the expert hat
-Evaluation rather than empathy
-Assessments are completed by humans (AKA self-report bias and other unreliable factors)
Assessments - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅-have the ability to mindfully stimulate the coaching process
before the first session, as they respond to questions that deliberately ask about one's priorities, needs
values, readiness, and challenges
-Assessments "create awareness"
Creating Awareness is important because - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅It begins the coaching process and
prompts clients to expand their awareness of what is possible
Knowing where a client stands in terms of their readiness is critical for setting goals that are appropriate
to the client's stage of change and for building self-efficacy
Health Risk Assessment (HRA) - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅they are widely validated and used as tools by
health plants and employers to measure health and lifestyle status as well as change readiness
Can also identify "red flags" with respect to mental health or medical care gaps
Purpose of a vision - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅identifies what people want not what they don't want
Reflections - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅- function like mirrors, enabling clients to see themselves in new
ways and improve both motivation and capacity for change
- tap into emotions and needs (questions are left-brain)
Outcome Goal - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅"I will lose 3 pounds this week"
Behavioral Goal - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅"I will eat unsweetened oatmeal with fresh fruit each
morning, Monday-Friday"
, SMART - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Specific
Measurable
Action-based
Realistic
Time-bound
Locke and Latham Goal Setting Theory - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Setting goals that are difficult, but
achievable, is a significant motivator of performance
Elicit-Provide-Elicit - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅An approach the clinician uses to ask, listen and inform
that encourages patients to talk about and hear their intrinsic motivation for change
**Use this before giving advice
Strengths - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅-A valuable or useful ability, asset, or quality
-Change process is more likely to succeed when clients identify and stay connected to this
Values - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Building block as the center of foundation, it represents both the
higher purpose and deeper meaning for change... this is what keep them going in the face of big and
small challenges
Beliefs - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅specific ideas that people hold to be true
Unfailing affirmation - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅steadfastly acknowledging the client's capacities,
characteristics, and strengths for change
Health Literacy - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅"the degree to which an individual has the capacity to
obtain, communicate, process, and understand basic health information and services to make
appropriate health decisions" -CDC.gov
Strategies for Building Trust & Rapport - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅-Hold unconditional positive regard
answers
Mindfulness - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅- the nonjudgmental awareness of what is happening in the
present moment.
-It is considered a health-promoting intervention that enhances the coaching process.
-May help clients become more aware and awake to where they are and what they are doing. It is a way
to break free from being on autopilot.
examples of mindfulness exercises - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Breathing
Tasting
Sensory (see/hear/feel/taste/smell)
Meditation
Gratitude practices
Coaching - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅a vehicle for helping people achieve a higher level of well-being
and performance in life and work, particularly when change is hard.
Coaching Process - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅requires a client's self-determination as a driver, moving
them from dependency to empowerment, thereby making longer lasting, confidence-building, internally
motivated changes that are appropriate for their evolving lives.
Pros of Client Assessments - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅-Trust and rapport
-Honoring personality preferences
-The written word (qualitative and quantitative data)
-Developing discrepancy
,Cons of Client Assessments - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅-Less room for collaboration and more room for
coach to wear the expert hat
-Evaluation rather than empathy
-Assessments are completed by humans (AKA self-report bias and other unreliable factors)
Assessments - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅-have the ability to mindfully stimulate the coaching process
before the first session, as they respond to questions that deliberately ask about one's priorities, needs
values, readiness, and challenges
-Assessments "create awareness"
Creating Awareness is important because - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅It begins the coaching process and
prompts clients to expand their awareness of what is possible
Knowing where a client stands in terms of their readiness is critical for setting goals that are appropriate
to the client's stage of change and for building self-efficacy
Health Risk Assessment (HRA) - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅they are widely validated and used as tools by
health plants and employers to measure health and lifestyle status as well as change readiness
Can also identify "red flags" with respect to mental health or medical care gaps
Purpose of a vision - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅identifies what people want not what they don't want
Reflections - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅- function like mirrors, enabling clients to see themselves in new
ways and improve both motivation and capacity for change
- tap into emotions and needs (questions are left-brain)
Outcome Goal - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅"I will lose 3 pounds this week"
Behavioral Goal - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅"I will eat unsweetened oatmeal with fresh fruit each
morning, Monday-Friday"
, SMART - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Specific
Measurable
Action-based
Realistic
Time-bound
Locke and Latham Goal Setting Theory - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Setting goals that are difficult, but
achievable, is a significant motivator of performance
Elicit-Provide-Elicit - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅An approach the clinician uses to ask, listen and inform
that encourages patients to talk about and hear their intrinsic motivation for change
**Use this before giving advice
Strengths - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅-A valuable or useful ability, asset, or quality
-Change process is more likely to succeed when clients identify and stay connected to this
Values - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Building block as the center of foundation, it represents both the
higher purpose and deeper meaning for change... this is what keep them going in the face of big and
small challenges
Beliefs - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅specific ideas that people hold to be true
Unfailing affirmation - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅steadfastly acknowledging the client's capacities,
characteristics, and strengths for change
Health Literacy - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅"the degree to which an individual has the capacity to
obtain, communicate, process, and understand basic health information and services to make
appropriate health decisions" -CDC.gov
Strategies for Building Trust & Rapport - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅-Hold unconditional positive regard
