Top-Rated NHSC Past Questions & Answers
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A client who describes having a core group of friends who often bike or walk together BEST describes
which motivational factor?
Correct! b. Relatedness
d. Motivation
a. Competence
c. Self-efficacy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Relatedness
For what percentage of global death is chronic disease responsible?
a. 70%
b. 60%
c. 50%
d. 80% - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔70%
Which element is being advocated as an addition to the "triple aim" of healthcare, making it a
"quadruple aim?"
d. Reduced per capita cost of healthcare
b. Improve patient experience
c. Improve population health
a. Provider well-being - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Provider well-being
,Which of the following BEST describes the role of the National Commission for Certifying Agencies
(NCCA)?
b. Determine exam content
c. Create eligibility requirements
a. Write relevant exam questions
d. Provide proper exam administration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d. Provide proper exam administration
Which of the following is included in the scope of practice of an ACE Certified Health Coach?
d. Provide guidance on choosing supplements
b. Prescribe effective exercise regimens
c. Ask open-ended questions
a. Develop complete meal plans - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c. Ask open-ended questions
The phrase "First, do no harm" is described by which pillar of ethics?
a. Beneficence
c. Autonomy
b. Justice
c. Non-maleficence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c. Non-maleficence
An ACE Certified Health Coach who also teaches yoga at a local studio would exhibit a conflict of interest
in which of the following situations?
d. Hold coaching sessions at another location
c. Teach breathing techniques often used in yoga mediation
a. Incorporate yoga into the client's current exercise program
b. Suggest the client attend their fee-based yoga class weekly - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b. Suggest the
client attend their fee-based yoga class weekly
,Which of the following BEST describes the field of coaching?
a. Functions somewhere within the present and desired future
c. Concerned with the past
b. Comes from a place of healing
d. Often leads to a diagnosis and treatment of dysfunction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a. Functions
somewhere within the present and desired future
Which of the following statements about noncommunicable diseases is MOST accurate?
a. Genetics do not play a role in development
d. They are greatly impacted by lifestyle choices
c. Sedentary behavior is the leading cause
b. Onset is quick and often unpreventable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d. They are greatly impacted by
lifestyle choices
Engaging in activities that stimulate and challenge mental faculties to enhance one's mental fitness BEST
describes which SAMHSA dimension of health?
a. Environmental
d. Spiritual
c. Occupational
b. Intellectual - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b. Intellectual
Which of the following interpretations of the illness-wellness continuum is MOST accurate?
d. Wellness is dynamic and ever-changing
a. Wellness is achieved at the neutral point
b. Once illness occurs, wellness is unrealistic
c. Illness requires only medical treatment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔. Wellness is dynamic and ever-
changing
, Which of the following BEST describes person-centered care?
a. Focusing on physician-led medical treatments
b. Limiting healthcare integration and components
c. Using authoritative healthcare providers
c. Educating the patients and their families - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Educating the patients and their
families
Which term MOST accurately reflects the approach to medicine that takes into account all evidence-
informed therapies that support physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual aspects of individuals?
b. Alternative medicine
d. Western medicine
c. Complementary medicine
a. Integrative medicine - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Integrative medicine
Which of the following BEST describes the relationship of an ACE Certified Health Coach and a client?
d. Health coaches are gatekeepers of the client's healthcare
a. Health Coaches are the authority figure
b. Health Coaches act under the direction of the client
c. Health Coaches are equal partners with their clients - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Health Coaches are equal
partners with their clients
Which type of coach is BEST suited for developing a client's capacity to deal with change in their
organization or career?
d. Executive coach
a. Life coach
b. Health coach
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A client who describes having a core group of friends who often bike or walk together BEST describes
which motivational factor?
Correct! b. Relatedness
d. Motivation
a. Competence
c. Self-efficacy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Relatedness
For what percentage of global death is chronic disease responsible?
a. 70%
b. 60%
c. 50%
d. 80% - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔70%
Which element is being advocated as an addition to the "triple aim" of healthcare, making it a
"quadruple aim?"
d. Reduced per capita cost of healthcare
b. Improve patient experience
c. Improve population health
a. Provider well-being - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Provider well-being
,Which of the following BEST describes the role of the National Commission for Certifying Agencies
(NCCA)?
b. Determine exam content
c. Create eligibility requirements
a. Write relevant exam questions
d. Provide proper exam administration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d. Provide proper exam administration
Which of the following is included in the scope of practice of an ACE Certified Health Coach?
d. Provide guidance on choosing supplements
b. Prescribe effective exercise regimens
c. Ask open-ended questions
a. Develop complete meal plans - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c. Ask open-ended questions
The phrase "First, do no harm" is described by which pillar of ethics?
a. Beneficence
c. Autonomy
b. Justice
c. Non-maleficence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c. Non-maleficence
An ACE Certified Health Coach who also teaches yoga at a local studio would exhibit a conflict of interest
in which of the following situations?
d. Hold coaching sessions at another location
c. Teach breathing techniques often used in yoga mediation
a. Incorporate yoga into the client's current exercise program
b. Suggest the client attend their fee-based yoga class weekly - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b. Suggest the
client attend their fee-based yoga class weekly
,Which of the following BEST describes the field of coaching?
a. Functions somewhere within the present and desired future
c. Concerned with the past
b. Comes from a place of healing
d. Often leads to a diagnosis and treatment of dysfunction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a. Functions
somewhere within the present and desired future
Which of the following statements about noncommunicable diseases is MOST accurate?
a. Genetics do not play a role in development
d. They are greatly impacted by lifestyle choices
c. Sedentary behavior is the leading cause
b. Onset is quick and often unpreventable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d. They are greatly impacted by
lifestyle choices
Engaging in activities that stimulate and challenge mental faculties to enhance one's mental fitness BEST
describes which SAMHSA dimension of health?
a. Environmental
d. Spiritual
c. Occupational
b. Intellectual - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b. Intellectual
Which of the following interpretations of the illness-wellness continuum is MOST accurate?
d. Wellness is dynamic and ever-changing
a. Wellness is achieved at the neutral point
b. Once illness occurs, wellness is unrealistic
c. Illness requires only medical treatment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔. Wellness is dynamic and ever-
changing
, Which of the following BEST describes person-centered care?
a. Focusing on physician-led medical treatments
b. Limiting healthcare integration and components
c. Using authoritative healthcare providers
c. Educating the patients and their families - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Educating the patients and their
families
Which term MOST accurately reflects the approach to medicine that takes into account all evidence-
informed therapies that support physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual aspects of individuals?
b. Alternative medicine
d. Western medicine
c. Complementary medicine
a. Integrative medicine - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Integrative medicine
Which of the following BEST describes the relationship of an ACE Certified Health Coach and a client?
d. Health coaches are gatekeepers of the client's healthcare
a. Health Coaches are the authority figure
b. Health Coaches act under the direction of the client
c. Health Coaches are equal partners with their clients - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Health Coaches are equal
partners with their clients
Which type of coach is BEST suited for developing a client's capacity to deal with change in their
organization or career?
d. Executive coach
a. Life coach
b. Health coach
