Wellcoaches Cert. Exam- Lessons 10-14
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1. What indicates that a client is in the preparation stage: They can tell you their strong,
personal, positive motivators
2. Which is an example of a well-written behavioral goal: I will eat a 6oz salad for lunch,
Monday-Friday this week
3. The MOST important objective of reviewing the client assessment in their first
session is to: To identify areas in which the client is most motivated and ready to change
4. After setting goals it is important to: Have clients assess their confidence level in reaching the goa
5. What is an important strategy to use with clients to help them avoid relapsing
in the maintenance stage: Helping clients identify and connect to new motivators
6. Discussing the motivation behind a goal is important to: Keep the client on track when
the goal becomes challenging
7. Which of the following is an example of an outcome goal: I will lose 10 pounds by
December 31
8. In which stage have ambivalent feelings been largely overcome and the client
is ready to take action within the next month: Preparation
9. What is the difference between the action and the maintenance stages: In action
a client has to work hard on establishing a new behavior and in Maintenance the behavior has become more automatic
10. What's the best strategy when clients are resistant to change: Use empathy, inquiry,
and reflection
11. Before encouraging a client to set a behavioral goal when they claim to be
ready to change, the coach should check that the client: Has strong, personal, positive
motivators, know what their barriers are and have strategies for change
12. The risk of using assessments is: It can tempt the coach to default to their expert hat
13. How do the stages of change fall along the behavior change continuum: Pre-
contemplation, conetmplation, preparation, action, maintenance
14. In the SMART acronym for goal setting, the "R" stands for which of the
following: Creating a goal that could reasonably be achieved
15. What is the essential response of the coach toward people in precontempla-
tion who are not yet ready to change: Acceptance of the client's position to improve the probability
of dialogue in the future
16. When assessments are validated, having been proven to measure accurate-
ly: They still may only tell part of the client's story
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1. What indicates that a client is in the preparation stage: They can tell you their strong,
personal, positive motivators
2. Which is an example of a well-written behavioral goal: I will eat a 6oz salad for lunch,
Monday-Friday this week
3. The MOST important objective of reviewing the client assessment in their first
session is to: To identify areas in which the client is most motivated and ready to change
4. After setting goals it is important to: Have clients assess their confidence level in reaching the goa
5. What is an important strategy to use with clients to help them avoid relapsing
in the maintenance stage: Helping clients identify and connect to new motivators
6. Discussing the motivation behind a goal is important to: Keep the client on track when
the goal becomes challenging
7. Which of the following is an example of an outcome goal: I will lose 10 pounds by
December 31
8. In which stage have ambivalent feelings been largely overcome and the client
is ready to take action within the next month: Preparation
9. What is the difference between the action and the maintenance stages: In action
a client has to work hard on establishing a new behavior and in Maintenance the behavior has become more automatic
10. What's the best strategy when clients are resistant to change: Use empathy, inquiry,
and reflection
11. Before encouraging a client to set a behavioral goal when they claim to be
ready to change, the coach should check that the client: Has strong, personal, positive
motivators, know what their barriers are and have strategies for change
12. The risk of using assessments is: It can tempt the coach to default to their expert hat
13. How do the stages of change fall along the behavior change continuum: Pre-
contemplation, conetmplation, preparation, action, maintenance
14. In the SMART acronym for goal setting, the "R" stands for which of the
following: Creating a goal that could reasonably be achieved
15. What is the essential response of the coach toward people in precontempla-
tion who are not yet ready to change: Acceptance of the client's position to improve the probability
of dialogue in the future
16. When assessments are validated, having been proven to measure accurate-
ly: They still may only tell part of the client's story
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