ISSA TRANSFORMATION SPECIALIST
COMPETENCE EXAM STUDY SET
QUESTIONS & DETAILED CORRECT
ANSWERS
The strongest predicator of long lasting behavioral change is - correct answer ✔✔The
relationship between the personal trainer and the client.
: Inspiring change in the client begins with - correct answer ✔✔Understanding the client on a
fundamental level.
: 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". - correct answer ✔✔More effective
Which is not a factor necessary for people to change - correct answer ✔✔Someone to hold
them accountable to change
People in the pre-contemplation stage - correct answer ✔✔Minimize the risks of not changing.
In the contemplation stage people weigh the benefits and risks of change - correct answer
✔✔Equally.
Assessing the stage of change can be helped with - correct answer ✔✔Open-ended questions.
People in the pre-contemplation stage can be helped by - correct answer ✔✔Shifting the
decisional balance.
, People in the action stage can be helped by - correct answer ✔✔Commitment strategies
When in the maintenance stage, which is helpful - correct answer ✔✔Assessing and managing
stressors.
The goal of the motivational interviewing coach is to - correct answer ✔✔Expose the client's
ambivalence.
Creating discrepancy through open-ended questions will - correct answer ✔✔Enhance
motivation for positive change.
Which is NOT an assumption of motivational interviewing? - correct answer ✔✔Change must
begin from outside the client.
Which is NOT a principle of motivational interviewing? - correct answer ✔✔Create
accountability.
An empathic style ____________________. - correct answer ✔✔Listens rather than tells.
If you are NOT listening reflectively, but are instead imposing direction and judgment, you are
______________. - correct answer ✔✔Creating barriers between yourself and the client.
In uncovering ambivalence, the goal is to ________________________. - correct answer
✔✔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).
Which is NOT a strategy to deal with client resistance? - correct answer ✔✔Cornering.
COMPETENCE EXAM STUDY SET
QUESTIONS & DETAILED CORRECT
ANSWERS
The strongest predicator of long lasting behavioral change is - correct answer ✔✔The
relationship between the personal trainer and the client.
: Inspiring change in the client begins with - correct answer ✔✔Understanding the client on a
fundamental level.
: 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". - correct answer ✔✔More effective
Which is not a factor necessary for people to change - correct answer ✔✔Someone to hold
them accountable to change
People in the pre-contemplation stage - correct answer ✔✔Minimize the risks of not changing.
In the contemplation stage people weigh the benefits and risks of change - correct answer
✔✔Equally.
Assessing the stage of change can be helped with - correct answer ✔✔Open-ended questions.
People in the pre-contemplation stage can be helped by - correct answer ✔✔Shifting the
decisional balance.
, People in the action stage can be helped by - correct answer ✔✔Commitment strategies
When in the maintenance stage, which is helpful - correct answer ✔✔Assessing and managing
stressors.
The goal of the motivational interviewing coach is to - correct answer ✔✔Expose the client's
ambivalence.
Creating discrepancy through open-ended questions will - correct answer ✔✔Enhance
motivation for positive change.
Which is NOT an assumption of motivational interviewing? - correct answer ✔✔Change must
begin from outside the client.
Which is NOT a principle of motivational interviewing? - correct answer ✔✔Create
accountability.
An empathic style ____________________. - correct answer ✔✔Listens rather than tells.
If you are NOT listening reflectively, but are instead imposing direction and judgment, you are
______________. - correct answer ✔✔Creating barriers between yourself and the client.
In uncovering ambivalence, the goal is to ________________________. - correct answer
✔✔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).
Which is NOT a strategy to deal with client resistance? - correct answer ✔✔Cornering.
