COMPREHENSIVE HEAD TO TOE LAURA
WOOD ACTUAL EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ SWOT analysis. Answer: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and
threats. Can be used for health coach to assess herself or to analyze a
business or opportunity.
⩥ transtheoretical model of behaviorial change (TTM). Answer: used to
assess readiness for change.
⩥ precontemplation stage. Answer: no intent of change
⩥ contemplation stage. Answer: considering making change
⩥ preparation stage. Answer: commitment and small changes underway
⩥ action stage. Answer: engaging in new activities
⩥ maintenance stage. Answer: have been engaged in health
enhancement, weight management, and lifestyle change for more than
six months.
,⩥ self-efficacy. Answer: one's perception of his or her ability to change
(increases as person moves through TTM)
⩥ habit strength. Answer: psychological factors involved in behaviors
the client wants to change (decreases as person moves through TTM)
⩥ active listening. Answer: confirm understanding using four steps.
⩥ extrinsic motivation. Answer: declaritive self statements, "I will stick
to my plan"
⩥ intrinsic motivation. Answer: interrogative self statements, "Will I
stick to my plan?"
⩥ motivational interviewing. Answer: client centered approach to assist
clients with ambivalence to change (grounded in expressing empathy
and acceptance of ambivalence).
⩥ problem solving model. Answer: problem identified, goal selection,
generation of alternatives, consideration of consequences, decision
making, implementation, and evaluation.
⩥ GROW. Answer: goal, reality, options, and what: structured approach
of behavioral change
, ⩥ SMART goal. Answer: specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and
time bound
⩥ neuro-linguistic programming. Answer: meta model-includes
questions that challenge linguistic distortions, clarifies generalizations
the client may make, recovers unrecalled info (hypnosis)
⩥ empathy. Answer: quality that allows one who has not personally
experienced an emotion to put themselves in anothers shoes
⩥ intrinsic team. Answer: knowledge in areas currently in use -exercise
science, nutritional science, and behavioral management.
⩥ extrinsic team. Answer: help outside own scope of practice-other
practitioners, etc
⩥ effective networking. Answer: building relationships
⩥ co-branding. Answer: brand partnership-two entities collaborate to
create marketing synergy
⩥ hypokinetic disease. Answer: conditions associated with too little
exercise or physical activity (cardiovascular, diabetes, obesity)
WOOD ACTUAL EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ SWOT analysis. Answer: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and
threats. Can be used for health coach to assess herself or to analyze a
business or opportunity.
⩥ transtheoretical model of behaviorial change (TTM). Answer: used to
assess readiness for change.
⩥ precontemplation stage. Answer: no intent of change
⩥ contemplation stage. Answer: considering making change
⩥ preparation stage. Answer: commitment and small changes underway
⩥ action stage. Answer: engaging in new activities
⩥ maintenance stage. Answer: have been engaged in health
enhancement, weight management, and lifestyle change for more than
six months.
,⩥ self-efficacy. Answer: one's perception of his or her ability to change
(increases as person moves through TTM)
⩥ habit strength. Answer: psychological factors involved in behaviors
the client wants to change (decreases as person moves through TTM)
⩥ active listening. Answer: confirm understanding using four steps.
⩥ extrinsic motivation. Answer: declaritive self statements, "I will stick
to my plan"
⩥ intrinsic motivation. Answer: interrogative self statements, "Will I
stick to my plan?"
⩥ motivational interviewing. Answer: client centered approach to assist
clients with ambivalence to change (grounded in expressing empathy
and acceptance of ambivalence).
⩥ problem solving model. Answer: problem identified, goal selection,
generation of alternatives, consideration of consequences, decision
making, implementation, and evaluation.
⩥ GROW. Answer: goal, reality, options, and what: structured approach
of behavioral change
, ⩥ SMART goal. Answer: specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and
time bound
⩥ neuro-linguistic programming. Answer: meta model-includes
questions that challenge linguistic distortions, clarifies generalizations
the client may make, recovers unrecalled info (hypnosis)
⩥ empathy. Answer: quality that allows one who has not personally
experienced an emotion to put themselves in anothers shoes
⩥ intrinsic team. Answer: knowledge in areas currently in use -exercise
science, nutritional science, and behavioral management.
⩥ extrinsic team. Answer: help outside own scope of practice-other
practitioners, etc
⩥ effective networking. Answer: building relationships
⩥ co-branding. Answer: brand partnership-two entities collaborate to
create marketing synergy
⩥ hypokinetic disease. Answer: conditions associated with too little
exercise or physical activity (cardiovascular, diabetes, obesity)
