FINAL EXAM - HEALTH COACHING
WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
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 answers -Relatedness
For what percentage of global death is chronic disease responsible?
a. 70%
b. 60%
c. 50%
d. 80% - correct answers -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 answers -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 answers -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 answers -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 answers -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 answers -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 answers -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 answers -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 answers -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 answers -. 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 answers -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 answers -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 answers -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
c. Wellness coach - correct answers -Executive coach
Which of the following BEST describes the role of an ACE Certified Health Coach?
a. Recommend specific strategies to individuals
c. Direct individuals on what to do
d. Give individuals advice
b. Assist individuals in their desired actions - correct answers -Assist individuals in their
desired actions
Which of the following BEST describes an effective ACE Certified Health Coach?
b. Determines specific goals for the client
d. Collaborates with the client
c. Directs the client's actions
a. Supplies nutritional plans to the client - correct answers -Collaborates with the client
A health coach who is able to correctly identify emotions in clients, demonstrates which
component of emotional intelligence?
c. Relationship-management
b. Social Awareness
d. Self-awareness
a. Self-management - correct answers -Self-awareness
Being skilled in conflict management and collaboration are aspects of which component
of emotional intelligence?
a. Self-management
c. Social awareness
d. Self-awareness
b. Relationship management - correct answers -Relationship management
Which resource may be MOST helpful for an ACE Certified Health Coach to improve his
or her emotional intelligence traits?
c. Feedback from another health coach
d. Teaching clients about emotional intelligence
a. Reading articles on emotional intelligence
b. Listening to podcasts authored by experts - correct answers -Feedback from another
health coach
When does building rapport with a client begin?
d. In the first month
a. At the first meeting
b. After at least two sessions
c. Upon achievement of the first goal - correct answers -At the first meeting
Which of the following describes a skill of a successful ACE Certified Health Coach?
WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
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 answers -Relatedness
For what percentage of global death is chronic disease responsible?
a. 70%
b. 60%
c. 50%
d. 80% - correct answers -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 answers -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 answers -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 answers -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 answers -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 answers -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 answers -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 answers -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 answers -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 answers -. 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 answers -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 answers -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 answers -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
c. Wellness coach - correct answers -Executive coach
Which of the following BEST describes the role of an ACE Certified Health Coach?
a. Recommend specific strategies to individuals
c. Direct individuals on what to do
d. Give individuals advice
b. Assist individuals in their desired actions - correct answers -Assist individuals in their
desired actions
Which of the following BEST describes an effective ACE Certified Health Coach?
b. Determines specific goals for the client
d. Collaborates with the client
c. Directs the client's actions
a. Supplies nutritional plans to the client - correct answers -Collaborates with the client
A health coach who is able to correctly identify emotions in clients, demonstrates which
component of emotional intelligence?
c. Relationship-management
b. Social Awareness
d. Self-awareness
a. Self-management - correct answers -Self-awareness
Being skilled in conflict management and collaboration are aspects of which component
of emotional intelligence?
a. Self-management
c. Social awareness
d. Self-awareness
b. Relationship management - correct answers -Relationship management
Which resource may be MOST helpful for an ACE Certified Health Coach to improve his
or her emotional intelligence traits?
c. Feedback from another health coach
d. Teaching clients about emotional intelligence
a. Reading articles on emotional intelligence
b. Listening to podcasts authored by experts - correct answers -Feedback from another
health coach
When does building rapport with a client begin?
d. In the first month
a. At the first meeting
b. After at least two sessions
c. Upon achievement of the first goal - correct answers -At the first meeting
Which of the following describes a skill of a successful ACE Certified Health Coach?
