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ACE Health Coach Exam Questions and
Answers (Expert Solutions)
Q: Ace of Omission, 🗹🗹: Fails to Act
Q: Act of Commission, 🗹🗹: Acts Inappropriately
Q: Kcal per gram:
Carbs
Protein
Fat
Alcohol, 🗹🗹: Carbs and Protein 4
Fat 9
Alcohol 7
Q: Intrinsic Motivation, 🗹🗹: People engage in an activity because it is inherently
interesting or enjoyable
Q: Promoting adherence to a weight-management program, 🗹🗹: Decreasing intake
by 250 kcal and increasing physical activity by increasing expenditure by 250 kcal
This will result in 0.5 to 1.0 loss of body weight per week.
Q: Extrinsic Motivation, 🗹🗹: A result of direct input from social contacts or other
environmental stimuli
Q: Integrated Regulation, 🗹🗹: Behaviors and goals have become integrated into a
persons self-concept "I am a swimmer"
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Q: Identified Regulation, 🗹🗹: People engage in an activity because it helps them
reach a personally meaningful goal, even though they may not actually enjoy the activity
much
Q: Introjected Regulation, 🗹🗹: People engage in an activity because they think they
should, even though they really don't want to
Q: External Regulation, 🗹🗹: People engage in an activity solely from external
pressure to avoid punishment or gain rewards
Q: Muscular endurance, as opposed to muscular strength, has been shown to be
protective against future back troubles., 🗹🗹: Low-back exercises performed for
maintenance of health should emphasize muscular endurance through increased
repetitions instead of increased strength by lifting more weight. Muscular endurance
also promotes spinal stability, which is associated with improved motor control and
reduced fatigue during lifting movements.
Q: Calories from Macro-nutrients, 🗹🗹: 45 to 65% of calories from carbs
10 to 35% of calories from protein
20 to 35% of calories from fat
Q: SOAP Note, 🗹🗹: Subjective Info: provided from the client (mood,feelings)
Objective Info: Measurable (height, weight, BP)
Assessment: Assessment of S+O information gathered
Plan: S+O+A covers the plan for the client based on the coaches assessment of all other
sections
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Q: OARS Model, 🗹🗹: O= Ask open ended questions: Goal is for the client to open up
and share thoughts/feelings "What do you believe are some good reasons to begin this
weight-loss and exercise program"
A= Affirm the clients thinking: Validate the clients desires, needs, and thinking "It makes
sense that you would feel the way you do given that ___"
R= Listen reflectively: Demonstrate to the client that the health coach hears and
comprehends what is being said by rephrasing or mirroring what the client says " Lets
see if I get what you are saying"
S= Summarize: The health coach restates what the client says and means "So in
summary, I hear you saying __"
Q: Impact of obesity, 🗹🗹: A shorter step length
Lower cadence and velocity
A decreased duration of the single-support phase
An increased duration of the double-support phase
Reduced range of motion at the knee and ankle
In addition, clients with obesity are likely to have an increased anterior pelvic tilt and
are five to six times more likely to have plantar fasciitis when compared to those of a
normal BMI.
Q: Paraphrasing, 🗹🗹: The health coach repeats words back to the client in a way
that demonstrates a general and accurate understanding of what the client said. "Let me
repeat back to you what I think you just said, so that I can be sure I understand
correctly". This lets the client know that the HC is trying to understand.
Q: Reflecting, 🗹🗹: The health coach attempts to empathize, or reflect, the feeling the
client expresses. "It sounds to me like you feel..." Reflective listening involves the words
the speaker uses, the words the listener hears, what the listener thinks the speaker
means, and what the speaker means. This is a key to motivational interviewing, and
comprises much of the work the health coach will do in terms of active listening.
Q: Explaining, 🗹🗹: This involves offering an interpretation of what the health coach
heard. "I wonder if you considered..." Similar to "validating" in active listening, this
collaborative, non-directive step focuses on opening the client's mind to other
possibilities based on what the coach believes makes sense given the client's current
thoughts and goals.
ACE Health Coach Exam Questions and
Answers (Expert Solutions)
Q: Ace of Omission, 🗹🗹: Fails to Act
Q: Act of Commission, 🗹🗹: Acts Inappropriately
Q: Kcal per gram:
Carbs
Protein
Fat
Alcohol, 🗹🗹: Carbs and Protein 4
Fat 9
Alcohol 7
Q: Intrinsic Motivation, 🗹🗹: People engage in an activity because it is inherently
interesting or enjoyable
Q: Promoting adherence to a weight-management program, 🗹🗹: Decreasing intake
by 250 kcal and increasing physical activity by increasing expenditure by 250 kcal
This will result in 0.5 to 1.0 loss of body weight per week.
Q: Extrinsic Motivation, 🗹🗹: A result of direct input from social contacts or other
environmental stimuli
Q: Integrated Regulation, 🗹🗹: Behaviors and goals have become integrated into a
persons self-concept "I am a swimmer"
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Q: Identified Regulation, 🗹🗹: People engage in an activity because it helps them
reach a personally meaningful goal, even though they may not actually enjoy the activity
much
Q: Introjected Regulation, 🗹🗹: People engage in an activity because they think they
should, even though they really don't want to
Q: External Regulation, 🗹🗹: People engage in an activity solely from external
pressure to avoid punishment or gain rewards
Q: Muscular endurance, as opposed to muscular strength, has been shown to be
protective against future back troubles., 🗹🗹: Low-back exercises performed for
maintenance of health should emphasize muscular endurance through increased
repetitions instead of increased strength by lifting more weight. Muscular endurance
also promotes spinal stability, which is associated with improved motor control and
reduced fatigue during lifting movements.
Q: Calories from Macro-nutrients, 🗹🗹: 45 to 65% of calories from carbs
10 to 35% of calories from protein
20 to 35% of calories from fat
Q: SOAP Note, 🗹🗹: Subjective Info: provided from the client (mood,feelings)
Objective Info: Measurable (height, weight, BP)
Assessment: Assessment of S+O information gathered
Plan: S+O+A covers the plan for the client based on the coaches assessment of all other
sections
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Q: OARS Model, 🗹🗹: O= Ask open ended questions: Goal is for the client to open up
and share thoughts/feelings "What do you believe are some good reasons to begin this
weight-loss and exercise program"
A= Affirm the clients thinking: Validate the clients desires, needs, and thinking "It makes
sense that you would feel the way you do given that ___"
R= Listen reflectively: Demonstrate to the client that the health coach hears and
comprehends what is being said by rephrasing or mirroring what the client says " Lets
see if I get what you are saying"
S= Summarize: The health coach restates what the client says and means "So in
summary, I hear you saying __"
Q: Impact of obesity, 🗹🗹: A shorter step length
Lower cadence and velocity
A decreased duration of the single-support phase
An increased duration of the double-support phase
Reduced range of motion at the knee and ankle
In addition, clients with obesity are likely to have an increased anterior pelvic tilt and
are five to six times more likely to have plantar fasciitis when compared to those of a
normal BMI.
Q: Paraphrasing, 🗹🗹: The health coach repeats words back to the client in a way
that demonstrates a general and accurate understanding of what the client said. "Let me
repeat back to you what I think you just said, so that I can be sure I understand
correctly". This lets the client know that the HC is trying to understand.
Q: Reflecting, 🗹🗹: The health coach attempts to empathize, or reflect, the feeling the
client expresses. "It sounds to me like you feel..." Reflective listening involves the words
the speaker uses, the words the listener hears, what the listener thinks the speaker
means, and what the speaker means. This is a key to motivational interviewing, and
comprises much of the work the health coach will do in terms of active listening.
Q: Explaining, 🗹🗹: This involves offering an interpretation of what the health coach
heard. "I wonder if you considered..." Similar to "validating" in active listening, this
collaborative, non-directive step focuses on opening the client's mind to other
possibilities based on what the coach believes makes sense given the client's current
thoughts and goals.
