NSHC EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
If your style of communicating is primarily that of a "socializer", you may need to modify
which of the following behaviors to be more effective with clients? - Answer -Controlling
the conversation
Staying focused
Listening skills
Attention to goal-setting
STAYING FOCUSED
In what way can you use Alessandra and Hunsaker's work to become a more effective
health coath? - Answer -To self-assess and adapt my communication style
To trend and improve communication outcomes
To learn hot to communicate more clearly
To change my pre-dominant communication style
TO SELF ASSESS AND ADAPT MY COMMUNICATION STYLE
Considering Alessandra and Hunsaker's communication styles, which style is likely to
require the most modification by a healthcare provider to be an effective health coach? -
Answer -Director
Socializer
Relater
Thinker
DIRECTOR
If your client is a visual learner, which teaching method would be least suitable when
coaching this client telephonically? - Answer -Emphasizing key points
Giving an overview of the topic
Allowing time for client note-taking
Providing handouts
GIVING AN OVERVIEW OF THE TOPIC
You have 20 clients. According to the Centers for Advancing Health, approximately how
many of these clients will not act on the health information provided by their primary
care provider? - Answer -3
9
5
7
5
, Of the following examples, which one best reflects the use of Teach Back - Answer -
"What steps are needed to properly self-inject insulin?"
"What are your questions about how to self-inject insulin?"
"Let's review the steps for self-injections of insulin."
"Are these steps to self-inject doable for you?"
"WHAT STEPS ARE NEEDED TO PROPERLY SELF-INJECT INSULIN?"
According to the Stress in America Survey, which of the following were most often
reported as a top physical symptom, and the top psychological symptom of stress? -
Answer -Headache and anxiety
Muscle tension and insomnia
upset stomach and lack of energy
Fatigue and irritability
FATIGUE AND IRRITABILITY
According to the Stress in America Survery, the most common resaon people give for
not managing stress more effectively is that they: - Answer -are too busy
Dont recognize it as stress
Prefer not to tell anyone
Are unsure of what to do
ARE TOO BUSY
Which one of the following statements about weight loss is false? - Answer -
Excessively high sugar content is found in many low-fat foods
Very low calorie diets of fewer than 800 calories should be physician monitored
The itinial goal of weight loss should be a reduction of 12% from baseline
A reduction in both dietary fat and calories is necessary for weight loss.
THE INITIAL GOAL OF WEIGHT LOSS SHOULD BE A REDUCION OF 12% FROM
BASELINE (its 10%)
Evidence provided by the National Health, Lung and Blood Institute suggests that an
individual losing more than 2lbs per week to reach his-her weight loss goal tents to: -
Answer -obsess about weight loss during the process
Stop and start dieting during the process
Be more successful maintaining weight loss
Be less successful maintaining weight loss
BE LESS SUCCESSFUL MAINTAINING WEIGHT LOSS
Which client response indicates the greatest likelihood that successful weight loss and
maintenance will be achieved? - Answer -"I have friends to help me"
If your style of communicating is primarily that of a "socializer", you may need to modify
which of the following behaviors to be more effective with clients? - Answer -Controlling
the conversation
Staying focused
Listening skills
Attention to goal-setting
STAYING FOCUSED
In what way can you use Alessandra and Hunsaker's work to become a more effective
health coath? - Answer -To self-assess and adapt my communication style
To trend and improve communication outcomes
To learn hot to communicate more clearly
To change my pre-dominant communication style
TO SELF ASSESS AND ADAPT MY COMMUNICATION STYLE
Considering Alessandra and Hunsaker's communication styles, which style is likely to
require the most modification by a healthcare provider to be an effective health coach? -
Answer -Director
Socializer
Relater
Thinker
DIRECTOR
If your client is a visual learner, which teaching method would be least suitable when
coaching this client telephonically? - Answer -Emphasizing key points
Giving an overview of the topic
Allowing time for client note-taking
Providing handouts
GIVING AN OVERVIEW OF THE TOPIC
You have 20 clients. According to the Centers for Advancing Health, approximately how
many of these clients will not act on the health information provided by their primary
care provider? - Answer -3
9
5
7
5
, Of the following examples, which one best reflects the use of Teach Back - Answer -
"What steps are needed to properly self-inject insulin?"
"What are your questions about how to self-inject insulin?"
"Let's review the steps for self-injections of insulin."
"Are these steps to self-inject doable for you?"
"WHAT STEPS ARE NEEDED TO PROPERLY SELF-INJECT INSULIN?"
According to the Stress in America Survey, which of the following were most often
reported as a top physical symptom, and the top psychological symptom of stress? -
Answer -Headache and anxiety
Muscle tension and insomnia
upset stomach and lack of energy
Fatigue and irritability
FATIGUE AND IRRITABILITY
According to the Stress in America Survery, the most common resaon people give for
not managing stress more effectively is that they: - Answer -are too busy
Dont recognize it as stress
Prefer not to tell anyone
Are unsure of what to do
ARE TOO BUSY
Which one of the following statements about weight loss is false? - Answer -
Excessively high sugar content is found in many low-fat foods
Very low calorie diets of fewer than 800 calories should be physician monitored
The itinial goal of weight loss should be a reduction of 12% from baseline
A reduction in both dietary fat and calories is necessary for weight loss.
THE INITIAL GOAL OF WEIGHT LOSS SHOULD BE A REDUCION OF 12% FROM
BASELINE (its 10%)
Evidence provided by the National Health, Lung and Blood Institute suggests that an
individual losing more than 2lbs per week to reach his-her weight loss goal tents to: -
Answer -obsess about weight loss during the process
Stop and start dieting during the process
Be more successful maintaining weight loss
Be less successful maintaining weight loss
BE LESS SUCCESSFUL MAINTAINING WEIGHT LOSS
Which client response indicates the greatest likelihood that successful weight loss and
maintenance will be achieved? - Answer -"I have friends to help me"
