ISSA Transformation Specialist Competence
Exam Study Set Questions and Answers
1. The strongest predicator of long lasting behavioral change is
Answer The relationship between the personal trainer and the client.
2. Inspiring change in the client begins with
Answer Understanding the client on a fundamental level.
3. 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".
Answer More effective
4. Which is not a factor necessary for people to change
Answer Someone to hold them accountable
to change
5. People in the pre-contemplation stage
Answer Minimize the risks of not changing.
6. In the contemplation stage people weigh the benefits and risks of change
1/
19
, Answer -
Equally.
7. Assessing the stage of change can be helped with
Answer Open-ended questions.
8. People in the pre-contemplation stage can be helped by
Answer Shifting the decisional balance.
9. People in the action stage can be helped by
Answer Commitment strategies
10. When in the maintenance stage, which is helpful
Answer Assessing and managing stressors.
11. The goal of the motivational interviewing coach is to
Answer Expose the client's ambivalence.
12. Creating discrepancy through open-ended questions will
Answer Enhance motivation for
positive change.
2/
19
, 13. Which is NOT an assumption of motivational interviewing?
Answer Change must begin from outside the client.
14. Which is NOT a principle of motivational interviewing?
Answer Create accountability.
15. An empathic style .
Answer Listens rather than tells.
16. If you are NOT listening reflectively, but are
instead imposing direction and judgment, you are .
Answer Creating barriers between yourself and the client.
17. In
uncovering ambivalence, the goal is to .
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).
18. Which is NOT a strategy to deal with client resistance?
Answer Cornering.
3/
19
Exam Study Set Questions and Answers
1. The strongest predicator of long lasting behavioral change is
Answer The relationship between the personal trainer and the client.
2. Inspiring change in the client begins with
Answer Understanding the client on a fundamental level.
3. 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".
Answer More effective
4. Which is not a factor necessary for people to change
Answer Someone to hold them accountable
to change
5. People in the pre-contemplation stage
Answer Minimize the risks of not changing.
6. In the contemplation stage people weigh the benefits and risks of change
1/
19
, Answer -
Equally.
7. Assessing the stage of change can be helped with
Answer Open-ended questions.
8. People in the pre-contemplation stage can be helped by
Answer Shifting the decisional balance.
9. People in the action stage can be helped by
Answer Commitment strategies
10. When in the maintenance stage, which is helpful
Answer Assessing and managing stressors.
11. The goal of the motivational interviewing coach is to
Answer Expose the client's ambivalence.
12. Creating discrepancy through open-ended questions will
Answer Enhance motivation for
positive change.
2/
19
, 13. Which is NOT an assumption of motivational interviewing?
Answer Change must begin from outside the client.
14. Which is NOT a principle of motivational interviewing?
Answer Create accountability.
15. An empathic style .
Answer Listens rather than tells.
16. If you are NOT listening reflectively, but are
instead imposing direction and judgment, you are .
Answer Creating barriers between yourself and the client.
17. In
uncovering ambivalence, the goal is to .
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).
18. Which is NOT a strategy to deal with client resistance?
Answer Cornering.
3/
19
