ISSA Transformation Specialist
Competence Exam Study Set
2026/2027 Exam Questions and
Correct Answers | New Update
The strongest predicator of long lasting behavioral change is -
ANSWER ✔✔The relationship between the personal trainer and the
client.
: Inspiring change in the client begins with - ANSWER
✔✔Understanding the client on a fundamental level.
: 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
Which is not a factor necessary for people to change - ANSWER
✔✔Someone to hold them accountable to change
People in the pre-contemplation stage - ANSWER ✔✔Minimize the
risks of not changing.
In the contemplation stage people weigh the benefits and risks of
change - ANSWER ✔✔Equally.
Assessing the stage of change can be helped with - ANSWER
✔✔Open-ended questions.
People in the pre-contemplation stage can be helped by - ANSWER
✔✔Shifting the decisional balance.
People in the action stage can be helped by - ANSWER
✔✔Commitment strategies
When in the maintenance stage, which is helpful - ANSWER
✔✔Assessing and managing stressors.
, The goal of the motivational interviewing coach is to - ANSWER
✔✔Expose the client's ambivalence.
Creating discrepancy through open-ended questions will - ANSWER
✔✔Enhance motivation for positive change.
Which is NOT an assumption of motivational interviewing? -
ANSWER ✔✔Change must begin from outside the client.
Which is NOT a principle of motivational interviewing? - ANSWER
✔✔Create accountability.
An empathic style ____________________. - ANSWER ✔✔Listens
rather than tells.
If you are NOT listening reflectively, but are instead imposing direction
and judgment, you are ______________. - ANSWER ✔✔Creating
barriers between yourself and the client.
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).
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Competence Exam Study Set
2026/2027 Exam Questions and
Correct Answers | New Update
The strongest predicator of long lasting behavioral change is -
ANSWER ✔✔The relationship between the personal trainer and the
client.
: Inspiring change in the client begins with - ANSWER
✔✔Understanding the client on a fundamental level.
: 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
Which is not a factor necessary for people to change - ANSWER
✔✔Someone to hold them accountable to change
People in the pre-contemplation stage - ANSWER ✔✔Minimize the
risks of not changing.
In the contemplation stage people weigh the benefits and risks of
change - ANSWER ✔✔Equally.
Assessing the stage of change can be helped with - ANSWER
✔✔Open-ended questions.
People in the pre-contemplation stage can be helped by - ANSWER
✔✔Shifting the decisional balance.
People in the action stage can be helped by - ANSWER
✔✔Commitment strategies
When in the maintenance stage, which is helpful - ANSWER
✔✔Assessing and managing stressors.
, The goal of the motivational interviewing coach is to - ANSWER
✔✔Expose the client's ambivalence.
Creating discrepancy through open-ended questions will - ANSWER
✔✔Enhance motivation for positive change.
Which is NOT an assumption of motivational interviewing? -
ANSWER ✔✔Change must begin from outside the client.
Which is NOT a principle of motivational interviewing? - ANSWER
✔✔Create accountability.
An empathic style ____________________. - ANSWER ✔✔Listens
rather than tells.
If you are NOT listening reflectively, but are instead imposing direction
and judgment, you are ______________. - ANSWER ✔✔Creating
barriers between yourself and the client.
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).
3
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2026/2027. YEAR PUBLISHED 2026. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
