MASTER RESILIENCE TRAINING MRT EXAM SCRIPT
2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What type of motivation would you be using if you were using rewards/punishments
or guilt/shame as a source or motivation? -✔✔Instrumental
✔✔What type of motivation would you be using if your source of motivation is valuing
the behavior or self-identifying with the behavior? -✔✔Internal
✔✔Which type of motivation (Instrumental or Internal) has the greatest benefits? -
✔✔Internal;
It decreases anxiety, enhances concentration, increases positive emotion, increases
effort and persistence, provides satisfaction, and fulfills the need for autonomy.
✔✔What are the 4 benefits to goal setting? -✔✔Activate behavior
Direct behavior
Adjust behavior
Sustain behavior
✔✔In regards to goal setting, how many steps are there in the process? (What are
they?) -✔✔7
1) Define your goal
2) Know where you are right now
3) Decide what you need to develop
4) Make a plan for steady improvement
5) Pursue regular action
6) Commit yourself completely
7) Continually monitor your progress
✔✔What is the keyword associated with step 1 of goal setting (Define your goal)? -
✔✔End State
✔✔What is the keyword associated with step 2 of goal setting (Know where you are
right now)? -✔✔Energize
✔✔What is the keyword associated with step 3 of goal setting (Decide what you need to
develop)? -✔✔Priorities
✔✔What is the keyword associated with step 4 of goal setting (Make a plan for steady
improvement)? -✔✔SMART Steps (*S*pecific, *M*easurable, *A*ction Focused,
*R*ealistic, *T*ime-bound)
,✔✔What is the keyword associated with step 5 of goal setting (Pursue regular action)? -
✔✔WIN (*W*hat's *I*mportant *N*ow)
✔✔What is the keyword associated with step 6 of goal setting (Commit yourself
completely)? -✔✔Maintain Motivation
✔✔What is the keyword associated with step 7 of goal setting (Continually monitor
progress)? -✔✔IPR (*I*n *P*rocess *R*eview)
✔✔What is the purpose of an Action Statement in goal setting and what criteria should
they meet? -✔✔Indicate what work you need to start doing to achieve your goal. They
should be SMART
*S*pecific
*M*easurable
*A*ction-focused
*R*ealistic
*T*ime-bound
✔✔What is the importance of Power Statements in goal setting and what criteria should
they meet? -✔✔The provide confidence, motivation, and energy to complete your action
statements. They should meet the P3 criteria.
*P*urposeful (intent)
*P*roductive (content)
*P*ossibility (content)
✔✔What is the main purpose of priority areas in goal setting? -✔✔To bridge the gap
between where you are now and where you want to be.
✔✔Which MRT skill can counteract the negativity bias? -✔✔Hunt the Good Stuff
✔✔What is the negativity bias? -✔✔The tendency to pay more attention to bad events
than positive events.
✔✔Which core competency is built by using Hunt the Good Stuff? -✔✔Optimism
✔✔Besides optimism, what are some other things that Hunt the Good Stuff builds? -
✔✔Positive emotion and gratitude
✔✔What are some of the reflection questions to ask when Hunting the Good Stuff? -
✔✔- Why this good thing happened
- What this good thing means to you
- What you can do tomorrow to enable more of this good thing
- What ways you or other contribute to this good thing
, ✔✔What are some benefits of Hunting the Good Stuff? -✔✔- Better health, better sleep,
feeling calm
- Lower depression and greater life satisfaction
- More optimal performance
- Better relationships
✔✔Which MRT skill helps you identify 3 different things about a situation so that you
can have *greater control* over your emotions and reactions? -✔✔ATC (Activating
Event, Thought, Consequence)
✔✔Which core competency is built by using ATC? -✔✔Self-awareness
✔✔Which part of ATC is the trigger? -✔✔The Activating Event (the who, what, when,
and where)
✔✔Which part of ATC are your interpretations in the heat of the moment? -✔✔Thoughts
✔✔What 3 things are included in the Consequence portion of ATC? -✔✔Emotions
(feel), Reactions (do), and Physiology
✔✔Which portion of ATC "drives" another portion? -✔✔Thoughts drive Consequences
✔✔What are the 3 uses of ATC (the 3 times you can use it)? -✔✔Before
During
After
✔✔What are feelings accompanied by physiological and behavioral changes in the
body? -✔✔Emotions
✔✔What are some benefits to positive emotions? -✔✔- Increase creative thinking
- Undo the physiological effects of negative emotion (return to baseline)
- Are contagious
- Help build resilience by buffering us from stress
✔✔Which Thought Theme is being described?
I have lost something that I value or care about.
What are the Emotions and Reactions associated with this thought theme? -✔✔Loss
Sadness/Withdrawal
✔✔Which Thought Theme is being described?
Something bad might happen; there is a threat.
2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What type of motivation would you be using if you were using rewards/punishments
or guilt/shame as a source or motivation? -✔✔Instrumental
✔✔What type of motivation would you be using if your source of motivation is valuing
the behavior or self-identifying with the behavior? -✔✔Internal
✔✔Which type of motivation (Instrumental or Internal) has the greatest benefits? -
✔✔Internal;
It decreases anxiety, enhances concentration, increases positive emotion, increases
effort and persistence, provides satisfaction, and fulfills the need for autonomy.
✔✔What are the 4 benefits to goal setting? -✔✔Activate behavior
Direct behavior
Adjust behavior
Sustain behavior
✔✔In regards to goal setting, how many steps are there in the process? (What are
they?) -✔✔7
1) Define your goal
2) Know where you are right now
3) Decide what you need to develop
4) Make a plan for steady improvement
5) Pursue regular action
6) Commit yourself completely
7) Continually monitor your progress
✔✔What is the keyword associated with step 1 of goal setting (Define your goal)? -
✔✔End State
✔✔What is the keyword associated with step 2 of goal setting (Know where you are
right now)? -✔✔Energize
✔✔What is the keyword associated with step 3 of goal setting (Decide what you need to
develop)? -✔✔Priorities
✔✔What is the keyword associated with step 4 of goal setting (Make a plan for steady
improvement)? -✔✔SMART Steps (*S*pecific, *M*easurable, *A*ction Focused,
*R*ealistic, *T*ime-bound)
,✔✔What is the keyword associated with step 5 of goal setting (Pursue regular action)? -
✔✔WIN (*W*hat's *I*mportant *N*ow)
✔✔What is the keyword associated with step 6 of goal setting (Commit yourself
completely)? -✔✔Maintain Motivation
✔✔What is the keyword associated with step 7 of goal setting (Continually monitor
progress)? -✔✔IPR (*I*n *P*rocess *R*eview)
✔✔What is the purpose of an Action Statement in goal setting and what criteria should
they meet? -✔✔Indicate what work you need to start doing to achieve your goal. They
should be SMART
*S*pecific
*M*easurable
*A*ction-focused
*R*ealistic
*T*ime-bound
✔✔What is the importance of Power Statements in goal setting and what criteria should
they meet? -✔✔The provide confidence, motivation, and energy to complete your action
statements. They should meet the P3 criteria.
*P*urposeful (intent)
*P*roductive (content)
*P*ossibility (content)
✔✔What is the main purpose of priority areas in goal setting? -✔✔To bridge the gap
between where you are now and where you want to be.
✔✔Which MRT skill can counteract the negativity bias? -✔✔Hunt the Good Stuff
✔✔What is the negativity bias? -✔✔The tendency to pay more attention to bad events
than positive events.
✔✔Which core competency is built by using Hunt the Good Stuff? -✔✔Optimism
✔✔Besides optimism, what are some other things that Hunt the Good Stuff builds? -
✔✔Positive emotion and gratitude
✔✔What are some of the reflection questions to ask when Hunting the Good Stuff? -
✔✔- Why this good thing happened
- What this good thing means to you
- What you can do tomorrow to enable more of this good thing
- What ways you or other contribute to this good thing
, ✔✔What are some benefits of Hunting the Good Stuff? -✔✔- Better health, better sleep,
feeling calm
- Lower depression and greater life satisfaction
- More optimal performance
- Better relationships
✔✔Which MRT skill helps you identify 3 different things about a situation so that you
can have *greater control* over your emotions and reactions? -✔✔ATC (Activating
Event, Thought, Consequence)
✔✔Which core competency is built by using ATC? -✔✔Self-awareness
✔✔Which part of ATC is the trigger? -✔✔The Activating Event (the who, what, when,
and where)
✔✔Which part of ATC are your interpretations in the heat of the moment? -✔✔Thoughts
✔✔What 3 things are included in the Consequence portion of ATC? -✔✔Emotions
(feel), Reactions (do), and Physiology
✔✔Which portion of ATC "drives" another portion? -✔✔Thoughts drive Consequences
✔✔What are the 3 uses of ATC (the 3 times you can use it)? -✔✔Before
During
After
✔✔What are feelings accompanied by physiological and behavioral changes in the
body? -✔✔Emotions
✔✔What are some benefits to positive emotions? -✔✔- Increase creative thinking
- Undo the physiological effects of negative emotion (return to baseline)
- Are contagious
- Help build resilience by buffering us from stress
✔✔Which Thought Theme is being described?
I have lost something that I value or care about.
What are the Emotions and Reactions associated with this thought theme? -✔✔Loss
Sadness/Withdrawal
✔✔Which Thought Theme is being described?
Something bad might happen; there is a threat.
