pg. 1 NBC-HWC Practice Exam Newest 2024 -2025 Complete 170 Actual Questions and Correct Detailed Answers (Verified Answers) Graded A+
A client comes to her first coaching session as a referral from her medical provider. In the referral, her provider indicated some concerns. The client states "I am taking some sort of statin but not sure what for. My provider confuses me sometimes. Why do I need a statin?" Which of the following coach response is correct?
- Statins improve your mental health.
- Statins help lower your LDL cholesterol level.
- Statins help lower your HDL cholesterol level.
- Statins improve your heart’s ability to function. - Correct Answer - B. Statins help
lower your LDL cholesterol level.
A client came to her first session, from their providers office, with a list of their biometrics.
LDL: 99 mg/dl
Waist-to-hip ratio: 0.70
Physical activity: yoga, 60-minutes 3x per week and running, 30-minutes 5x per
week, strength training 2x per week all major muscle groups.
Blood pressure: 132/72mmHg
A1C: 5.0%
The client was likely referred to the coach due to her blood pressure because it is in which of the following categories according to the 2017 guidelines?
- Optimal blood pressure
- Low blood pressure
- Elevated blood pressure
- High blood pressure - Correct Answer - D. High blood pressure 1 / 4
pg. 2 A 48-year-old man comes to his second coaching session with the goal of improving his diet. Specifically, he is trying to drink more water and eat more vegetables. He has indicated he struggles with these two goals mainly during the week when he is working.
Client: At work I just love eating candy to keep me focused since I am in a
cubicle.
Coach: Tell me more about how candy keeps you focused.
Client: I don't know if it's about keeping me focused or if it's just simply craving candy. I feel like I crave it at least 3 times a day whether I am at work or home.Coach: Do you think you are a sugar addict? Do you feel like you are addicted to sugar?
Client: I am not sure.
Which of the following traps of engagement did the coach fall into?
- Labeling
- Expert
- Premature Focus
- Question/Answer
- Blaming - Correct Answer - A. Labeling
A coach was invited to give a presentation to a group of medical providers. The coach is an NBC-HWC and has a bachelor of science degree in health science.When asked what services the coach provides the coach responded that they are able to help patients change their behaviors through motivational interviewing, improve nutrition by focusing on macronutrient prescription, and improve fitness through high-intensity interval training prescription.Which of the following did the coach violate?
A. HIPAA
- Code of Ethics
- Job Task Analyses
- Conflict of Interest - Correct Answer - B. Code of Ethics
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pg. 3 A 60-year-old woman comes to her fifth coaching session. She has been working with a coach to improve managing her stress.
Coach: On a scale of 1-10, 1 being no confidence and 10 being 100% confident,
where would you say your level of confidence is at in regards to your goal of going to bed at 9 every night?
Client: I would say 6.
Which of the of the following questions would be the best coach response?
- What might you do to increase that number?
- What strengths will you use to reach this goal?
- What made you chose a 6 and not a 5?
- What will it take to get you to a 7? - Correct Answer - C. What made you chose a 6
and not a 5?
A 52-year-old man is on his fifth coaching session and has been working with a coach to manage his chronic pain. He has good days and bad days but recently he has noticed his number of bad days has increased. This is motivating him to explore alternative options for managing his pain addition to all the other things he's been doing.
Coach: How is your chronic pain impacting you in this moment?
Client: It's a really bad day.
Coach: Would you describe for me what a really bad day is like for you?
Client: A bad day is realizing I will never not be in pain. It's accepting that the pain will likely increase as I get older and there's not a lot, I can do about it. It is what it is. A bad day.The client's response to the coach's question about what a really bad day is like for the client is an example of what?
- Change Talk
- Sustain Talk
- Discord
- Sympathy - Correct Answer - B. Sustain Talk
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pg. 4 A client comes to coaching for their fourth session. The client is focused on eating more fruits and vegetables for lunch each workday.Client: I tried so hard to eat vegetables this week and I only got one serving in on Tuesday and one on Wednesday. Seriously I couldn't have tried any less.
Coach: I hear your disappointment in not eating more vegetables this past week.
Tell me about how you made such good choices on Tuesday and Wednesday.The coach is demonstrating what coaching skill?
- Amplified reflection
- Positive reframing
- Empathy
- Affirmations - Correct Answer - B. Positive reframing
A coach has been working with a client for about 5 weeks. The coach notices that the client often interrupts them when they are talking.Frequent interruptions from the client may be considered a sign of what?
- Sustain talk
- Change talk
- Low client self-efficacy
- Discord between coach and client - Correct Answer - D. Discord between coach and
client
In general, coaches let the clients always take the lead and choose the focus of any coaching session, protecting client's autonomy. This strategy benefits the
client because it:
- Increases the likelihood the client will be successful reaching their goals
- Decreases client sustain talk
- Increases the likelihood a client will participant in a satisfaction survey regarding their
- Decreases the likelihood the coach will use simple reflections - Correct Answer - A.
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coach
Increases the likelihood the client will be successful reaching their goals