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NBHWC EXAM ACTUAL EXAM LATEST 2024-2025 COMPLETE
ACTUAL EXAM 550 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
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NBHWC EXAM VERSION 1
246: A 55-year old man is working with his coach on improving his intake of healthy fats, fruits and vegetables, and reducing the amount of alcohol he consumes. The coach decided to use the decisions balance took to help the client. What is most likely the reason for choosing the decisional balance tool?
- Client is showing some discord
- Client needs some sympathy
- Client is demonstrating change talk
- Client is ambivalent about making the change
- Client is ambivalent about making the change
245: There is a wide variation of opioid prescription rates across states. Studies suggest that
regional variation in use of prescription opioids CANNOT be explained by:
- health status of the population
- access to healthcare
- population size
- number of surgeries per capita
- health status of the population
244: Which of the following is best for assessing visceral fat?
- Skin calipers
B. BMI
- Waist circumference
- Waist-to-hip ratio 1 / 4
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- Waist circumference
- It gives the coach time to take a small break
- It gives the client an opportunity to process the question and connect to the answer at a
- It gives the coach time to decide on the next evocative question to ask
- It helps the client address their sustain talk
- It gives the client an opportunity to process the question and connect to the answer at a
243: Coaches are often taught to allow for a longer than normal silence after asking a question to a client. This is sometimes referred to as the pregnant pause. Which of the following is the main reason why the pregnant pause is recommended?
deeper level
deeper level 242: An NBC-HWC is a member of a large, private Facebook group for health coaches. A member of the group, who is also an NBC-HWC, posted a client's protected health information within a question they posed to the group. The BEST, first step for the NBC-HWC
is to:
- Report the violation to the accredited academic program that the coach attended.
- Do nothing since the Facebook group is private.
- Immediately message the coach and ask them to delete the message.
- Ask the Facebook group moderator to remove the member from the group.
- Immediately message the coach and ask them to delete the message.
241: A coach and client have been working together for the past few months. The coach noticed in the past few sessions the client is short in their answers to questions and there appears to be some conflict.The coach decides to ask the client directly if there is conflict and approaches the question
with genuine curiosity. By asking this question the coach is:
- Expressing sympathy 2 / 4
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- Building rapport and trust
- Providing information
- Expressing empathy
- Building rapport and trust
240: A client submits her health risk assessment before their first coaching session. The coach
reviews the following information:
Blood Pressure 112/68
BMI 24.3
Diet low in saturated fat
- alcoholic drink per day
- Blood Pressure
Walks 30 minutes 2x per week Which of those listed above may be of concern for increasing their risk for chronic disease in general?
B. BMI
- Diet
- Physical activity
- Alcohol use
- Physical activity
239: A client comes to their 5th session and has been working on eating healthier and getting more sleep. During this session, the client is focused on strategies for improving their vegetable intake.Coach: What went well for you this week regarding your goal of increasing your vegetable intake?Client: I got vegetables in for lunch 4 times last week. It's so hard to plan. It seems like without planning vegetables don't naturally happen.Coach: You got vegetables in your lunch 4 times last week and are recognizing it takes effort. 3 / 4
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- Simple
- Double-sided
- Amplified
- Empathy
- Simple
- A researcher requests the info for data analysis
- When the client or patient asks for it
- When a healthcare provider asks for it
- A local public health official makes a formal request
- When the client or patient asks for it
simple reflection reflection that contains little or no additional content beyond what the client has said 238: A health coach MUST disclose a client or patient's protected health information in which of the following scenarios?
237: A client and coach are meeting for their third session. They've been discussing at length the client's desire to get higher quality sleep and more sleep overall each night.Client: I've tried using over the counter medications and sleep apps on my phone but they don't seem to be working for me.
Coach: Tell me more about those two things. How are you implementing them?
Client: I take unison an hour before bed each night and then when I go to bed I try to look for and find a sleep meditations in my headspace app.
Coach: Have you thought about using just soft relaxing music instead?
This last statement made by the coach is an example of which of Thomas Gordon's 12 ways of being that do not demonstrate a coach approach:
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