ACE HEALTH COACH CERTIFICATION EXAM {260}
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
What is the illness-wellness continuum?
A method for understanding how wellness can progress and/or decline in a person.
What are the five A's of working with clients who have heart disease?
- Assess: Ask inquiries to learn about the client.
- Advice: Ask questions to elicit change.
- Agree to co-create a program.
- Assist: Assist with their program (barriers, problem-solving, etc.).
- Arrange social support networks.
What are the eight dimensions of wellness?
- Occupational: Engaging in work in a way that seems fulfilling, satisfying, and
meaningful.
- Physical: Exercise, nutrition, and sleep
- Social: Using one's connection with others for the good of the community
- Intellectual: Activities that include and stimulate mental activity.
- Spiritual: Aligning values and worldviews to establish meaning and purpose.
- Emotional: Expressing and managing one's feelings.
,- Financial: Developing sound financial habits.
- Environmental: seek environments that encourage safety and wellness.
What are the eight principles of integrative medicine?
1. The patient and the healthcare provider are partners in the healing process.
2. All aspects affecting health and fitness are taken into consideration.
3. Using both conventional and traditional types of medicine.
4. Less invasive and natural procedures should be employed as frequently as
possible.
5. No therapy or intervention is embraced uncritically.
6. Good medicine is built on good science. It is inquiry-based and open to new
paradigms.
7. In addition to treatment, health promotion and prevention are crucial.
8. Integrative medicine professionals should embody the ideals and devote to
self-discovery and personal improvement.
What are the responsibilities of a health coach?
- Use good communication skills, such as open-ended inquiries, affirmations,
reflective listening, and summarizing, to enhance a client's internal drive to change
their health behavior.
- Help clients set attainable and measurable goals, track their progress, and
encourage continuous behavior change.
- Help clients build and use their strengths to promote effective behavioral
adjustments.
,How do you calculate a client's optimal weight based on their present and target
body fat percentages?
Current FFM = current body weight x percent of current fat-free mass (FFM).
Current FFM /% optimum FFM = optimum weight.
What is beyond the purview of a health coach?
- Counselling, therapy, and consultation
- Nutritional advice and meal planning
- Exercise regimens.
- Laboratory examination and analysis.
- Identification of medical or mental health problems
- Recommend, promote, or sell nutritional supplements.
- Other practices or activities in which the coach lacks the necessary training or
credentials.
What are the four ethical standards that guide the client-coach relationship?
1. Autonomy: The client can behave based on their own free choice and initiative.
2. Nonmaleficence: Minimize the harm done as much as feasible.
3. Beneficence: Promote what is supported by the best evidence.
4. Justice: Treat individuals equally and equitably, with good regard.
What are the main responsibilities of a health coach?
, - Client-coach relationship: Understand how to communicate empathy, create
rapport, and trust.
- Coach presence and self-awareness: Do the internal effort to recognize and
remove biases and provide a pleasant coaching experience to all clients.
- Health and wellness concepts: Have a good understanding of health and wellbeing
to share with the customer. They must also comprehend behavior modification,
motivation, and coaching treatment.
- Ethics and Standards of Practice: Should have a clear awareness of the scope of
practice and to maintain their clients' confidentiality.
What exactly is the definition of coaching?
The practice of interacting with individuals or groups to assist them in achieving
self-directed goals. A excellent coach does this through a thought-provoking and
creative approach, inspiring them to maximize their personal and professional
potential.
What are the three objectives of healthcare?
1. Improve the patient experience.
2. Improve population health.
3. Reduce the per capita healthcare costs.
Why is the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) so highly
accredited?
- The examination procedure is fair and unbiased.
- The exam determines the minimal competency for the field, allowing only the
most competent to be certified.
- The public is safeguarded from ineffective and unqualified practitioners.
- The organization has the resources to help its professionals.
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