Life Coach Quiz | Life Coach Certification Institute

1. A client comes into a session with a coach and is telling the coach how excited they are about their new job. But their voice is quiet and sad sounding and their word choice doesn’t sound excited. What should the coach do?

Confront them about how the words and the behavior don’t match

Ask them what their problem is

Tell them that they should be more excited

Change the subject to something more interesting

2. Awareness is important for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

Helps client see when they’re stuck in one way of perceiving the world

Helps clients see the difference between belief and facts

Helps clients notice their thoughts and behaviors

Helps clients see that their problems are everyone else’s fault

3. When the coach recognizes that there is a conflict of interest in the coaching relationship they should _______________.

Be open about it and discuss it with their client

Take notes about the conflict of interest

Discuss the conflict with their spouse

Stop seeing the client immediately

4. Why is genuine concern about a client important?

Helps build trust

Helps coaches get more business

It helps the coach listen better

It reproduces relationships from the client’s past

5. What approach is OSKAR related to?

Cognitive Behavioral Approach

Narrative Approach

Solution Focused Approach

Coaching Technique Approach

6. When a client is discussing an issue but the coach suspects that there is more to the issue than the client is saying, what should the coach do?

Give the client an ultimatum “be honest with me, or I can’t be your coach”

Tell the client that you have problems with people who are dishonest

Tell the client what you think is going on

Ask the client if you can delve a little deeper into the issue explaining that you think there may be more to it than is currently being discussed

7. Every coaching session should include ______________.

A coaching agreement

Review of the relevant research

A summary of what should be accomplished that day

Recognition of the client’s issues and their accomplishments

8. When a client brings in many different issues to the table, the coach should pick the topic that ________________.

The coach has most expertise in

That the client would like to start with

That seems like it would be easiest to solve

That the coach had just read an article about

9. What is the difference between a coach and psychotherapist?

A coach and a psychotherapist are the same thing

Coaches deal with mental illness, psychotherapists do not

Psychotherapists focus on mental illness, coaches do not

Coaches dislike psychotherapy

10. What of the following is NOT a listening technique?

Paraphrasing

Retelling

Reiteration

Rephrasing

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