Life Coach Quiz | Life Coach Certification Institute

1. It’s important not to get caught up in the “content” of what clients communicate, but instead to focus on what?

Their breathing

Their appearance

Their facial expression

What underlies the words

2. Which is an example of an open-ended question?

Did you have a good week?

Tell me more about what’s been going on for you this week?

How are you today?

I can’t believe how hard you’ve had it lately, can you?

3. Which of the following is NOT considered a “parameter of coaching”?

Fees

How to schedule

Length of Session

Expectations

4. A coach should _________ a client’s views, beliefs, and perceptions to build trust.

Respect

Refuse

Refute

Ignore

5. A client comes in and has achieved the goals that were set at the end of the last session. What is the first action of the coach?

To set new goals

To tell the client they could have worked harder

To celebrate and affirm the client

To tell the client that they no longer need coaching

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. A coach comes home from work and tells their spouse all about how a client came in and is having an affair with his best friend’s wife. What ethical principle has the coach violated?

Confidentiality

Honesty

Conflict of Interest

Contradictory information

8. It’s important for a coach to have _____to give a client space to express themselves.

Doubt and questioning

Confrontation and debate

Empathy and acceptance

Excitement and laughter

9. 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

10. What should a coach focus on more than anything?

The story’s the clients tell

The client’s work life

The client’s family relationships

The client’s beliefs, thoughts, and perspectives

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