Life Coach Quiz | Life Coach Certification Institute

1. What approach is OSKAR related to?

Cognitive Behavioral Approach

Narrative Approach

Solution Focused Approach

Coaching Technique Approach

2. 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

3. Client goals should address areas where they need ___________.

Support

Growth and development

A good push

Solutions

4. What of the following is NOT one of the main mistakes coaches can make with clients?

Focusing on goals

Being judgmental

Telling the client what to do

Expressing their disappointment with the client

5. 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

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

Paraphrasing

Retelling

Reiteration

Rephrasing

7. A client comes into session and has not done any work on their goals from the following week. What is the coach’s responsibility?

To tell the client they did a good job

To get angry with the client

To confront the client about their lack of striving on their goals in supportive ways

To ignore the issue and continue the session as though the goals were never set the week before

8. In what ways does a client communicate in sessions?

Word choice, mood, emotions, behaviors

Style, substance, and flair

Makeup and clothing

Finances, job, and family structure

9. 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

10. 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

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