ACSM-EP Behavioral Coaching

Question 1

A sedentary client who believed she could never walk for 10 minutes completes a 10-minute walk with her coach. Which source of self-efficacy does this experience represent?

Accepted Answer

Mastery experience

Answer

Successfully performing the behavior herself is a mastery experience, the strongest source of self-efficacy in Social Cognitive Theory.

Question 2

Which coach statement is an example of an open-ended question consistent with motivational interviewing?

Accepted Answer

What makes being more active important to you?

Answer

Open-ended questions invite the client to elaborate and voice their own reasons for change, which is central to motivational interviewing.

Question 3

Which Transtheoretical Model process of change is classified as behavioral and is most useful for clients in the action and maintenance stages?

Accepted Answer

Stimulus control

Answer

Stimulus control (for example, laying out exercise clothes or removing cues to sit) is a behavioral process used mainly in action and maintenance.

Question 4

In the Transtheoretical Model, which change in decisional balance typically accompanies movement from contemplation to action?

Accepted Answer

Perceived pros of exercise come to outweigh the perceived cons

Answer

As people progress toward action, the perceived pros of the behavior increase and come to outweigh the cons.

Question 5

According to Self-Determination Theory, which three basic psychological needs must be supported to foster autonomous motivation for exercise?

Accepted Answer

Autonomy, competence, and relatedness

Answer

Self-Determination Theory identifies autonomy, competence, and relatedness as the basic needs that foster autonomous motivation.

ACSM Practice Test

ACSM Practice Test

ACSM-EP Behavioral Coaching