ICF Advanced Professional Practice 3

Question 1

A coach working toward PCC credential renewal is selecting a Mentor Coach. What is a key ICF requirement for the Mentor Coach?

Accepted Answer

The Mentor Coach must hold an active ICF credential at PCC or MCC level

Answer

ICF specifies that Mentor Coaches for credential renewal must hold a current ICF credential at or above the level being renewed.

Question 2

Which of the following best describes the ICF's definition of 'the coaching relationship' as distinct from therapy?

Accepted Answer

Coaching partners with clients to maximize personal and professional potential, focusing on the present and future

Answer

ICF defines coaching as a thought-provoking, creative process that maximizes potential, is non-diagnostic, and is future-focused rather than trauma- or disorder-focused.

Question 3

A coach is 30 minutes into a session and realizes the client's stated goal is outside their coaching competence. What is the most appropriate action?

Accepted Answer

Acknowledge the limitation transparently and refer the client to a more suitable resource

Answer

ICF ethics require coaches to recognize the limits of their competence and refer clients when those limits are reached.

Question 4

In the ICF Core Competency framework updated in 2019, how many core competencies are there?

Accepted Answer

8

Answer

The 2019 updated ICF Core Competency model contains 8 competencies grouped under four domains.

Question 5

A coach notices strong emotion arising in themselves during a client's story. According to advanced coaching practice, what is the preferred response?

Accepted Answer

Use the emotion as data, staying present, and potentially sharing it if it serves the client

Answer

Advanced coaches learn to use their own internal experience as useful information while exercising judgment about if and how to share it in service of the client.

(ICF) International Coaching Federation Certified Practice Test

(ICF) International Coaching Federation Certified Practice Test

ICF Advanced Professional Practice 3