Life Coach Quiz | Life Coach Certification Institute

1. 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

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

Respect

Refuse

Refute

Ignore

3. _________________ help clients understand concepts with greater depth and sophistication?

Personal stories

In depth explanations

Metaphors and analogies

Fables and fairytales

4. 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?

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. A coach has just gone through a divorce and is feeling down and unmotivated. The coach recognizes this. What should they do?

Take measures to protect their clients by taking breaks and referring clients to other coaches

To stop returning their clients phone calls

To keep up with their commitments and keep seeing their clients

To talk to other coaches about how bad they feel

10. Paying attention to body language, tone, pitch, and volume in coaching is ________.

Unnecessary

A lot of work

Repetitive with what they’re saying

Revealing of a deeper level of client communication

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