Life Coach Quiz | Life Coach Certification Institute

Setting up a coaching agreement before sessions

No sexual relationships with clients

Keep client information confidential

Refuse service to people you don’t like

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

Exploring client’s history

Exploring client’s beliefs

Exploring client’s perspectives

Exploring client’s thoughts

Personal stories

In depth explanations

Metaphors and analogies

Fables and fairytales

Paraphrasing

Retelling

Reiteration

Rephrasing

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

Future goals

Word choice

Failures

Results

Active listening

To establish trust

To always have the answers

To be empathetic

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?

Helps build trust

Helps coaches get more business

It helps the coach listen better

It reproduces relationships from the client’s past

Practice Exam

1. Which of the following is NOT an ethical principle important to coaching?

2. 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?

3. Which of the following are NOT important in increasing awareness?

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

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

6. 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?

7. You should help clients focus on their _______ with questions rather than staying stuck in the past.

8. Which of the following is NOT an expectation of a coach?

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

10. Why is genuine concern about a client important?