Life Coach Quiz | Life Coach Certification Institute

1. Coaches should focus on what type of goals?

Long term goals only

Specific goals that the client brings to each session only

A balance between long term goals and session specific goals

The coach should not focus on goals

2. 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

3. Why is clear communication so important in sessions with clients?

Makes clients feel important

Helps clients see the truth

Helps client respect coach

Maximizes positive impact in client’s life

4. Every coaching session should include ______________.

A coaching agreement

Review of the relevant research

A summary of what should be accomplished that day

Recognition of the client’s issues and their accomplishments

5. Why would you ask a client “what’s stopped you from making these changes in the past?”

To question their integrity

To point out their laziness

To explore a client’s commitment and willingness to change

To explore how a client has failed in the past

6. What role should a coach take with a client when setting and prioritizing goals?

Co-creating goals with the client and facilitating the client’s self-discovery of goals

Critiquing client goals

Being hands off when the client establishes what they want to work on

Being the boss and telling the client what their goals should be

7. 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

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

Future goals

Word choice

Failures

Results

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

Exploring client’s history

Exploring client’s beliefs

Exploring client’s perspectives

Exploring client’s thoughts

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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