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A coach keeps recommending an app for tracking snacks. The client replies, "Each time I explain that I share a phone with my children, you tell me another reason to use that app." Which response addresses the strain in the relationship before returning to the tracking problem?
Correct answer: C - "I've pushed the app without hearing you. What would be useful now?"
After abandoning two attempts to prepare lunches, a client says, "I cannot stick with anything." The coach knows the client recently organized a family move while caring for a parent. A response drawing specifically on mastery experience would be:
Correct answer: A - "What helped you organize the move that could help with lunches?"
While comparing soups, a client points to Soup B: "This one has less sodium." Soup A lists 300 mg per serving and contains 2 servings; Soup B lists 230 mg per serving and contains 3 servings. The client normally eats an entire container for lunch. Which conclusion accounts for the amount the client actually eats?
Correct answer: D - Soup A provides 90 mg less sodium when the entire container is eaten.
Mara has met her chosen target of walking for 12 minutes after lunch on three workdays for nine months. She also intends to start resistance training in two weeks and has booked her first session, but has not begun training. Her transtheoretical-model stages for the defined walking target and for starting resistance training are, respectively:
Correct answer: D - Maintenance and preparation.
A distribution center's voluntary wellness group attracts 62% of day-shift staff and 8% of night-shift staff. Both shifts report similar interest. Sessions occur at noon; night-shift employees say returning then would interrupt their sleep. The director can fund one change. Where would the funding most directly address the participation gap?
Correct answer: B - An equivalent session scheduled around the night shift
A client working toward a weight-management goal completed four of five planned food-log entries, missing one after a late shift. He studies the record and says, "That proves I can't follow through. There's no point making another plan." He asks for help thinking about the week. Which reply uses the evidence to develop a more balanced appraisal?
Correct answer: A - "Four entries show follow-through. What could make logging easier after a late shift?"
Devin wants to practice a five-minute relaxation exercise after arriving home. He notices his reminder but dismisses it while carrying groceries, settling his children, and starting dinner. He says the exercise matters and readily completes it on quiet evenings. In Fogg's Behavior Model, which adjustment targets the clearest obstacle?
Correct answer: C - Choose a smaller action that fits the arrival-home routine.
During a walk at a community center in the United States, a client develops persistent pressure in the center of his chest, becomes short of breath, and breaks into a cold sweat. He says, "It's probably indigestion; give me a few minutes." The coach's immediate response should be to:
Correct answer: B - Stop the walk and call 911 for emergency medical help.
Elena has met her weekly goal. She looks down, pauses, and says quietly, "That's what we agreed." Her coach initially reads disappointment into the response, then remembers that Elena often speaks quietly. How can the coach check the meaning of this cue?
Correct answer: A - "I noticed a pause. How do you feel about what you accomplished?"
Noel rates a plan to be in bed by 11 p.m. on four nights next week as 9 for importance and 3 for confidence. Both rulers run from 0 to 10: importance ranges from "not at all important" to "extremely important," and confidence from "not at all confident" to "completely confident." He explains, "I want the earlier nights, but my father's care needs change from evening to evening." Taken together, the ratings and explanation point first toward:
Correct answer: D - Finding a version of the plan he could carry out around caregiving.
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