WorksheetsChapter 3 Quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
1. Which of the following should be developed early in the client–personal trainer relationship in order to build a strong foundation?
a. Rapport
b. Action
c. Sympathy
d. Investigation
2. During a recent phone conversation with a potential new client who is physically inactive, an
ACE Certified Personal Trainer learns that he is only interested in learning about an exercise
program because his physician said it was imperative to improve his health. Which of the
following BEST identifies this client’s stage of change?
a. Contemplation
b. Pre-contemplation
c. Action
d. Preparation
3. An ACE Certified Personal Trainer is working with a new client who has had a consistent
exercise history. During the interview, the client explains that she enjoys all types of exercise
and loves the way a workout makes her feel. Which of the following BEST describes this
client’s motivation?
a. Controlled motivation
b. Associative motivation
c. Autonomous motivation
d. Extrinsic motivation
4. Which of the following is the BEST example of a process goal?
a. Making it to the fitness facility three times a week
b. Increasing lean body mass by 5%
c. Losing 4 pounds in a month
d. Achieving 10% weight loss in six weeks
5. A client has been working with a personal trainer consistently for six months but is now starting to become inconsistent with training due to family demands. Which of the following might BEST assist the client?
a. Reduce training to once a week and have client sign an updated contract
b. Suggest time away from training until these demands are reduced
c. Discuss ways the client can convince his family that he must adhere to his workout plan
d. Collaborate with the client on what to do when these demands occur
6. An ACE Certified Personal Trainer is working with a client who is weighing the pros and cons of beginning an exercise program. Which of the following might BEST evoke change talk?
a. Asking the client’s approval to design an easy exercise program
b. Using an importance ruler
c. Asking the client about past exercise experience
d. Using a readiness to change questionnaire
7. An ACE Certified Personal Trainer is working with a client who has been identified as being in the action stage. Which of the following would MOST likely enhance the client’s success?
a. Listen effectively to the client’s concerns
b. Provide educational information
c. Help the client set up a mobile app to track physical activity
d. Express empathy to the client
8. Which of the following BEST reflects a client overgeneralizing?
a. “Even when I exercise regularly, I never seem to lose weight and reach my goals.”
b. “I’m a failure at weight loss, as I always ruin my diet by eating out on weekends,”
c. “Even if this workout routine gets me stronger, I’ll just slip back into my old routines, like
I always do.”
d. “No one in my family thinks I’ll be able to stick with this exercise plan.”
9. Which of the following is an environmental factor that serves as a potential determinant for physical activity?
a. Health status
b. Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs
c. Social support
d. Intensity
10. A client states that although she values physical activity, she will need to terminate training due to a lack of time. Which of the following suggestions would be BEST for the ACE Certified Personal Trainer to offer?
a. Offer more time-efficient training sessions like reduced-exertion high-intensity interval training
b. Offer a break from training and an incentive discount to return to training
c. Offer a home workout plan the client should complete in lieu of training
d. Offer less frequent sessions with increased duration to accommodate time restrictions
11. Which of the following strategies would be BEST to use with a client in the preparation stage?
a. Identify and promote new, positive outcome expectations and boost self-confidence
b. Increase awareness of inevitable lapses and bolster self-efficacy in coping with lapses
c. Assist the client in identifying social support and establishing goals
d. Utilize general sources of education, including brochures and the internet
12. A new client states that he is not interested in a muscular-training program due to a fear of
intense muscle soreness. An ACE Certified Personal Trainer creates a muscular-training
program at a low intensity to avoid muscle soreness. Which of the following BEST describes
the type of operant conditioning used by the trainer?
a. Negative reinforcement
b. Extinction
c. Punishment
d. Positive reinforcement
13. Which of the following is the BEST example of a client using stimulus control to when adopting a new behavior?
a. Keeping a bag with workout gear in the car
b. Planning a daily walking lunch break
c. Requesting a consistent work schedule on training days
d. Finding online workouts to supplement training sessions
14. Which of the following types of client is MOST likely to exhibit positive health behaviors?
a. A client with a strong emotional state
b. A client with an internal locus of control
c. A client with strong willpower
d. A client with an external locus of control
15. Which of the following will MOST strongly influence a client’s current self-efficacy levels?
a. Past performance experiences
b. Physiological state
c. Positive feedback from others
d. Mood state and emotional belief
16. An ACE Certified Personal Trainer receives a call from an individual who is inquiring about
training in the gym, which she has never done previously. She seems very apprehensive and
nervous, stating that she knows she needs to be more active but is not sure training is right for
her. Based on this scenario, which of the following BEST represents the caller’s stage of
change?
a. Action
b. Contemplation
c. Preparation
d. Pre-contemplation
17. What is the MOST effective approach for an ACE Certified Personal Trainer to take when using the decisional balance technique?
a. Use a decisional balance worksheet in conjunction with communication and
observation skills
b. Use a decisional balance worksheet after a behavioral contract is signed
c. Use a decisional balance worksheet in conjunction with a detailed behavior contract
d. Use a decisional balance worksheet initially and follow up using an importance ruler
18. According to the health belief model, which of the following refers to people’s perceptions of how likely they are to develop an illness?
a. Perceived benefits
b. Perceived barriers
c. Perceived susceptibility
d. Perceived seriousness
19. Which of the following is BEST categorized as a demographic variable?
a. Depression
b. Attitude
c. Illness
d. Age
20. A client explains that he recently started taking his dog out for a walk after dinner instead of his usual after-dinner behavior of sitting on the couch and eating ice cream. Which of the following processes of change does this behavior BEST represent?
a. Counter-conditioning
b. Stimulus control
c. Self-liberation
d. Consciousness raising
21. An ACE Certified Personal Trainer is working with a long-term client who is in the maintenance stage of change. Which of the following goals would be BEST for this client?
a. Maintain interest and reduce risk for boredom
b. Co-create an action plan using positive feedback
c. Explore options for exercise adherence
d. Establish new behaviors to improve compliance
22. Which of the following is an important strategy for dealing with client lapses?
a. Suggest a home exercise program
b. Discuss lapses with the client in advance
c. Tell the client what to do when a lapse occurs
d. Suggest the client take time off when bored
23. Which of the following BEST describes consciousness raising?
a. Discussing all the barriers to exercise
b. Substituting healthier behaviors for unhealthy behaviors
c. Finding and learning new facts, ideas, and tips that support healthy behavior change
d. Seeking and using social support to raise awareness
24. The ACE Certified Personal Trainer asks a client to think about how he will feel when he reaches his goal of being able to walk a mile in under 20 minutes. Which of the following BEST describes the source of self-efficacy being used?
a. Imaginal experiences
b. Emotional state
c. Mood appraisal
d. Vicarious experiences
25. Which of the following BEST describes the self-perception that a person can successfully perform a task?
a. Relatedness
b. Autonomy
c. Competence
d. Confidence
