Sample questions
Sample questions with answers.
From the practice pool, with the answers shown. The exam asks its own set of 40.
Changing Patterns Without Becoming a Different Person
1. Which changes reflect supportive environments that reduce friction? Choose all that apply.
Choose all that apply.
- Organizing medications visibly Correct answer
- Preparing needed items in advance Correct answer
- Adding more unfinished tasks into view
- Reducing decision overload in daily routines Correct answer
Why: Supportive environments lower strain and reduce unnecessary decisions. Increasing visible overload does the opposite.
Love, Attachment, and Familiar Pain
2. What is the main direction of anxious attachment strategies when fear appears?
- Reducing contact to protect independence
- Ignoring emotional needs completely
- Avoiding all emotional discussion
- Moving toward the relationship for reassurance or connection Correct answer
Why: Anxious strategies usually move toward connection through reassurance-seeking, checking, or emotional monitoring.
High-Stakes Moments and Emotional Survival
3. Which statement best reflects the lesson's healthier repair mindset?
- "If old patterns return, all progress was fake."
- "The goal is to never feel emotionally activated again."
- "Old patterns can reactivate under stress, and repair is still possible." Correct answer
- "Stress explains behavior, so accountability no longer matters."
Why: The lesson connected accountability with stability and repair instead of panic or self-destruction.
Habit Loops and Everyday Self-Sabotage
4. Why are ordinary moments important in behavior change?
- Automatic patterns often appear there Correct answer
- They create instant emotional breakthroughs
- They eliminate stress responses
- They make reflection unnecessary
Why: Automatic reactions usually happen during everyday situations, which is why small daily experiments matter.
The Mind Running Ahead of You
5. Automatic processing is unusual and only appears during high stress.
- True
- False Correct answer
Why: Automatic processing is normal everyday functioning. The common mistake is assuming people usually think slowly before reacting.
Money, Work, and Invisible Identity Rules
6. What does automatic compliance mean?
- Avoiding all requests to prevent stress
- Responding to social pressure before conscious evaluation fully happens Correct answer
- Deliberately agreeing after careful evaluation
- Agreeing only when there is clear personal benefit
Why: Automatic compliance is a fast nervous-system response where agreement happens before deliberate evaluation catches up.
The Stories Beneath Reactions
7. What does automatic processing mean in self-talk?
- Emotions only appear after conscious reasoning is complete
- Thoughts are always carefully chosen before appearing
- The brain rapidly generates reactions and predictions using past experience Correct answer
- Self-talk stops during stressful moments
Why: Automatic processing describes how reactions and predictions appear quickly based on past experience before deliberate reasoning fully catches up.
Body Signals Before Words
8. What is often a sign of regulation during uncertainty?
- A need to resolve everything instantly
- Treating every feeling as objective truth
- Flexibility and willingness to gather information Correct answer
- Immediate panic and rigid certainty
Why: Flexibility suggests the nervous system can stay open and regulated. Panic usually pushes for instant resolution.