NCE Test Prep
Don’t Get Reported
Stats & Methods
Personal Training
Wedding Rings
100

The counseling skill where you reflect a client’s meaning and feelings back to them.

What is reflection?

100

The concept people think means “my therapist can never be forced to talk,”

What is confidentiality?

100

This validity type is about whether results generalize beyond your sample

What is external validity?


100

The nutrient category that includes amino acids as building blocks

What is protein?

100

The ring style that’s basically “one center stone, no entourage.”

What is a solitaire?

200

The term for therapist-and-client co-creating meaning rather than therapist “delivering” truth.

What is collaborative meaning-making?

200

Ethically ending or transferring services requires avoiding this.

What is abandonment?

200

The p-value is the probability of results (as extreme or more) assuming this is true.

What is the null hypothesis?

200

Gradually increasing training demand over time is called this.

What is progressive overload?

200

In the “4 Cs,” the one most associated with sparkle/brightness.

What is cut?

300

In CBT, thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are often described as this.

What is the cognitive triangle?

300

A subpoena can demand records, but this typically has stronger authority to compel disclosure and may override refusal (depending on jurisdiction).

hat is a court order?

300

This validity type is about whether results generalize beyond your sample.

What is external validity?


300

The primary muscle responsible for hip extension in movements like deadlifts/bridges.

What is the gluteus maximus?

300

When white gold looks “extra white,” it’s often coated with this.

What is rhodium plating?“

400

This concept evolved from “therapist’s issue contaminating treatment” to “potentially meaningful interpersonal signal,” if managed ethically through reflection, consultation, and boundaries.

What is countertransference?


400

The principle that covers truthfulness and accurate representation (including credentials, scope, and what treatment can realistically do).

What is veracity?

400

A Type I error is concluding there’s an effect when there isn’t—also called this.

What is a false positive?

400

This plane of motion includes movements like side lunges and lateral raises.

What is the frontal plane?

400

The “halo” style does what around a center stone? 

 What is surrounds it with a circle of smaller stones?

500

This term means “does the measure actually capture what it claims to measure?

What is construct validity?


500

The ethical landmine where a “nice gesture” can become coercive, create expectation, or shift the power dynamic

What is a boundary violation (or an unethical gift/benefit)?

500

Controlling for a baseline covariate while comparing group means: welcome to this analysis.

 What is ANCOVA?

500

For a hard 60–90 second effort, the dominant energy pathway is typically this.

 What is the anaerobic glycolytic system?

500

18K gold is this percentage pure gold

What is 75%?