Test your knowledge of key health and wellness parameters with this free 35-question quiz.
Health & Wellness Coach
Practice Test
Optimize your exam preparation, enhance your test-taking skills, and
solidify your health and wellness coaching knowledge with this
150-question, peer reviewed practice test!
Are you wondering, "how do I prepare for this exam?"
or "what can I do to feel more confident in my study approach?"
One of the biggest challenges coaches face when preparing for the National Board of Health and Wellness Coaching (NBHWC) exam is a lack of available practice questions.
Suboptimal test-taking skills can also result in a lack of confidence.
This full-length peer-reviewed practice test will help you optimize your preparation for the NBHWC exam.
All of the practice questions in the practice test were written by Jessica Singh, MD, NBC-HWC, ACC and have been peer-reviewed by a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach who is faculty at an NBHWC-approved program.
This practice exam has been updated to incorporate the revisions in the NBHWC Exam Content Outline 2026-2030.
Disclaimer: The health and wellness coach practice test(s) and all exam review materials are provided by the Center for Health and Wellness Coaches and are not in any way affiliated with the National Board of Health and Wellness Coaching (NBHWC) or the National Board of Medical Examiners.
Taking this practice test will:
✔ Enhance your ability to learn the information you need to solidify your knowledge
✔ Improve your ability to recall this information and apply it
✔ Identify any gaps in knowledge
✔ Build your confidence
✔ Improve your test-taking skills
This test includes 150 peer-reviewed practice questions with answers, explanations, and references. It’s designed to not only provide practical knowledge regarding your NBHWC exam but also to help solidify your knowledge of health and wellness coaching. By enrolling, you will also receive a free bonus of 35 additional health and wellness parameter questions, a total of 185 questions!
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Who this practice test is designed for:
✔ Health and wellness coaches who are preparing to take the NBHWC exam
✔ Coaches who are enrolled in or who have completed an NBHWC approved program
✔ Health and wellness coaches who seek solidify their knowledge and gain practical applications for health and wellness coaching
What the Practice Test Includes:
☙ 150 peer-reviewed, fact-checked, formally edited multiple-choice questions with answer explanations and more than 100 references! This exam was written by Jessica Singh, MD, NBC-HWC, ACC (without the use of artificial intelligence) and peer-reviewed by a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach at an NBHWC approved program.
☙ Question content corresponding to the NBHWC Health and Wellness Coaching Certifying Examination Content Outline 2026-2030: coaching presence, relationships, and sessions (25%), theories, models, and approaches to behavior change (15%), skills, tools, and strategies (25%), ethics and professional practice (15%), and health and wellness (20%)
☙ An interactive score report that includes the total percent of correctly answered questions and the number of correctly answered questions in each category (coaching presence, relationships, and sessions; theories, models, and approaches to behavior change; skills, tools, and strategies; ethics and professional practice; and health and wellness)
☙ The ability to take the exam in:
1) a timed test mode where all the answers are revealed only after completion of the exam, and
2) an untimed study mode during which each answer is revealed after the completion of each individual question
☙ Randomization and shuffling of practice test questions with each attempt
☙ Unlimited attempts for six months
☙ This exam has been updated to reflect the changes in the 4th Edition of Motivational Interviewing and the NBHWC Content Outline 2026-2030
☙ Three Exclusive Bonuses!
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Bonuses
When you enroll in the practice exam, you’ll also receive access to three exclusive free bonuses.
Bonus #1: Health Parameter Guideline Review Sheet
The health parameter guideline review sheet summarizes key health parameters health and wellness coaches are recommended to know as per the NBHWC Exam Content Outline.
Bonus #2: Health and Wellness Parameters Quiz
Bonus #3: 6-Month Access to Dr. Singh's Webinar "5 Strategies to Prepare for the NBHWC Exam"
Learn five strategies to study for the NBHWC exam with efficiency and confidence.
About the Author
"After spending countless hours gathering information from numerous sources when I studied for the exam, I am grateful for the opportunity to now offer a comprehensive, evidence-based exam review resource that helps coaches prepare to take the exam with confidence."
- Dr. Jessica Singh
Jessica Singh, MD, NBC-HWC, ICF-ACC, founder of the Center for Health and Wellness Coaches, is a former emergency medicine physician. Her journey of well-being began when she was an emergency medicine physician-in-training, learning to enhance her own health and heal from burnout.
Dr. Singh is a trauma-informed physician coach certified by the National Board of Health and Wellness Coaching, the International Coaching Federation, and the Radical Remission Project. She is an adjunct faculty at New York University's School of Professional Studies, where she is developing a health and well-being coaching certificate program.
After years of studying and taking numerous National Board of Medical Examiners’ (NBME) examinations, she is grateful for the opportunity to offer this course to support health and wellness coaches throughout their test preparation process.
Dr. Singh attended an NBME Item-Writing Workshop to help her develop the practice test questions. In addition, she collaborated with a fellow National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach, who is faculty at an NBHWC approved program, to perform peer review, providing the high-quality resources for those preparing for their NBHWC examinations.
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