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CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE – OPEN BOOK EXAM

Briefly answer the following questions in your own time & language – after completion kindly forward
the completed work to me for evaluation.

The purpose of the exercise is to ensure that you’re familiar with the NLP techniques to be able to help
yourself and another person close to you to make discernable positive improvements in your & their
lives.

Successful completion of this exam will also qualify you for a beautiful certificate of completion of ‘NLP
Practitioner Online’ course.

1. What is Neuro Linguistic Programming?

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2. List at least 15 presuppositions of NLP?

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3. What is the law of requisite variety?

4. What is rapport and what is the significance of rapport in effective communications?

5. List five things to mirror & match in establishing rapport?

1. 6. What is cross over mirroring?

1. 7. Fill in the eye patterns of a normally organized person?

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1. 8. What does ‘Primary Representational System’ mean and how do you detect it?

1. 9. What does ‘Lead Representational System’ mean and how do you detect it?

1. 10. What is the difference between a digital and analogue submodality?

1. 11. For each of the following predicates, identify whether they are visual, auditory,
kinesthetic, olfactory, gustatory, or audio-digital.

a. a. See, look, watch, viewpoint, survey, & brilliant: --------------------------

a. b. Stink: --------------------------------------------------------------------------

a. c. Tension, throw, warm, feel, push, shocking & hard: --------------------

a. d. Thoughtful, motivate, tough, sense, remember: -------------------------

a. e. Hear, tell, silent, and music: ------------------------------------------------

a. f. Yummy, bitter, putrid, and taste: -------------------------------------------

a. 12. Identify & translate the following sentences into a different representational system:

For example: I can’t see the point of all this (visual); I don’t understand all this

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(auditory digital).

a. a. Things are looking up: -------------------------------------------------------

a. b. It is so quiet that you can hear a pin drop: --------------------------------

a. c. You are really fired up: -------------------------------------------------------

a. d. That sounds like a great idea: -----------------------------------------------

a. e. People don’t see me as I see myself: ---------------------------------------

a. f. Your words leave a sour taste in my mouth: -------------------------------

a. g. Everyday above ground is a great day: -------------------------------------

a. 13. What is ‘Overlapping Representational System’ and when would you use the pattern?

a. 14. Which of the following descriptions are sensory (S) based and which are
hallucinations (H)?

a. a. Her lips puffed and muscles on her face tightened ---

a. b. She was relieved ---

a. c. The volume of his voice was diminished ---

a. d. She cringed ---

a. e. He looked cold ---

a. f. He showed remorse ---

a. g. His pupils dilated ---.

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a. 15. What do you understand by ‘Physiology Of Excellence’ and why is it important?

a. 16. List the six modalities in NLP.

a. 17. What is the difference between tone, tempo, and timbre?

a. 18. What are the keys to achievable outcomes?

a. 19. List three qualities of exceptional communicators.

a. 20. What mechanism primarily drives hypnosis?

a. 21. What is ‘Meta-Model’ and briefly explain its use?

a. 22. What are the three processes of internalizing on which the Meta-Model is based?

a. 23. Identify the Meta-Model violations in each of the following sentences and indicate
what the appropriate Meta-Model challenge would be?

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No: Sentence Violation Challenge
1 He makes me happy.
2 Is it wrong to cheat?
3 I regret my decision!
4 Nobody ever pays attention to me!
5 Samina loves me.
6 Saira hurt me!
7 I’m angry.
8 I should study harder.

a. 24. What is personal power and how does one get it?

a. 25. What is ‘state’ and why is it important?

a. 26. Describe how would you go about unpacking a strategy?

a. 27. What is ‘pattern interrupt’ and when is it useful?

a. 28. Describe the following frame and tell when to use them?

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No: Frame Describe & when to use the frame Remarks
1 Evidence
2 Backtrack
3 Contrast
4 Ecology
5 As if

a. 29. What is ‘Anchoring’?

a. 30. What are the four keys to anchoring?

a. 31. Describe the steps to anchor someone?

a. 32. Describe the process of collapsing anchors and tell when it is useful to do so?

a. 33. What are the steps in chaining anchors and when do you use chaining?

a. 34. Name six everyday trances that you experience.

a. 35. How do you elicit a strategy? Name the steps in the process.

a. 36. What is the difference between association and dissociation, and in what
situations would you use them – explain with examples?

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a. 37. If you see yourself in a picture, are you associated or dissociated?

a. 38. What is a phobia?

a. 39. Describe how to remove a phobia?

a. 40. What is a strategy?

a. 41. What do you mean by ‘state management’ in NLP?

a. 42. Who invented the ‘TOTE’ model and how does NLP enrich the model?

a. 43. What are the steps in eliciting a strategy?

a. 44. List six visual, kinesthetic, and auditory submodalities of each?

a. 45. What is a ‘Reframe’ and when is it useful?

a. 46. What do you understand by ‘The NLP Presuppositions’?

a. 47. What is Neuro Linguistic Programming?

a. 48. What is the difference between ‘context’ and ‘content’?

a. 49. How does ‘story’ or metaphor operate as a ‘hypnotic’ language pattern?

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a. 50. Describe the five Meta-Programs.

a. 51. What is the agreement frame and when would you use it?

a. 52. What is a ‘Conditional Close’ and when would you use it?

a. 53. What is ‘’Godiva Chocolate Pattern’; when should you apply the pattern and what are
the steps involved?

a. 54. What are the five NLP insights into conducting successful meetings?

a. 55. Why is ‘Intent’ important in negotiations?

a. 56. What are the five NLP tactics for negotiations?

a. 57. How is NLP useful in ‘Family Therapy’?

a. 58. What are ‘Values’ and why are they important?

a. 59. Describe some naturally occurring trance states?

a. 60. Describe at least five general signs of trance.

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a. 61. List the stages of hypnosis?

a. 62. What is the difference between mirroring and matching?

a. 63. Give two examples of verbal pacing and leading?

a. 64. How did Pavlov discover the process of anchoring and what did he call it?

a. 65. What does it mean to ‘map across’ using submodalities?

a. 66. Give two examples of non-verbal pacing and leading?

a. 67. List at least five smooth transitional connecting phrases.

a. 68. What characteristics of the hypnotic state make it such a useful tool in working with
consciousness?

a. 69. Explain what do you understand by ‘Representational System’ and its significance.

a. 70. Define ‘Calibration’.

a. 71. Give three examples of what to observe when calibrating.

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a. 72. What do you understand by the term ‘Overload’?

a. 73. What do you understand by the phrase ‘sensory acuity’?

a. 74. What is the difference between Meta-Model & Milton-Model; and in what
situations would you apply them?

a. 75. How do submodalities explain the Swish Pattern?

a. 76. Give an example of accessing a previous trance state.

a. 77. List at least five things that would help prevent the onset of distress during
hypnotherapy.

a. 78. If a client should become distressed during hypnotherapy, list at least five
interventions.

a. 79. Explain the difference between the functions of conscious and unconscious minds.

a. 80. List and comment on the gifts of empowerment.

a. 81. Describe how would you discover your client’s time-line.

a. 82. What is the specific intervention for the removal of guilt?

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a. 83. What do you understand by ‘integrating parts’ in context to anchoring?

a. 84. What is the specific intervention for removing limiting decisions?

a. 85. What is the specific intervention for removing negative emotions?

a. 86. Describe how to change personal history and when to use this technique?

a. 87. Describe the use of metaphor in hypnotherapy.

a. 88. How would you use all five Satir categories in expanding your own communication
style?

a. 89. List at least two techniques using metaphor and give examples.

a. 90. If you wanted to know the critical/driving submodalities of someone, how would you
go about discovering them?

a. 91. Prepare a hypnotic induction using at least 8 Milton-Model Patterns, and 5

Presupposition – identify each pattern in brackets following the Milton- Model
Patterns or Presupposition plus underline the embedded commands.

a. 92. Describe the five perceptual positions and their significance.

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a. 93. Provide a case study - running account of your session based on at least three
successive hypnotherapy sessions and also provide an audiotape of one of the above
sessions.

a. 94. List at least two reasons to use hypnotic regression.

a. 95. In a way all language operates metaphorically – explain.

a. 96. Describe what the phrase ‘artful vagueness’ means?

a. 97. Explain at least two techniques for including hypnotic regression?

a. 98. What are the differences between Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, Visualization, Neuro-
Linguistic Programming, and Meditation?

a. 99. How does an ‘In Time’ person differ from a ‘Through Time’ person?

a. 100. What does modeling mean in NLP?

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