NLP and Time Line Therapy® Practitioner Test

From the following list choose the 10 correct  presuppositions of NLP

What is the Law of Requisite Variety?

What is Rapport?

From the following choose the correct things to match in getting rapport

What is Cross-over Mirroring? When is it useful?

Select which Eye Patterns are correct for each number on the diagram. This is a normally organized right-handed person as you look at them.

1. A – Vc
   B – Ar

2. A – Ac
   B – Vr

3. A – Ac
   B – Ad

4. A – Vc
   B – Ar

5. A – Ad
   B – K

6. A – K
   B – Ad

Select the correct answers for what is meant by “Primary Representational System” and how do you detect it

What is meant by Lead Representational System, and how do you detect it?

Select the Visual predicates from the following:

Select the Auditory predicates from the following:

Select the Kinesthetic predicates from the following:

Select the Olfactory predicates from the following:

Select the Gustatory predicates from the following:

 Select the Auditory Digital predicates from the following:

Select the correct translation of the following sentences into a different representational system:

1. Things look good
   A. Things are feeling fine
   B. What a brilliant day

2. It is so quiet that you can hear a pin drop
   A. Sounds good to me
   B. It feels very calm

3. You are really fired up!
   A. I see you’re totally ready!
   B. You are really motivated!
   

4. That sounds like a great idea
   A. That looks like a great concept
   B. I hear your words
   

5. People don’t see me as I see myself
   A. People have a dim view of me
   B. I don’t sound to them like I sound to myself

6. Your words leave a sour taste in my mouth
   A. Your words make me feel bad
   B. What you said leaves a bitter taste in my mouth

7. Every day above ground is a great day!
   A. I am grateful to be alive!
   B. Every day feels great!

Select the correct answers for what is Overlapping Representational Systems in NLP ?

Select the correct answers for which of the following descriptions are sensory based (founded on observation)?

What is meant by a Physiology of Excellence and why is it important?

 Choose six (6) correct modalities of calibration in NLP

Choose the correct description of voice tone, volume, tempo and timbre in NLP?

1. TONE

• Tone is a musical interval of two semitones
• Tone is pitch (high or low)
•  Change to a color image

2. VOLUME

1. Volume (loud or soft),
2. A relative amount
3. A number of pages bound together

3. TEMPO

1. Referring to time
2. Temporary nature of something
3. Tempo is speed (fast or slow)

4. TIMBRE

1. Timbre is quality (harmonic content melodious, resonant, strident, whining, raspiness)
2. Property of a bird chirp
3. Your voice when you have a cold

Choose ten (10) correct Keys to Achievable Outcomes from the list below 

 What is the Meta Model? 

What are the three (3) processes of internalizing on which the Meta Model is based?

Identify the correct Meta Model violations and the appropriate Meta Model challenge in each of the following sentences

1. He makes me happy

1. [Cause‑Effect] How specifically? How does he make you choose to be happy?
2. [Nominalization] What does it mean making you happy?

2. It’s wrong to cheat

1. [Mind Read] How do you know?
2. [Lost performative] Who says it is wrong to cheat?

3. I regret my decision

1. [Simple deletion] You regret your decision about what?
2. [Cause-effect] What made you regret it?

4. Nobody ever pays any attention to me

1. [Lack of referential index] Who, specifically, doesn’t pay any attention to you?
2. [Cause-effect] How does this make you feel?

5. Sue loves me

1. [Nominalization] When was she loving you?
2. [Mind Read] How do you know she loves you? What does she do that lets you know she loves you?

6. Susan hurt me

1. [Cause‑effect] How does Susan make you choose to feel hurt?
2. [Complex Equivalence] What does it mean to be hurt?

7. I’m angry

1. [Presupposition] How do you know?
2. [Simple deletion] About what specifically?

8. I should study harder

1. [Modal operator of necessity] What do you think would happen if you didn’t? Just suppose…
2. [Nominalization] What were you studying?

Select the correct answers to what is personal power in NLP, and how does one get it?

From the NLP perspective, what is a “State”, and why is it important?    

What is a Pattern Interrupt in NLP, and when is it useful?

Choose which is the correct NLP meaning for the following frames

1. Evidence

1. “How will you know when you have it?” Can be used to direct attention to a representation of a desired state/completion
2. Look up fact-checkers online. Used to shorten the time for finding an answer

2. Backtrack

1. Reversing a position or stand. Used to flip-flop on one’s initial position
2. It reviews the information already presented. When someone is wandering, bring them back on track “In a few minutes I’m going to ask you to backtrack”

3. Relevancy

1. “How does_______relate to the outcome agreed upon?” Used to keep things on track
2. To compare things for the purpose of learning which one is better. Used to get advantage

4. Contrast

1. When two things are compared. Used to allow for the displacement of resistance
2. The juxtaposition of dissimilar elements (such as color, tone, or emotion) in a work of art. Used to create a special message
   

5. Ecology

1. Ecology is the study of the environment. Used to help us understand how organisms live with each other in unique physical environments
2. Maintain the integrity of the system. Makes sure it is win/win for all concerned. What are the consequences of a change/ action/ goal/etc. on the person, family, business, community, environment and the planet?

6. As if

1. “As if ” used informally as an interjection says that something suggested or claimed is impossible. Used to show incorrect, or ridiculously unlikely to be true things
2. Develop options “What will happen if ?” Use to open up possibilities restricted by prevailing conditions

 Select the correct answers to what is an Anchor in NLP?

Select the correct answer to the question “What are the five (5) keys to anchoring in NLP”?

A. 

1. Recall a past vivid experience ‑ put person in state
2. Apply the stimulus as the state begins to rise
3. Change the person’s state (Break State)
4. Evoke the state by firing the anchor (Test)

B.

1. Intensity of the response
2. Timing of the anchor
3. Uniqueness of the stimulus
4. Replication of the stimulus
5. Number of times

C.

1. Get in rapport
2. Choose your anchor location
3. Drop the anchor
4. Set the anchor
5. Check position

 Describe how to anchor someone during an anchoring procedure in NLP

 A.

1. Recall a past vivid experience ‑ put person in state
2. Apply the stimulus as the state begins to rise
3. Change the person’s state (Break State)
4. Evoke the state by firing the anchor (Test)

 B.

1. Intensity of the response
2. Timing of the anchor
3. Uniqueness of the stimulus
4. Replication of the stimulus
5. Number of times

 Select from the following which eight (8) steps are ESSENTIAL (without which the process does not work) for Collapse Anchors?

When would you use Chaining Anchors? 

Describe how you would discover how your client stores time

Select what are the six (6) most important Prime Directives of the Unconscious Mind?

What is meant by Gestalt in Time Line Therapy^®?

In Time Line Therapy® what is the specific intervention for the removal of Guilt?

 What is the specific intervention for a Limiting Decision?

What is the specific intervention for a Negative Emotion in the case of trauma or phobia?

Choose from the following the correct answers for How to do a Change Personal History?  

A.

1. Design and install a positive resource anchor
2. Identify with client a persistent recurring undesirable state, and anchor the state
3. Fire the undesirable state anchor while you identify and then anchor one event in the client’s past where the client experienced the state
4. Repeat this, anchoring at least two more events (Anchor as many as necessary)
5. Make sure that the state associated with the positive resource anchor is greater than the negative state
6. Fire the first event anchor while holding the resource anchor and have the client relive the event with the new resources
7. Repeat this for each event that was anchored
8. Test
9. Future Pace

B.
By revisiting a memory of a past event where you were treated poorly from your point of view. You can change your personal history by taking your current level of understanding and resources and integrating those with those past times when you were less resourceful

C.
Any intervention using Time Line Therapy^® (Negative Emotions #1, Negative Emotions #2, Limiting Decisions Procedure, etc.) is essentially a Change Personal History

 Select the correct answer for the difference in NLP between Association and Dissociation

If you see yourself in the picture, are you Associated or Dissociated?

What is the correct description of Time Line Therapy®?

What is a Phobia?

Select the correct answers for how to remove a Phobia from Time Line Therapy® point of view

 Select the correct answers to what is a Strategy in NLP?

Which one is the most elegant and subtle way of eliciting a strategy in NLP?

A. Formal Strategy Elicitation

1. Can you remember a time when you were totally x’d?
2. Can you remember a specific time?
3. As you go back to that time now, what was the very first thing that caused you to be totally x’d?
4. Was it something you saw (or the way someone looked at you)? Was it something you heard (or someone’s tone of voice), or was it the touch of someone or something? What was the very first thing that caused you to be totally x’d?
5. After you (saw, heard, felt) that, what was the very next thing that happened as you were totally x’d? Did you picture something in your mind? Say something to yourself or have a certain feeling or emotion? What was the very first thing that caused you to be totally x’d?
6. After you (list previous), did you know you were totally x’d or… (Repeat steps 5 and 6 until complete)

Watch for predicates, eye patterns, rep systems and convincer

B. Informal Strategy Elicitation script (Strategy Elicitation from Eye Patterns):

1. Run eye tracking test to ensure they can access all quadrants
2. Determine if they are normally organized or reversed organized
3. Ask if they can remember a time when they bought something they liked? A specific time?
   Find out what was it and if they were by themselves when they bought it
   Ask if they are happy with the purchase and make sure they bought it by themselves (if NO at any one, it could be a different strategy) If NO, repeat step 3 for another product. Otherwise go to Step 4
4. Ask: So you are in the store, (car lot, etc.) How did you decide (name product) was for you?
5. As they answer, watch their eye patterns and make a note. Pay attention to the predicates. They should match the eye patterns. Note repeated keywords. Note Convincer
6. You can repeat steps 3 – 5 a few times and possibly with different items until you are sure you’ve got the strategy
7. Test (feed back their strategy using matching predicates)

Select from the list ALL the Visual Submodalities

 Select from the list ALL the Auditory Submodalities

 Select from the list ALL the Kinesthetic Submodalities

Select from the following the correct answers to the question what is a Reframe, and when is it useful?

Select the correct answer to what is a Context Reframe and the correct answer for what question to ask self for this reframe

1. What is a Context Reframe

1. A context reframe takes the behavior and places it in another context thus the meaning will appear different when placed somewhere else
2. A context reframe is finding another context where the same behavior would be appropriate
3. Think of a different context in which the person will respond differently to the same behavior
4. All of the above

2. Select the question to ask self for this type of reframe

1. What is the most important thing in this behavior?
2. Isn’t meaning a matter of complex equivalence?
3. What is a different context in which the person will respond differently to the same behavior?

What are the six (6) steps in a Six Step Reframe?

A.

1. Access Behavior (i.e. Identify the unwanted behavior or feeling)
2. Set Up Signal (i.e. Establish communication with the Unconscious Mind – yes/no)
3. Discover and Acknowledge Benefits (i.e. the positive intention of the behavior)
4. Creating Choices (i.e. Alternative behaviors / feelings that satisfy the intention)
5. Congruency Check
6. Test & Future Pace

B.

1. Make sure the goal is SMART
2. Discover evidence procedure
3. Associate in the Internal Representation of the Evidence Procedure
4. Dissociate from the Internal Representation of the Evidence Procedure
5. Float above the Time Line
6. Insert the goal in the Time Line

 What is the Agreement Frame?

Select the correct answers for when would you use the Agreement Frame?

 What is a Conditional Close in NLP and its use?

From NLP perspective, choose five (5) insights useful before a meeting: 

Why is Intent important in negotiations?

Select five (5) of the NLP tactics for negotiations?

 Select the correct answers to how is NLP useful in successful selling?

Select the correct hypnotic-phrase answer for each of the following Milton Model Patterns:

1. Mind reading:

1. I know what you want
2. Wouldn’t you know?

2. Conversational postulate:

1. You’re doing better now
2. Can you close the door?

3. Cause and effect:

1. The law makes you obey the speed limit
2. Sitting in this room, you are learning lots

4. Selectional Restriction Violation:

1. One can hear you
2. How does the chair feel being sat on all day?

5. Lack of Referential Index:

1. One might assume…
2. I am sure of it

6. (Comparative) Deletion:

1. And you’re feeling more alive
2. Do you want to begin now or later?

Select the correct hypnotic-phrase answer for each of the following Milton Model Patterns:

1. Unspecified Predicate:

1. And you can…
2. You’ve come a long way

2. Analogical marking:

1. The dog barked really loud
2. Now you can clearly see the need to free yourself

3. Ambiguities:

1. You should be committed to your development
2. He’s off somewhere

4. Embedded Question:

1. And you do understand, don’t you, that you’re almost done
2. After all, you learned this

5. Extended Quotes:

1. Not long ago when I last saw Billy, he was giving me this big story about how he has spoken with a friend regarding some plans they had to go out of town with a cousin who had an idea about starting some new business venture that would involve a lot of travel overseas and that would involve making contacts over there to conduct whatever they had in mind
2. Avocados start to brown due to a process called oxidation, which occurs when the fruit is exposed to oxygen. This reaction isn’t harmful, but it can make the avocado look less appealing and cause the flesh to form a hard outer layer

6. Tag Question:

1. How else do you go into trance?
2. You’re beginning to understand, aren’t you?

What is Neuro-Linguistic Programming?

Select the correct answer to what is a Content Reframe and the correct question to ask self for this reframe

 1. What is a Content Reframe

1. The meaning of the communication is the response you get
2. A content reframe is actually changing the content of the experience
3. People give meaning to their experience based on their life

2. Select the question to ask self for this type of reframe

1. What else could this behavior mean?
2. What is it that this person hasn’t noticed (in this context) that will bring about a different meaning, and change their response?
3. What is an opposite frame or a different meaning?
4. All of the above

Select the correct answer for what is Mapping Across (Like to Dislike)?

Select the correct answers for what is a Swish Pattern?

What is Parts Integration, as used in Time Line Therapy®?