MCHES PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED 2026.
D. experimental - ANS 1. The health education specialist is organizing a summative
evaluation. Which evaluation design offers the most control over confounding variables?
a. time series
b. quasi-experimental
c. non-experimental
d. experimental
b. health disparities - ANS 2. For people which less than 12 years of education, the infant
mortality rate and overall death rate is almost twice as high as people with 13 or more years of
education. These are examples of:
a. health inequities
b. health disparities
c. social determinants of health
d. health equity
a. the necessity for the change in policy - ANS 3. A health education specialist is meeting with
a college campus community to try to make the campus smoke free. In order to gain support
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,from key stakeholders in the first meeting, which of the following should be the focus of the
health education specialist's message?
a. The necessity for the change in policy
b. The specific enforcement plan
c. The health communication strategy to be used
d. The incentive program could be used.
c. secular - ANS 4. An outbreak of dysentery occurred in a community over the course of a
week. The number of cases and time of onset of symptoms was determined. All who displayed
symptoms ate sprouts at the same restaurant. For this outbreak, which type of epidemic curve
can be prepare for the descriptive study?
a. single
b. seasonal
c. secular
d. propagated
d. cooperative agreements - ANS 5. The intervention program is doing so well it needs to be
expanded; however, the sponsoring agency has limited funding for expansion. The health
education specialist found another agency willing to provide a larger venue in exchange for
access to the sponsor's educational library. This method of financing the program is called:
a. organizational sponsorship
b. cost-sharing
c. third-party support
d. cooperative agreements
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,c. Process - ANS 6. Measuring program reach and response is an element of which type of
evaluation?
a. outcome
b. impact
c. process
d. summative
a. shift in critical mass - ANS 7. The health education specialist's advocacy efforts are starting
to be succesful. The city council has voted 4-1 to hold a town hall meeting to discuss a clean
indoor air ordinance. Which type of advocacy benchmark is this?
a. shift in critical mass
b. community or individual behavior
c. changing definitions/reframing
d. institutional policy
d. assessing attitudes, behaviors, policies and social norms in a community - ANS 8. A health
education specialist wishes to use the ecological model in a needs assessment. Which of the
following is an example of a way to assess levels of this model?
a. assessing use of interpersonal behavior change construct in the community
b. assessing health and quality of life of community members and evaluating current programs
c. assessing community norms and behaviors related to health issues.
d. assessing attitudes, behaviors, policies, and social norms in a community.
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, b. logic model - ANS 9. The agency administrator wants the big picture or summary of an
intervention's resources, activities, and results. The health education specialist creates which of
the following to put in his/her report to the administrator?
a. marketing mix
b. logic model
c. instructional design framework
d. unit of study
c. adults should be actively involved in planning and evaluation - ANS 10. When planning an
adult audience training, the health education specialist should include adult learning theory
principles. Which of following is an example of an adult learning principle to use when planning
the training?
a. adults should only be involved in pilot testing activities
b. adults should not be involved in planning and evaluation
c. Adults should be actively involved in planning and evaluation
d. adults should only be involved in planning activities
a. process of change - ANS 11. Working as a health educator in to increase a client's fitness
level, the health education specialist uses an intervention based on the transtheorectical model.
He/she emphasizes behavioral activities including counter-conditioning and reinforecment using
which core construct?
a. process of change
b. stages of change
c. decisional balance
d. self-efficacy
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AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED 2026.
D. experimental - ANS 1. The health education specialist is organizing a summative
evaluation. Which evaluation design offers the most control over confounding variables?
a. time series
b. quasi-experimental
c. non-experimental
d. experimental
b. health disparities - ANS 2. For people which less than 12 years of education, the infant
mortality rate and overall death rate is almost twice as high as people with 13 or more years of
education. These are examples of:
a. health inequities
b. health disparities
c. social determinants of health
d. health equity
a. the necessity for the change in policy - ANS 3. A health education specialist is meeting with
a college campus community to try to make the campus smoke free. In order to gain support
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,from key stakeholders in the first meeting, which of the following should be the focus of the
health education specialist's message?
a. The necessity for the change in policy
b. The specific enforcement plan
c. The health communication strategy to be used
d. The incentive program could be used.
c. secular - ANS 4. An outbreak of dysentery occurred in a community over the course of a
week. The number of cases and time of onset of symptoms was determined. All who displayed
symptoms ate sprouts at the same restaurant. For this outbreak, which type of epidemic curve
can be prepare for the descriptive study?
a. single
b. seasonal
c. secular
d. propagated
d. cooperative agreements - ANS 5. The intervention program is doing so well it needs to be
expanded; however, the sponsoring agency has limited funding for expansion. The health
education specialist found another agency willing to provide a larger venue in exchange for
access to the sponsor's educational library. This method of financing the program is called:
a. organizational sponsorship
b. cost-sharing
c. third-party support
d. cooperative agreements
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,c. Process - ANS 6. Measuring program reach and response is an element of which type of
evaluation?
a. outcome
b. impact
c. process
d. summative
a. shift in critical mass - ANS 7. The health education specialist's advocacy efforts are starting
to be succesful. The city council has voted 4-1 to hold a town hall meeting to discuss a clean
indoor air ordinance. Which type of advocacy benchmark is this?
a. shift in critical mass
b. community or individual behavior
c. changing definitions/reframing
d. institutional policy
d. assessing attitudes, behaviors, policies and social norms in a community - ANS 8. A health
education specialist wishes to use the ecological model in a needs assessment. Which of the
following is an example of a way to assess levels of this model?
a. assessing use of interpersonal behavior change construct in the community
b. assessing health and quality of life of community members and evaluating current programs
c. assessing community norms and behaviors related to health issues.
d. assessing attitudes, behaviors, policies, and social norms in a community.
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, b. logic model - ANS 9. The agency administrator wants the big picture or summary of an
intervention's resources, activities, and results. The health education specialist creates which of
the following to put in his/her report to the administrator?
a. marketing mix
b. logic model
c. instructional design framework
d. unit of study
c. adults should be actively involved in planning and evaluation - ANS 10. When planning an
adult audience training, the health education specialist should include adult learning theory
principles. Which of following is an example of an adult learning principle to use when planning
the training?
a. adults should only be involved in pilot testing activities
b. adults should not be involved in planning and evaluation
c. Adults should be actively involved in planning and evaluation
d. adults should only be involved in planning activities
a. process of change - ANS 11. Working as a health educator in to increase a client's fitness
level, the health education specialist uses an intervention based on the transtheorectical model.
He/she emphasizes behavioral activities including counter-conditioning and reinforecment using
which core construct?
a. process of change
b. stages of change
c. decisional balance
d. self-efficacy
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