MCHES PRACTICE EXAM 7TH EDITION
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2026/2027
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
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
,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 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.
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
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
c. Process
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
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
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.
b. logic model
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
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?
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2026/2027
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
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
,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 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.
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
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
c. Process
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
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
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.
b. logic model
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
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?
