CHW FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2026
A community health worker is not known as a:
A. Health outreach worker
B. Clinical hospital worker
C. Promotor
D. Patient Navigator -Correct Answers -B. Clinical
hospital worker
Which is not a role of a Community Health Worker?
A. Referrals and direct services
B. Order prescriptions and medical supplies
C. Health education and promotion
D. Advocate for community and individual needs -Correct
Answers -B. Order prescription and medical supplies
What are the three qualities of a CHW? -Correct Answers
-Trustworthiness, Sensitivity, and Competence
Stress can affect the following organs: -Correct Answers -
Brain, Heart, Gut
What are self-care activities? -Correct Answers -Healthy
Eating, Physical Activity, & Meditation
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Health inequalities can be defined as: -Correct Answers -
Differences in health status between populations that are
avoidable and preventable
The social determinants of health include: -Correct
Answers -Income, Employment, Education
What three are government-funded health insurance
programs? -Correct Answers -Medicaid, Childhood Health
Insurance Program (CHIP), and Medicare
Which of the following is not part of the Socioecological
Model?
A. Individual, Interpersonal, Organizational, Community,
Public Policy
B. Individual, Family, Friends, Classmates, Neighborhood
C. Individual, City, County, State, Country
D. Individual, Family, Community, Business, Public Policy
-Correct Answers -A. Individual, Interpersonal,
Organizational, Community, Public Policy
The US Healthcare System includes all of the following
EXCEPT:
A. Healthcare providers
B. Government
C. Research
D. Farms and grocery stores -Correct Answers -D. Farms
and grocery stores
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True or False: As part of the Community Health Worker
Code of Ethics, you are responsible for sharing
confidential information with relatives. -Correct Answers -
False
The following unethical healthcare actions have all
happened in the US EXCEPT:
A. Made millions of dollars in research from a woman's
cancer cells without telling the family
B. Failed to treat men infected with syphilis (an STD)
C. Forced or paid women to have a surgery to prevent
pregnancy (sterilized)
D. Sold outdated formula to poor communities instead of
having mother's breastfeed -Correct Answers -D. Sold
outdated formula to poor communities instead of having
mother's breastfeed
Ethics may be defined as: -Correct Answers -Conduct
and decision-making that demonstrates value and respect
for all people
What does the acronym HIPPA stand for? -Correct
Answers -Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act
Each of the following is important in effective
communication, except:
A. Non-verbal communication
B. Verbal communication