CHES Exam Questions and Answers Updated 2026

CHES Exam Questions and Answers
Updated 2026
EvaluationA-
AAnswerAassessAaAprocessAorAprogramAtoAprovideAevidenceAandAfeedbackAforAtheAprogram.


ResearchA-
AAnswerAisAanAorganizedAprocessAusingAtheAscientificAmethodAforAinvestigatingAproblems.ACanAbe
AconductedAwithAtheAintentAtoAgeneralizeAfindingsAfromAaAsampleAtoAaAlargerApopulation.ADoesAn
otAalwaysAaimAfor,AorAachieve,AevaluativeAconclusions,AandAitAisArestrictedAtoAempiricalA(ratherAth
anAevaluative)Adata.ABasesAobserved,Ameasured,AorAcalculatedAconclusionsAonAthatAdata.


ReliabilityA-AAnswerAtheAconsistency,Adependability,AandAstabilityAofAtheAmeasurementAprocess.


ValidityA-
AAnswerAtheAdegreeAtoAwhichAaAtestAorAassessmentAmeasuresAwhatAitAisAintendedAtoAmeasure.


VariablesA-
AAnswerAoperationalAformsAofAaAconstruct.ADesignateAhowAtheAconstructAwillAbeAmeasuredAinAdes
ignatedAscenarios.


FormativeAEvaluationA-
AAnswerAlooksAatAanAongoingAprocessAofAevaluationAfromAplanningAthroughAimplementation.AIden
tifyingAandAassessingAtheAstrengthsAandAweaknessesAofAtheAwayAaAhealthAeducatorAimplementsAa
Aprogram.AAllowsAforAcontinualAassessment;AallowsAforAmonitoringAprogress,Atroubleshooting,AandA
correctiveAactions.


ProcessAEvaluationA-
AAnswerAanyAcombinationAofAmeasuresAthatAoccurAasAaAprogramAisAimplementedAtoAassureAorAi
mproveAtheAqualityAofAperformanceAorAdelivery


SummativeAEvaluationA-
AAnswerAoftenAassociatedAwithAmeasuresAofAjudgmentsAthatAenableAtheAinvestigatorAtoAdrawAconc
lusions.AItAisAalsoAcommonlyAassociatedAwithAimpactAandAoutcomeAevaluations.AFocusesAonAtheAou
tcomesAorAproducts


ImpactAEvaluationsA-
AAnswerAfocusesAonAimmediateAandAobservableAeffectsAofAaAprogramAleadingAtoAtheAdesiredAoutc
omes.

,OutcomeAEvaluationA-
AAnswerAfocusedAonAtheAultimateAgoal,AproductAorApolicy.AOftenAmeasuredAinAtermsAofAmorbidity
AandAmortality.


PurposeAStatementA-
AAnswerAidentifiesAinAdetailAwhatAtheAhealthAeducationAspecialistAwantsAtoAlearnAoverAtheAcourse
AofAanAevaluationAorAresearchAproject.AUsuallyAaAsentenceAorAtwoAwrittenAwithAspecificityAandAde
tail.AHelpsAtoAfocusAandAguideAeffortsAinvolvedAwithAdataAcollectionAandAanalysis.


EvaluationAQuestionsA-
AAnswerAspecificallyAdevelopedAquestions.AHelpAtoAestablishAboundariesAforAtheAevaluationAbyAsta
tingAwhatAaspectsAofAtheAprogramAwillAbeAaddressed.ACreatingAencouragesAstakeholdersAtoAreveal
AwhatAtheyAbelieveAtheAevaluationAshouldAAnswer.AUseAtoAmonitorAandAmeasureAprocesses,Aactivi
ties,AoutputsAandAexpectedAoutcomes.


SearchAStrategiesA-AAnswerAtypicallyArequireAhealthAeducationAspecialistsAto:
identifyAkeyAsearchAterms
identifyAaAperiodAofAtimeAtoAconductAtheAsearch
characteristicsAofAtheAtargetApopulation
healthAconditionsAofAinterest.


SystematicAReviewsA-
AAnswerAaApublishedAqualitativeAreviewAofAaAcomprehensiveAsynthesisAofApublicationsAonAparticul
arAtopics.


Meta-analysesA-
AAnswerAaAsystematicAmethodAofAevaluatingAstatisticalAdataAbasedAonAresultsAofAseveralAindepen
dentAstudiesAofAtheAsameAproblem.


PooledAanalysesA-
AAnswerAaAmethodAforAcollectingAallAtheAindividualAdataAfromAaAgroupAofAstudies,AcombiningAth
emAintoAoneAlargeAsetAofAdata,AandAthenAanalyzingAtheAdataAasAitAcameAfromAoneAbigAstudy.


QuantitativeAMethodologyA-
AAnswerAfocusesAonAquantifying,AorAmeasuring,AthingsArelatedAtoAhealthAeducationAprogramsAthro
ughAtheAuseAofAnumericalAdataAtoAhelpAdescribe,Aexplain,AorApredictAphenomena.

,QualitativeAMethodologyA-
AAnswerAdescriptiveAinAnatureAandAattemptsAtoAdiscoverAmeaningAorAinterpretAwhyAphenomenaAa
reAoccurring.


MixedAMethodsAApproachA-
AAnswerAdataAcollectionAtoA"tellAtheAstory"AandAdescribeAclassifications,AasAwellAasAtoAindicateA
whyAaAphenomenonAisAoccurringAwithinAaApopulation


HealthAandAPsychosocialAInstrumentsA(HaPI)AdatabaseA-
AAnswerAhelpAhealthAeducationAspecialistsAidentifyAusefulAexistingAdataAcollectionAinstruments.ADat
abaseAcollectsAratingAscales,Aquestionnaires,Achecklists,Atests,AinterviewAschedules,AandAcodingAsche
mes/manualsAforAhealthAandAsocialAsciences.AHealthAandApsychosocialAinstrumentsAinAthisAdatabas
eAareAusedAand/orApublishedAinAliteratureAandAoftenArecognizeAreliabilityAandAvalidityAconcerns.A
UsedAforAassessmentAand/orAevaluationApurposes.


LogicAModelA-
AAnswerAusedAinAevaluationAtoAassistAinAdescribingAkeyAaspectsAofAprogramsAinAtermsAofAaAsim
pleAflowAchart.


InputsA-
AAnswerAresources,Acontributions,AandAotherAinvestmentsAthatAgoAintoAaAprogram.AHuman,Afiscal,
Aphysical,AandAintellectualAresourcesAneededAtoAaddressAtheAobjectivesAofAaAprogram.


OutputsA-
AAnswerAtheAactivities,Aservices,AandAproductsAthatAwillAreachAtheAparticipantsAofAaAprogram.AAct
ivities,AproductsAandAservicesAthatAwillAinfluenceAshort-termAoutcomes.


OutcomesA-AAnswerAareAoftenAdepictedAasAshort-term,Aintermediate,AorAlong-term.


Short-termAOutcomesA-
AAnswerAoftenAdescribedAasAquantifiableAchangesAinAknowledge,AskillsAorAaccessAtoAresourcesAtha
tAhappenAifAplannedAactivitiesAareAsuccessfullyAcarriedAout.AChangesAinAknowledgeAorAskillsAamon
gAparticipantsAofAtheAprogram.


IntermediateAOutcomesA-
AAnswerAmeasuredAinAtermsAofAchangesAinAbehaviorsAthatAresultAfromAachievementAofAtheAshort-
termAoutcomes.AChangesAinAbehaviorsAorApolicy.

, Long-termAOutcomesA-
AAnswerAmeasuredAinAtermsAofAfundamentalAchangesAinAconditionsAleadingAtoAmorbidityAorAmort
ality.AChangesAinAmorbidityAorAmortality.


DataAAnalysisAPlanA-
AAnswerAbeginAwithAtheAplanningAofAaAprogram.ADeterminesAifAoutcomesAwereAdifferentAthanAex
pected.AGoalAisAtoAreduce,Asynthesize,Aorganize,AandAsummarizeAinformationAtoAmakeAsenseAofAit.


QuantitativeA-AAnswerAclosed-endedAitemsA-
ArespondentsAmakeAselectionsAthatArepresentAtheirAknowledge,AattitudeAorAself-
reportedAbehaviorAfromApredeterminedAlists,AscalesAorAcategories.AParticipantsAchooseAaAresponseA
predeterminedAbyAtheAresearcher;AtheyAmayAbeAmultipleAchoice,Acategorical,ALikert-
scale,AordinalAorAnumerical.ALendAthemselvesAmoreAreadilyAtoAmathematicalAoperationsAandAadvan
cedAstatisticalAanalysis.


QualitativeA-AAnswerAopen-
endedAitemsAsolicitAwrittenAorAverbalAresponsesAtoAitemsAthatAcannotAbeAadequatelyAAnsweredAwi
thAaAsingleAwordAorAphrase.AParticipantsAofferAinAtheirAownAwordsAandAprovideAdescriptiveAinfor
mation.AEnablesAtheAresearcherAtoAdescribeAtheAphenomenaAofAinterestAinAgreatAdetailAandAinAthe
AoriginalAlanguageAofAtheAresearchAparticipants.


ContentAvalidityA-
AAnswerA(face)AconsidersAtheAinstrument'sAitemsAofAmeasurementAforAtheArelevantAareasAofAintere
st.


CriterionAValidityA-
AAnswerArefersAtoAoneAmeasure'sAcorrelationAtoAanotherAmeasureAofAaAvariable.


ConstructAValidityA-
AAnswerAensuresAthatAtheAconceptsAofAanAinstrumentArelateAtoAtheAconceptsAofAaAparticularAtheor
y.


ReliabilityA-AAnswerAassessAwhetherAtheAinstrumentAisAmeasuringAconceptsAconsistently.


InternalAConsistencyA-AAnswerAconsidersAintercorrelationsAamongAitemsAwithinAanAinstrument


Test-RetestAReliabilityA-AAnswerAconsidersAevidenceAofAstabilityAoverAtime.