CERTIFIED IN PUBLIC HEALTH (CPH) EXAM – ALL SAMPLE QUESTIONS, QUIZLET, 2025,
COMPREHENSIVE PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
1. Many people do not attempt to decrease unhealthy behaviors such as
overeating or smoking because they lack the confidence that they can suc-
cessfully change. This is an example of:
(A) Perceived susceptibility
(B) Perceived severity
(C) Perceived self-efficacy
(D) Perceived response efficacy: C
2. The construct of normative beliefs is from which model/theory?
(A) Transtheoretical model
(B) Theory of reasoned action/planned behavior
(C) Social cognitive theory
(D) Social ecological model: B
3. Which of the following do social cognitive theory and the social ecological
model have in common?
(A) Both take into consideration factors that are within the individual and
factors that operate outside the individual.
(B) Both focus primarily on environmental determinants of behavior that must
be addressed at the policy level.
(C) Both come out of the value expectancy paradigm that associates behaviors
with valued outcomes.
(D) Both originally were developed exclusively to explain unhealthy versus
healthy behaviors.: A
4. A population of rural women experiences a high rate of mortality related
to breast cancer. Researchers at a local university implement a breast cancer
screening intervention. This intervention is an example of:
(A) Tertiary prevention
(B) Advocacy
(C) Secondary prevention
(D) Primary prevention: C
5. All intervention messages (printed, computer-delivered, or Internet-based)
must:
(A) Start with the most important information first
, CERTIFIED IN PUBLIC HEALTH (CPH) EXAM – ALL SAMPLE QUESTIONS, QUIZLET, 2025,
COMPREHENSIVE PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
(B) Include graphics, pictures, and the like to attract people's attention
(C) Be written at a reading level suitable to the target population
(D) Be no longer than four sentences so that the reader does not become
bored: C
6. Franklin's Grove is the county seat of Franklin County, a small rural county in
the Southeast. On the basis of its demographic and economic profile, it was
selected as a health improvement zone to receive Federal funds to implement
programs to improve progress toward reaching the national health objectives.
Communities receiving such funds are charged with identifying the most sig-
nificant gaps between the current health status and national health objectives
and with putting programs in place to narrow such gaps.
What is the first step to take to address the goals of the funding?
(A) Consult Healthy People 2010 to identify relevant objectives
(B) Convene a group of community leaders to decide how to spend the funds
(C) Convene a group of community citizens to decide how to spend the funds
(D) Consult an expert in community health to draw up a program plan: A
7. Franklin's Grove is the county seat of Franklin County, a small rural county in
the Southeast. On the basis of its demographic and economic profile, it was
selected as a health improvement zone to receive Federal funds to implement
programs to improve progress toward reaching the national health objectives.
Communities receiving such funds are charged with identifying the most sig-
nificant gaps between the current health status and national health objectives
and with putting programs in place to narrow such gaps.
Using the PRECEDE framework, the county health department has conducted
a social and health diagnosis. Some of the most severe quality-of-life prob-
lems were related to limb amputation and kidney failure. Prevalent health
problems included diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease. Which
of the following behavioral factors are most likely responsible for the above
health and quality-of-life issues in Franklin 's Grove?
(A) Unprotected sex, early sexual initiation, use of drugs
(B) Sedentary lifestyle, high caloric consumption, low fiber intake
, CERTIFIED IN PUBLIC HEALTH (CPH) EXAM – ALL SAMPLE QUESTIONS, QUIZLET, 2025,
COMPREHENSIVE PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
(C) Advanced age, low levels of education, history of racism
(D) Frequent tobacco, drug, and alcohol us: B
8. Franklin's Grove is the county seat of Franklin County, a small rural county in
the Southeast. On the basis of its demographic and economic profile, it was
selected as a health improvement zone to receive Federal funds to implement
programs to improve progress toward reaching the national health objectives.
Communities receiving such funds are charged with identifying the most sig-
nificant gaps between the current health status and national health objectives
and with putting programs in place to narrow such gaps.
Given the factors presumed to be responsible for the major health problems
in this scenario, what would be the best source for community planners to
use to find data on how widespread each behavioral factor is at the state or
local level?
(A) Healthy People 2010 midcourse review
(B) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
(C) Community Guide to Preventive Services
(D) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: B
9. Franklin's Grove is the county seat of Franklin County, a small rural county in
the Southeast. On the basis of its demographic and economic profile, it was
selected as a health improvement zone to receive Federal funds to implement
programs to improve progress toward reaching the national health objectives.
Communities receiving such funds are charged with identifying the most sig-
nificant gaps between the current health status and national health objectives
and with putting programs in place to narrow such gaps.
The Franklin County health program planners intend to keep close track of
the number of programs and activities offered, the number of adults and
children who participate in each program or activity, and all feedback given by
community members about the programs and activities. These actions would
most appropriately fit into which of the following evaluation categories?
(A) Cost-effectiveness
(B) Impact
, CERTIFIED IN PUBLIC HEALTH (CPH) EXAM – ALL SAMPLE QUESTIONS, QUIZLET, 2025,
COMPREHENSIVE PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
(C) Outcome
(D) Process: D
10. Which term refers to a collective body of individuals identified by geogra-
phy, common interests, concerns, characteristics, or values?
(A) Community
(B) Population
(C) Sample
(D) Group: A
11. Which of the following is defined as a community's ability to define and
solve its own problems?
(A) Social capital
(B) Community development
(C) Community organization
(D) Community capacity: D
12. Biological, environmental, behavioral, organizational, political, and social
factors that contribute to the health status of individuals, groups and com-
munities are commonly referred to as:
(A) Health behavior causal factors
(B) Social ecology factors
(C) Needs assessment factors
(D) Determinants of health: D
13. An individual's capacity to obtain, interpret, and understand basic health
information and services and the individual's competence to use such infor-
mation and services in ways that advance health are called:
(A) Medical informatics
(B) Health literacy
(C) Health education
(D) Patient education: B
14. Which of the following terms refers to a consumer-driven application of
sales and promotional techniques to the analysis (including the review of
background information and formative work), planning, implementation, and
evaluation of programs designed to encourage positive health behaviors
COMPREHENSIVE PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
1. Many people do not attempt to decrease unhealthy behaviors such as
overeating or smoking because they lack the confidence that they can suc-
cessfully change. This is an example of:
(A) Perceived susceptibility
(B) Perceived severity
(C) Perceived self-efficacy
(D) Perceived response efficacy: C
2. The construct of normative beliefs is from which model/theory?
(A) Transtheoretical model
(B) Theory of reasoned action/planned behavior
(C) Social cognitive theory
(D) Social ecological model: B
3. Which of the following do social cognitive theory and the social ecological
model have in common?
(A) Both take into consideration factors that are within the individual and
factors that operate outside the individual.
(B) Both focus primarily on environmental determinants of behavior that must
be addressed at the policy level.
(C) Both come out of the value expectancy paradigm that associates behaviors
with valued outcomes.
(D) Both originally were developed exclusively to explain unhealthy versus
healthy behaviors.: A
4. A population of rural women experiences a high rate of mortality related
to breast cancer. Researchers at a local university implement a breast cancer
screening intervention. This intervention is an example of:
(A) Tertiary prevention
(B) Advocacy
(C) Secondary prevention
(D) Primary prevention: C
5. All intervention messages (printed, computer-delivered, or Internet-based)
must:
(A) Start with the most important information first
, CERTIFIED IN PUBLIC HEALTH (CPH) EXAM – ALL SAMPLE QUESTIONS, QUIZLET, 2025,
COMPREHENSIVE PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
(B) Include graphics, pictures, and the like to attract people's attention
(C) Be written at a reading level suitable to the target population
(D) Be no longer than four sentences so that the reader does not become
bored: C
6. Franklin's Grove is the county seat of Franklin County, a small rural county in
the Southeast. On the basis of its demographic and economic profile, it was
selected as a health improvement zone to receive Federal funds to implement
programs to improve progress toward reaching the national health objectives.
Communities receiving such funds are charged with identifying the most sig-
nificant gaps between the current health status and national health objectives
and with putting programs in place to narrow such gaps.
What is the first step to take to address the goals of the funding?
(A) Consult Healthy People 2010 to identify relevant objectives
(B) Convene a group of community leaders to decide how to spend the funds
(C) Convene a group of community citizens to decide how to spend the funds
(D) Consult an expert in community health to draw up a program plan: A
7. Franklin's Grove is the county seat of Franklin County, a small rural county in
the Southeast. On the basis of its demographic and economic profile, it was
selected as a health improvement zone to receive Federal funds to implement
programs to improve progress toward reaching the national health objectives.
Communities receiving such funds are charged with identifying the most sig-
nificant gaps between the current health status and national health objectives
and with putting programs in place to narrow such gaps.
Using the PRECEDE framework, the county health department has conducted
a social and health diagnosis. Some of the most severe quality-of-life prob-
lems were related to limb amputation and kidney failure. Prevalent health
problems included diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease. Which
of the following behavioral factors are most likely responsible for the above
health and quality-of-life issues in Franklin 's Grove?
(A) Unprotected sex, early sexual initiation, use of drugs
(B) Sedentary lifestyle, high caloric consumption, low fiber intake
, CERTIFIED IN PUBLIC HEALTH (CPH) EXAM – ALL SAMPLE QUESTIONS, QUIZLET, 2025,
COMPREHENSIVE PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
(C) Advanced age, low levels of education, history of racism
(D) Frequent tobacco, drug, and alcohol us: B
8. Franklin's Grove is the county seat of Franklin County, a small rural county in
the Southeast. On the basis of its demographic and economic profile, it was
selected as a health improvement zone to receive Federal funds to implement
programs to improve progress toward reaching the national health objectives.
Communities receiving such funds are charged with identifying the most sig-
nificant gaps between the current health status and national health objectives
and with putting programs in place to narrow such gaps.
Given the factors presumed to be responsible for the major health problems
in this scenario, what would be the best source for community planners to
use to find data on how widespread each behavioral factor is at the state or
local level?
(A) Healthy People 2010 midcourse review
(B) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
(C) Community Guide to Preventive Services
(D) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: B
9. Franklin's Grove is the county seat of Franklin County, a small rural county in
the Southeast. On the basis of its demographic and economic profile, it was
selected as a health improvement zone to receive Federal funds to implement
programs to improve progress toward reaching the national health objectives.
Communities receiving such funds are charged with identifying the most sig-
nificant gaps between the current health status and national health objectives
and with putting programs in place to narrow such gaps.
The Franklin County health program planners intend to keep close track of
the number of programs and activities offered, the number of adults and
children who participate in each program or activity, and all feedback given by
community members about the programs and activities. These actions would
most appropriately fit into which of the following evaluation categories?
(A) Cost-effectiveness
(B) Impact
, CERTIFIED IN PUBLIC HEALTH (CPH) EXAM – ALL SAMPLE QUESTIONS, QUIZLET, 2025,
COMPREHENSIVE PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
(C) Outcome
(D) Process: D
10. Which term refers to a collective body of individuals identified by geogra-
phy, common interests, concerns, characteristics, or values?
(A) Community
(B) Population
(C) Sample
(D) Group: A
11. Which of the following is defined as a community's ability to define and
solve its own problems?
(A) Social capital
(B) Community development
(C) Community organization
(D) Community capacity: D
12. Biological, environmental, behavioral, organizational, political, and social
factors that contribute to the health status of individuals, groups and com-
munities are commonly referred to as:
(A) Health behavior causal factors
(B) Social ecology factors
(C) Needs assessment factors
(D) Determinants of health: D
13. An individual's capacity to obtain, interpret, and understand basic health
information and services and the individual's competence to use such infor-
mation and services in ways that advance health are called:
(A) Medical informatics
(B) Health literacy
(C) Health education
(D) Patient education: B
14. Which of the following terms refers to a consumer-driven application of
sales and promotional techniques to the analysis (including the review of
background information and formative work), planning, implementation, and
evaluation of programs designed to encourage positive health behaviors
