CHES PROFESSIONAL REVIEW HANDBOOK
2026 ACCURATE QUESTIONS ANSWERS
● The health department administrator just returned from a meeting
where someone used a focus group to gather data and now has a great
idea. The administrator tasks the health education specialist with
conducting a focus group of low income citizens from the south side of
town to answer questions about which heart disease intervention the
department should offer city wide. Knowing the limitation of this
strategy, the health education specialist is rightfully concerned about:
Answer: the generalization of the findings.
● Consumption, medication compliance, and self-care are considered
which type of factors related to health? Answer: Behavioral
● The health education specialist is working with a local community to
institute a smoke free environment in local businesses, agencies, and
restaurants throughout the entire community. What type of health
strategy would the health education specialist implement in the
community? Answer: Ordinance
● A hospital is expanding outreach services and facilities with a new
unit focused on prevention and the treatment of chronic disease. The
health education specialist is tasked with gathering local data on these
conditions. Which is the most useful rate to use? Answer: Prevalence
Rate
,● A health education specialist has been asked to collect qualitative data
from participants. Given a short time period to collect data, which
method takes the least amount of time? Answer: Focus groups
● A health education specialist is concerned about HIV infection in the
community. The health education specialist might use the data on the
graph above. Answer: To compare to primary data in the community to
understand community need.
● A health education specialist is asked to measure actual use of a
walking trail in a local community. Which of the following methods is
best to measure actual use over a period of weeks? Answer: Observation
● The health education specialist must analyze the meaning of the data
collected during the assessment and determine health
education/promotion needs. If the health education specialist aggregates
the data, which the cognitive process of qualitative research is s/he
focusing on? Answer: Synthesizing
● Conducting a capacity assessment focuses on identifying community:
Answer: Resources
● Which methods represents a secondary source for a needs
assessment? Answer: Published data from a CDC article
, ● Using a written questionnaire, a cross-sectional survey about personal
alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use behaviors was administered to a
priority population. The priority population for the the survey did not
respond. The health education specialist would then need to find other
evidence that behaviors occurred or did not using... Answer: Proxy
measures
● Print material was selected as the appropriate way to provide a take-
home message to reinforce concepts presented during a behavior change
intervention. The first step in planning the specific materials to be
developed is to: Answer: Define the audience for the material.
● Which represents primary sources that could be used for a community
needs assessment? Answer: Informal interviews, observations, and
surveys.
● In a community, twice as many people did over the course of one year
in house fires than in car crashes. Community members demand the
health education specialist immediately to create a fire prevention
intervention. Before planning the fire prevention intervention, the health
education specialist should first determine the Answer: Population at risk
● A large group of tourists traveled on an ocean liner to a tropical island
and developed and acute, flu-like illness. The suspected cause of illness
is associated with cruising on the ocean liner. Health authorities need to
know the number of all passengers who became ill, as well as those who
traveled on the ocean liner. Which rate should the health education
2026 ACCURATE QUESTIONS ANSWERS
● The health department administrator just returned from a meeting
where someone used a focus group to gather data and now has a great
idea. The administrator tasks the health education specialist with
conducting a focus group of low income citizens from the south side of
town to answer questions about which heart disease intervention the
department should offer city wide. Knowing the limitation of this
strategy, the health education specialist is rightfully concerned about:
Answer: the generalization of the findings.
● Consumption, medication compliance, and self-care are considered
which type of factors related to health? Answer: Behavioral
● The health education specialist is working with a local community to
institute a smoke free environment in local businesses, agencies, and
restaurants throughout the entire community. What type of health
strategy would the health education specialist implement in the
community? Answer: Ordinance
● A hospital is expanding outreach services and facilities with a new
unit focused on prevention and the treatment of chronic disease. The
health education specialist is tasked with gathering local data on these
conditions. Which is the most useful rate to use? Answer: Prevalence
Rate
,● A health education specialist has been asked to collect qualitative data
from participants. Given a short time period to collect data, which
method takes the least amount of time? Answer: Focus groups
● A health education specialist is concerned about HIV infection in the
community. The health education specialist might use the data on the
graph above. Answer: To compare to primary data in the community to
understand community need.
● A health education specialist is asked to measure actual use of a
walking trail in a local community. Which of the following methods is
best to measure actual use over a period of weeks? Answer: Observation
● The health education specialist must analyze the meaning of the data
collected during the assessment and determine health
education/promotion needs. If the health education specialist aggregates
the data, which the cognitive process of qualitative research is s/he
focusing on? Answer: Synthesizing
● Conducting a capacity assessment focuses on identifying community:
Answer: Resources
● Which methods represents a secondary source for a needs
assessment? Answer: Published data from a CDC article
, ● Using a written questionnaire, a cross-sectional survey about personal
alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use behaviors was administered to a
priority population. The priority population for the the survey did not
respond. The health education specialist would then need to find other
evidence that behaviors occurred or did not using... Answer: Proxy
measures
● Print material was selected as the appropriate way to provide a take-
home message to reinforce concepts presented during a behavior change
intervention. The first step in planning the specific materials to be
developed is to: Answer: Define the audience for the material.
● Which represents primary sources that could be used for a community
needs assessment? Answer: Informal interviews, observations, and
surveys.
● In a community, twice as many people did over the course of one year
in house fires than in car crashes. Community members demand the
health education specialist immediately to create a fire prevention
intervention. Before planning the fire prevention intervention, the health
education specialist should first determine the Answer: Population at risk
● A large group of tourists traveled on an ocean liner to a tropical island
and developed and acute, flu-like illness. The suspected cause of illness
is associated with cruising on the ocean liner. Health authorities need to
know the number of all passengers who became ill, as well as those who
traveled on the ocean liner. Which rate should the health education
