Practice CHES Exam with complete solution:2022/2023
questions and answers
Data complied by others, which may or may not have been directly obtained from the
individual or populations being assessed, is known as:
A. Secondary
B. Primary
C. Tertiary
D. Internal
A. Secondary
Sending a personally addressed letter advertising a new weight loss program is an
example of:
A. Tailoring
B. Targeting
C. Marketing
D. Mass mailing
B. Targeting
The health education specialist wishes to raise public awareness of an important health
issue using such tools as a press release, Letter to the Editor, and interactive Web2.0
resources. Awareness strategies using these tools would be considered:
A. Media advocacy
B. Policy advocacy
C. Legislative advocacy
D. Public practice advocacy
A. Media advocacy
When presenting information to adults with less than a high school education. Which
method would be the best way to communicate statistical health information?
A. Graphs
B. Tables
C. Handouts
D. Technical discussions
A. Graphs
Based the chart below, what percentage of the population read at a below basic or
basic level, resulting in difficulty with reading and comprehending health education
materials:
A. 29%
B. 14%
C. 43%
D. 87%
C. 43%
,National surveillance data, hospital discharge data, and insurance claims data are all
appropriate forms of which type of data:
A. Secondary
B. Input
C. Descriptive
D. Primary
A. Secondary
Ongoing monitoring and assessment of program development and implementation is:
A. Impact evaluation
B. Formative evaluation
C. Quantitative evaluation
D. Summative evaluation
B. Formative evaluation
The first step in identifying a need for community health education programs should be
to:
A. Assess existing individual behaviors
B. Establish program objectives
C. Conduct a community analysis
D. Determine the poverty level
C. Conduct a community analysis
Which of the following would be the primary incentive for a business or corporation to
have a representative volunteer with a local health organization?
A. Meeting new people
B. Attending awards ceremonies
C. Facilitating meetings
D. Public recognition for volunteer contributions
D. Public recognition for volunteer contributions
The website that provides health information for consumer is:
A. MEDLINE
B. Healthfinder.gov
C. GEM
D. National Center for Health Statistics
B. Healthfinder.gov
Having a walking trail nearby is an example of which factor related to behavior change?
A. Predisposing
B. Reinforcing
C. Enabling
D. Fostering
C. Enabling
,Your advocacy efforts are starting to be successful in a town that has historically been
pro-tobacco. 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. Community or individual behavior
B. Shifts in critical mass
C. Changing definitions/reframing
D. Institutional policy
B. Shifts in critical mass
Adolescents are often influenced by their peers when making health decisions.
According to the Theory of Planned Behavior, which construct describes this
phenomena?
A. Attitudes
B. Perceived Behavioral Control
C. Intention
D. Subjective norm
D. Subjective norm
During a physical activity intervention session, a health education specialist asks
participants to brainstorm ways to overcome barriers to physical activity. This session is
focusing on which construct from Social Cognitive Theory?
A. Self-efficacy
B. Self-control
C. Social support
D. Reciprocal determinism
A. Self-efficacy
The process of managing the constant change that affects almost any organization is
best reflected by conducting:
A. A focus group
B. An evaluation
C. An assessment
D. A strategic planning session
D. A strategic planning session
In considering the objective, "All youth participating in the after-school program will have
a safe ride home at the end of the activity," the health education specialist recognizes
that transportation is a tangible resource. In this scenario he/she is:
A. Writing behavioral objectives
B. Assessing resources
C. Designing a transportation intervention
D. Assessing effectiveness
B. Assessing resources
Assume that the health education specialist is analyzing following set of data. These
data most likely are characterized as:
, A. Negatively skewed
B. Positively skewed
C. Normal
D. Uniformly distributed
A. Negatively skewed
In what situation will a health education specialist obtain a negative value for the
variance?
A. A negative variance will never obtain
B. All observations are at the mean
C. The distribution is very negatively skewed
D. The distribution is positively skewed
A. A negative variance will never obtain
When searching online on behalf of a client, a health education specialist finds a list of
article summaries on the effects of vaccination as a preventive measure for the spread
of influenza. The type of source he/she found is classified as:
A. Secondary
B. Tertiary
C. Primary
D. Null
A. Secondary
When collecting primary data, which of the following survey methods is most likely to
save time and money?
A. Face-to-face interviews
B. Internet (E-mail)
C. Mail
D. Telephone
B. Internet (E-mail)
Health engineering strategies affect which of the following factors regarding where
people live or work?
A. Ecological
B. Ergogenic
C. Economical
D. Environmental
D. Environmental
A peson is making a plan to quit smoking in the next month. This person would be in
which stage of the Stages of Change?
A. Preparation
B. Precomtemplation
C. Action
D. Contemplation
questions and answers
Data complied by others, which may or may not have been directly obtained from the
individual or populations being assessed, is known as:
A. Secondary
B. Primary
C. Tertiary
D. Internal
A. Secondary
Sending a personally addressed letter advertising a new weight loss program is an
example of:
A. Tailoring
B. Targeting
C. Marketing
D. Mass mailing
B. Targeting
The health education specialist wishes to raise public awareness of an important health
issue using such tools as a press release, Letter to the Editor, and interactive Web2.0
resources. Awareness strategies using these tools would be considered:
A. Media advocacy
B. Policy advocacy
C. Legislative advocacy
D. Public practice advocacy
A. Media advocacy
When presenting information to adults with less than a high school education. Which
method would be the best way to communicate statistical health information?
A. Graphs
B. Tables
C. Handouts
D. Technical discussions
A. Graphs
Based the chart below, what percentage of the population read at a below basic or
basic level, resulting in difficulty with reading and comprehending health education
materials:
A. 29%
B. 14%
C. 43%
D. 87%
C. 43%
,National surveillance data, hospital discharge data, and insurance claims data are all
appropriate forms of which type of data:
A. Secondary
B. Input
C. Descriptive
D. Primary
A. Secondary
Ongoing monitoring and assessment of program development and implementation is:
A. Impact evaluation
B. Formative evaluation
C. Quantitative evaluation
D. Summative evaluation
B. Formative evaluation
The first step in identifying a need for community health education programs should be
to:
A. Assess existing individual behaviors
B. Establish program objectives
C. Conduct a community analysis
D. Determine the poverty level
C. Conduct a community analysis
Which of the following would be the primary incentive for a business or corporation to
have a representative volunteer with a local health organization?
A. Meeting new people
B. Attending awards ceremonies
C. Facilitating meetings
D. Public recognition for volunteer contributions
D. Public recognition for volunteer contributions
The website that provides health information for consumer is:
A. MEDLINE
B. Healthfinder.gov
C. GEM
D. National Center for Health Statistics
B. Healthfinder.gov
Having a walking trail nearby is an example of which factor related to behavior change?
A. Predisposing
B. Reinforcing
C. Enabling
D. Fostering
C. Enabling
,Your advocacy efforts are starting to be successful in a town that has historically been
pro-tobacco. 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. Community or individual behavior
B. Shifts in critical mass
C. Changing definitions/reframing
D. Institutional policy
B. Shifts in critical mass
Adolescents are often influenced by their peers when making health decisions.
According to the Theory of Planned Behavior, which construct describes this
phenomena?
A. Attitudes
B. Perceived Behavioral Control
C. Intention
D. Subjective norm
D. Subjective norm
During a physical activity intervention session, a health education specialist asks
participants to brainstorm ways to overcome barriers to physical activity. This session is
focusing on which construct from Social Cognitive Theory?
A. Self-efficacy
B. Self-control
C. Social support
D. Reciprocal determinism
A. Self-efficacy
The process of managing the constant change that affects almost any organization is
best reflected by conducting:
A. A focus group
B. An evaluation
C. An assessment
D. A strategic planning session
D. A strategic planning session
In considering the objective, "All youth participating in the after-school program will have
a safe ride home at the end of the activity," the health education specialist recognizes
that transportation is a tangible resource. In this scenario he/she is:
A. Writing behavioral objectives
B. Assessing resources
C. Designing a transportation intervention
D. Assessing effectiveness
B. Assessing resources
Assume that the health education specialist is analyzing following set of data. These
data most likely are characterized as:
, A. Negatively skewed
B. Positively skewed
C. Normal
D. Uniformly distributed
A. Negatively skewed
In what situation will a health education specialist obtain a negative value for the
variance?
A. A negative variance will never obtain
B. All observations are at the mean
C. The distribution is very negatively skewed
D. The distribution is positively skewed
A. A negative variance will never obtain
When searching online on behalf of a client, a health education specialist finds a list of
article summaries on the effects of vaccination as a preventive measure for the spread
of influenza. The type of source he/she found is classified as:
A. Secondary
B. Tertiary
C. Primary
D. Null
A. Secondary
When collecting primary data, which of the following survey methods is most likely to
save time and money?
A. Face-to-face interviews
B. Internet (E-mail)
C. Mail
D. Telephone
B. Internet (E-mail)
Health engineering strategies affect which of the following factors regarding where
people live or work?
A. Ecological
B. Ergogenic
C. Economical
D. Environmental
D. Environmental
A peson is making a plan to quit smoking in the next month. This person would be in
which stage of the Stages of Change?
A. Preparation
B. Precomtemplation
C. Action
D. Contemplation
