CPH Exam Practice Questions and
Answers 2023
Public Health professionals have to learn to work effectively with the media. Public
health is potentially appealing for the popular press because:
1. its stories have urgency, drama and novelty.
2. it is a source rich in detail, facts and figures.
3. scientists and journalists have a long history of mutual trust.
4. public information officers issue press releases. - Correct Answer-its stories have
urgency, drama and novelty
in the design and implementation of public health data systems, installing security
features should be:
1. inherent in privacy by design at all stages.
2. a task separately done by an expert cybersecurity team.
3. limited to firewalls and administrative control.
4. the final step before release of software systems. - Correct Answer-inherent in
privacy by design at all stages
When beginning work with a coalition of community groups to improve health outcomes
in the community, a key first step would be to:
1. Develop a shared vision
2. Develop an evaluation plan
3. Develop a data collection plan
4. Develop a logic model - Correct Answer-Develop a shared vision
If two copies of a mutant allele are necessary to cause symptoms of a disease to
appear in the phenotype, what type of genetic disease is this?
1. Recessive
2. Sex-linked
3. Autosomal
4. Dominant - Correct Answer-Recessive
River water pollution due to stormwater runoff from chemically fertilized farm fields is an
example of:
1. Non-point source pollution
2. Point source pollution
3. Accidental and unforeseeable pollution
4. Unpreventable and inconsequential pollution - Correct Answer-non-point source
pollution
Count data, such as the number of events occurring in a specified period of time, are
often described by which probability distribution?
,1. Binomial
2. Chi-square
3. Normal
4. Poisson - Correct Answer-Poisson
is often used to describe count data and can be used to describe rate data by including
an offset term for the denominator of the rate - Correct Answer-Poisson Distribution
the probability distribution for the number of successes in a sequence of Bernoulli trials,
which are a series of trials where each trial can either succeed or fail, the trials are
independent, and the probability of success is the same for each trial. - Correct Answer-
binomial distribution
is a right-skewed distribution where the area under the curve is equal to one, it starts at
0 on the x-axis and extends infinitely to the right but never touches the x-axis, and
where the curve looks increasingly normal as the degrees of freedom increase - Correct
Answer-Chi-square distribution
a type of bell-shaped curve that is centered around a mean and approaches the x-axis
when it is greater than 3 standard deviations away from the mean. - Correct Answer-
Normal Distribution
The Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare demonstrates that small area variations in Medicare
expenditures across geographic areas are primarily attributable to differences in:
1. Physician practice styles
2. Consumer preferences for high-cost services
3. Age of the population served
4. Health status of the population served - Correct Answer-Physician practice styles
After identifying and appointing expert members to inter-professional teams for
implementing health initiatives, the administration:
1. has shifted all responsibility to the team.
2. role should only consist of receiving periodic progress reports.
3. should plan to confirm the team norms and dynamics are productive.
4. can announce that the initiative was successfully launched. - Correct Answer-should
plan to confirm the team norms and dynamics are productive
What is an evaluation designed to present conclusions about whether a program should
be sustained, changed, or eliminated?
1. Formative evaluation
2. Implementation evaluation
3. Process evaluation
4. Summative evaluation - Correct Answer-Summative evaluation
evaluation falls into one of the two broad categories: formative and summative.
____________ evaluations should be completed once your programs are well
, established and will tell you to what extent the program is achieving its goals - Correct
Answer-summative evaluations
Which of the following practices enhances equity across populations when making
health policy decisions in a community?
1. Requiring randomized control evidence of effectiveness
2. Allocating resources based on population size
3. Collecting health-related data about the individuals in the community
4. Including diverse constituencies in the decision-making groups - Correct Answer-
including diverse constituencies in the decision-making groups
A short narrative or statement that describes the general focus and purpose of a
program is called:
1. A mission statement
2. A long-term goal
3. A long-range plan
4. An objective - Correct Answer-mission statement
To learn more about the "natural course" of syphilis, from 1932-1972, the US Public
Health Service left infected study participants (comprised of poor black men) untreated.
This resulted in pain, blindness, infertility, and death, as well as transmission of the
disease to partners and children. The Tuskegee Syphilis Study, is a sentinel public
health event because of these ethical violations and resulted in:
1. The Nuremberg Code
2. The Belmont Report
3. Rose-Welch Report
4. The Legal Epidemiology Competency Model - Correct Answer-The Belmont Report
The t-distribution approaches which distribution as its degrees of freedom increases?
1. Exponential distribution
2. Normal distribution
3. Binomial distribution
4. Chi-square distribution - Correct Answer-Normal Distribution
Which of the following pairs of values are most likely to conflict during a response to a
public health emergency?
1. Truth-telling versus community welfare
2. Beneficence versus justice
3. Individual autonomy versus community welfare
4. Community welfare versus justice - Correct Answer-Individual autonomy versus
community welfare
Historically, which of the following had the greatest impact on average life expectancy?
1. Vaccinations for infectious diseases
2. Improvements in sanitation and hygiene
3. Advances in medical care technology
Answers 2023
Public Health professionals have to learn to work effectively with the media. Public
health is potentially appealing for the popular press because:
1. its stories have urgency, drama and novelty.
2. it is a source rich in detail, facts and figures.
3. scientists and journalists have a long history of mutual trust.
4. public information officers issue press releases. - Correct Answer-its stories have
urgency, drama and novelty
in the design and implementation of public health data systems, installing security
features should be:
1. inherent in privacy by design at all stages.
2. a task separately done by an expert cybersecurity team.
3. limited to firewalls and administrative control.
4. the final step before release of software systems. - Correct Answer-inherent in
privacy by design at all stages
When beginning work with a coalition of community groups to improve health outcomes
in the community, a key first step would be to:
1. Develop a shared vision
2. Develop an evaluation plan
3. Develop a data collection plan
4. Develop a logic model - Correct Answer-Develop a shared vision
If two copies of a mutant allele are necessary to cause symptoms of a disease to
appear in the phenotype, what type of genetic disease is this?
1. Recessive
2. Sex-linked
3. Autosomal
4. Dominant - Correct Answer-Recessive
River water pollution due to stormwater runoff from chemically fertilized farm fields is an
example of:
1. Non-point source pollution
2. Point source pollution
3. Accidental and unforeseeable pollution
4. Unpreventable and inconsequential pollution - Correct Answer-non-point source
pollution
Count data, such as the number of events occurring in a specified period of time, are
often described by which probability distribution?
,1. Binomial
2. Chi-square
3. Normal
4. Poisson - Correct Answer-Poisson
is often used to describe count data and can be used to describe rate data by including
an offset term for the denominator of the rate - Correct Answer-Poisson Distribution
the probability distribution for the number of successes in a sequence of Bernoulli trials,
which are a series of trials where each trial can either succeed or fail, the trials are
independent, and the probability of success is the same for each trial. - Correct Answer-
binomial distribution
is a right-skewed distribution where the area under the curve is equal to one, it starts at
0 on the x-axis and extends infinitely to the right but never touches the x-axis, and
where the curve looks increasingly normal as the degrees of freedom increase - Correct
Answer-Chi-square distribution
a type of bell-shaped curve that is centered around a mean and approaches the x-axis
when it is greater than 3 standard deviations away from the mean. - Correct Answer-
Normal Distribution
The Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare demonstrates that small area variations in Medicare
expenditures across geographic areas are primarily attributable to differences in:
1. Physician practice styles
2. Consumer preferences for high-cost services
3. Age of the population served
4. Health status of the population served - Correct Answer-Physician practice styles
After identifying and appointing expert members to inter-professional teams for
implementing health initiatives, the administration:
1. has shifted all responsibility to the team.
2. role should only consist of receiving periodic progress reports.
3. should plan to confirm the team norms and dynamics are productive.
4. can announce that the initiative was successfully launched. - Correct Answer-should
plan to confirm the team norms and dynamics are productive
What is an evaluation designed to present conclusions about whether a program should
be sustained, changed, or eliminated?
1. Formative evaluation
2. Implementation evaluation
3. Process evaluation
4. Summative evaluation - Correct Answer-Summative evaluation
evaluation falls into one of the two broad categories: formative and summative.
____________ evaluations should be completed once your programs are well
, established and will tell you to what extent the program is achieving its goals - Correct
Answer-summative evaluations
Which of the following practices enhances equity across populations when making
health policy decisions in a community?
1. Requiring randomized control evidence of effectiveness
2. Allocating resources based on population size
3. Collecting health-related data about the individuals in the community
4. Including diverse constituencies in the decision-making groups - Correct Answer-
including diverse constituencies in the decision-making groups
A short narrative or statement that describes the general focus and purpose of a
program is called:
1. A mission statement
2. A long-term goal
3. A long-range plan
4. An objective - Correct Answer-mission statement
To learn more about the "natural course" of syphilis, from 1932-1972, the US Public
Health Service left infected study participants (comprised of poor black men) untreated.
This resulted in pain, blindness, infertility, and death, as well as transmission of the
disease to partners and children. The Tuskegee Syphilis Study, is a sentinel public
health event because of these ethical violations and resulted in:
1. The Nuremberg Code
2. The Belmont Report
3. Rose-Welch Report
4. The Legal Epidemiology Competency Model - Correct Answer-The Belmont Report
The t-distribution approaches which distribution as its degrees of freedom increases?
1. Exponential distribution
2. Normal distribution
3. Binomial distribution
4. Chi-square distribution - Correct Answer-Normal Distribution
Which of the following pairs of values are most likely to conflict during a response to a
public health emergency?
1. Truth-telling versus community welfare
2. Beneficence versus justice
3. Individual autonomy versus community welfare
4. Community welfare versus justice - Correct Answer-Individual autonomy versus
community welfare
Historically, which of the following had the greatest impact on average life expectancy?
1. Vaccinations for infectious diseases
2. Improvements in sanitation and hygiene
3. Advances in medical care technology
