CHES PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2022 UPDATE (FROM 7TH
EDITION)
According to which theory or model do people assess the threat of an emerging diease
by assessing their perceived susceptibility against the severity of the disease.
a. Diffusion of innovations
b. Social Cognitive Theory
c. Health Belief Model
d. Social Marketing
A Health Education specialist is considering how people might adopt a program in order
to understand how best to tailor specific messages. If the health education specialist
wants to get the first people to adopt the program using the Diffusion of Innovations,
which strategy might be best?
a. Show the audience how most people have been enjoying the program
b. Focus on how new and different the program is from what exists
c. Wait for the opinion leaders to adopt
d. focus on how the program adheres to social norms
In a priority population, the infant mortality rate and overall death rate for mothers with
less than a high school education is almost twice as high as mothers with 13 or more
years of education. These are examples of:
a. health equity
b. health determinants
c. health capacity
d. health disparities
Data storage is an example of which type of technology need?
a. infrastructure
b. program delivery
c. colloboration technology
d. knowledge
Newsletters, community meetings, public service announcements, and social
networking sites are examples of:
a. social norms
b. communication campaigns
c. social media
d. communication channels
,Smoking bans in a restaurant are which type of strategy in a community-based smoking
prevention program?
a. health communication
b. health engineering
c. health policy
d. health mobilization
Which section of an original research paper presents evidence tested against the stated
hypotheses or research questions and presents the statistical findings
a. methodology
b. results
c. discussion
d. conclusion
Which of the following statements about informed consent is correct?
a. It only has to be completed when a health education specialist is working with
children or adolescents
b. It explains the benefits, risks, and participation is voluntary and may be terminated at
any time
c. It protects the health education specialist in cases of negligence from being sued by
participants who were harmed
d. It is necessary for medical research, but not behavior-focused health education
programs
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 limitations of this strategy, the health
education specialist is rightfully concerned about:
a. the relibility of the findings
b. the generalizations of the findings
c. the validity of the findings
d. the accuracy of the findings
When developing advocacy plans, which questions would be considered last?
a. what tactics should be used to influence people?
b. what are the goals of the advocacy effort?
c. who are our allies and opponents?
d. what organizational issues might facilitate the effort?
,A health education specialist is asked to find school health resources for physical
activity. The most appropriate bibliographic database search is:
a. MEDLINE
b. EBMR (evidence-based medicine reviews)
c. CHID (comparative history of ideas)
d. ERIC (education resources information center)
While hiring new employees, the health education specialist should contact the
candidates' professional references and validate the employees' degrees. In doing so,
discrepancies may be:
a. revealed prior to hiring
b. concealed and are a waste of time
c. able to reveal the exact quality of persons
d. complicate the termination process.
The health education specialist has core substance abuse prevention coalition
members in place and is currently broadening group representation. Some new
members only contribute money to the coalition and are categorized as:
a. occasional participants
b. executive participants
c. supporting participants
d. active participants
A group of health education specialists run into a situation where they need to elicit
specialized guidance and expert opinion on a specific health topic in order to aid in
decision-making. Of the following, which type of gruop should be consulted?
a. committee-of-the-whole
b. task-force
c. standing committee
d. advisory board
Consumption, medication compliance, and self-care are considered which type of
factors related to health?
a. attitudes
b. environmental
c. behavioral
d. genetic
Health departments and worksites are implementing a new health education/promotion
program to increase influenza vaccine rates for adults in a five county area. What will
the project lead focus on to assess the fidelity of implementation?
, a. location of vaccinations for children
b. workers reading materials distributed to all worksites
c. amount of vaccine available to the public
d. Program components being implemented in the correct order
When choosing a policy or issue to advocate on with a legislator, which criteria should
be considered first?
a. how receptive the community or target population is to the proposed policy or
advocacy
b. if there have been any peer-reviewed articles published on this issue or policy
c. if advocating on the policy or issue would violate the code of ethics for health
education
d. if there is potential funding for the proposed policy
The health education specialist is working with a local community to institute a smoke
free environment and local businesses, agencies, and restaurants throughout the entire
community. What type of health strategy would the health education specialist
implement in the community?
A. Position statement
B. Ordinance
C. Executive order
D. Regulation
A health education specialist is identifying the types of activities to be included in a
health educadtion/promotion program. In a logic model, these activities would be
included in:
a. outcomes
b. outputs
c. inputs
d. processes
In the social ecological model, a school or worksite would fall under which factor or
level?
a. community
b. individual
c. institutional
d. interpersonal
A local health department has decided to adopt an evidence-based program for obesity
prevention with educational materials that are not completely compatible with the
community it services. In the process of adapting the materials to make them more
suitable for the population, the health education specialist should be cautious not to:
EDITION)
According to which theory or model do people assess the threat of an emerging diease
by assessing their perceived susceptibility against the severity of the disease.
a. Diffusion of innovations
b. Social Cognitive Theory
c. Health Belief Model
d. Social Marketing
A Health Education specialist is considering how people might adopt a program in order
to understand how best to tailor specific messages. If the health education specialist
wants to get the first people to adopt the program using the Diffusion of Innovations,
which strategy might be best?
a. Show the audience how most people have been enjoying the program
b. Focus on how new and different the program is from what exists
c. Wait for the opinion leaders to adopt
d. focus on how the program adheres to social norms
In a priority population, the infant mortality rate and overall death rate for mothers with
less than a high school education is almost twice as high as mothers with 13 or more
years of education. These are examples of:
a. health equity
b. health determinants
c. health capacity
d. health disparities
Data storage is an example of which type of technology need?
a. infrastructure
b. program delivery
c. colloboration technology
d. knowledge
Newsletters, community meetings, public service announcements, and social
networking sites are examples of:
a. social norms
b. communication campaigns
c. social media
d. communication channels
,Smoking bans in a restaurant are which type of strategy in a community-based smoking
prevention program?
a. health communication
b. health engineering
c. health policy
d. health mobilization
Which section of an original research paper presents evidence tested against the stated
hypotheses or research questions and presents the statistical findings
a. methodology
b. results
c. discussion
d. conclusion
Which of the following statements about informed consent is correct?
a. It only has to be completed when a health education specialist is working with
children or adolescents
b. It explains the benefits, risks, and participation is voluntary and may be terminated at
any time
c. It protects the health education specialist in cases of negligence from being sued by
participants who were harmed
d. It is necessary for medical research, but not behavior-focused health education
programs
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 limitations of this strategy, the health
education specialist is rightfully concerned about:
a. the relibility of the findings
b. the generalizations of the findings
c. the validity of the findings
d. the accuracy of the findings
When developing advocacy plans, which questions would be considered last?
a. what tactics should be used to influence people?
b. what are the goals of the advocacy effort?
c. who are our allies and opponents?
d. what organizational issues might facilitate the effort?
,A health education specialist is asked to find school health resources for physical
activity. The most appropriate bibliographic database search is:
a. MEDLINE
b. EBMR (evidence-based medicine reviews)
c. CHID (comparative history of ideas)
d. ERIC (education resources information center)
While hiring new employees, the health education specialist should contact the
candidates' professional references and validate the employees' degrees. In doing so,
discrepancies may be:
a. revealed prior to hiring
b. concealed and are a waste of time
c. able to reveal the exact quality of persons
d. complicate the termination process.
The health education specialist has core substance abuse prevention coalition
members in place and is currently broadening group representation. Some new
members only contribute money to the coalition and are categorized as:
a. occasional participants
b. executive participants
c. supporting participants
d. active participants
A group of health education specialists run into a situation where they need to elicit
specialized guidance and expert opinion on a specific health topic in order to aid in
decision-making. Of the following, which type of gruop should be consulted?
a. committee-of-the-whole
b. task-force
c. standing committee
d. advisory board
Consumption, medication compliance, and self-care are considered which type of
factors related to health?
a. attitudes
b. environmental
c. behavioral
d. genetic
Health departments and worksites are implementing a new health education/promotion
program to increase influenza vaccine rates for adults in a five county area. What will
the project lead focus on to assess the fidelity of implementation?
, a. location of vaccinations for children
b. workers reading materials distributed to all worksites
c. amount of vaccine available to the public
d. Program components being implemented in the correct order
When choosing a policy or issue to advocate on with a legislator, which criteria should
be considered first?
a. how receptive the community or target population is to the proposed policy or
advocacy
b. if there have been any peer-reviewed articles published on this issue or policy
c. if advocating on the policy or issue would violate the code of ethics for health
education
d. if there is potential funding for the proposed policy
The health education specialist is working with a local community to institute a smoke
free environment and local businesses, agencies, and restaurants throughout the entire
community. What type of health strategy would the health education specialist
implement in the community?
A. Position statement
B. Ordinance
C. Executive order
D. Regulation
A health education specialist is identifying the types of activities to be included in a
health educadtion/promotion program. In a logic model, these activities would be
included in:
a. outcomes
b. outputs
c. inputs
d. processes
In the social ecological model, a school or worksite would fall under which factor or
level?
a. community
b. individual
c. institutional
d. interpersonal
A local health department has decided to adopt an evidence-based program for obesity
prevention with educational materials that are not completely compatible with the
community it services. In the process of adapting the materials to make them more
suitable for the population, the health education specialist should be cautious not to:
