CHES Practice Exam Questions From 7th edition
test questions with correct answers A+ Graded
1. c. Health Belief Model-CORRECT ANSWER- According to which theory or
model do people assess the threat of an emerging diease by assessing their
perceived susceptibility against theseverity of the disease.
a. Diffusion of innovations
b. Social Cognitive Theory
c. Health Belief Model
d. Social Marketing
2. b. focus on how new and different the program is from what exists-CORRECT
ANSWER- A HealthEducation 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
,3. d. health disparities-CORRECT ANSWER- 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-CORRECT ANSWER-
a. health equity
b. health determinants
c. health capacity
d. health disparities
4. a. infrastructure-CORRECT ANSWER- Data storage is an example of which typ
of technology need?
a. infrastructure
b. program delivery
c. colloboration technology
d. knowledge
5. d. communication channels-CORRECT ANSWER- Newsletters, community
meetings, public serviceannouncements, and social networking sites are examples
of-CORRECT ANSWER-
a. social norms
b. communication campaigns
c. social media
d. communication channels
,6. c. Health policy-CORRECT ANSWER- Smoking bans in a restaurant are
which type of strategy in acommunity-based smoking prevention program?
a. health communication
b. health engineering
c. health policy
d. health mobilization
7. b. results-CORRECT ANSWER- Which section of an original research paper
presents evidence testedagainst the stated hypotheses or research questions and
presents the statistical findings
a. methodology
b. results
c. discussion
d. conclusion
8. b. it explains the benefits, risks, and participation is voluntary and may be
terminated at any time-CORRECT ANSWER- Which of the following statements
about informed consentis correct?
a. It only has to be completed when a health education specialist is working
withchildren or adolescents
b. It explains the benefits, risks, and participation is voluntary and may be
terminatedat 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
9. b. the generalization of the findings-CORRECT ANSWER- The health
department administrator justreturned 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 specialistis rightfully concerned about-CORRECT
ANSWER-
a. the relibility of the findings
b. the generalizations of the findings
c. the validity of the findings
d. the accuracy of the findings
test questions with correct answers A+ Graded
1. c. Health Belief Model-CORRECT ANSWER- According to which theory or
model do people assess the threat of an emerging diease by assessing their
perceived susceptibility against theseverity of the disease.
a. Diffusion of innovations
b. Social Cognitive Theory
c. Health Belief Model
d. Social Marketing
2. b. focus on how new and different the program is from what exists-CORRECT
ANSWER- A HealthEducation 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
,3. d. health disparities-CORRECT ANSWER- 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-CORRECT ANSWER-
a. health equity
b. health determinants
c. health capacity
d. health disparities
4. a. infrastructure-CORRECT ANSWER- Data storage is an example of which typ
of technology need?
a. infrastructure
b. program delivery
c. colloboration technology
d. knowledge
5. d. communication channels-CORRECT ANSWER- Newsletters, community
meetings, public serviceannouncements, and social networking sites are examples
of-CORRECT ANSWER-
a. social norms
b. communication campaigns
c. social media
d. communication channels
,6. c. Health policy-CORRECT ANSWER- Smoking bans in a restaurant are
which type of strategy in acommunity-based smoking prevention program?
a. health communication
b. health engineering
c. health policy
d. health mobilization
7. b. results-CORRECT ANSWER- Which section of an original research paper
presents evidence testedagainst the stated hypotheses or research questions and
presents the statistical findings
a. methodology
b. results
c. discussion
d. conclusion
8. b. it explains the benefits, risks, and participation is voluntary and may be
terminated at any time-CORRECT ANSWER- Which of the following statements
about informed consentis correct?
a. It only has to be completed when a health education specialist is working
withchildren or adolescents
b. It explains the benefits, risks, and participation is voluntary and may be
terminatedat 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
9. b. the generalization of the findings-CORRECT ANSWER- The health
department administrator justreturned 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 specialistis rightfully concerned about-CORRECT
ANSWER-
a. the relibility of the findings
b. the generalizations of the findings
c. the validity of the findings
d. the accuracy of the findings
