CHES PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
(FROM 7TH EDITION) WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+ FOR 2026
ASSURED EXCEL!!
1. c. Health Belief Model - CORRECT ANSWERS-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
2. b. focus on how new and different the program is from what exists - CORRECT
ANSWERS-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
e. health disparities - CORRECT ANSWERS-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
a. infrastructure - CORRECT ANSWERS-Data storage is an example of which type of
technology need?
a. infrastructure
b. program delivery
c. colloboration technology
d. knowledge
e. communication channels - CORRECT ANSWERS-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
b. Health policy - CORRECT ANSWERS-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
,c. results - CORRECT ANSWERS-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
3. b. it explains the benefits, risks, and participation is voluntary and may be terminated at
any time - CORRECT ANSWERS-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
4. b. the generalization of the findings - CORRECT 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 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
a. what tactics should be used to influence people. - CORRECT ANSWERS-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?
5. D. ERIC, education resource information center - CORRECT ANSWERS-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)
a. revealed prior to hiring - CORRECT ANSWERS-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.
b. supporting participants - CORRECT ANSWERS-The health education specialist has core
substance abuse prevention coalition members in place and is currently broadening
(FROM 7TH EDITION) WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+ FOR 2026
ASSURED EXCEL!!
1. c. Health Belief Model - CORRECT ANSWERS-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
2. b. focus on how new and different the program is from what exists - CORRECT
ANSWERS-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
e. health disparities - CORRECT ANSWERS-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
a. infrastructure - CORRECT ANSWERS-Data storage is an example of which type of
technology need?
a. infrastructure
b. program delivery
c. colloboration technology
d. knowledge
e. communication channels - CORRECT ANSWERS-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
b. Health policy - CORRECT ANSWERS-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
,c. results - CORRECT ANSWERS-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
3. b. it explains the benefits, risks, and participation is voluntary and may be terminated at
any time - CORRECT ANSWERS-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
4. b. the generalization of the findings - CORRECT 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 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
a. what tactics should be used to influence people. - CORRECT ANSWERS-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?
5. D. ERIC, education resource information center - CORRECT ANSWERS-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)
a. revealed prior to hiring - CORRECT ANSWERS-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.
b. supporting participants - CORRECT ANSWERS-The health education specialist has core
substance abuse prevention coalition members in place and is currently broadening
