CPH [2026/2027] | UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Question and Answer | Exam Script & Answers
• The health department is committed to protecting and promoting the health of the
country's
residents. Which of the following components of a strategic plan does this
statement represent?
A. objective
B. vision
C. mission
D. goal -✓✓ C. mission
• Reduce the number of teenagers who begin to smoke. Which of the following
components of a
strategic plan does this statement represent?
A. goal
B. mission
C. objective
D. vision -✓✓ A. goal
• The new director of a county health department is getting acquainted with her
staff. After several
weeks of observing how her two associate directors supervise their subordinates,
she notes
striking differences in their management styles.
One associate director manages employees by assuming that they are highly
motivated. He
,tells members of his staff that they can time-shift their work hours to accommodate
their family
schedules as long as they get their work done. This director's approach to
management
exemplifies which of the following leadership theories?
A. Contingency theory
B. House's path goal theory
C. McGregor's theory Y
D. Theory Z -✓✓ C. McGregor's theory Y
• The other associate director assumes that employees find no satisfaction in their
work and are
exclusively motivated by their salaries. This associate director's approach to
management
exemplifies which of the following leadership theories?
A. McGregor's theory
B. Contingency theory
C. Theory Z
D. House's path goal therapy -✓✓ A. McGregor's theory
• The director wants to adopt a management strategy that will meet the needs of all
personnel in
her department, including the two associate directors and their diverse staffs and
responsibilities. The most appropriate leadership style for this director is one
informed by which
of the following theories?
A. Theory Z
,B. McGregor's theory
C. House's path to goal therapy
D. Contingency therapy -✓✓ D. Contingency therapy
• A community-based study of a program to increase physical activity is
conducted, and the
findings are evaluated. A small p-value with an estimate is reported. Which of the
following
is the best interpretation of this result?
A. It is likely the estimate differs from the true value because of bias.
B. It is likely the estimate differs randomly and systematically from the norm.
C. It is unlikely the estimate differs from the average because of chance.
D. It is unlikely the estimate differs from the null value because of random
variability -✓✓ D. It is unlikely the estimate differs from the null value because of
random variability
• A pilot study is conducted to examine whether a new drug effectively decreases
cholesterol
levels over a 6-week period. Twelve participants are enrolled, and serum
cholesterol levels
are measured before and after the 6-week treatment period. Investigators plan to
use a
paired t-test to examine whether the drug was effective in reducing cholesterol
levels.
The paired t-test is more appropriate for analysis of the results than a two-sample t-
test for
which of the following reasons?
A. dependence between the pre-test and post-test measurements
, B. potential non-normality of the responses
C. heterogeneous variances of the two groups
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D. non-randomness of the timing of the measurements -✓✓ A. dependence
between the pre-test and post-test measurements
• A pilot study is conducted to examine whether a new drug effectively decreases
cholesterol
levels over a 6-week period. Twelve participants are enrolled, and serum
cholesterol levels
are measured before and after the 6-week treatment period. Investigators plan to
use a
paired t-test to examine whether the drug was effective in reducing cholesterol
levels.
Which of the following are the degrees of freedom for this paired t-test?
A. 10
B. 11
C. 12
D. 13
ANSWER B -✓✓ B. 11
• A pilot study is conducted to examine whether a new drug effectively decreases
cholesterol
levels over a 6-week period. Twelve participants are enrolled, and serum
cholesterol levels
are measured before and after the 6-week treatment period. Investigators plan to
use a
Question and Answer | Exam Script & Answers
• The health department is committed to protecting and promoting the health of the
country's
residents. Which of the following components of a strategic plan does this
statement represent?
A. objective
B. vision
C. mission
D. goal -✓✓ C. mission
• Reduce the number of teenagers who begin to smoke. Which of the following
components of a
strategic plan does this statement represent?
A. goal
B. mission
C. objective
D. vision -✓✓ A. goal
• The new director of a county health department is getting acquainted with her
staff. After several
weeks of observing how her two associate directors supervise their subordinates,
she notes
striking differences in their management styles.
One associate director manages employees by assuming that they are highly
motivated. He
,tells members of his staff that they can time-shift their work hours to accommodate
their family
schedules as long as they get their work done. This director's approach to
management
exemplifies which of the following leadership theories?
A. Contingency theory
B. House's path goal theory
C. McGregor's theory Y
D. Theory Z -✓✓ C. McGregor's theory Y
• The other associate director assumes that employees find no satisfaction in their
work and are
exclusively motivated by their salaries. This associate director's approach to
management
exemplifies which of the following leadership theories?
A. McGregor's theory
B. Contingency theory
C. Theory Z
D. House's path goal therapy -✓✓ A. McGregor's theory
• The director wants to adopt a management strategy that will meet the needs of all
personnel in
her department, including the two associate directors and their diverse staffs and
responsibilities. The most appropriate leadership style for this director is one
informed by which
of the following theories?
A. Theory Z
,B. McGregor's theory
C. House's path to goal therapy
D. Contingency therapy -✓✓ D. Contingency therapy
• A community-based study of a program to increase physical activity is
conducted, and the
findings are evaluated. A small p-value with an estimate is reported. Which of the
following
is the best interpretation of this result?
A. It is likely the estimate differs from the true value because of bias.
B. It is likely the estimate differs randomly and systematically from the norm.
C. It is unlikely the estimate differs from the average because of chance.
D. It is unlikely the estimate differs from the null value because of random
variability -✓✓ D. It is unlikely the estimate differs from the null value because of
random variability
• A pilot study is conducted to examine whether a new drug effectively decreases
cholesterol
levels over a 6-week period. Twelve participants are enrolled, and serum
cholesterol levels
are measured before and after the 6-week treatment period. Investigators plan to
use a
paired t-test to examine whether the drug was effective in reducing cholesterol
levels.
The paired t-test is more appropriate for analysis of the results than a two-sample t-
test for
which of the following reasons?
A. dependence between the pre-test and post-test measurements
, B. potential non-normality of the responses
C. heterogeneous variances of the two groups
6
D. non-randomness of the timing of the measurements -✓✓ A. dependence
between the pre-test and post-test measurements
• A pilot study is conducted to examine whether a new drug effectively decreases
cholesterol
levels over a 6-week period. Twelve participants are enrolled, and serum
cholesterol levels
are measured before and after the 6-week treatment period. Investigators plan to
use a
paired t-test to examine whether the drug was effective in reducing cholesterol
levels.
Which of the following are the degrees of freedom for this paired t-test?
A. 10
B. 11
C. 12
D. 13
ANSWER B -✓✓ B. 11
• A pilot study is conducted to examine whether a new drug effectively decreases
cholesterol
levels over a 6-week period. Twelve participants are enrolled, and serum
cholesterol levels
are measured before and after the 6-week treatment period. Investigators plan to
use a
