CHW Examination test 2025
Community Health Worker (CHW) - CORRECT ANSWER-a trusted community member
who understands the people they serve on a deeply personal level, allowing them to
address health disparities and provide care beyond medical treatments
What titles are Community Health Workers also known as? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Patient navigator, Patient ambassador,
Community health aid, Promotores de salud, Coaches, Lay health advisors, Community
health representatives, Peer mentors, Peer navigators
What are the core values of CHW based on? - CORRECT ANSWER-history, unique
role, and ongoing development of the field
What are the core values of CHW? - CORRECT ANSWER-Access, Acceptance,
Advocacy and Education, Excellence, Learning, Partnership, Self-determination, Social
justice, Strength, Trust, Unity
Community Health Worker is an umbrella term (T/F) - CORRECT ANSWER-True,
includes community health representatives, promotors, peers, and other workforce
members who are frontline health professionals that share life experience, trust,
compassion, and cultural and value alignment with the communities where they live and
serve
Communication skills for CHW include (name at least 5) - CORRECT ANSWER-Conflict
resolution, clear written and oral communication, cultural understanding, nonverbal
communication, active listening, empathy, confident and accessible language,
respectful information gathering, assistance with promoting health literacy
Maria is a community health worker who has recently learned that her community has a
growing population of people who speak Portuguese. Which of the following actions
, ensures that Maria upholds the communication skills of a CHW for this community?
(Multiple answers possible)
A. Understand and connect with culturally diverse settings to understand patients and
others better
B. Incorporate the use of an interpreter and speak in the community member's preferred
language
C. Write using the most detailed medical terminology possible to ensure people can
look up the details later without you
D. Listen to the community, but make the final health care decisions when you disagree
with a person's beliefs, values, or decisions. - CORRECT ANSWER-A. Understand and
connect with culturally diverse settings to understand patients and others better
B. Incorporate the use of an interpreter and speak in the community member's preferred
language
Capacity Building Skills for CHW (name at least three) - CORRECT ANSWER-Problem
and resource need identification, partnership collaboration, informal and formal training,
needs assessment, leadership development, support group facilitation
Imani is a new CHW worker who has been assisting a community member in identifying
the best program for that member's family. Now that she is at the end of the interaction,
which of the following should she remember?
A. Imani's formal training experiences ensures she will always make the best choice for
her clients.
B. Imani's leadership skills mean she always knows the needs of the community she
works with.
C. Imani should always encourage and help clients solve problems themselves.
D. Imani is not a counselor, so she should never help facilitate support groups in any
capacity. - CORRECT ANSWER-C. Imani should always encourage and help clients
solve problems themselves.
Teaching Abilities for CHWs (state at least 5) - CORRECT ANSWER-Participate in
organizing resources and data promotion, read and undestand work materials, work
with advocacy groups, understand the shifting policy landscape, speak up for others,
utilize coping skills, ensure those being taught are learning material fully
Demetrius is a CHW who is serving as an yoga instructor at a local community gym.
After noticing a discrepancy between those enrolling in the class and the demographics
of the local community, he conducts surveys of the local community. He soon realizes
that a number of community members faced financial concerns which prevented them
from paying for exercise mats. Demetrius applies for a grant and soon begins supplying
Community Health Worker (CHW) - CORRECT ANSWER-a trusted community member
who understands the people they serve on a deeply personal level, allowing them to
address health disparities and provide care beyond medical treatments
What titles are Community Health Workers also known as? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Patient navigator, Patient ambassador,
Community health aid, Promotores de salud, Coaches, Lay health advisors, Community
health representatives, Peer mentors, Peer navigators
What are the core values of CHW based on? - CORRECT ANSWER-history, unique
role, and ongoing development of the field
What are the core values of CHW? - CORRECT ANSWER-Access, Acceptance,
Advocacy and Education, Excellence, Learning, Partnership, Self-determination, Social
justice, Strength, Trust, Unity
Community Health Worker is an umbrella term (T/F) - CORRECT ANSWER-True,
includes community health representatives, promotors, peers, and other workforce
members who are frontline health professionals that share life experience, trust,
compassion, and cultural and value alignment with the communities where they live and
serve
Communication skills for CHW include (name at least 5) - CORRECT ANSWER-Conflict
resolution, clear written and oral communication, cultural understanding, nonverbal
communication, active listening, empathy, confident and accessible language,
respectful information gathering, assistance with promoting health literacy
Maria is a community health worker who has recently learned that her community has a
growing population of people who speak Portuguese. Which of the following actions
, ensures that Maria upholds the communication skills of a CHW for this community?
(Multiple answers possible)
A. Understand and connect with culturally diverse settings to understand patients and
others better
B. Incorporate the use of an interpreter and speak in the community member's preferred
language
C. Write using the most detailed medical terminology possible to ensure people can
look up the details later without you
D. Listen to the community, but make the final health care decisions when you disagree
with a person's beliefs, values, or decisions. - CORRECT ANSWER-A. Understand and
connect with culturally diverse settings to understand patients and others better
B. Incorporate the use of an interpreter and speak in the community member's preferred
language
Capacity Building Skills for CHW (name at least three) - CORRECT ANSWER-Problem
and resource need identification, partnership collaboration, informal and formal training,
needs assessment, leadership development, support group facilitation
Imani is a new CHW worker who has been assisting a community member in identifying
the best program for that member's family. Now that she is at the end of the interaction,
which of the following should she remember?
A. Imani's formal training experiences ensures she will always make the best choice for
her clients.
B. Imani's leadership skills mean she always knows the needs of the community she
works with.
C. Imani should always encourage and help clients solve problems themselves.
D. Imani is not a counselor, so she should never help facilitate support groups in any
capacity. - CORRECT ANSWER-C. Imani should always encourage and help clients
solve problems themselves.
Teaching Abilities for CHWs (state at least 5) - CORRECT ANSWER-Participate in
organizing resources and data promotion, read and undestand work materials, work
with advocacy groups, understand the shifting policy landscape, speak up for others,
utilize coping skills, ensure those being taught are learning material fully
Demetrius is a CHW who is serving as an yoga instructor at a local community gym.
After noticing a discrepancy between those enrolling in the class and the demographics
of the local community, he conducts surveys of the local community. He soon realizes
that a number of community members faced financial concerns which prevented them
from paying for exercise mats. Demetrius applies for a grant and soon begins supplying
