Questions & Answers – Community
Health Worker Certification Prep
A community health worker is not known as a:
A. Health outreach worker
B. Clinical hospital worker
C. Promotor
D. Patient Navigator - Correct Answer-✔✔B. Clinical hospital worker
Which is not a role of a Community Health Worker?
A. Referrals and direct services
B. Order prescriptions and medical supplies
C. Health education and promotion
D. Advocate for community and individual needs - Correct Answer-✔✔B. Order prescription and
medical supplies
What are the three qualities of a CHW? - Correct Answer-✔✔Trustworthiness, Sensitivity, and
Competence
Stress can affect the following organs: - Correct Answer-✔✔Brain, Heart, Gut
What are self-care activities? - Correct Answer-✔✔Healthy Eating, Physical Activity, &
Meditation
,Health inequalities can be defined as: - Correct Answer-✔✔Differences in health status between
populations that are avoidable and preventable
The social determinants of health include: - Correct Answer-✔✔Income, Employment,
Education
What three are government-funded health insurance programs? - Correct Answer-✔✔Medicaid,
Childhood Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Medicare
Which of the following is not part of the Socioecological Model?
A. Individual, Interpersonal, Organizational, Community, Public Policy
B. Individual, Family, Friends, Classmates, Neighborhood
C. Individual, City, County, State, Country
D. Individual, Family, Community, Business, Public Policy - Correct Answer-✔✔A. Individual,
Interpersonal, Organizational, Community, Public Policy
The US Healthcare System includes all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Healthcare providers
B. Government
C. Research
D. Farms and grocery stores - Correct Answer-✔✔D. Farms and grocery stores
, True or False: As part of the Community Health Worker Code of Ethics, you are responsible for
sharing confidential information with relatives. - Correct Answer-✔✔False
The following unethical healthcare actions have all happened in the US EXCEPT:
A. Made millions of dollars in research from a woman's cancer cells without telling the family
B. Failed to treat men infected with syphilis (an STD)
C. Forced or paid women to have a surgery to prevent pregnancy (sterilized)
D. Sold outdated formula to poor communities instead of having mother's breastfeed - Correct
Answer-✔✔D. Sold outdated formula to poor communities instead of having mother's
breastfeed
Ethics may be defined as: - Correct Answer-✔✔Conduct and decision-making that demonstrates
value and respect for all people
What does the acronym HIPPA stand for? - Correct Answer-✔✔Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act
Each of the following is important in effective communication, except:
A. Non-verbal communication
B. Verbal communication
C. Community Assessment
D. Tone of voice - Correct Answer-✔✔C. Community Assessment
When trying to help someone change an unhealthy habit (for example, smoking cigarettes,
drinking too much alcohol), it is most helpful to know: - Correct Answer-✔✔which stage of
change they are in