CHES EXAM |ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS|BRAND NEW 2026-2027
UPDATE|GRADED A+
Question 1
A health education specialist is writing a Needs Assessment and wants to create a
demographic profile on the priority population. A demographic profile is best defined as...
a. someone's family history regarding nationality, ethnicity and race
b. a statistical breakdown of the population of a country, region, state, or city by age group,
sex, race, and ethnicity
c. predetermined bias
d. an unchanging statistic about the population
CORRECT ANSWER
B
Question 2
Which of the following have the greatest impact on school health?
a. School lunch program, student cohesiveness, large class size, safe school environment,
school counselors, and family and community support for education and health.
b. School lunch program, health screenings, safe school environment, shortened school
days, school counselors, and local government.
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,c. School lunch program, health screenings, afterschool programs, safe school environment,
vending machines, health promotion by faculty and staff, and family and community support
for education and health.
d. School lunch program, health screenings, health and physical education, safe school
environment, school counselors, health promotion by faculty and staff, and family and
community support for education and health.
CORRECT ANSWER
D
Question 3
Why are Quasi-Governmental Health Agencies named as such?
a. They are government-like agencies
b. They possess characteristics of governmental health agencies and nongovernmental
agencies
c. They possess characteristics of governmental systems
d. They lack credentialing
CORRECT ANSWER
B
Question 4
Unmet needs of the community inspired the creation of...
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,a. Philanthropic Foundations
b. Governmental Health Agencies
c. Voluntary Health Agencies
d. Religious Groups
CORRECT ANSWER
C
Question 5
Settings in which health education specialists will practice in the next 5 years to a greater
degree include:
a. Workplaces
b. Schools
c. Clinical or Healthcare
d. All of the above
CORRECT ANSWER
D
Question 6
How do philanthropic foundations differ from voluntary health agencies?
a. They can finance long-term projects
b. They are volunteer-run only
c. They were created with endowment
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, d. They were created with endowment, and they are able to finance long-term projects that
may be too expensive or risky to be funded by other agencies
CORRECT ANSWER
D
Question 7
When assessing the needs of the community to determine what resources are needed to
enhance the communities health, a health education specialist is engaging in:
a. Capacity building
b. Windshield tour
c. Health assessments
d. Participatory research
CORRECT ANSWER
C
Question 8
A coalition for safer roads is wanting to include stakeholders in their proposed policy in
order to provide a systematic process that will help to determine the priority population's
health impact. This is an example of:
a. Behavior surveys
b. Health impact assessment
c. Nominal group process
d. Intervention strategy
CORRECT ANSWER
B
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ANSWERS|BRAND NEW 2026-2027
UPDATE|GRADED A+
Question 1
A health education specialist is writing a Needs Assessment and wants to create a
demographic profile on the priority population. A demographic profile is best defined as...
a. someone's family history regarding nationality, ethnicity and race
b. a statistical breakdown of the population of a country, region, state, or city by age group,
sex, race, and ethnicity
c. predetermined bias
d. an unchanging statistic about the population
CORRECT ANSWER
B
Question 2
Which of the following have the greatest impact on school health?
a. School lunch program, student cohesiveness, large class size, safe school environment,
school counselors, and family and community support for education and health.
b. School lunch program, health screenings, safe school environment, shortened school
days, school counselors, and local government.
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,c. School lunch program, health screenings, afterschool programs, safe school environment,
vending machines, health promotion by faculty and staff, and family and community support
for education and health.
d. School lunch program, health screenings, health and physical education, safe school
environment, school counselors, health promotion by faculty and staff, and family and
community support for education and health.
CORRECT ANSWER
D
Question 3
Why are Quasi-Governmental Health Agencies named as such?
a. They are government-like agencies
b. They possess characteristics of governmental health agencies and nongovernmental
agencies
c. They possess characteristics of governmental systems
d. They lack credentialing
CORRECT ANSWER
B
Question 4
Unmet needs of the community inspired the creation of...
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,a. Philanthropic Foundations
b. Governmental Health Agencies
c. Voluntary Health Agencies
d. Religious Groups
CORRECT ANSWER
C
Question 5
Settings in which health education specialists will practice in the next 5 years to a greater
degree include:
a. Workplaces
b. Schools
c. Clinical or Healthcare
d. All of the above
CORRECT ANSWER
D
Question 6
How do philanthropic foundations differ from voluntary health agencies?
a. They can finance long-term projects
b. They are volunteer-run only
c. They were created with endowment
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, d. They were created with endowment, and they are able to finance long-term projects that
may be too expensive or risky to be funded by other agencies
CORRECT ANSWER
D
Question 7
When assessing the needs of the community to determine what resources are needed to
enhance the communities health, a health education specialist is engaging in:
a. Capacity building
b. Windshield tour
c. Health assessments
d. Participatory research
CORRECT ANSWER
C
Question 8
A coalition for safer roads is wanting to include stakeholders in their proposed policy in
order to provide a systematic process that will help to determine the priority population's
health impact. This is an example of:
a. Behavior surveys
b. Health impact assessment
c. Nominal group process
d. Intervention strategy
CORRECT ANSWER
B
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