CHES CERTIFICATION EXAM |ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS|BRAND NEW 2026-2027
UPDATE|GRADED A+
Question 1
A health education specialist is considering using multiple models (e.g., assessment,
behavioral change, and planning) during planning of the needs assessment process. Which
of the following is the most likely reason for using this strategy? It will:
a) assist in identifying types of data needed for the assessment and the factors that may
impact development of the intervention.
b) assist in creating a systematic approach for conducting a needs assessment and
developing an intervention.
c) provide insight for developing strategies to engage the community in the assessment
process.
d) provide the components to create a logic model and to identify gaps.
CORRECT ANSWER
A
Question 2
A health education specialist needs to determine specific alcohol, tobacco, and drug use
prevention needs and immediately prioritize those needs with a few experts from the
priority population. Which primary data collection technique would be the best to use in
this scenario?
a) observations
b) nominal group process
c) delphi panel
d) focus group
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,CORRECT ANSWER
B
Question 3
Which would be the best technique to determine whether patients have the skills
necessary to prepare a healthy, low-calorie, low-fat meal? Have the patients:
a) describe the steps they would follow to create the meal.
b) create a meal through a simulation activity.
c) take a valid test that covers the material.
d) critique several meals created by other patients.
CORRECT ANSWER
B
Question 4
A seminar on high blood pressure for those who already are affected with high blood
pressure is being provided as a part of a worksite wellness program. Which scenario
facilitates active learning of workshop participants?
a) Distribute materials on all aspects of high blood pressure.
b) Discuss medical scenarios from authoritative sources.
c) Have attendees practice taking blood pressure on one another.
d) Review strategies to make lifestyle modifications.
CORRECT ANSWER
C
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,Question 5
Which of the following represents primary sources that a health education specialist could
use for a community needs assessment?
A) US census data, vital records, disease registries
B) State health data from the health department
C) Published scientific studies and reports
D) Observations, surveys, and interviews
CORRECT ANSWER
D
Question 6
Consumption, medication compliance, and self-care are considered which type of factors
related to health
a) behavioral
b) beliefs
c) genetics
d) environment
CORRECT ANSWER
A
Question 7
Which social determinant should the health education specialist consider when analyzing
knowledge acquisition among youth participating in a risk reduction intervention?
a) Circumstances
B) Relationships
C) Connections
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, D) Environments
CORRECT ANSWER
A
Question 8
The health education specialist is reviewing the evidence-informed findings of the Guide
to Community Preventive Services. The health education specialist is most likely assessing
resources related to:
a)clinical preventive services
b) coalition development
c) intervention approaches
d) policy development
CORRECT ANSWER
c
Question 9
A health education specialist plans to conduct a food access and food desert assessment
to determine how many grocery stores exist in the low-income areas of the community
compared to other income level areas. When planning for the collection of secondary
data, all of the following tasks should be included except to:
identify existing data at the city, county, state and/or federal level.
a) obtain resources and partners to access or collect data.
b) create or adapt an existing instrument to collect observational data.
c) describe how data would be
d) systematically collected.
CORRECT ANSWER
B
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AND VERIFIED ANSWERS|BRAND NEW 2026-2027
UPDATE|GRADED A+
Question 1
A health education specialist is considering using multiple models (e.g., assessment,
behavioral change, and planning) during planning of the needs assessment process. Which
of the following is the most likely reason for using this strategy? It will:
a) assist in identifying types of data needed for the assessment and the factors that may
impact development of the intervention.
b) assist in creating a systematic approach for conducting a needs assessment and
developing an intervention.
c) provide insight for developing strategies to engage the community in the assessment
process.
d) provide the components to create a logic model and to identify gaps.
CORRECT ANSWER
A
Question 2
A health education specialist needs to determine specific alcohol, tobacco, and drug use
prevention needs and immediately prioritize those needs with a few experts from the
priority population. Which primary data collection technique would be the best to use in
this scenario?
a) observations
b) nominal group process
c) delphi panel
d) focus group
1
,CORRECT ANSWER
B
Question 3
Which would be the best technique to determine whether patients have the skills
necessary to prepare a healthy, low-calorie, low-fat meal? Have the patients:
a) describe the steps they would follow to create the meal.
b) create a meal through a simulation activity.
c) take a valid test that covers the material.
d) critique several meals created by other patients.
CORRECT ANSWER
B
Question 4
A seminar on high blood pressure for those who already are affected with high blood
pressure is being provided as a part of a worksite wellness program. Which scenario
facilitates active learning of workshop participants?
a) Distribute materials on all aspects of high blood pressure.
b) Discuss medical scenarios from authoritative sources.
c) Have attendees practice taking blood pressure on one another.
d) Review strategies to make lifestyle modifications.
CORRECT ANSWER
C
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,Question 5
Which of the following represents primary sources that a health education specialist could
use for a community needs assessment?
A) US census data, vital records, disease registries
B) State health data from the health department
C) Published scientific studies and reports
D) Observations, surveys, and interviews
CORRECT ANSWER
D
Question 6
Consumption, medication compliance, and self-care are considered which type of factors
related to health
a) behavioral
b) beliefs
c) genetics
d) environment
CORRECT ANSWER
A
Question 7
Which social determinant should the health education specialist consider when analyzing
knowledge acquisition among youth participating in a risk reduction intervention?
a) Circumstances
B) Relationships
C) Connections
3
, D) Environments
CORRECT ANSWER
A
Question 8
The health education specialist is reviewing the evidence-informed findings of the Guide
to Community Preventive Services. The health education specialist is most likely assessing
resources related to:
a)clinical preventive services
b) coalition development
c) intervention approaches
d) policy development
CORRECT ANSWER
c
Question 9
A health education specialist plans to conduct a food access and food desert assessment
to determine how many grocery stores exist in the low-income areas of the community
compared to other income level areas. When planning for the collection of secondary
data, all of the following tasks should be included except to:
identify existing data at the city, county, state and/or federal level.
a) obtain resources and partners to access or collect data.
b) create or adapt an existing instrument to collect observational data.
c) describe how data would be
d) systematically collected.
CORRECT ANSWER
B
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