CHES PREP EXAM |ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS|BRAND NEW 2026-2027
UPDATE|GRADED A+
Question 1
1. According to which theory or model do people assess the threat of an emerging disease
by assessing their personal susceptibility against the severity of the disease?
a. Diffusion of Innovations
b. Social Cognitive Theory
c. Health Belief Model
d. Social Marketing
CORRECT ANSWER
Health Belief Model (Area III)
Question 2
2. A health education specialist is considering how people might adopt a program in order
to understand how best to tailor specific messages. If the health education specialist
wants to get the first people to adopt the program using the Diffusion of Innovations,
which strategy might be best?
a. Show the audience how most people have been enjoying the program
b. Focus on how new and different the program is from what exists
c. Wait for the opinion leaders to adopt
d. Focus on how the program adheres to social norms
CORRECT ANSWER
Focus on how new and different the program is from what exists (Area III)
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,Question 3
3. In a priority population, the infant mortality rate and overall death rate for mothers
with less than a high school education is almost twice as high as mothers with 1.3 or more
years of education. These are examples of:
a. health equity
b. health determinants
c. health capacity
d. health disparities
CORRECT ANSWER
health disparities (Area I)
Question 4
4. Data storage is an example of which type of technology need?
a. Infrastructure
b. Program delivery
c. Collaboration technology
d. Knowledge
CORRECT ANSWER
Infrastructure (Area V)
Question 5
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,5. Newsletters, community meetings, public health service announcements, and social
networking sites are examples of:
a. social norms
b. communication campaigns
c. social media
d. communication channels
CORRECT ANSWER
Communication channels (Area VII)
Question 6
6. Smoking bans in restaurants are which type of strategy in a community-based smoking
prevention program?
a. Health communication
b. Health engineering
c. Health policy
d. Health mobilization
CORRECT ANSWER
Health policy (Area II)
Question 7
7. Which section of an original research paper presents evidence tested against the stated
hypotheses or research questions and presents the statistical findings?
a. Methodology
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, b. Results
c. Discussion
d. Conclusion
CORRECT ANSWER
Results (Area IV)
Question 8
8. Which of the following statements about informed consent is correct?
a. It only has to be completed when a health education specialist is working with children or
adolescents
b. It explains the benefits, risks, and participation is voluntary and may be terminated at any
time
c. It protects the health education specialist in cases of negligence from being sued by
participants who were harmed
d. It is necessary for medical research, but not behavior-focused health education programs
CORRECT ANSWER
It explains the benefits, risks, and participation is voluntary and may be terminated at
any time (Area III)
Question 9
9. A health department administrator tasks the health education specialist with
conducting a focus group of low income citizens to answer questions about which heart
disease intervention the department should offer city wide. The health education
specialist is rightfully concerned about:
a. the reliability of findings
b. the generalizability of the findings
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VERIFIED ANSWERS|BRAND NEW 2026-2027
UPDATE|GRADED A+
Question 1
1. According to which theory or model do people assess the threat of an emerging disease
by assessing their personal susceptibility against the severity of the disease?
a. Diffusion of Innovations
b. Social Cognitive Theory
c. Health Belief Model
d. Social Marketing
CORRECT ANSWER
Health Belief Model (Area III)
Question 2
2. A health education specialist is considering how people might adopt a program in order
to understand how best to tailor specific messages. If the health education specialist
wants to get the first people to adopt the program using the Diffusion of Innovations,
which strategy might be best?
a. Show the audience how most people have been enjoying the program
b. Focus on how new and different the program is from what exists
c. Wait for the opinion leaders to adopt
d. Focus on how the program adheres to social norms
CORRECT ANSWER
Focus on how new and different the program is from what exists (Area III)
1
,Question 3
3. In a priority population, the infant mortality rate and overall death rate for mothers
with less than a high school education is almost twice as high as mothers with 1.3 or more
years of education. These are examples of:
a. health equity
b. health determinants
c. health capacity
d. health disparities
CORRECT ANSWER
health disparities (Area I)
Question 4
4. Data storage is an example of which type of technology need?
a. Infrastructure
b. Program delivery
c. Collaboration technology
d. Knowledge
CORRECT ANSWER
Infrastructure (Area V)
Question 5
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,5. Newsletters, community meetings, public health service announcements, and social
networking sites are examples of:
a. social norms
b. communication campaigns
c. social media
d. communication channels
CORRECT ANSWER
Communication channels (Area VII)
Question 6
6. Smoking bans in restaurants are which type of strategy in a community-based smoking
prevention program?
a. Health communication
b. Health engineering
c. Health policy
d. Health mobilization
CORRECT ANSWER
Health policy (Area II)
Question 7
7. Which section of an original research paper presents evidence tested against the stated
hypotheses or research questions and presents the statistical findings?
a. Methodology
3
, b. Results
c. Discussion
d. Conclusion
CORRECT ANSWER
Results (Area IV)
Question 8
8. Which of the following statements about informed consent is correct?
a. It only has to be completed when a health education specialist is working with children or
adolescents
b. It explains the benefits, risks, and participation is voluntary and may be terminated at any
time
c. It protects the health education specialist in cases of negligence from being sued by
participants who were harmed
d. It is necessary for medical research, but not behavior-focused health education programs
CORRECT ANSWER
It explains the benefits, risks, and participation is voluntary and may be terminated at
any time (Area III)
Question 9
9. A health department administrator tasks the health education specialist with
conducting a focus group of low income citizens to answer questions about which heart
disease intervention the department should offer city wide. The health education
specialist is rightfully concerned about:
a. the reliability of findings
b. the generalizability of the findings
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