CHES EXAM |ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS|BRAND NEW 2026-2027
UPDATE|GRADED A+
Question 1
According to which theory or model do people assess the threat of an emerging diease by
assessing their perceived susceptibility against the severity of the disease.
a. Diffusion of innovations
b. Social Cognitive Theory
c. Health Belief Model
d. Social Marketing
CORRECT ANSWER
c. Health Belief Model
Question 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
b. focus on how new and different the program is from what exists
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,Question 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 13 or more years
of education. These are examples of:
a. health equity
b. health determinants
c. health capacity
d. health disparities
CORRECT ANSWER
d. health disparities
Question 4
Data storage is an example of which type of technology need?
a. infrastructure
b. program delivery
c. colloboration technology
d. knowledge
CORRECT ANSWER
a. infrastructure
Question 5
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,Newsletters, community meetings, public service announcements, and social networking
sites are examples of:
a. social norms
b. communication campaigns
c. social media
d. communication channels
CORRECT ANSWER
d. communication channels
Question 6
Smoking bans in a restaurant 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
c. Health policy
Question 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
b. results
Question 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
b. it explains the benefits, risks, and participation is voluntary and may be terminated at
any time
Question 9
The health department administrator just returned from a meeting where someone used a
focus group to gather data and now has a great idea. The administrator tasks the health
education specialist with conducting a focus group of low income citizens from the south
side of town to answer questions about which heart disease intervention the department
should offer city wide. Knowing the limitations of this strategy, the health education
specialist is rightfully concerned about:
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ANSWERS|BRAND NEW 2026-2027
UPDATE|GRADED A+
Question 1
According to which theory or model do people assess the threat of an emerging diease by
assessing their perceived susceptibility against the severity of the disease.
a. Diffusion of innovations
b. Social Cognitive Theory
c. Health Belief Model
d. Social Marketing
CORRECT ANSWER
c. Health Belief Model
Question 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
b. focus on how new and different the program is from what exists
1
,Question 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 13 or more years
of education. These are examples of:
a. health equity
b. health determinants
c. health capacity
d. health disparities
CORRECT ANSWER
d. health disparities
Question 4
Data storage is an example of which type of technology need?
a. infrastructure
b. program delivery
c. colloboration technology
d. knowledge
CORRECT ANSWER
a. infrastructure
Question 5
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,Newsletters, community meetings, public service announcements, and social networking
sites are examples of:
a. social norms
b. communication campaigns
c. social media
d. communication channels
CORRECT ANSWER
d. communication channels
Question 6
Smoking bans in a restaurant 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
c. Health policy
Question 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
b. results
Question 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
b. it explains the benefits, risks, and participation is voluntary and may be terminated at
any time
Question 9
The health department administrator just returned from a meeting where someone used a
focus group to gather data and now has a great idea. The administrator tasks the health
education specialist with conducting a focus group of low income citizens from the south
side of town to answer questions about which heart disease intervention the department
should offer city wide. Knowing the limitations of this strategy, the health education
specialist is rightfully concerned about:
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