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1. According to which theory or model do people assess the threat of an emerging disease 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 (Area III)
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 Diffusing 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 (Area III)
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 (Area I)
4. Data storage is an example of which type of technology need?
a. Infrastructure
b. Program delivery
c. Collaboration technology
d. Knowledge ✔Correct answer-a. Infrastructure (Area V)
5. 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 (Area VII)
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-c. Health Policy (Area II)
7. Which section of an original research paper presents evidence tested against the the stated
hypotheses or research questions and presents the statistical findings?
a. Methodology.
b. Results.
c. Discussion.
d. Conclusion ✔Correct answer-b. Results (Area IV)
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. (Area III)
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:
a. the reliability of findings.
b. the generalizability of the findings.
c. the validity of the findings.
d. the accuracy of the findings. ✔Correct answer-b. the generalizability of the findings. (Area I)
10. When developing advocacy plans, which questions would be considered last?
a. What tactics should be used to influence people?
b. What are the goals of the advocacy effort?
c. Who are our allies and opponents?
d. What organizational issues might facilitate the effort? ✔Correct answer-a. What tactics should
be used to influence people? (Area VII)
11. *See image for 11 and 12*
"Rates of TBI-related Emergency Department Visits, Hospitalizations, and Deaths - United States,
2001-2010"
According to Graph 1, which of the following is true?
a. Deaths due to TB have more than doubled from 2001 to 2010.
,b. Emergency department visits for TBI have increased more than 1.5 times from 2001 to 2010.
c. Hospitalizations for TBI started to increase after 2005, and then decreased from 2005-2010.
d. The total number of people affected by TBI has been steadily decreasing since 2007. ✔Correct
answer-b. Emergency department visits for TBI have increased more than 1.5 times from 2001 to
2010. (Area I)
12. *See image for 11 and 12*
"Rates of TBI-related Emergency Department Visits, Hospitalizations, and Deaths - United States,
2001-2010"
According to Graph 1, which of the following is true?
a. More people are choosing to avoid treatment for TBI and are instead dying from their injuries.
b. It appears as though more people are seeking treatment and are being hospitalized for TBI.
c. Although the number of TBIs has increased, the number of deaths due to TBI has decreased.
d. Surgical methods for TBI are improving, which is decreasing the death rates for TBI. ✔Correct
answer-c. Although the number of TBIs has increased, the number of deaths due to TBI has
decreased. (Area I)
13. A health education specialist is asked to find school health resources for physical activity. The
most appropriate bibliographic database to search is:
a. MEDLINE.
b. EBMR.
c. CHID.
d. ERIC. ✔Correct answer-d. ERIC. (Area VI)
14. While hiring new employees, the health education specialist should contact the candidates'
professional references and validate the employee's degrees. In doing so, discrepancies may be:
a. revealed prior to hiring.
b. concealed and are a waste of time.
c. able to reveal the exact quality of the persons.
d. complicate the termination process. ✔Correct answer-a. revealed prior to hiring. (Area V)
15. The health education specialist has core substance abuse prevention coalition members in place
and is currently broadening group representation. Some new member only contribute money to the
coalition and are categorized as:
a. occasional participants.
b. executive participants.
c. supporting participants.
d. active participants. ✔Correct answer-c. supporting participants. (Area II)
16. A group of health education specialists run into a situation where they need to elicit specialized
guidance and expert opinion on a specific health topic in order to aid in decision-making. Of the
following, which type of group should be consulted?
a. Committee-of-the-whole
b. Task force
, c. Standing committee
d. Advisory board ✔Correct answer-d. Advisory board. (Area II)
17. Consumption, medication compliance, and self-care are considered which type of factors related
to health?
a. Attitudes.
b. Environmental.
c. Behavioral.
d. Genetic. ✔Correct answer-c. Behavioral. (Area I)
18. Health departments and worksites are implementing a new health education/promotion
program to increase influenza vaccine rates for adults in a five county area. What will the project lead
focus on to asses the fidelity of implementation?
a. Location of vaccinations for children.
b. Workers reading materials distributed to all worksites.
c. Amount of vaccine available to the public.
d. Program components being implemented in the correct order. ✔Correct answer-d. Program
components being implemented in the correct order. (Area III)
19. When choosing a policy or issue to advocate on with a legislator, which criteria should be
considered first?
a. How receptive the community or target population is to the proposed policy or advocacy effort.
b. If there have been any peer-reviewed articles published on this issue or policy.
c. If advocating on the policy or issue would violate the Code of Ethics for Health Education.
d. If there is potential funding for the proposed policy. ✔Correct answer-a. How receptive the
community or target population is to the proposed policy or advocacy effort. (Area VII)
20. The health education specialist is working with a local community to institute a smoke free
environment in local businesses, agencies, and restaurants throughout the entire community. What
type of health strategy would the health education specialist implement in the community?
a. Position statement.
b. Ordinance.
c. Executive order.
d. Regulation. ✔Correct answer-b. Ordinance. (Area I)
21. A health education specialist is identifying the types activities to be included in a health
education/promotion program. In a logic model, these activities would be included in:
a. outcomes.
b. outputs.
c. inputs.
d. processes. ✔Correct answer-c. inputs. (Area II)
22. In the social ecological model, a school or worksite would fall under which factor or level?
a. Community.
b. Individual.
Answers |Actual Complete Exam |Already Graded A+
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1. According to which theory or model do people assess the threat of an emerging disease 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 (Area III)
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 Diffusing 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 (Area III)
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 (Area I)
4. Data storage is an example of which type of technology need?
a. Infrastructure
b. Program delivery
c. Collaboration technology
d. Knowledge ✔Correct answer-a. Infrastructure (Area V)
5. 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 (Area VII)
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-c. Health Policy (Area II)
7. Which section of an original research paper presents evidence tested against the the stated
hypotheses or research questions and presents the statistical findings?
a. Methodology.
b. Results.
c. Discussion.
d. Conclusion ✔Correct answer-b. Results (Area IV)
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. (Area III)
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:
a. the reliability of findings.
b. the generalizability of the findings.
c. the validity of the findings.
d. the accuracy of the findings. ✔Correct answer-b. the generalizability of the findings. (Area I)
10. When developing advocacy plans, which questions would be considered last?
a. What tactics should be used to influence people?
b. What are the goals of the advocacy effort?
c. Who are our allies and opponents?
d. What organizational issues might facilitate the effort? ✔Correct answer-a. What tactics should
be used to influence people? (Area VII)
11. *See image for 11 and 12*
"Rates of TBI-related Emergency Department Visits, Hospitalizations, and Deaths - United States,
2001-2010"
According to Graph 1, which of the following is true?
a. Deaths due to TB have more than doubled from 2001 to 2010.
,b. Emergency department visits for TBI have increased more than 1.5 times from 2001 to 2010.
c. Hospitalizations for TBI started to increase after 2005, and then decreased from 2005-2010.
d. The total number of people affected by TBI has been steadily decreasing since 2007. ✔Correct
answer-b. Emergency department visits for TBI have increased more than 1.5 times from 2001 to
2010. (Area I)
12. *See image for 11 and 12*
"Rates of TBI-related Emergency Department Visits, Hospitalizations, and Deaths - United States,
2001-2010"
According to Graph 1, which of the following is true?
a. More people are choosing to avoid treatment for TBI and are instead dying from their injuries.
b. It appears as though more people are seeking treatment and are being hospitalized for TBI.
c. Although the number of TBIs has increased, the number of deaths due to TBI has decreased.
d. Surgical methods for TBI are improving, which is decreasing the death rates for TBI. ✔Correct
answer-c. Although the number of TBIs has increased, the number of deaths due to TBI has
decreased. (Area I)
13. A health education specialist is asked to find school health resources for physical activity. The
most appropriate bibliographic database to search is:
a. MEDLINE.
b. EBMR.
c. CHID.
d. ERIC. ✔Correct answer-d. ERIC. (Area VI)
14. While hiring new employees, the health education specialist should contact the candidates'
professional references and validate the employee's degrees. In doing so, discrepancies may be:
a. revealed prior to hiring.
b. concealed and are a waste of time.
c. able to reveal the exact quality of the persons.
d. complicate the termination process. ✔Correct answer-a. revealed prior to hiring. (Area V)
15. The health education specialist has core substance abuse prevention coalition members in place
and is currently broadening group representation. Some new member only contribute money to the
coalition and are categorized as:
a. occasional participants.
b. executive participants.
c. supporting participants.
d. active participants. ✔Correct answer-c. supporting participants. (Area II)
16. A group of health education specialists run into a situation where they need to elicit specialized
guidance and expert opinion on a specific health topic in order to aid in decision-making. Of the
following, which type of group should be consulted?
a. Committee-of-the-whole
b. Task force
, c. Standing committee
d. Advisory board ✔Correct answer-d. Advisory board. (Area II)
17. Consumption, medication compliance, and self-care are considered which type of factors related
to health?
a. Attitudes.
b. Environmental.
c. Behavioral.
d. Genetic. ✔Correct answer-c. Behavioral. (Area I)
18. Health departments and worksites are implementing a new health education/promotion
program to increase influenza vaccine rates for adults in a five county area. What will the project lead
focus on to asses the fidelity of implementation?
a. Location of vaccinations for children.
b. Workers reading materials distributed to all worksites.
c. Amount of vaccine available to the public.
d. Program components being implemented in the correct order. ✔Correct answer-d. Program
components being implemented in the correct order. (Area III)
19. When choosing a policy or issue to advocate on with a legislator, which criteria should be
considered first?
a. How receptive the community or target population is to the proposed policy or advocacy effort.
b. If there have been any peer-reviewed articles published on this issue or policy.
c. If advocating on the policy or issue would violate the Code of Ethics for Health Education.
d. If there is potential funding for the proposed policy. ✔Correct answer-a. How receptive the
community or target population is to the proposed policy or advocacy effort. (Area VII)
20. The health education specialist is working with a local community to institute a smoke free
environment in local businesses, agencies, and restaurants throughout the entire community. What
type of health strategy would the health education specialist implement in the community?
a. Position statement.
b. Ordinance.
c. Executive order.
d. Regulation. ✔Correct answer-b. Ordinance. (Area I)
21. A health education specialist is identifying the types activities to be included in a health
education/promotion program. In a logic model, these activities would be included in:
a. outcomes.
b. outputs.
c. inputs.
d. processes. ✔Correct answer-c. inputs. (Area II)
22. In the social ecological model, a school or worksite would fall under which factor or level?
a. Community.
b. Individual.
