CHW MAIN EXAMINATION SET QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Ethics may be defined as: - ✔✔Conduct and decision-making that demonstrates
value and respect for all people
✔✔What does the acronym HIPPA stand for? - ✔✔Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act
✔✔Each of the following is important in effective communication, except:
A. Non-verbal communication
B. Verbal communication
C. Community Assessment
D. Tone of voice - ✔✔C. Community Assessment
✔✔When trying to help someone change an unhealthy habit (for example, smoking
cigarettes, drinking too much alcohol), it is most helpful to know: - ✔✔which stage of
change they are in
✔✔In working with clients and their personal information, you must be mindful that: -
✔✔You respect their privacy and confidentiality and their right not to share the
information
✔✔What is the meaning of OARS in communications? - ✔✔Open-ended questions,
Affirmation, Reflective Listening, & Summarizing
✔✔Which of the following is NOT part of the stages of change model?
A. Action
B. Procrastination
C. Maintenance
D. Precontemplation - ✔✔B. Procrastination
, ✔✔What is culture? - ✔✔Beliefs, behaviors, practices, and attitudes that are learned
shared and passed on by members of a particular group
✔✔Which is not part of the definition of Cultural humility?
A. Acknowledges histories of discrimination and current dynamics of power and
privilege.
B. Emphasizes the limits of our ability to fully understand the culture of others.
C. Involves examining our own biases in order to avoid making assumptions.
D. Recurring discrimination based on one's cultural heritage. - ✔✔D. Recurring
discrimination based on one's cultural heritage.
✔✔What are the ways people can experience discrimination? - ✔✔Healthcare,
Education, Employment, Marriage, Housing
✔✔The 5 components of the LEARN model are: - ✔✔Listen, Explain, Acknowledge,
Recommend, Negotiate
✔✔What is NOT one of the steps in the Community Action Model (CAM)?
A. Identify and implement an advocacy action
B. Understand community dynamics
C. Maintain actions and results
D. Identify the Problem - ✔✔B. Understand community dynamics
✔✔The primary roles of Public Health include the following EXCEPT:
A. Prescribing medicine
B. Preventing disease
C. Prolonging health
D. Prolonging life - ✔✔A. Prescribing medicine
✔✔The Health Triangle consists of the following: - ✔✔Physical, Social, Mental
✔✔The following are true regarding Herd Immunity EXCEPT:
A. Protects people who can't receive immunizations/vaccines
B. Requires most people to be immunized to be effective
C. Replaces the need for vaccinations
D. Reduces the risk of disease from spreading to other people - ✔✔C. Replaces the
need for vaccinations
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Ethics may be defined as: - ✔✔Conduct and decision-making that demonstrates
value and respect for all people
✔✔What does the acronym HIPPA stand for? - ✔✔Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act
✔✔Each of the following is important in effective communication, except:
A. Non-verbal communication
B. Verbal communication
C. Community Assessment
D. Tone of voice - ✔✔C. Community Assessment
✔✔When trying to help someone change an unhealthy habit (for example, smoking
cigarettes, drinking too much alcohol), it is most helpful to know: - ✔✔which stage of
change they are in
✔✔In working with clients and their personal information, you must be mindful that: -
✔✔You respect their privacy and confidentiality and their right not to share the
information
✔✔What is the meaning of OARS in communications? - ✔✔Open-ended questions,
Affirmation, Reflective Listening, & Summarizing
✔✔Which of the following is NOT part of the stages of change model?
A. Action
B. Procrastination
C. Maintenance
D. Precontemplation - ✔✔B. Procrastination
, ✔✔What is culture? - ✔✔Beliefs, behaviors, practices, and attitudes that are learned
shared and passed on by members of a particular group
✔✔Which is not part of the definition of Cultural humility?
A. Acknowledges histories of discrimination and current dynamics of power and
privilege.
B. Emphasizes the limits of our ability to fully understand the culture of others.
C. Involves examining our own biases in order to avoid making assumptions.
D. Recurring discrimination based on one's cultural heritage. - ✔✔D. Recurring
discrimination based on one's cultural heritage.
✔✔What are the ways people can experience discrimination? - ✔✔Healthcare,
Education, Employment, Marriage, Housing
✔✔The 5 components of the LEARN model are: - ✔✔Listen, Explain, Acknowledge,
Recommend, Negotiate
✔✔What is NOT one of the steps in the Community Action Model (CAM)?
A. Identify and implement an advocacy action
B. Understand community dynamics
C. Maintain actions and results
D. Identify the Problem - ✔✔B. Understand community dynamics
✔✔The primary roles of Public Health include the following EXCEPT:
A. Prescribing medicine
B. Preventing disease
C. Prolonging health
D. Prolonging life - ✔✔A. Prescribing medicine
✔✔The Health Triangle consists of the following: - ✔✔Physical, Social, Mental
✔✔The following are true regarding Herd Immunity EXCEPT:
A. Protects people who can't receive immunizations/vaccines
B. Requires most people to be immunized to be effective
C. Replaces the need for vaccinations
D. Reduces the risk of disease from spreading to other people - ✔✔C. Replaces the
need for vaccinations
