CHES PRACTICE EXAM 1 QUESTIONS &
CORRECT SOLUTIONS
A health education specialist is working with a local community organization to segment
the population for implementing a new health communication campaign to address
rising rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the community. What
characteristics will the project lead focus on to effectively segment the population?
a. Location of health care resources (e.g., fiscal, human, and technical)
b. Program components needed to effectively implement the campaign
c. Behavioral, demographic, and cultural characteristics of the population
d. Duration/timeframe for implementing communication activities - ANSWERc.
Behavioral, demographic, and cultural characteristics of the population
A health education specialist collects data in which the answers were either "yes" or
"no." These data are what type?
a. Nominal
b. Ordinal
c. Interval
d. Ratio - ANSWERa. Nominal
When engaging priority populations in program planning, participants are defined as:
a) individuals who will be funding the program.
b) print and broadcast media who will be publicizing the program.
c) community members who will receive the program intervention.
d) researchers who will be evaluating the success of the program. - ANSWERc)
community members who will receive the program intervention.
A Bullying Prevention community-wide intervention is being planned, with parents, of
the priority population, targeted. The planning team is seeking specific information from
local parents with children in grades K-12 to understand their opinions on approaches to
strengthen school climate through parent teacher associations, volunteering
opportunities, and school improvement events. The health education specialist should
refer these local parents to what type of data collection method?
a. Literature review
b. Focus group
c. Survey
d. Nominal Group process - ANSWERb. Focus group
A health education specialist is assessing which valid resource to use to obtain chronic
disease-related
morbidity and mortality trends in a specific local community. What would be the best
resource to use to access that information?
a. US Bureau of Census data
,b. County and State health-related agencies data
c. Literature review
d. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data - ANSWERb. County and
State health-related agencies data
A heath education specialist is conducting research. Which of the following is not
focused on ethical principles for conducting data collection?
a. Beneficence
b. Justice
c. Respect for persons
d. Validity - ANSWERd. Validity
Which of the following is not an adult learning principle?
a. Actively involve adults in helping to set the curriculum, choosing training methods, or
identifying training goals.
b. Ask about adults' past experience and knowledge, and use their experiences or
knowledge to avoid providing redundant content during trainings.
c. Use a prescribed set of methods, perspectives, and content to standardize instruction
and avoid confusion.
d. Conduct assessments to identify ways to engage adults and learn about their goals
or objectives for the training. - ANSWERc. Use a prescribed set of methods,
perspectives, and content to standardize instruction and avoid confusion.
The health education specialist is three-quarters of the way through an agency's annual
funding. It is realized there will not be sufficient funding to last through the rest of the
year. This realization is an issue of program:
a. sustainability.
b. longevity.
c. evaluation.
d. planning. - ANSWERa. sustainability.
The coalition is having a difficult time persuading a decision-maker to support an issue.
The decision-maker, however, can be swayed by level of public support for the issue.
The most important data collection method to use next, therefore, would be:
a. political capital charting.
b. communications capacity analysis.
c. community leader surveys.
d. voting record examination. - ANSWERc. community leader surveys.
What is an effective way to identify stakeholders?
a. Contact people in the target community to gather categories and names.
b. Use people whom are known and have worked on other projects.
c. Gather people in professional organizations who have worked in the general region.
d. Work primarily with political organizations that work with segments of the community.
- ANSWERa. Contact people in the target community to gather categories and names.
, When researchers and evaluators use a combination of different methods and
strategies to examine evaluation or research questions from multiple different
perspectives and vantage points it is called:
a. multi-variate analysis.
b. comprehensive assessment.
c. professional diligence.
d. mixed methods methodology. - ANSWERd. mixed methods methodology.
Using an ecological approach, the health education specialist identifies an
organizational-level local business to be a member of a preventive mental health
coalition. That business was selected because hiring personnel employ military
veterans, many of whom suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The
role that local business plays on the coalition is that of a:
a. partner.
c. influencer.
b. priority population.
d. stakeholder. - ANSWERd. stakeholder.
A health education specialist is working on a new community planning initiative. The
specialist wants to address community support and social network factors. Which
determinant of health, therefore, will be addressed?
a. Economic stability
b. Social and community context
c. Education
d. Health and health care - ANSWERb. Social and community context
In the informational training related to an adolescent health literacy pilot program, the
attendees, all of whom are classroom teachers, state that instead of having a single
facilitator come into their classroom to deliver the curriculum, they prefer to deliver it
themselves. They make their case to the trainer, stating they are classroom teachers
and, as such, know how to deliver curriculum. Which of the following concepts does the
trainer use to explain why this health education curriculum is being implemented with a
single facilitator?
a. Fidelity
b. Validity
c. Reliability
d. Evaluation - ANSWERa. Fidelity
In media advocacy, decision-makers, as an audience for the communications strategy,
are what level of priority?
a. Secondary
b. Tertiary
c. Primary
d. Emergency - ANSWERc. Primary
CORRECT SOLUTIONS
A health education specialist is working with a local community organization to segment
the population for implementing a new health communication campaign to address
rising rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the community. What
characteristics will the project lead focus on to effectively segment the population?
a. Location of health care resources (e.g., fiscal, human, and technical)
b. Program components needed to effectively implement the campaign
c. Behavioral, demographic, and cultural characteristics of the population
d. Duration/timeframe for implementing communication activities - ANSWERc.
Behavioral, demographic, and cultural characteristics of the population
A health education specialist collects data in which the answers were either "yes" or
"no." These data are what type?
a. Nominal
b. Ordinal
c. Interval
d. Ratio - ANSWERa. Nominal
When engaging priority populations in program planning, participants are defined as:
a) individuals who will be funding the program.
b) print and broadcast media who will be publicizing the program.
c) community members who will receive the program intervention.
d) researchers who will be evaluating the success of the program. - ANSWERc)
community members who will receive the program intervention.
A Bullying Prevention community-wide intervention is being planned, with parents, of
the priority population, targeted. The planning team is seeking specific information from
local parents with children in grades K-12 to understand their opinions on approaches to
strengthen school climate through parent teacher associations, volunteering
opportunities, and school improvement events. The health education specialist should
refer these local parents to what type of data collection method?
a. Literature review
b. Focus group
c. Survey
d. Nominal Group process - ANSWERb. Focus group
A health education specialist is assessing which valid resource to use to obtain chronic
disease-related
morbidity and mortality trends in a specific local community. What would be the best
resource to use to access that information?
a. US Bureau of Census data
,b. County and State health-related agencies data
c. Literature review
d. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data - ANSWERb. County and
State health-related agencies data
A heath education specialist is conducting research. Which of the following is not
focused on ethical principles for conducting data collection?
a. Beneficence
b. Justice
c. Respect for persons
d. Validity - ANSWERd. Validity
Which of the following is not an adult learning principle?
a. Actively involve adults in helping to set the curriculum, choosing training methods, or
identifying training goals.
b. Ask about adults' past experience and knowledge, and use their experiences or
knowledge to avoid providing redundant content during trainings.
c. Use a prescribed set of methods, perspectives, and content to standardize instruction
and avoid confusion.
d. Conduct assessments to identify ways to engage adults and learn about their goals
or objectives for the training. - ANSWERc. Use a prescribed set of methods,
perspectives, and content to standardize instruction and avoid confusion.
The health education specialist is three-quarters of the way through an agency's annual
funding. It is realized there will not be sufficient funding to last through the rest of the
year. This realization is an issue of program:
a. sustainability.
b. longevity.
c. evaluation.
d. planning. - ANSWERa. sustainability.
The coalition is having a difficult time persuading a decision-maker to support an issue.
The decision-maker, however, can be swayed by level of public support for the issue.
The most important data collection method to use next, therefore, would be:
a. political capital charting.
b. communications capacity analysis.
c. community leader surveys.
d. voting record examination. - ANSWERc. community leader surveys.
What is an effective way to identify stakeholders?
a. Contact people in the target community to gather categories and names.
b. Use people whom are known and have worked on other projects.
c. Gather people in professional organizations who have worked in the general region.
d. Work primarily with political organizations that work with segments of the community.
- ANSWERa. Contact people in the target community to gather categories and names.
, When researchers and evaluators use a combination of different methods and
strategies to examine evaluation or research questions from multiple different
perspectives and vantage points it is called:
a. multi-variate analysis.
b. comprehensive assessment.
c. professional diligence.
d. mixed methods methodology. - ANSWERd. mixed methods methodology.
Using an ecological approach, the health education specialist identifies an
organizational-level local business to be a member of a preventive mental health
coalition. That business was selected because hiring personnel employ military
veterans, many of whom suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The
role that local business plays on the coalition is that of a:
a. partner.
c. influencer.
b. priority population.
d. stakeholder. - ANSWERd. stakeholder.
A health education specialist is working on a new community planning initiative. The
specialist wants to address community support and social network factors. Which
determinant of health, therefore, will be addressed?
a. Economic stability
b. Social and community context
c. Education
d. Health and health care - ANSWERb. Social and community context
In the informational training related to an adolescent health literacy pilot program, the
attendees, all of whom are classroom teachers, state that instead of having a single
facilitator come into their classroom to deliver the curriculum, they prefer to deliver it
themselves. They make their case to the trainer, stating they are classroom teachers
and, as such, know how to deliver curriculum. Which of the following concepts does the
trainer use to explain why this health education curriculum is being implemented with a
single facilitator?
a. Fidelity
b. Validity
c. Reliability
d. Evaluation - ANSWERa. Fidelity
In media advocacy, decision-makers, as an audience for the communications strategy,
are what level of priority?
a. Secondary
b. Tertiary
c. Primary
d. Emergency - ANSWERc. Primary
