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CHW Exam Actual Questions and 100% Correct Answers Latest
2025/2026 Test Bank (CHW FINAL EXAM 160 Q & As 2025)
1. ______________________________________ is a *region* that has relative or absolute
deficiency of health care resources--eg, hospital beds, equipment and/or medical personnel.
Medically Undeserved Community
2. ______________________________________ is a *cultural group or ethnic group* (African
American, Hispanic, etc.) that has inadequate access to health care services.
ANSWER - Medically Undeserved Population
3. ______________________________________ is a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and
policies that come together in a system, agency, or among professionals that enables work in
cross-cultural situations.
ANSWER - Culturally Competent Care
4. ____________ ____________ is *equal rights* and *opportunities* in all aspects of
*society*.
ANSWER - Social Justice
5. What *role* does *social justice* play in *health care*?
ANSWER - The role that social justice plays in health care is having to *keep up with
patient needs no matter what race they are*.
6. ________________________________________ is a *clinical style* for eliciting from
patients their own good *motivations* for making *behavioral changes* in the interest of their
health.
ANSWER - Motivational Interviewing (MI)
7. Who do CHW's bridge a *gap* between?
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ANSWER - CHW's bridges gaps between *health care and the community* so they can
*outreach to other races*. (Access, quality, outcomes)
8. What do CHW's do?
ANSWER - 1.) *Provide one-on-one counseling* for patients in a *community or clinic
setting*.
2.) *Conduct health education workshops* in the *community*.
3.) *Manage a booth and distribute health information* at *heath fairs and community
events*.
4.) *Work* with the *community leaders* to *solve public health problems*.
9. What are the *five* steps to *certification*?
ANSWER - 1.) Complete Health/Health Careers 9, HC 10, HC 11, and HC 12 with a *"C"
or above.*
2.) Satisfy academy *projects* requirements (Fitness Project, Nutrition Project, CACHE
Project, and Brain/Mental Health Project).
3.) *Actively participate* in annual *Health & Fitness* for at least three years.
4.) Complete *community service requirements* (CACHE Community Presentation,
volunteer at health fairs, and internships.
5.) Pass a *Comprehensive Exam* which will include everything you learn in Health
TECH) during your senior year.
10. A ______ _________ is an *individual* or *organization* that's trained and able to help
consumers, small businesses, and their employees as they *look for health coverage options*
through the Marketplace, including *completing eligibility and enrollment forms*.
ANSWER - Health Navigator
11. What does a CHW do? *______ + _______ = CHW*
ANSWER - Health Education + Health Navigation = CHW
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12. What is the *overall goal* of *community health workers*? ________ + ________ --->
Ultimate Goal
ANSWER - Improve access to care + Improve quality of Health Care --> Ultimate Goal
improve health outcomes and lower healthcare cost.
13. What is the *goal* of the *Affordable Care Act*? (ACA)
ANSWER - To *improve access* to *health care* for *Americans*
14. What *role* will *CHW's* play in the *ACA*?
ANSWER - Help *immigrant sign up* for *health care*
15. How can *CHW certification benefit* you?
ANSWER - 1.) CHW Certification (through Health Tech), 2.) Medical Assistant
Certificate (during high school - ROP) 3.) Nursing License (Post-Secondary training)
16. What are the advantages of a stack-able credential?
ANSWER - You can make yourself *more marketable in job markets*. *More than 1
certification* can *allow you to play several roles* in the work place.
17. What are *three transferable skills* that you will learn as a CHW?
ANSWER - 1.) As a CHW, you will learn how to do *motivational interviewing*, which
will help you as a doctor, nurse, etc.
2.) 2.) As a CHW, you will learn how to *provide culturally competent care*.
3.) You will have experience serving *medically underserved communities*.
18. ________________________ are lay Hispanic/Latino community members who receive
specialized training to provide basic health education in the community, although they are not
professional health care workers.
ANSWER - Promotoras
19. Where do community health workers work?
CHW Exam Actual Questions and 100% Correct Answers Latest
2025/2026 Test Bank (CHW FINAL EXAM 160 Q & As 2025)
1. ______________________________________ is a *region* that has relative or absolute
deficiency of health care resources--eg, hospital beds, equipment and/or medical personnel.
Medically Undeserved Community
2. ______________________________________ is a *cultural group or ethnic group* (African
American, Hispanic, etc.) that has inadequate access to health care services.
ANSWER - Medically Undeserved Population
3. ______________________________________ is a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and
policies that come together in a system, agency, or among professionals that enables work in
cross-cultural situations.
ANSWER - Culturally Competent Care
4. ____________ ____________ is *equal rights* and *opportunities* in all aspects of
*society*.
ANSWER - Social Justice
5. What *role* does *social justice* play in *health care*?
ANSWER - The role that social justice plays in health care is having to *keep up with
patient needs no matter what race they are*.
6. ________________________________________ is a *clinical style* for eliciting from
patients their own good *motivations* for making *behavioral changes* in the interest of their
health.
ANSWER - Motivational Interviewing (MI)
7. Who do CHW's bridge a *gap* between?
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ANSWER - CHW's bridges gaps between *health care and the community* so they can
*outreach to other races*. (Access, quality, outcomes)
8. What do CHW's do?
ANSWER - 1.) *Provide one-on-one counseling* for patients in a *community or clinic
setting*.
2.) *Conduct health education workshops* in the *community*.
3.) *Manage a booth and distribute health information* at *heath fairs and community
events*.
4.) *Work* with the *community leaders* to *solve public health problems*.
9. What are the *five* steps to *certification*?
ANSWER - 1.) Complete Health/Health Careers 9, HC 10, HC 11, and HC 12 with a *"C"
or above.*
2.) Satisfy academy *projects* requirements (Fitness Project, Nutrition Project, CACHE
Project, and Brain/Mental Health Project).
3.) *Actively participate* in annual *Health & Fitness* for at least three years.
4.) Complete *community service requirements* (CACHE Community Presentation,
volunteer at health fairs, and internships.
5.) Pass a *Comprehensive Exam* which will include everything you learn in Health
TECH) during your senior year.
10. A ______ _________ is an *individual* or *organization* that's trained and able to help
consumers, small businesses, and their employees as they *look for health coverage options*
through the Marketplace, including *completing eligibility and enrollment forms*.
ANSWER - Health Navigator
11. What does a CHW do? *______ + _______ = CHW*
ANSWER - Health Education + Health Navigation = CHW
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12. What is the *overall goal* of *community health workers*? ________ + ________ --->
Ultimate Goal
ANSWER - Improve access to care + Improve quality of Health Care --> Ultimate Goal
improve health outcomes and lower healthcare cost.
13. What is the *goal* of the *Affordable Care Act*? (ACA)
ANSWER - To *improve access* to *health care* for *Americans*
14. What *role* will *CHW's* play in the *ACA*?
ANSWER - Help *immigrant sign up* for *health care*
15. How can *CHW certification benefit* you?
ANSWER - 1.) CHW Certification (through Health Tech), 2.) Medical Assistant
Certificate (during high school - ROP) 3.) Nursing License (Post-Secondary training)
16. What are the advantages of a stack-able credential?
ANSWER - You can make yourself *more marketable in job markets*. *More than 1
certification* can *allow you to play several roles* in the work place.
17. What are *three transferable skills* that you will learn as a CHW?
ANSWER - 1.) As a CHW, you will learn how to do *motivational interviewing*, which
will help you as a doctor, nurse, etc.
2.) 2.) As a CHW, you will learn how to *provide culturally competent care*.
3.) You will have experience serving *medically underserved communities*.
18. ________________________ are lay Hispanic/Latino community members who receive
specialized training to provide basic health education in the community, although they are not
professional health care workers.
ANSWER - Promotoras
19. Where do community health workers work?
