MPH Competency Exam with questions
and answers
Formative evaluation
Testing the program in a subset of the target audience/priority population to ensure its
acceptability and feasibility before it is fully implemented represents this type of evaluation:
Clinical best practices regulation
The CDC administers a range of programs designed to prevent and control disease, injury, and
disability risks on a national level. Which of the following activities does it not typically use to
do so?
they never interfere with individual rights
Which of the following is true regarding the characteristics of state police powers
point-to-point connections that link high-speed internet between clinical sites
Delivery mechanisms for telemedicine include
MAPP framework
You are part of a state health department evaluation team tasked to evaluate the process and
outcomes of a statewide maternal health program. Which of the following planning tools are you
most likely to use to guide your program evaluation?
Stand alone, umbrella, and mixed function
Strategic planning
Evaluating the project or project proposal, logic model, and objectives to determine whether the
program can be evaluated in a credible and reliable way is an example of:
Administrative evaluation
Which one of the following is not associated with the PROCEED stage of the PRECEDE-
PROCEED Model?
Secondary
This type of prevention in public health targets people in order to treat the disease and/or people
who have the disease with the goal of mitigating the disease's effects.
The ecological approach addresses the many rooted factors of a problem.
Public health approaches health with a layered ecological approach and the medical approach
focused on individual treatment and responsibility. Both are important, and each have unique
characteristics. All of the following statements about this relationship are true EXCEPT
Create a personalized quit plan for him/her to use over the next 30 days.
You are using the concept of perceived susceptibility to motivate your friend to stop smoking.
Which of the following activities would likely be most helpful to stimulate him/her to action?
Both increasing the perceived net benefits and decreasing the perceived net costs
According to the constructs of expectancy value theory, a positive expected net gain is achieved
by:
Summative evaluation
During the first week of your 10-week emergency management classes, your records suggest that
your participation rates are much lower than intended, with only 50% of your target audience
attending the sessions. You decide to work on identifying other incentives to increase
participation rates. What type of evaluation is described in this scenario?
B and C
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and answers
Formative evaluation
Testing the program in a subset of the target audience/priority population to ensure its
acceptability and feasibility before it is fully implemented represents this type of evaluation:
Clinical best practices regulation
The CDC administers a range of programs designed to prevent and control disease, injury, and
disability risks on a national level. Which of the following activities does it not typically use to
do so?
they never interfere with individual rights
Which of the following is true regarding the characteristics of state police powers
point-to-point connections that link high-speed internet between clinical sites
Delivery mechanisms for telemedicine include
MAPP framework
You are part of a state health department evaluation team tasked to evaluate the process and
outcomes of a statewide maternal health program. Which of the following planning tools are you
most likely to use to guide your program evaluation?
Stand alone, umbrella, and mixed function
Strategic planning
Evaluating the project or project proposal, logic model, and objectives to determine whether the
program can be evaluated in a credible and reliable way is an example of:
Administrative evaluation
Which one of the following is not associated with the PROCEED stage of the PRECEDE-
PROCEED Model?
Secondary
This type of prevention in public health targets people in order to treat the disease and/or people
who have the disease with the goal of mitigating the disease's effects.
The ecological approach addresses the many rooted factors of a problem.
Public health approaches health with a layered ecological approach and the medical approach
focused on individual treatment and responsibility. Both are important, and each have unique
characteristics. All of the following statements about this relationship are true EXCEPT
Create a personalized quit plan for him/her to use over the next 30 days.
You are using the concept of perceived susceptibility to motivate your friend to stop smoking.
Which of the following activities would likely be most helpful to stimulate him/her to action?
Both increasing the perceived net benefits and decreasing the perceived net costs
According to the constructs of expectancy value theory, a positive expected net gain is achieved
by:
Summative evaluation
During the first week of your 10-week emergency management classes, your records suggest that
your participation rates are much lower than intended, with only 50% of your target audience
attending the sessions. You decide to work on identifying other incentives to increase
participation rates. What type of evaluation is described in this scenario?
B and C
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