MCHES Practice Exam Questions
7th Edition Questions and Answers
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d. experimental - ✔✔1. The health education specialist is organizing a summative
evaluation. Which evaluation design offers the most control over confounding
variables?
a. time series
b. quasi-experimental
c. non-experimental
d. experimental
b. health disparities - ✔✔2. For people which less than 12 years of education, the infant
mortality rate and overall death rate is almost twice as high as people with 13 or more
years of education. These are examples of:
a. health inequities
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,b. health disparities
c. social determinants of health
d. health equity
a. the necessity for the change in policy - ✔✔3. A health education specialist is meeting
with a college campus community to try to make the campus smoke free. In order to
gain support from key stakeholders in the first meeting, which of the following should
be the focus of the health education specialist's message?
a. The necessity for the change in policy
b. The specific enforcement plan
c. The health communication strategy to be used
d. The incentive program could be used.
c. secular - ✔✔4. An outbreak of dysentery occurred in a community over the course of
a week. The number of cases and time of onset of symptoms was determined. All who
displayed symptoms ate sprouts at the same restaurant. For this outbreak, which type
of epidemic curve can be prepare for the descriptive study?
a. single
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,b. seasonal
c. secular
d. propagated
d. cooperative agreements - ✔✔5. The intervention program is doing so well it needs to
be expanded; however, the sponsoring agency has limited funding for expansion. The
health education specialist found another agency willing to provide a larger venue in
exchange for access to the sponsor's educational library. This method of financing the
program is called:
a. organizational sponsorship
b. cost-sharing
c. third-party support
d. cooperative agreements
c. Process - ✔✔6. Measuring program reach and response is an element of which type of
evaluation?
a. outcome
b. impact
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, c. process
d. summative
a. shift in critical mass - ✔✔7. The health education specialist's advocacy efforts are
starting to be succesful. The city council has voted 4-1 to hold a town hall meeting to
discuss a clean indoor air ordinance. Which type of advocacy benchmark is this?
a. shift in critical mass
b. community or individual behavior
c. changing definitions/reframing
d. institutional policy
d. assessing attitudes, behaviors, policies and social norms in a community - ✔✔8. A
health education specialist wishes to use the ecological model in a needs assessment.
Which of the following is an example of a way to assess levels of this model?
a. assessing use of interpersonal behavior change construct in the community
b. assessing health and quality of life of community members and evaluating current
programs
c. assessing community norms and behaviors related to health issues.
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7th Edition Questions and Answers
100% Pass
d. experimental - ✔✔1. The health education specialist is organizing a summative
evaluation. Which evaluation design offers the most control over confounding
variables?
a. time series
b. quasi-experimental
c. non-experimental
d. experimental
b. health disparities - ✔✔2. For people which less than 12 years of education, the infant
mortality rate and overall death rate is almost twice as high as people with 13 or more
years of education. These are examples of:
a. health inequities
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,b. health disparities
c. social determinants of health
d. health equity
a. the necessity for the change in policy - ✔✔3. A health education specialist is meeting
with a college campus community to try to make the campus smoke free. In order to
gain support from key stakeholders in the first meeting, which of the following should
be the focus of the health education specialist's message?
a. The necessity for the change in policy
b. The specific enforcement plan
c. The health communication strategy to be used
d. The incentive program could be used.
c. secular - ✔✔4. An outbreak of dysentery occurred in a community over the course of
a week. The number of cases and time of onset of symptoms was determined. All who
displayed symptoms ate sprouts at the same restaurant. For this outbreak, which type
of epidemic curve can be prepare for the descriptive study?
a. single
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,b. seasonal
c. secular
d. propagated
d. cooperative agreements - ✔✔5. The intervention program is doing so well it needs to
be expanded; however, the sponsoring agency has limited funding for expansion. The
health education specialist found another agency willing to provide a larger venue in
exchange for access to the sponsor's educational library. This method of financing the
program is called:
a. organizational sponsorship
b. cost-sharing
c. third-party support
d. cooperative agreements
c. Process - ✔✔6. Measuring program reach and response is an element of which type of
evaluation?
a. outcome
b. impact
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, c. process
d. summative
a. shift in critical mass - ✔✔7. The health education specialist's advocacy efforts are
starting to be succesful. The city council has voted 4-1 to hold a town hall meeting to
discuss a clean indoor air ordinance. Which type of advocacy benchmark is this?
a. shift in critical mass
b. community or individual behavior
c. changing definitions/reframing
d. institutional policy
d. assessing attitudes, behaviors, policies and social norms in a community - ✔✔8. A
health education specialist wishes to use the ecological model in a needs assessment.
Which of the following is an example of a way to assess levels of this model?
a. assessing use of interpersonal behavior change construct in the community
b. assessing health and quality of life of community members and evaluating current
programs
c. assessing community norms and behaviors related to health issues.
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