CHES STUDY GUIDE ACTUAL EXAM EXAM
Q&A 2026 100% CORRECT.
⫸ b. focus on how new and different the program is from what exists
Answer: A Health Education specialist is considering how people
might adopt a program in order to understand how best to tailor
specific messages. If the health education specialist wants to get the
first people to adopt the program using the Diffusion of Innovations,
which strategy might be best?
a. Show the audience how most people have been enjoying the
program
b. Focus on how new and different the program is from what exists
c. Wait for the opinion leaders to adopt
d. focus on how the program adheres to social norms
⫸ d. health disparities Answer: In a priority population, the infant
mortality rate and overall death rate for mothers with less than a high
school education is almost twice as high as mothers with 13 or more
years of education. These are examples of:
a. health equity
b. health determinants
c. health capacity
d. health disparities
,⫸ a. infrastructure Answer: Data storage is an example of which type
of technology need?
a. infrastructure
b. program delivery
c. colloboration technology
d. knowledge
⫸ d. communication channels Answer: Newsletters, community
meetings, public service announcements, and social networking sites
are examples of:
a. social norms
b. communication campaigns
c. social media
d. communication channels
⫸ c. Health policy Answer: Smoking bans in a restaurant are which
type of strategy in a community-based smoking prevention program?
a. health communication
b. health engineering
c. health policy
d. health mobilization
,⫸ b. results Answer: Which section of an original research paper
presents evidence tested against the stated hypotheses or research
questions and presents the statistical findings
a. methodology
b. results
c. discussion
d. conclusion
⫸ b. it explains the benefits, risks, and participation is voluntary and
may be terminated at any time Answer: Which of the following
statements about informed consent is correct?
a. It only has to be completed when a health education specialist is
working with children or adolescents
b. It explains the benefits, risks, and participation is voluntary and
may be terminated at any time
c. It protects the health education specialist in cases of negligence
from being sued by participants who were harmed
d. It is necessary for medical research, but not behavior-focused
health education programs
⫸ b. the generalization of the findings Answer: The health
department administrator just returned from a meeting where
someone used a focus group to gather data and now has a great idea.
The administrator tasks the health education specialist with
, conducting a focus group of low income citizens from the south side
of town to answer questions about which heart disease intervention
the department should offer city wide. Knowing the limitations of this
strategy, the health education specialist is rightfully concerned about:
a. the relibility of the findings
b. the generalizations of the findings
c. the validity of the findings
d. the accuracy of the findings
⫸ a. what tactics should be used to influence people. Answer: When
developing advocacy plans, which questions would be considered
last?
a. what tactics should be used to influence people?
b. what are the goals of the advocacy effort?
c. who are our allies and opponents?
d. what organizational issues might facilitate the effort?
⫸ D. ERIC, education resource information center Answer: A health
education specialist is asked to find school health resources for
physical activity. The most appropriate bibliographic database search
is:
a. MEDLINE
b. EBMR (evidence-based medicine reviews)
Q&A 2026 100% CORRECT.
⫸ b. focus on how new and different the program is from what exists
Answer: A Health Education specialist is considering how people
might adopt a program in order to understand how best to tailor
specific messages. If the health education specialist wants to get the
first people to adopt the program using the Diffusion of Innovations,
which strategy might be best?
a. Show the audience how most people have been enjoying the
program
b. Focus on how new and different the program is from what exists
c. Wait for the opinion leaders to adopt
d. focus on how the program adheres to social norms
⫸ d. health disparities Answer: In a priority population, the infant
mortality rate and overall death rate for mothers with less than a high
school education is almost twice as high as mothers with 13 or more
years of education. These are examples of:
a. health equity
b. health determinants
c. health capacity
d. health disparities
,⫸ a. infrastructure Answer: Data storage is an example of which type
of technology need?
a. infrastructure
b. program delivery
c. colloboration technology
d. knowledge
⫸ d. communication channels Answer: Newsletters, community
meetings, public service announcements, and social networking sites
are examples of:
a. social norms
b. communication campaigns
c. social media
d. communication channels
⫸ c. Health policy Answer: Smoking bans in a restaurant are which
type of strategy in a community-based smoking prevention program?
a. health communication
b. health engineering
c. health policy
d. health mobilization
,⫸ b. results Answer: Which section of an original research paper
presents evidence tested against the stated hypotheses or research
questions and presents the statistical findings
a. methodology
b. results
c. discussion
d. conclusion
⫸ b. it explains the benefits, risks, and participation is voluntary and
may be terminated at any time Answer: Which of the following
statements about informed consent is correct?
a. It only has to be completed when a health education specialist is
working with children or adolescents
b. It explains the benefits, risks, and participation is voluntary and
may be terminated at any time
c. It protects the health education specialist in cases of negligence
from being sued by participants who were harmed
d. It is necessary for medical research, but not behavior-focused
health education programs
⫸ b. the generalization of the findings Answer: The health
department administrator just returned from a meeting where
someone used a focus group to gather data and now has a great idea.
The administrator tasks the health education specialist with
, conducting a focus group of low income citizens from the south side
of town to answer questions about which heart disease intervention
the department should offer city wide. Knowing the limitations of this
strategy, the health education specialist is rightfully concerned about:
a. the relibility of the findings
b. the generalizations of the findings
c. the validity of the findings
d. the accuracy of the findings
⫸ a. what tactics should be used to influence people. Answer: When
developing advocacy plans, which questions would be considered
last?
a. what tactics should be used to influence people?
b. what are the goals of the advocacy effort?
c. who are our allies and opponents?
d. what organizational issues might facilitate the effort?
⫸ D. ERIC, education resource information center Answer: A health
education specialist is asked to find school health resources for
physical activity. The most appropriate bibliographic database search
is:
a. MEDLINE
b. EBMR (evidence-based medicine reviews)
