CHES Exam Questions and Answers
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? (area
6) - Answers -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? (area 4) - Answers -Nominal
When engaging priority populations in program planning, participants are defined as:
(area 2) - Answers -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? (area 1) - Answers -
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? (area 1) - Answers -County and
state health-related agencies data
A health education specialist is conducting research. Which of the following is not
focused on ethical principles for conducting data collection? (area 8) - Answers -Validity
Which of the following is NOT an adult learning principle? (area 3) - Answers -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: (area 3) - Answers -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: (area 5) -
Answers -Community leader surveys
, What is an effective way to identify stakeholders? (area 7) - Answers -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: (area 4) - Answers -Mixed methods
methodology
Using an ecological approach, the health education specialist identifies an
organizational-level local business to be a member of a preventative 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: (area 1) - Answers -
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? (area 8) - Answers -Social and
community context
In the informational training related to an adolescent health literacy pilot program, the
attendees, all of whom are classroom teachers, stat 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 that 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? (area 3) - Answers -Fidelity
In media advocacy, decision-makers, as an audience for the communications strategy,
are what level of priority? (area 5) - Answers -Primary
Which of the following is NOT one of the three important criteria, or the three Fs, of
program planning? (area 2) - Answers -Funding
Which of the following is true about conducting an outcome evaluation of a
communication campaign? Health education specialist are assessing: (area 6) -
Answers -The degree to which the communication objectives are achieved
Which of the following is an example of secondary data collection? (area 2) - Answers -
Published literature
Type of brief provided to a decision-maker when attempting to convince that person to
take a specific action on an issue covers not only policy options but also policy
recommendtations. This type of brief is referred to as a/an: (area 5) - Answers -Policy
brief
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? (area
6) - Answers -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? (area 4) - Answers -Nominal
When engaging priority populations in program planning, participants are defined as:
(area 2) - Answers -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? (area 1) - Answers -
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? (area 1) - Answers -County and
state health-related agencies data
A health education specialist is conducting research. Which of the following is not
focused on ethical principles for conducting data collection? (area 8) - Answers -Validity
Which of the following is NOT an adult learning principle? (area 3) - Answers -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: (area 3) - Answers -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: (area 5) -
Answers -Community leader surveys
, What is an effective way to identify stakeholders? (area 7) - Answers -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: (area 4) - Answers -Mixed methods
methodology
Using an ecological approach, the health education specialist identifies an
organizational-level local business to be a member of a preventative 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: (area 1) - Answers -
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? (area 8) - Answers -Social and
community context
In the informational training related to an adolescent health literacy pilot program, the
attendees, all of whom are classroom teachers, stat 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 that 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? (area 3) - Answers -Fidelity
In media advocacy, decision-makers, as an audience for the communications strategy,
are what level of priority? (area 5) - Answers -Primary
Which of the following is NOT one of the three important criteria, or the three Fs, of
program planning? (area 2) - Answers -Funding
Which of the following is true about conducting an outcome evaluation of a
communication campaign? Health education specialist are assessing: (area 6) -
Answers -The degree to which the communication objectives are achieved
Which of the following is an example of secondary data collection? (area 2) - Answers -
Published literature
Type of brief provided to a decision-maker when attempting to convince that person to
take a specific action on an issue covers not only policy options but also policy
recommendtations. This type of brief is referred to as a/an: (area 5) - Answers -Policy
brief
