NCHEC Practice Exam Questions with
correct Answers
1. According to which theory or model do people assess the threat of an emerging
disease by assessing their perceived susceptibility against the severity of the disease?
a. Diffusion of Innovation
b. Social Cognitive Theory
c. Health Belief Model
d. Social Marketing - Answers -c.
keyword= perceived susceptibility= HBM
pg. 92-93
Diffusion of Innovation=how/what new ideas are being spread
Social Cognitive Theory= learning is an interaction between a person and his/her
environment, cognitive processes, and behavior. Serves as construct for behavior
change, specifically with self-efficacy, a person's confidence in performing a behavior
and overcoming a barrier.
Health Belief Model= individual- level model to understand why individuals did not act
on info about prevention or disease detection. 6 major constructs.
Social Marketing=
2. A HES is considering how people might adopt a program in order to understand how
best to tailor specific messages. If the HES wants to get the first people to adopt the
program using the Diffusion of Innovation, what 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 - Answers -b.
pg. 94
keywords= new/different = Diffusion of Innovation
Diffusion of Innovation= community-level theory that describes the rate at which a new
program or activity will spread through a group; innovators, early adopters, early
majority, late majority, laggards
3. In a PP, the infant mortality rate and overall death rate for mothers with less than a
high school ed is almost twice as high as mothers with 13 or more years of ed. These
are examples of;
a. health equity
b. health determinants
c. health capacity
d. health disparity - Answers -d.
4. Data storage is an example of which type of tech need?
a. infrastructure
,b. program delivery
c. collaboration tech
d. knowledge - Answers -a.
pg. 153
storage= structure= infastructure
5. 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 - Answers -d
pgs. 210-213
campaign is like a whole project
6. Smoking bans in restaurants are which type of strategy in a community- based
smoking prevention program?
a. health communications
b. health engineering
c. health policy
d. health mobilization - Answers -c.
pg 66
Communications- message to the public, informing, providing info
Engineering- someone is responsible for designing the tools eg. eye washing stations
for chemical burns, OSHA
Policy- enforced by local officials
Mobilization- bringing people together, more equitable access to health
7. 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 - Answers -b
8. Which of the following statements about informed consent is correct?
a. It only has to be completed when a HES 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 HES in case of negligence from being sued by participants who were
harmed
d. It is necessary for medical research, but not behavior- focused health ed programs -
Answers -b
What page?
,9. The health dept administrator just returned from a meeting where someone used a
focus group to gather data and now has a great idea. The administrator takes the HES
with conducting a focus group of low income citizens from the south side of town to
answer questions about which heart disease intervention the dept should offer city wide.
Knowing the limitations of this strategy, the HES is rightfully concerned about;
a. reliability of the findings
b. generalizability of the findings
c. validity of the findings
d. accuracy of the findings - Answers -b
10. 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. What are our allies and opponents?
d. What org issues might facilitate the effort? - Answers -a. What tactics should be used
to influence people?
pg. 217
1. goals
2. organizational considerations
3. constituents, allies, opponents
4. targets
5. tactics
11. REFER TO GRAPH 1: Rates of TBI
According to Graph 1, which of the following is true?
a. deaths due to TBI have more than doubled from 2001-2010
b. ER visits for TBI have increased more than 1.5 times from 2001-2010
c. hospitalizations for TBI started to increase after 2005, then decreased from 2005-
2010
d. the total number of people affected by TBIs has been steadily decreasing since 2007
- Answers -b
12. According to Graph 1, which of the following is true?
a. more people are choosing to avoid treatment for TBI and are instead dying from their
injuries
b. it appears as though more people are seeking treatment and are being hospitalized
for TBI
c. although the number of TBIs has increased, the number of deaths due to TBI has
decreased
d. surgical methods for TBIs are improving, which is decreasing the deal rates for TBI -
Answers -c.
13. A HES is asked to find school health resources for physical activity. The most
appropriate bibliographic database to search is;
a. MEDLINE
b. EBMR
, c. CHID
d. ERIC - Answers -d.
pg 181
ERIC= education resource info center
EBMR= evidence based medicine review
CHID= combined health info database
MEDLINE= medical journals, health education journals
14. While hiring new employees, the HES should contact the candidates' professional
references and validate the employees' degrees. In doing so, discrepancies may be;
a. revealed prior to hiring
b. concealed and are a waste of time
c. able to reveal the exact quality of the person
d. complicate the termination process - Answers -a.
pg 167
15. The HES has core substance abuse prevention coalition members in place and is
currently broadening group representation. Some new members only contribute money
to the coalition and are categorized as;
a. occasional participants
b. executive participants
c. supporting participants
d. active participants - Answers -c
pg 66
occasional= sometimes
executive= leadership participation
active= ongoing participation
supporting= money
16. A group of HES run into a situation where they need to elicit specialized guidance
and expert opinion on a specific health topic in order to aid in decision-making. Of the
following, which type of group should be consulted?
a. committee-of-the- whole
b. task force
c. standing committee
d. advisory board - Answers -d
Mckenzie pg 33
key words: elicit specialized guidance, expert opinion
17. Consumption, medication compliance, and self-care are considered which type of
factors related to health?
a. attitudes
b. environmental
c. behavioral
d. genetics - Answers -c?
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