CHES Practice EXAM Questions and
Answers
A health education specialist is writing a Needs Assessment and wants to create a
demographic profile on the priority population. A demographic profile is best defined
as...
a. someone's family history regarding nationality, ethnicity and race
b. a statistical breakdown of the population of a country, region, state, or city by age
group, sex, race, and ethnicity
c. predetermined bias
d. an unchanging statistic about the population - Answers -B
Which of the following have the greatest impact on school health?
a. School lunch program, student cohesiveness, large class size, safe school
environment, school counselors, and family and community support for education and
health.
b. School lunch program, health screenings, safe school environment, shortened school
days, school counselors, and local government.
c. School lunch program, health screenings, afterschool programs, safe school
environment, vending machines, health promotion by faculty and staff, and family and
community support for education and health.
d. School lunch program, health screenings, health and physical education, safe school
environment, school counselors, health promotion by faculty and staff, and family and
community support for education and health. - Answers -D
Why are Quasi-Governmental Health Agencies named as such?
a. They are government-like agencies
b. They possess characteristics of governmental health agencies and nongovernmental
agencies
c. They possess characteristics of governmental systems
,d. They lack credentialing - Answers -B
Unmet needs of the community inspired the creation of...
a. Philanthropic Foundations
b. Governmental Health Agencies
c. Voluntary Health Agencies
d. Religious Groups - Answers -C
Settings in which health education specialists will practice in the next 5 years to a
greater degree include:
a. Workplaces
b. Schools
c. Clinical or Healthcare
d. All of the above - Answers -D
How do philanthropic foundations differ from voluntary health agencies?
a. They can finance long-term projects
b. They are volunteer-run only
c. They were created with endowment
d. They were created with endowment, and they are able to finance long-term projects
that may be too expensive or risky to be funded by other agencies - Answers -D
When assessing the needs of the community to determine what resources are needed
to enhance the communities health, a health education specialist is engaging in:
a. Capacity building
b. Windshield tour
c. Health assessments
d. Participatory research - Answers -C
A coalition for safer roads is wanting to include stakeholders in their proposed policy in
order to provide a systematic process that will help to determine the priority population's
health impact. This is an example of:
a. Behavior surveys
b. Health impact assessment
c. Nominal group process
d. Intervention strategy - Answers -B
The health education specialist asked the priority population to conduct a systematic
inquiry into the lack of sanitation in their inner city schools. This is an example of:
, a. Intervention strategy
b. Pretesting
c. Participatory research
d. Capacity building - Answers -C
If a health education specialist wanted to boost involvement in activities in order to
increase resource effectiveness in the communities, organizations, and individuals, they
would be participating in:
a. Advocacy
b. Networking
c. Capacity building
d. Health Marketing - Answers -C
When conducting a health impact assessment, a health education specialist will apply
six major steps. Of the following listed, which is not used?
a. Screen to identify any current projects or policies that would be helpful
b. Develop recommendations
c. Assess the risks and benefits
d. Include managers - Answers -D
Which of the following is not part of the social determinants of health key areas:
a. Economic stability
b. Political affiliation
c. Social and community context
d. Neighborhood and built environment - Answers -B
A state health department is looking to determine which health issue has the highest
priority. In order to determine this, they use a rating scale of four components with a
score of 0 to 100. The components consist of: size of the problem, seriousness of the
problem, effectiveness of possible intervention, and propriety. The health education
specialist at the health department would be using which model to determine priority?
a. Logic model
b. SMART model
c. Health Belief Model
d. Basic priority rating model - Answers -D
A worksite health education specialist is wanting to find out background information
about their priority population's risk factors. They use a questionnaire to find out
information about the age, sex, medical history (personal and family), exercise habits
and use of alcohol, nicotine, and illicit drugs. This type of questionnaire is considered a:
a. Health assessments (HA)