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MCHES Exam 7th Edition – Questions With Solutions1. 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 Right Ans - d. experimental
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
b. health disparities
c. social determinants of health
d. health equity Right Ans - b. health disparities
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. Right Ans - a. the necessity for the
change in policy
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
b. seasonal
c. secular
,d. propagated Right Ans - c. secular
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 Right Ans - d. cooperative agreements
6. Measuring program reach and response is an element of which type of
evaluation?
a. outcome
b. impact
c. process
d. summative Right Ans - c. Process
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 Right Ans - a. shift in critical mass
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.
,d. assessing attitudes, behaviors, policies, and social norms in a community.
Right Ans - d. assessing attitudes, behaviors, policies and social norms in a
community
9. The agency administrator wants the big picture or summary of an
intervention's resources, activities, and results. The health education
specialist creates which of the following to put in his/her report to the
administrator?
a. marketing mix
b. logic model
c. instructional design framework
d. unit of study Right Ans - b. logic model
10. When planning an adult audience training, the health education specialist
should include adult learning theory principles. Which of following is an
example of an adult learning principle to use when planning the training?
a. adults should only be involved in pilot testing activities
b. adults should not be involved in planning and evaluation
c. Adults should be actively involved in planning and evaluation
d. adults should only be involved in planning activities Right Ans - c. adults
should be actively involved in planning and evaluation
11. Working as a health educator in to increase a client's fitness level, the
health education specialist uses an intervention based on the
transtheorectical model. He/she emphasizes behavioral activities including
counter-conditioning and reinforecment using which core construct?
a. process of change
b. stages of change
c. decisional balance
d. self-efficacy Right Ans - a. process of change
13. A health education specialist is planning to train staff from partners and
community members to help implement a healthy food access initiative with
corner stores and convenience stores. A needs assessment is being planned to
identify trainee knowledge on the subject. What should the assessment focus
on?
, a. availability to attend training(s)
b. training methods preferred
c. desired learning outcome(s)
d. previous knowledge or experience Right Ans - c. desired learning
outcome(s)
14. The healthy families network holds an annual conference. In order to
evaluate the conference and gather information from the participants, what is
the best way for the health education specialist to collect this information?
a. archival review of documents
b. surveys or feedback forms
c. observations of participants
d. pre and post test Right Ans - b. surveys or feedback forms
15. In the correct order, what are the "six steps" of the CDC framework for
Program Evaluation?
a. describe program; engage stakeholders; gather credible evidence; focus on
the evaluation design; justify conclusions; ensure use and share lessons
learned
b. describe the program; gather credible evidence; focus on the evalution
design; justify conclusions; ensure use and share lessons learned; engage
stakeholders
c. engage stakeholders; describe program; focus on the evaluation design;
gather credible evidence; justify conclusions; ensure use and share lessons
learned
d. gather credible evidence; engage stakeholders; describe program; justify
conclusions; focus on the evalution design; ensure use and share lesson
learned Right Ans - c. engage stakeholders; describe program; focus on the
evaluation design; gather credible evidence; justify conclusions; ensure use
and share lessons learned
16. From a fiscal perspective, which funds represent the portion of a project
the applicant's agency or organization is providing?
a. petty funds
b. compliance assurances
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