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CHES Practice Exam Questions (From 7th edition)

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c. Health Belief Model
According to which theory or model do people assess the threat of an emerging diease by assessing their perceived susceptibility against the severity of the disease.

a. Diffusion of innovations
b. Social Cognitive Theory
c. Health Belief Model
d. Social Marketing
b. focus on how new and different the program is from what exists
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
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
Data storage is an example of which type of technology need?

a. infrastructure
b. program delivery
c. colloboration technology
d. knowledge
d. communication channels
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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)
c. CHID (comparative history of ideas)
d. ERIC (education resources information center)
a. revealed prior to hiring
While hiring new employees, the health education specialist 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 persons
d. complicate the termination process.
c. supporting participants
The health education specialist 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
d. advisory board
A group of health education specialists 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 gruop should be consulted?

a. committee-of-the-whole
b. task-force
c. standing committee
d. advisory board
c. behavioral
Consumption, medication compliance, and self-care are considered which type of factors related to health?

a. attitudes
b. environmental
c. behavioral
d. genetic
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