CHES 2020 - Practice Exam quesitons

When choosing a policy or issue to advocate on with a legislator, which criteria should be considered first? a. How receptive the community or target population is to the proposed policy or advocacy effort. b. If there have been any peer-reviewed articles published on this issue or policy. c. If advocating on the policy or issue would violate the Code of Ethics for Health Education. d. If there is potential funding for the proposed policy.

a. How receptive the community or target population is to the proposed policy or advocacy.

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. Results

The health education specialist is working with a local community to institute a smoke free environment in local businesses, agencies, and restaurants throughout the entire community. What type of health strategy would the health education specialist implement in the community? a. Position statement b. Ordinance c. Executive order d. Regulation

Ordinance

I.Assess needs, resources, and capacity for health education/promotion. II. Plan health education/promotion. III. Implement health education/promotion. IV. Conduct evaluation and research related to health education/promotion. V. Administer and manage health education/promotion. VI. Serve as a health education/promotion resource person. VII. Communicate, promote, and advocate for health, health education/promotion, and the profession.

Seven Areas of Responsibility of health education specialists.

A HES 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 HES'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.

a. The necessity for the change in policy

Data storage is an example of which type of technology need? a. infrastructure b. Program delivery c. Collaboration technology d. Knowledge

a. infrastructure

While hiring new employees, the health education specialist should contact the candidates' professional references and validate the employee's 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 persons. d. complicate the termination process.

a. revealed prior to hiring.

A health education specialist is asked to find school health resources for physical activity. The most appropriate bibliographic database to search is: a. MEDLINE - One of the g-to-sources for medical and public health data. PubMed provides free access to the database. b. EBMR (Evidence-based Medicine Review Technique)- a collection of databases that offer evidence-based programs such as the Cochrane Systematic Reviews. c. CHID (Combined Health Information Database)- is a collection of health information materials from many of the leading Federal health agencies and nonprofit organizations. d. ERIC (Education Resource Information Center) - contains journals related specifically to school health, children who are school-aged, and educational setting techniques.

b. EBMR (Evidence-based Medicine Review Technique)

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. d. Focus on how the program adheres to social norms.

b. Focus on how new and different the program is from what exists.

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. It explains the benefits, risks, and participation is voluntary and may be terminated at any time.

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 with 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 rightfully concerned about? a. the reliability of the findings. b. the generalizability of the findings. c. the validity of the findings. d. the accuracy of the findings.

b. The generalizability of the findings.

For people with 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

b. health disparities

Consumption, medication compliance, and self-care are considered which type of factors related to health? a. Attitudes b. Environmental c. Behavioral d. Genetic

c. Behavioral

Smoking bans in restaurants are which type of strategy in a community-based smoking prevention program? a. Health communication b. Health engineering c. Health Policy d. Health mobilization

c. Health Policy

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

c. Health belief Model

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 prepared for the descriptive study? a. Single- 2 types: point source epidemic curve: each case can be traced to the exposure of the same source and incubation period: the period of the between the exposure of the infectious agent and onset of symptoms. b. Seasonal- data to shows cases of the disease by month or seasonal is used to show cyclical (reoccurring) in the number of cases. c. Secular-distribution of cases over many years; long term trend. d. Propagated- Primary cases appear first at the end of the incubation period following exposure to an infected source. The Secondary case arises after a second incubation period, and they represent exposure to the primary cases; tertiary cases appear even later due to exposure to secondary cases and so on. Because new cases give rise to more new cases, this type of epidemic is termed a propagated epidemic.

c. Secular

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?

c. What tactics should be used to influence people?

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.

c. supporting participants

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 group should be consulted? a. Committe-of-the-whole b. Task Force c. Standing committee d. Advisory Board

d. Advisory Board

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

d. Experimental

In a priority population, the infant mortality rate and overall death rate for mothers with less than a highschool 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

d. Health disparities

Health departments and worksites are implementing a new health education/promotion program to increase influenza vaccination rates for adults in a five-county area. What will the project lead focus on to assess the fidelity of implementation? a. Location of vaccinations for children. b. Workers reading materials distributed to all worksites. c. Amount of vaccine available to the public. d. Program components being implemented in the correct order.

d. Program components being implemented in the correct order.

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

d. communication channels

The intervention program is doing 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

d. cooperative agreements