Practise Certified in Public Health (CPH) Examination with a short sample and answer explanations. These are independent learning materials, not official exam questions or a pass prediction.
Exam outline and official sources
National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE) · Current NBPHE-linked CPH content outline, checked against the October 2026 Candidate Handbook on 2026-10-19. NBPHE dates its outline update to August 1, 2024. The currently linked outline names Domain 10 Health Outcomes and Population Perspectives. The workbook label Certification in Public Health refers to this Certified in Public Health examination; the assigned slug is retained.
This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.
- NBPHE: About the Certification in Public Health
- NBPHE: CPH Content Outline
- NBPHE: CPH Exam Content Outline
- NBPHE: CPH Candidate Handbook, October 2026
- CDC: Principles of Epidemiology, Measures of Association
- CDC: Principles of Epidemiology, Morbidity Frequency Measures
- CDC Field Epidemiology Manual: Analyzing and Interpreting Data
- CDC: Understanding and Applying Risk Communication Principles
- AHRQ: Use the Teach-Back Method
- AHRQ PSNet Glossary
- AHRQ TeamSTEPPS: DESC
- CDC Public Health Infrastructure Center Strategic Plan, FY 2025–2030
- HHS: Minimum Necessary Requirement
- HHS: Public Health
- HHS OHRP: The Belmont Report
- NIOSH: Hierarchy of Controls
- The Role of Surveillance in the Hierarchy of Prevention
- CDC: Principles of Epidemiology, Chain of Infection
- USFA/FEMA: NIMS Can Help—The National Preparedness System
- ATSDR Community Engagement Playbook: Phase II, Getting Started
- ATSDR Community Engagement Playbook: Phase III, Keeping It Going
- CDC Program Evaluation Framework, 2024
- Universal Difference-in-Differences for Causal Inference in Epidemiology
- Using the Program Sustainability Assessment Tool to Assess and Plan for Sustainability
- CDC POLARIS: Policy Analysis
- CDC POLARIS: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
- CDC: Identify the Campaign Audience
Certified in Public Health (CPH) Examination
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A closed cohort is followed completely for one year. Disease develops in 24 of 120 exposed participants and 12 of 180 unexposed participants, all initially disease-free. What is the risk ratio?
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