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 Exam Content Outline, checked against the October 2026 Candidate Handbook. The outline landing page reports an August 1, 2024 update following the 2022 job task analysis; the currently linked outline does not state a separate revision date. Its tenth domain is Health Outcomes and Population Perspectives, consistent with the October 2026 handbook. Verified as of October 19, 2026.
This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.
- About the Certification in Public Health (CPH)
- CPH Content Outline
- CPH Exam Content Outline
- CPH Candidate Handbook, October 2026
- Principles of Epidemiology: Measures of Disease Frequency
- Principles of Epidemiology: Measures of Association
- Field Epidemiology Manual: Analyzing and Interpreting Data
- Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication: Introduction
- Understand Your Audience
- Health Literacy: Guidance and Tools
- Plan-Do-Study-Act Worksheet, Directions, and Examples
- TeamSTEPPS Tool: DESC
- Read the Belmont Report
- HIPAA Privacy Rule: Public Health
- NIOSH: Hierarchy of Controls
- Principles of Epidemiology: Chain of Infection
- A Framework for Assessing the Effectiveness of Disease and Injury Prevention
- Community Engagement Goals and Phases in the Public Health Assessment Process
- CDC Program Evaluation Framework, 2024
- Developing and Using a Logic Model
- Using the Program Sustainability Assessment Tool to Assess and Plan for Sustainability
- CDC's Policy Analytical Framework
- Health Impact Assessment
- Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
- Economic Evaluation Glossary
- Social Determinants of Health
- About Violence Prevention
Certified in Public Health (CPH) Examination
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A cohort contains 240 exposed and 360 unexposed adults, all initially free of a specified illness. Everyone completes six months of follow-up. There are 48 new cases among exposed adults and 18 among unexposed adults. What is the six-month risk ratio?
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