A child enrolls in a New York school with no certificate of immunization. Under the Public Health Law, how long may the child attend without the certificate or other acceptable evidence, unless the period is extended?New York State Senate, Consolidated Laws, Public Health Law section 2164. Framework section: Competency 0001, Health Promotion, performance indicator g
A health teacher reviews the warning signs that someone may be thinking about suicide. Which change in behavior is on the list of the National Institute of Mental Health?National Institute of Mental Health, "Warning Signs of Suicide". Framework section: Competency 0001, Health Promotion, performance indicator h
Children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 need 60 minutes or more of physical activity each day. On how many days a week should that include bone-strengthening activities such as jumping or running?Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "Child Activity: An Overview". Framework section: Competency 0001, Health Promotion, performance indicator l
The health certificate that a New York student furnishes describes the student's condition when the examination was made. How recent must that examination be?New York State Senate, Consolidated Laws, Education Law section 903. Framework section: Competency 0001, Health Promotion, performance indicator g
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Health promotion, continued
New York's Education Law requires instruction on the prevention and detection of certain cancers in a required health course at the senior high school level. Which cancers does the law name?New York State Senate, Consolidated Laws, Education Law section 804. Framework section: Competency 0001, Health Promotion, performance indicator g
New York's Part 135 defines health education as instruction in the understandings, attitudes and behavior in relation to the several dimensions of health. Which pair is named among those dimensions?Regulations of the Commissioner of Education, 8 NYCRR 135.1(j), text at the Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School. Framework section: Competency 0001, Health Promotion, performance indicator d
Section 135.3 calls for planned units of teaching through which pupils may become increasingly self-reliant in solving their own health problems and those of the group. For which grades?Regulations of the Commissioner of Education, 8 NYCRR 135.3, text at the Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School. Framework section: Competency 0001, Health Promotion, performance indicator a
Under New York's Education Law, the health certificate a student furnishes must state the student's body mass index. How does the law compute BMI?New York State Senate, Consolidated Laws, Education Law section 903. Framework section: Competency 0001, Health Promotion, performance indicator n
What must all schools in New York ensure about their health education programs, under the first subdivision of section 804 of the Education Law?New York State Senate, Consolidated Laws, Education Law section 804. Framework section: Competency 0001, Health Promotion, performance indicator h
Risk reduction 9
A New York senior high school provides cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction in its health education curriculum. What else does the Education Law then require the curriculum to include?New York State Senate, Consolidated Laws, Education Law section 804-d. Framework section: Competency 0002, Risk Reduction, performance indicator e
A ninth grader asks whether HIV can be cured. Which answer is accurate?Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "About HIV". Framework section: Competency 0002, Risk Reduction, performance indicator l
A parent in New York does not want her son to receive the instruction on methods of prevention of AIDS. What does section 135.3 let her do?Regulations of the Commissioner of Education, 8 NYCRR 135.3, text at the Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School. Framework section: Competency 0002, Risk Reduction, performance indicator l
A senior high school in New York offers no driver education. What does the Education Law say about instruction on the dangers of driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs?New York State Senate, Consolidated Laws, Education Law section 804. Framework section: Competency 0002, Risk Reduction, performance indicator i
A soccer player takes a hit that snaps her head back and forth, and her coach suspects a concussion. What kind of injury is that?Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "Concussion Basics". Framework section: Competency 0002, Risk Reduction, performance indicator d
The Education Law has the commissioner recommend, every three years, how to modernize instruction on the misuse and abuse of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. Which drugs does the law say the up-to-date information must take in?New York State Senate, Consolidated Laws, Education Law section 804. Framework section: Competency 0002, Risk Reduction, performance indicator g
New York's Education Law requires instruction designed to prevent child sexual exploitation and child sexual abuse. Which pupils in the public schools must receive it?New York State Senate, Consolidated Laws, Education Law section 803-b. Framework section: Competency 0002, Risk Reduction, performance indicator k
Section 135.3 requires New York schools to give accurate information on the nature, transmission and prevention of AIDS. What must that instruction stress?Regulations of the Commissioner of Education, 8 NYCRR 135.3, text at the Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School. Framework section: Competency 0002, Risk Reduction, performance indicator j
Under New York's Public Health Law, a store may not sell tobacco products, liquid nicotine or electronic cigarettes to anyone under what age?New York State Senate, Consolidated Laws, Public Health Law section 1399-cc. Framework section: Competency 0002, Risk Reduction, performance indicator h
Personal and social health skills 9
A student assesses and analyzes her current health and safety status, applies knowledge and skills, then monitors, evaluates and adjusts her behavior. Which skill of New York's guidance document is this?New York State Education Department, "A Guidance Document for Achieving the New York State Standards in Health Education". Framework section: Competency 0003, Personal and Social Health Skills, performance indicator h
A student feels keyed up before the school play and finds that the feeling sharpens her performance. Which term did Hans Selye create for stress of this positive kind?Wikipedia, "Eustress". Framework section: Competency 0003, Personal and Social Health Skills, performance indicator e
How does New York's guidance document define the Stress Management skill?New York State Education Department, "A Guidance Document for Achieving the New York State Standards in Health Education". Framework section: Competency 0003, Personal and Social Health Skills, performance indicator e
New York's Dignity for All Students Act bars discrimination against a student based on a list of actual or perceived characteristics. Which of these is on the list?New York State Senate, Consolidated Laws, Education Law section 12. Framework section: Competency 0003, Personal and Social Health Skills, performance indicator f
New York's Dignity for All Students Act defines harassment and bullying as the creation of a hostile environment by conduct or by threats, intimidation or abuse. Which form does the definition name as included?New York State Senate, Consolidated Laws, Education Law section 11. Framework section: Competency 0003, Personal and Social Health Skills, performance indicator f
New York's guidance document defines the Communication skill as enabling a person to listen, understand and express oneself in respectful, safe and health enhancing ways. Which abilities does it say the skill includes?New York State Education Department, "A Guidance Document for Achieving the New York State Standards in Health Education". Framework section: Competency 0003, Personal and Social Health Skills, performance indicator b
New York's guidance document names seven health education skills and says that they are not created equally. Which two are the over-arching skills through which the others are carried out?New York State Education Department, "A Guidance Document for Achieving the New York State Standards in Health Education". Framework section: Competency 0003, Personal and Social Health Skills, performance indicator c
Where does the Dignity for All Students Act seek to give students an environment free from discrimination, intimidation, taunting, harassment and bullying?New York State Education Department, "The Dignity for All Students Act". Framework section: Competency 0003, Personal and Social Health Skills, performance indicator f
Which skill of New York's guidance document enables a person to develop health enhancing short-term and long-term goals and to implement, evaluate and revise plans to reach them?New York State Education Department, "A Guidance Document for Achieving the New York State Standards in Health Education". Framework section: Competency 0003, Personal and Social Health Skills, performance indicator i
Health literacy skills 9
A class studies a misleading advertisement for a weight-loss product. Which federal agency regulates many types of advertising and stops unfair, deceptive or fraudulent practices in the marketplace?U.S. Food and Drug Administration, "What does FDA regulate?". Framework section: Competency 0004, Health Literacy Skills, performance indicator i
A student checks a web page on vaccines. What should its content pages have, so that a reader can see where the information comes from?MedlinePlus, "Evaluating Health Information". Framework section: Competency 0004, Health Literacy Skills, performance indicator e
Besides the effects of nicotine itself, which influences does the CDC name as leading youth to start or continue vaping?Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "E-Cigarette Use Among Youth". Framework section: Competency 0004, Health Literacy Skills, performance indicator a
The FDA regulates most foods. Which department plays a lead role in regulating aspects of some meat, poultry and egg products?U.S. Food and Drug Administration, "What does FDA regulate?". Framework section: Competency 0004, Health Literacy Skills, performance indicator i
In general, on websites run by whom does MedlinePlus say good health information is found?MedlinePlus, "Evaluating Health Information". Framework section: Competency 0004, Health Literacy Skills, performance indicator d
The morning's Air Quality Index is 120. For whom is the air unhealthy at that level?AirNow, "AQI Basics". Framework section: Competency 0004, Health Literacy Skills, performance indicator k
On the Air Quality Index, which color and range of values stand for good air quality that poses little or no risk?AirNow, "AQI Basics". Framework section: Competency 0004, Health Literacy Skills, performance indicator k
Under New York's Education Law, which health care providers may sign the health certificate that a student furnishes to the public schools?New York State Senate, Consolidated Laws, Education Law section 903. Framework section: Competency 0004, Health Literacy Skills, performance indicator f
Which feature of a health web page shows whether its information is up to date?MedlinePlus, "Evaluating Health Information". Framework section: Competency 0004, Health Literacy Skills, performance indicator e
Health education program planning 9
A curriculum committee wants data on how often unhealthy behaviors occur among high school students and whether they are rising or falling. Which CDC system was designed for that?Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "About YRBSS". Framework section: Competency 0005, Health Education Program Planning, performance indicator d
A district committee plans a health program with the PRECEDE-PROCEED model. In PRECEDE, which three kinds of constructs does the educational diagnosis sort out?Wikipedia, "PRECEDE–PROCEED model". Framework section: Competency 0005, Health Education Program Planning, performance indicator b
A student weighs how likely she is to get a condition and how serious it would be. In the health belief model, what is the combination of those two perceptions called?Wikipedia, "Health belief model". Framework section: Competency 0005, Health Education Program Planning, performance indicator a
Besides continued health guidance, what does section 135.3 require in the junior high school grades and in the senior high school?Regulations of the Commissioner of Education, 8 NYCRR 135.3, text at the Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School. Framework section: Competency 0005, Health Education Program Planning, performance indicator c
In New York public schools, the board of education establishes an advisory council that makes recommendations on the AIDS instruction program. Who sits on it?Regulations of the Commissioner of Education, 8 NYCRR 135.3, text at the Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School. Framework section: Competency 0005, Health Education Program Planning, performance indicator k
New York has three learning standards for health, physical education, and family and consumer sciences. Standard 1 is Personal Health and Fitness and Standard 3 is Resource Management. What is Standard 2?New York State Education Department, "Learning Standards for Health, Physical Education, and Family and Consumer Sciences". Framework section: Competency 0005, Health Education Program Planning, performance indicator c
Section 135.3 has each secondary school designate a faculty member with approved preparation so that the whole faculty may cooperate in health teaching. What is that member called?Regulations of the Commissioner of Education, 8 NYCRR 135.3, text at the Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School. Framework section: Competency 0005, Health Education Program Planning, performance indicator h
Under section 135.3, who teaches health education in New York's elementary school grades, and who teaches the required courses in the junior and senior high school grades?Regulations of the Commissioner of Education, 8 NYCRR 135.3, text at the Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School. Framework section: Competency 0005, Health Education Program Planning, performance indicator o
What does New York's guidance document call the research-based health knowledge that is the minimum amount of information needed in an area to achieve the standards?New York State Education Department, "A Guidance Document for Achieving the New York State Standards in Health Education". Framework section: Competency 0005, Health Education Program Planning, performance indicator e
How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to the five selected-response competencies of the NYSTCE Field 073: Health Education Test Design and Framework, May 2018, authorized for distribution by the New York State Education Department (https://www.nystce.nesinc.com/content/docs/NY_fld73_objs.pdf, read 2026-10-14): 0001 to 0005, each 18 of the 90 selected-response items. The bank holds 9 for each, 45 in all. Every fact was read on 2026-10-14 in the public page the question names: the New York Education Law and Public Health Law on the State Senate site, 8 NYCRR 135.1 and 135.3 as published by the Legal Information Institute of Cornell Law School, the New York State Education Department (the learning standards, the guidance document for health education and the Dignity Act page), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health (NIMH, MedlinePlus), the Food and Drug Administration, AirNow, and Wikipedia articles that carried no warning banner that day. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site.
How it works
This NYSTCE Health Education practice test covers CST (073) with 45 original questions, nine on each of the five competencies its selected-response items measure. It is unofficial practice with no connection to the New York State Education Department or Pearson.
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What the real test asks
Five competencies, 18 selected-response items each: that is the whole multiple-choice part in the framework of May 2018, and it counts for 80%. A written response on teaching a health education topic supplies the last 20%.
What this page covers
Twenty-nine of the 45 questions rest on New York's own law and standards: sections 804 and 903 of the Education Law, the Dignity for All Students Act, section 135.3 of the Commissioner's Regulations and the State's guidance document for health education. Timed, the 45 take 68 minutes, half the real 135 rounded up.
Section 135.3 is the regulation to know: it sets who teaches health in each grade band, the half-year courses and the rules for AIDS instruction.
Questions and answers
What is tested on the NYSTCE Health Education CST?
Health promotion, risk reduction, personal and social health skills, health literacy skills and health education program planning, in equal shares of the selected-response items. The sixth competency, pedagogical content knowledge, is the written response.
Is 520 the passing score for the Health Education CST?
Yes. The Health Education (073) page gives 520 as the passing score. It is scaled, so a tally of right answers on this page cannot be read as a pass or a fail.
When is the NYSTCE Health Education test given?
By appointment year-round, Monday through Saturday, excluding some holidays, the test's page says. Plan on 3 hours 30 minutes at the test center, the first 15 of them for a tutorial and a nondisclosure agreement.
Does this page copy the real Health Education test?
It does not. The 45 questions are original to this site and follow the framework's performance indicators. Real test items, the study guide's sample questions and paid practice tests were left unopened.