DH202 CERTIFICATION PAPER 2026 FULL
SOLUTION GRADED A+
● What is the second step of the scientific method? Answer: Form a
hypothesis
● What is the third step of the scientific method? Answer: Test the
hypothesis with an experiment
● What is the fourth step of the scientific method? Answer: Check and
interpret results
● What is the fifth step of the scientific method? Answer: Report results
to the scientific community
● What preferences does evidence based practice include? Answer:
Patient preferences
● What is the purpose of dental hygiene research? Answer: Establish a
scientifically based standard of care
● What is the body of techniques using observation, reason,
experimentation? Answer: Scientific method
, ● Why is research important in dental hygiene? Answer: Improve public
oral health and advance the profession
● Who is the founder of dental hygiene? Answer: Alfred Fones
● Who conducted the Tuskegee study? Answer: US Public Health
Service
● What does research misconduct include? Answer: Plagiarism,
falsification, fabrication
● What act protects confidentiality of patient records? Answer: HIPAA
● What group reviews ethical implications of research? Answer:
Institutional Review Board
● What are the principles of the Belmont Report? Answer: Respect for
persons, beneficence, justice
● What is ethical behavior in research? Answer: Right and fair
● What does bioethics refer to? Answer: Morally acceptable and
unacceptable research practices
SOLUTION GRADED A+
● What is the second step of the scientific method? Answer: Form a
hypothesis
● What is the third step of the scientific method? Answer: Test the
hypothesis with an experiment
● What is the fourth step of the scientific method? Answer: Check and
interpret results
● What is the fifth step of the scientific method? Answer: Report results
to the scientific community
● What preferences does evidence based practice include? Answer:
Patient preferences
● What is the purpose of dental hygiene research? Answer: Establish a
scientifically based standard of care
● What is the body of techniques using observation, reason,
experimentation? Answer: Scientific method
, ● Why is research important in dental hygiene? Answer: Improve public
oral health and advance the profession
● Who is the founder of dental hygiene? Answer: Alfred Fones
● Who conducted the Tuskegee study? Answer: US Public Health
Service
● What does research misconduct include? Answer: Plagiarism,
falsification, fabrication
● What act protects confidentiality of patient records? Answer: HIPAA
● What group reviews ethical implications of research? Answer:
Institutional Review Board
● What are the principles of the Belmont Report? Answer: Respect for
persons, beneficence, justice
● What is ethical behavior in research? Answer: Right and fair
● What does bioethics refer to? Answer: Morally acceptable and
unacceptable research practices
