CALIFORNIA RDA LAW & ETHICS
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION TEST 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY PASSED GRADED A+
◉ the board may prescribe mandatory coursework within the
general areas of patient care, health and safety, and law and ethics.
what three courses are required for a licensee to renew biennially?
Answer: Infection Control
Dental Practice Act
Basic Life Support
◉ a person who holds a RDA license shall provide evidence of having
successfully completed board-approved courses in what two
subjects at the time of licensure? Answer: Radiation safety and
coronal polishing
◉ licenses expire at 12 midnight on the legal birth date of the
licentiate at the second year of a two year term if not renewed. an
expired license may be renewed at any time within how many years
after its expiration, by application to the Board? Answer: 5 years
,◉ the Board may audit a licensees continuing education records at
any time to ensure that the continuing education requirements are
met. any licensee who furnishes false or misleading information to
the Board regarding his or her continuing education units may be
subject to Answer: disciplinary action
◉ a license or permit is subject to renewal periods. how many years
is a renewal period? Answer: 2
◉ a licensee shall retain, for a period of _____ renewal periods, the
certificates of course completion issued to him or her at the time he
or she attended a continuing education course and shall forward
such certification to the Boards only upon request by the Board for
audit purpose. Answer: 3
◉ a RDA or RDAEEF who holds a permit as an OAP or a DSAP shall
not be required to complete additional continuing education
requirements beyond that which is required for licensure renewal in
order to renew either permit. Answer: TRUE
◉ if a licentiate holds more than one license or permit, the license or
permit that requires the smallest number of continuing education
units for renewal shall equal the licentiates full renewal requirement
Answer: FALSE
, ◉ any dentist who removes his place of practice shall register each
change made by him within one month after making said change
Answer: TRUE
◉ tape recorded course, home study materials, video courses , and
computer courses are considered correspondence course and will be
accepted for credit up, but not exceeding, 1/2 of the licensee's total
required units Answer: TRUE
◉ a licensee or permit holder completing a course in Basic Life
Support may count the course for up to 3 continuing education units
of mandatory education Answer: FALSE
◉ any course provider offering Infection Control and California
Dental Practice Act courses may issue continuing education
certifications to participants of these courses Answer: FALSE
◉ what is the maximum number continuing education units a
provider may issue in one day? Answer: 8
◉ a provider shall furnish a written certification of a course
completion (CE verification slip) to each licensee certifying that the
licensee has met the attendance requirements of the course. if the
Board should admit a licensee, copies of the verification slips must
be provided to the Board upon request. A RDA will need to show
proof of having completed at lest how many units of continuing
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION TEST 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY PASSED GRADED A+
◉ the board may prescribe mandatory coursework within the
general areas of patient care, health and safety, and law and ethics.
what three courses are required for a licensee to renew biennially?
Answer: Infection Control
Dental Practice Act
Basic Life Support
◉ a person who holds a RDA license shall provide evidence of having
successfully completed board-approved courses in what two
subjects at the time of licensure? Answer: Radiation safety and
coronal polishing
◉ licenses expire at 12 midnight on the legal birth date of the
licentiate at the second year of a two year term if not renewed. an
expired license may be renewed at any time within how many years
after its expiration, by application to the Board? Answer: 5 years
,◉ the Board may audit a licensees continuing education records at
any time to ensure that the continuing education requirements are
met. any licensee who furnishes false or misleading information to
the Board regarding his or her continuing education units may be
subject to Answer: disciplinary action
◉ a license or permit is subject to renewal periods. how many years
is a renewal period? Answer: 2
◉ a licensee shall retain, for a period of _____ renewal periods, the
certificates of course completion issued to him or her at the time he
or she attended a continuing education course and shall forward
such certification to the Boards only upon request by the Board for
audit purpose. Answer: 3
◉ a RDA or RDAEEF who holds a permit as an OAP or a DSAP shall
not be required to complete additional continuing education
requirements beyond that which is required for licensure renewal in
order to renew either permit. Answer: TRUE
◉ if a licentiate holds more than one license or permit, the license or
permit that requires the smallest number of continuing education
units for renewal shall equal the licentiates full renewal requirement
Answer: FALSE
, ◉ any dentist who removes his place of practice shall register each
change made by him within one month after making said change
Answer: TRUE
◉ tape recorded course, home study materials, video courses , and
computer courses are considered correspondence course and will be
accepted for credit up, but not exceeding, 1/2 of the licensee's total
required units Answer: TRUE
◉ a licensee or permit holder completing a course in Basic Life
Support may count the course for up to 3 continuing education units
of mandatory education Answer: FALSE
◉ any course provider offering Infection Control and California
Dental Practice Act courses may issue continuing education
certifications to participants of these courses Answer: FALSE
◉ what is the maximum number continuing education units a
provider may issue in one day? Answer: 8
◉ a provider shall furnish a written certification of a course
completion (CE verification slip) to each licensee certifying that the
licensee has met the attendance requirements of the course. if the
Board should admit a licensee, copies of the verification slips must
be provided to the Board upon request. A RDA will need to show
proof of having completed at lest how many units of continuing
