DH224 Final Review UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Dental hygienists should assume which type of role? - CORRECT ANSWER -Personal
Responsibility
When fulfilling the administrator role, a dental public health hygienist ________.
a.Lobbies to change laws
b.Conducts research
c.Provides clinical care
d.Educates and promotes dental health
e.Develops and coordinates public health programs - CORRECT ANSWER -e.Develops and
coordinates public health programs
The science and art of preventing and controlling dental diseases and promoting dental health through
community efforts is termed ________. - CORRECT ANSWER -Dental Public Health
Factors affecting dental care delivery include which of the following?
a.The development of the dental hygiene profession
b.Access issues
c.The decrease in periodontal diseases
d.Both The development of the dental hygiene profession and Access issues
e.None of these - CORRECT ANSWER -d.Both The development of the dental hygiene profession
and Access issues
The patient's ability to sue a dental provider, if that provider fails to diagnose and treat periodontal
disease, is defined as ________. - CORRECT ANSWER -E. Malpractice
Demographic information suggests a correlation between oral health status and ________.
a.Socioeconomic status
,b.Oral health disparities
c.Community targets
d.Baseline data
e.None of these - CORRECT ANSWER -a.Socioeconomic status
Dental public health is a component of ________.
A) Public Affairs
B) Public Relations
C) Public Health
D) Community Affairs
E) Both A and D - CORRECT ANSWER -C) Public Health
Which of the following involves making certain that all populations have access to appropriate and cost-
effective services to read agreed-upon public a.health goals?
b.Assessment
c.Policy Development
d.Assurance
e.Serving All Functions
f.None of these - CORRECT ANSWER -d.Assurance
Which of the following involves the monitoring of the health of communities?
a.Assessment
b.Policy Development
c.Assurance
d.Serving All Functions
e.None of these - CORRECT ANSWER -a.Assessment
Which of the following is the process by which society makes decisions about problems?
,a.Assessment
b.Policy Development
c.Assurance
d.Serving All Functions
e.None of these - CORRECT ANSWER -b.Policy Development
Which of the following includes the research for new insights and innovative solutions to health
problems? - CORRECT ANSWER -Serving All Functions
Which of the following dictates services to ensure the promotion of health and prevention of disease and
injury?
a.Needs Assessment
b.Public Health Goals
c.Health Care Reform
d.Public Health Demands
e.Human Services Planning - CORRECT ANSWER -b.Public Health Goals
The identification of which of the following was the first major advancement in public health?
A) Litter in the streets
B) Pesticides on produce
C) Polluted public water well
D) Drug paraphernalia
E) None of the above - CORRECT ANSWER -C) Polluted public water well
The dramatic increase in average life span during the 20th
century is credited to a public health program such as ________.
a.Community water fluoridation
b.Dental insurance premiums
c.Vaccination
, d.Malpractice
e.Both Vaccination and Malpractice - CORRECT ANSWER -c.Vaccination
Examples of public health programs - CORRECT ANSWER -Teaching mothers how to dress, feed,
and bathe their babies
Which one of the following is listed as one of the 10 great public health measures adopted during the 20th
century?
a.Medical insurance
b.Medical insurance copayments
c.Community water fluoridation
d.Bottled water
e.None of these - CORRECT ANSWER -c.Community water fluoridation
T/F:Community water fluoridation works both systemically and topically. - CORRECT ANSWER -
True
The only valid opposition ever utilized in relation to fluoridating public water supplies was ________.
a.A Communist plot
b.An abuse of police power
c.The cause of AIDS
d.Forced medicine
e.A violation of personal freedom - CORRECT ANSWER -e.A violation of personal freedom
Although the U.S. Surgeon General's Report was published in 2000, Fones started dental hygiene in the
early 1900s based on the premise that dental health affects ________.
A. One's total health
B. The entire human race
C. One's educational level
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Dental hygienists should assume which type of role? - CORRECT ANSWER -Personal
Responsibility
When fulfilling the administrator role, a dental public health hygienist ________.
a.Lobbies to change laws
b.Conducts research
c.Provides clinical care
d.Educates and promotes dental health
e.Develops and coordinates public health programs - CORRECT ANSWER -e.Develops and
coordinates public health programs
The science and art of preventing and controlling dental diseases and promoting dental health through
community efforts is termed ________. - CORRECT ANSWER -Dental Public Health
Factors affecting dental care delivery include which of the following?
a.The development of the dental hygiene profession
b.Access issues
c.The decrease in periodontal diseases
d.Both The development of the dental hygiene profession and Access issues
e.None of these - CORRECT ANSWER -d.Both The development of the dental hygiene profession
and Access issues
The patient's ability to sue a dental provider, if that provider fails to diagnose and treat periodontal
disease, is defined as ________. - CORRECT ANSWER -E. Malpractice
Demographic information suggests a correlation between oral health status and ________.
a.Socioeconomic status
,b.Oral health disparities
c.Community targets
d.Baseline data
e.None of these - CORRECT ANSWER -a.Socioeconomic status
Dental public health is a component of ________.
A) Public Affairs
B) Public Relations
C) Public Health
D) Community Affairs
E) Both A and D - CORRECT ANSWER -C) Public Health
Which of the following involves making certain that all populations have access to appropriate and cost-
effective services to read agreed-upon public a.health goals?
b.Assessment
c.Policy Development
d.Assurance
e.Serving All Functions
f.None of these - CORRECT ANSWER -d.Assurance
Which of the following involves the monitoring of the health of communities?
a.Assessment
b.Policy Development
c.Assurance
d.Serving All Functions
e.None of these - CORRECT ANSWER -a.Assessment
Which of the following is the process by which society makes decisions about problems?
,a.Assessment
b.Policy Development
c.Assurance
d.Serving All Functions
e.None of these - CORRECT ANSWER -b.Policy Development
Which of the following includes the research for new insights and innovative solutions to health
problems? - CORRECT ANSWER -Serving All Functions
Which of the following dictates services to ensure the promotion of health and prevention of disease and
injury?
a.Needs Assessment
b.Public Health Goals
c.Health Care Reform
d.Public Health Demands
e.Human Services Planning - CORRECT ANSWER -b.Public Health Goals
The identification of which of the following was the first major advancement in public health?
A) Litter in the streets
B) Pesticides on produce
C) Polluted public water well
D) Drug paraphernalia
E) None of the above - CORRECT ANSWER -C) Polluted public water well
The dramatic increase in average life span during the 20th
century is credited to a public health program such as ________.
a.Community water fluoridation
b.Dental insurance premiums
c.Vaccination
, d.Malpractice
e.Both Vaccination and Malpractice - CORRECT ANSWER -c.Vaccination
Examples of public health programs - CORRECT ANSWER -Teaching mothers how to dress, feed,
and bathe their babies
Which one of the following is listed as one of the 10 great public health measures adopted during the 20th
century?
a.Medical insurance
b.Medical insurance copayments
c.Community water fluoridation
d.Bottled water
e.None of these - CORRECT ANSWER -c.Community water fluoridation
T/F:Community water fluoridation works both systemically and topically. - CORRECT ANSWER -
True
The only valid opposition ever utilized in relation to fluoridating public water supplies was ________.
a.A Communist plot
b.An abuse of police power
c.The cause of AIDS
d.Forced medicine
e.A violation of personal freedom - CORRECT ANSWER -e.A violation of personal freedom
Although the U.S. Surgeon General's Report was published in 2000, Fones started dental hygiene in the
early 1900s based on the premise that dental health affects ________.
A. One's total health
B. The entire human race
C. One's educational level
