DENTAL JURISPRUDENCE AND PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
1. This term means inadequacy or insufficiency in skill and learning which renders the dentist unfit to
serve humanity.
A. Ignorance C. Negligence
B. Unskillfullness D. Slander E. None of the choices
2. This means to do something which a reasonable man, guided by those considerations which
ordinarily regulate human affairs, would do; or it is doing something which a prudent and reasonable
man would not do.
A. Ignorance C. Negligence
B. Unskillfullness D. Slander E. None of the choices
3. A statement made by a witness under oath.
A. Presumption C. Due process of law
B. Testimony D. Supposition
4. Dentist Mario has been accused of malpractice by patient, Delia. He will receive a writ from the
Board of Dentistry, termed as:
A. Summons C. certiorari
B. Mandamus D. Prohibition E. affidavit
5. In a lawsuit for malpractice, a good defense is:
A. experience and practice D. good college grades of the dentist
B. latest set-up of the clinic E. inferred consent
C. exercise of good care as expected of a father/mother
6. The most important question in malpractice suit is whether the dentist:
A. was experienced D. has advanced training
B. had an assistant E. had been in practice for more than 5 years
C. exercised due care
7. In order for a malpractice case to prosper, ___ is essential.
A. Negligence C. Proof of evidence
B. Testimony D. none of the choices E. both B & C
8. A person who gives any false or forged evidence to the Board of Dentistry in obtaining a certificate
of Registration is guilty of:
A. illegal practice B. malpractice C. presumption
9. The principle of res judicta states that:
A. matter once tried and judged may not be retried
B. a matter once tried and judged may be retried
C. courts are bound by their own precepts
D. courts are bound to follow precedent
E. none of the above.
10. This is not a right the state confers on dentists.
A. right of compensation
B. right to avail themselves of all private hospitals
C. right to choose patients
D. right to diagnose, treat and advice a patient
11. In what legal concept that hears before it condemns, that proceed upon inquiry and renders
judgment only after trial?
,12. When the stipulations, conditions and covenants expected of a party to a contract are not
achieved, there is:
A. implied contract C. express contract
B. consentual contract D. breach of contract E. none of these.
13. The branch of law which prescribe the means to be employed to enforce a right of a person
redress a wrong or injury inflicted on a person.
A. commercial law C. civil law
B. constitutional law D. administrative law E. remedial law
14. The right of the state to regulate the practice of Dentistry is based on:
A. executive power C. judicial power
B. power of taxation D. power of eminent domain E. police power
15. This is the kind of tax imposed on individual citizens whether resident or not and aliens deriving
income within the Philippines as well as corporations, domestic or foreign.
A. Income tax C. Professional/Business Tax
B. Occupation tax D. S-2 license
16. These are unconditional payments for services or payments made after a service is rendered.
A. Retainer fee C. Simple Fee
B. Contingency Fee D. Wages E. Commission
17. These are felonies committed with deliberate intent or malice.
A. Dolo B. Culpa C. Fault D. none of these
18. Everyone is presumed to know the law.
A. conclusive presumption C. disputable presumption
B. testimony D. presumption in fact E. none of these
19. The Professional Regulation Commission is an agency created under:
A. RA 4419 B. PD 223 C. PD 323 D. RA 4491
20. A dentist has accidentally cut the mucosa of a patient with a bur while performing a restorative
procedure on the latter.
A. culpa aquiliana C. solutio indebiti
B. culpa contractual D. negotiorum gestio E. agreement
21. Mylene agreed to pay for her bridgework amounting to 6,000php, either in cash or in the form of 6
sacks of rice.
A. Pure Obligation D. Obligation with a period
B. Conditional Obligation E. Alternative Obligation
C. Divisible Obligation
22. Karen asked her surgeon to operate on her cyst in the jaws. She insisted to pay only only when
the procedure is successful. The surgeon agreed.
A. Pure Obligation D. Obligation with a period
B. Conditional Obligation E. Alternative Obligation
C. Divisible Obligation
23. Examples of moral damages are the following, except:
A. mental anguish C. fright
B. fright and mental anguish D. besmirched reputation
, A. True B. False C. uncertain D. none of the choices
25. The best and most honorable means by which a dentist can develop his practice is by:
A. Advertisement C. patient satisfaction
B. a well-equipped clinic D. attractive signboards E. none of these
26. Defined as a person criminally liable for taking a direct part in executing a criminal act:
A. accomplice C. principal
B. accessory D. arresto mayor E. both A & B
27. A dentist who practices dentistry without paying his privilege tax is liable under the:
A. Dental Law C. National Revenue Code
B. Professional regulation Commission D. All of these
28. A certificate of registration may not be issued to an applicant who has not reached the age of:
A. 21 years B. 25 years C. no provision D. 18 years
29. A dentist should pay his occupation tax to:
A. the national government
B. not applicable if he has paid his income tax
C. the province where he practices his profession
D. the municipality or city where he practices his profession
E. none of the above.
30. Schools, colleges and universities who offers dentistry program are those duly authorized by the:
A. Board of Dentistry
B. Professional Regulation Commission
C. Philippine Dental Association
D. Commission on Higher Education
E. Department of the Education
31. The dentist has the right to demand payment for his professional fees from his patients. This right
is called:
A. commercial right C. civil right
B. administrative right D. right in personam E. none of these
32. Pertinent dental data includes the following, except:
A. personal data C. social status
B. existing restorations D. fillings E. crown and bridges
33. Vinculum, obligee, obligor and object are elements of an:
A. creditor B. obligation C. debtor D. contract E. agreement
34. Civil remedies may be in the form of the following, except:
A. restitution C. specific performance
B. imprisonment D. damages E. none of these.
35. Criminal law falls under public law and includes the following, except:
A. nature of crime C. punishment or repression of crimes
B. definition of crimes D. effects and relation of contracts
36. The following act is ethical:
A. the dentist allows his name to be used to cover up for a factory required by law to engage a
dentist for its workers
B. the dentist institutes corrective treatment without unnecessary criticism, if a
1. This term means inadequacy or insufficiency in skill and learning which renders the dentist unfit to
serve humanity.
A. Ignorance C. Negligence
B. Unskillfullness D. Slander E. None of the choices
2. This means to do something which a reasonable man, guided by those considerations which
ordinarily regulate human affairs, would do; or it is doing something which a prudent and reasonable
man would not do.
A. Ignorance C. Negligence
B. Unskillfullness D. Slander E. None of the choices
3. A statement made by a witness under oath.
A. Presumption C. Due process of law
B. Testimony D. Supposition
4. Dentist Mario has been accused of malpractice by patient, Delia. He will receive a writ from the
Board of Dentistry, termed as:
A. Summons C. certiorari
B. Mandamus D. Prohibition E. affidavit
5. In a lawsuit for malpractice, a good defense is:
A. experience and practice D. good college grades of the dentist
B. latest set-up of the clinic E. inferred consent
C. exercise of good care as expected of a father/mother
6. The most important question in malpractice suit is whether the dentist:
A. was experienced D. has advanced training
B. had an assistant E. had been in practice for more than 5 years
C. exercised due care
7. In order for a malpractice case to prosper, ___ is essential.
A. Negligence C. Proof of evidence
B. Testimony D. none of the choices E. both B & C
8. A person who gives any false or forged evidence to the Board of Dentistry in obtaining a certificate
of Registration is guilty of:
A. illegal practice B. malpractice C. presumption
9. The principle of res judicta states that:
A. matter once tried and judged may not be retried
B. a matter once tried and judged may be retried
C. courts are bound by their own precepts
D. courts are bound to follow precedent
E. none of the above.
10. This is not a right the state confers on dentists.
A. right of compensation
B. right to avail themselves of all private hospitals
C. right to choose patients
D. right to diagnose, treat and advice a patient
11. In what legal concept that hears before it condemns, that proceed upon inquiry and renders
judgment only after trial?
,12. When the stipulations, conditions and covenants expected of a party to a contract are not
achieved, there is:
A. implied contract C. express contract
B. consentual contract D. breach of contract E. none of these.
13. The branch of law which prescribe the means to be employed to enforce a right of a person
redress a wrong or injury inflicted on a person.
A. commercial law C. civil law
B. constitutional law D. administrative law E. remedial law
14. The right of the state to regulate the practice of Dentistry is based on:
A. executive power C. judicial power
B. power of taxation D. power of eminent domain E. police power
15. This is the kind of tax imposed on individual citizens whether resident or not and aliens deriving
income within the Philippines as well as corporations, domestic or foreign.
A. Income tax C. Professional/Business Tax
B. Occupation tax D. S-2 license
16. These are unconditional payments for services or payments made after a service is rendered.
A. Retainer fee C. Simple Fee
B. Contingency Fee D. Wages E. Commission
17. These are felonies committed with deliberate intent or malice.
A. Dolo B. Culpa C. Fault D. none of these
18. Everyone is presumed to know the law.
A. conclusive presumption C. disputable presumption
B. testimony D. presumption in fact E. none of these
19. The Professional Regulation Commission is an agency created under:
A. RA 4419 B. PD 223 C. PD 323 D. RA 4491
20. A dentist has accidentally cut the mucosa of a patient with a bur while performing a restorative
procedure on the latter.
A. culpa aquiliana C. solutio indebiti
B. culpa contractual D. negotiorum gestio E. agreement
21. Mylene agreed to pay for her bridgework amounting to 6,000php, either in cash or in the form of 6
sacks of rice.
A. Pure Obligation D. Obligation with a period
B. Conditional Obligation E. Alternative Obligation
C. Divisible Obligation
22. Karen asked her surgeon to operate on her cyst in the jaws. She insisted to pay only only when
the procedure is successful. The surgeon agreed.
A. Pure Obligation D. Obligation with a period
B. Conditional Obligation E. Alternative Obligation
C. Divisible Obligation
23. Examples of moral damages are the following, except:
A. mental anguish C. fright
B. fright and mental anguish D. besmirched reputation
, A. True B. False C. uncertain D. none of the choices
25. The best and most honorable means by which a dentist can develop his practice is by:
A. Advertisement C. patient satisfaction
B. a well-equipped clinic D. attractive signboards E. none of these
26. Defined as a person criminally liable for taking a direct part in executing a criminal act:
A. accomplice C. principal
B. accessory D. arresto mayor E. both A & B
27. A dentist who practices dentistry without paying his privilege tax is liable under the:
A. Dental Law C. National Revenue Code
B. Professional regulation Commission D. All of these
28. A certificate of registration may not be issued to an applicant who has not reached the age of:
A. 21 years B. 25 years C. no provision D. 18 years
29. A dentist should pay his occupation tax to:
A. the national government
B. not applicable if he has paid his income tax
C. the province where he practices his profession
D. the municipality or city where he practices his profession
E. none of the above.
30. Schools, colleges and universities who offers dentistry program are those duly authorized by the:
A. Board of Dentistry
B. Professional Regulation Commission
C. Philippine Dental Association
D. Commission on Higher Education
E. Department of the Education
31. The dentist has the right to demand payment for his professional fees from his patients. This right
is called:
A. commercial right C. civil right
B. administrative right D. right in personam E. none of these
32. Pertinent dental data includes the following, except:
A. personal data C. social status
B. existing restorations D. fillings E. crown and bridges
33. Vinculum, obligee, obligor and object are elements of an:
A. creditor B. obligation C. debtor D. contract E. agreement
34. Civil remedies may be in the form of the following, except:
A. restitution C. specific performance
B. imprisonment D. damages E. none of these.
35. Criminal law falls under public law and includes the following, except:
A. nature of crime C. punishment or repression of crimes
B. definition of crimes D. effects and relation of contracts
36. The following act is ethical:
A. the dentist allows his name to be used to cover up for a factory required by law to engage a
dentist for its workers
B. the dentist institutes corrective treatment without unnecessary criticism, if a
