Community Dental Health Issues Exam 3 Study Guide | 70 Q&A
1. A common goal for health professionals is to provide the best care to:
A. all patients with dental insurance.
B. all patients who can reimburse the practice for expenses and time.
C. all patients with access to the health care system.
D. all patients.: all patients
2. Which of the following statements is true regarding today's evolving diverse population in the United States?
A. The United States is largely monocultural.
B. The United States is largely monolingual.
C. The United States is highly diverse.
D. The United States is a melting pot of racial and ethnic groups.: C. The united states is highly diverse
3. Culture is:
a. Inherent
b. Learned
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c. Both inherent and learned
d. Neither inherent nor learned: C. both inherent and learned
4. Which of the following are three areas of intervention found in the cultural competency education model?
A. Self-exploration or awareness, knowledge, and skills B.Race, culture, and
social or economic status C.Lifestyles, traditions, and personal or family histories
D.Multiracial, multicultural, and multilingual: A. Self exploration or awareness, knowledge and skills
5. Which of the following is not true of cultural competency?
a. continuing developmental process
b. the key to reducing health disparities
c. it will not aid in access to care
d. requires adaptation of health services and promotions: C. It will not aid in access to care
6. According to the cultural competency education model, is to under- stand
the one culture is not intrinsically superior to another and to recognize individual and group differences and
similarities.: Knowledge
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7. Which step on the cultural continuum is characterized by acceptance and respect for difference?
a. Cultural blindness
b. Cultural destructiveness
c. Cultural incapacity
d. Cultural competence: C. Cultural Competence
8. Which of the following is the lowest step on the cultural competency con- tinuum?
A. Cultural blindness
B. Cultural destructiveness
C. Cultural incapacity
D. Cultural competence: B. Cultural destructiveness
9. The "R" in the acronym of the learn model stand for
A.Respect
B.Recommend
C.Remunerate
D.Replace: B. Recommend
10. which of the following is true concerning effective cross-cultural commu- nication?