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CT I MIDTERM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATED VERSION
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Which process is described as the destruction of all living organisms, including highly resistant
bacterial spores?
A. Low-level disinfection
B. Intermediate-level disinfection
c. High-level disinfection
D. Sterilization
D
Spaulding's classification divides instruments and devices into three broad categories, critical,
semi-critical, and noncritical. Which of these category items should be heat sterilized between
each patient?
A. All three
B. Critical and semi-critical
C. Semi-critical and noncritical
D. Semi-critical only
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B
The risk of infection with a blood-borne disease after an occupational exposure to blood or
other body fluids in dental settings is
A. low
b. moderate.
c. high
d. undetermined.
A
A hypertensive crisis is indicated by a systolic blood pressure >______ and a diastolic blood
pressure >_______ ?
A. 120; 80
B. 120; 100
C. 180; 100
D. 180; 120
D
Which are legal documents?
A. The personal history, dental history, and medical histories
B. The personal history and the dental history, but not the medical history
C. The dental history and medical histories, but not the personal history
D. The medical history only
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A
A patient classified as which ASA level or greater should not receive elective dental
treatment?
a. II
b. III
c. IV
d. V
C
The average number of heartbeats per minute is?
a. 60.
b. 70.
c. 80.
d. 90.
C
The normal number of respirations per minute is
A. 8 to 10.
B. 10 to 12.
C. 12 to 20.
D. 14 to 24.
C
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What should healthy adult blood pressure readings be?
A. <100/<80 mm Hg
B. <120/<80 mm Hg
C. <120/<100 mm Hg
D. <140/<120 mm Hg
B
Which part of the brain regulates body temperature?
A. Cerebellum
B. Cerebrum
C. Hypothalamus
D. Thalamus
C
Tachycardia is a pulse of over how many beats per minute?
A. >50
B. >75
C. >100
D. >125
C
Bradycardia is a pulse of fewer than how many beats per minute?
A.< 50
CT I MIDTERM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATED VERSION
JUST RELEASED
Which process is described as the destruction of all living organisms, including highly resistant
bacterial spores?
A. Low-level disinfection
B. Intermediate-level disinfection
c. High-level disinfection
D. Sterilization
D
Spaulding's classification divides instruments and devices into three broad categories, critical,
semi-critical, and noncritical. Which of these category items should be heat sterilized between
each patient?
A. All three
B. Critical and semi-critical
C. Semi-critical and noncritical
D. Semi-critical only
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B
The risk of infection with a blood-borne disease after an occupational exposure to blood or
other body fluids in dental settings is
A. low
b. moderate.
c. high
d. undetermined.
A
A hypertensive crisis is indicated by a systolic blood pressure >______ and a diastolic blood
pressure >_______ ?
A. 120; 80
B. 120; 100
C. 180; 100
D. 180; 120
D
Which are legal documents?
A. The personal history, dental history, and medical histories
B. The personal history and the dental history, but not the medical history
C. The dental history and medical histories, but not the personal history
D. The medical history only
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A
A patient classified as which ASA level or greater should not receive elective dental
treatment?
a. II
b. III
c. IV
d. V
C
The average number of heartbeats per minute is?
a. 60.
b. 70.
c. 80.
d. 90.
C
The normal number of respirations per minute is
A. 8 to 10.
B. 10 to 12.
C. 12 to 20.
D. 14 to 24.
C
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What should healthy adult blood pressure readings be?
A. <100/<80 mm Hg
B. <120/<80 mm Hg
C. <120/<100 mm Hg
D. <140/<120 mm Hg
B
Which part of the brain regulates body temperature?
A. Cerebellum
B. Cerebrum
C. Hypothalamus
D. Thalamus
C
Tachycardia is a pulse of over how many beats per minute?
A. >50
B. >75
C. >100
D. >125
C
Bradycardia is a pulse of fewer than how many beats per minute?
A.< 50
