PRINCIPLES OF GEOTECHNICAL
ENGINEERING UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● Radiographs play a valuable role in the detection of ___ and ___ that
might not be discovered by a clinical examination alone.
Answer: diseases, conditions
●● findings must be ___ and ___ in a patient's dental record using
terminology understood by other professionals.
Answer: described, documented
●● density: An anomaly may be distinctly ___ or ___
Answer: radiolucent, radiopaque
●● ____ appearance indicates the growth or penetration of a lesion by
more calcified or denser tissue.
Answer: Radiopaque
●● Radiographic images record structures at their approximate size
allowing for a reasonably accurate ___
Answer: measurement
, ●● Depending on the shape of the anomaly or lesion, two measurements
should be taken: ___ and ____
Answer: height and width.
●● regular shaped lesions:
-Most often associated with an even growth of the lesion
-Expands___ from a center as the lesion grows in size
Answer: outward
●● irregular shaped lesions:
Often indicative of growth or expansion that occurs in ___ directions
from multiple centers at differing rates
Answer: different
●● border:
-Lesion can have ____ ____ or a poorly-defined border.
Answer: well-defined
ENGINEERING UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● Radiographs play a valuable role in the detection of ___ and ___ that
might not be discovered by a clinical examination alone.
Answer: diseases, conditions
●● findings must be ___ and ___ in a patient's dental record using
terminology understood by other professionals.
Answer: described, documented
●● density: An anomaly may be distinctly ___ or ___
Answer: radiolucent, radiopaque
●● ____ appearance indicates the growth or penetration of a lesion by
more calcified or denser tissue.
Answer: Radiopaque
●● Radiographic images record structures at their approximate size
allowing for a reasonably accurate ___
Answer: measurement
, ●● Depending on the shape of the anomaly or lesion, two measurements
should be taken: ___ and ____
Answer: height and width.
●● regular shaped lesions:
-Most often associated with an even growth of the lesion
-Expands___ from a center as the lesion grows in size
Answer: outward
●● irregular shaped lesions:
Often indicative of growth or expansion that occurs in ___ directions
from multiple centers at differing rates
Answer: different
●● border:
-Lesion can have ____ ____ or a poorly-defined border.
Answer: well-defined
