TEXAS RDA MAIN EXAMS PAPER ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) BBP (Blood Born Pathogen
Standard) states that... - ✔✔Dentist / employer write an exposure control plan
Dentist / employer provide annual employee training
Dentist / employer provide HBV vaccines
✔✔What is the Employee Right to Know Law? - ✔✔OSHA Hazard Communication
Standard (HCS)
✔✔Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) contain what information? - ✔✔Description of
physical and chemical properties of material
Description of health hazards
✔✔Diseases of concern to DHCP are... - ✔✔Hepatitis (HBV)
Tuberculosis (TB)
HIV
AIDS
Herpes
✔✔Potential sources of cross contamination include... - ✔✔Dental Prostheses
Dental appliances
Items used to fabricate dental appliances
✔✔To prevent cross-contamination, DHCP should... - ✔✔Wear proper PPE at
appropriate times
Clean, disinfect, and rinse all dental prostheses and prosthodontic material with EPA-
approved disinfectant @ at least intermediate (aka tuburculocidal) effectiveness.
✔✔Examples of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) are... - ✔✔Surgical gowns
Uniforms
Surgical masks
Disposable gloves
, Eyewear / chin length face shields
✔✔When cleaning a treatment room, DHCP should wear which PPE? - ✔✔Puncture
resistant gloves
Face masks
Protective eyewear
✔✔Heat tolerant dental instruments are usually sterilized by these techniques... -
✔✔Unsaturated chemical vapor
Autoclaving
Dry heat
✔✔7 Steps for instrument processing - ✔✔Transport
Clean
Package
Sterilize
Store
Deliver
Quality assurance
✔✔Instruments that can't be immediately cleaned must be placed in... - ✔✔Pre-cleaning
or enzyme solution
✔✔When a surface is visibly contaminated with blood, what level of disinfectant should
you use? - ✔✔Intermediate (tuberculocidal)
✔✔Examples of general medical waste include: - ✔✔Gloves
Masks
Gowns
Suctioned fluids
✔✔Examples of regulated medical waste include: - ✔✔Saturated surgical gauze
✔✔Disease transmission in a dental procedure may occur from... - ✔✔Contamination
from infected intraoral film packet
Contamination from infected processing solutions
Direct contact with saliva
✔✔Biohazardous Waste - ✔✔Infectious medical waste
✔✔The 9 Dental Specialties are... - ✔✔Dental Public Health
Endodontics
Orthodontics
Periodontics
Prosthodontics
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) BBP (Blood Born Pathogen
Standard) states that... - ✔✔Dentist / employer write an exposure control plan
Dentist / employer provide annual employee training
Dentist / employer provide HBV vaccines
✔✔What is the Employee Right to Know Law? - ✔✔OSHA Hazard Communication
Standard (HCS)
✔✔Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) contain what information? - ✔✔Description of
physical and chemical properties of material
Description of health hazards
✔✔Diseases of concern to DHCP are... - ✔✔Hepatitis (HBV)
Tuberculosis (TB)
HIV
AIDS
Herpes
✔✔Potential sources of cross contamination include... - ✔✔Dental Prostheses
Dental appliances
Items used to fabricate dental appliances
✔✔To prevent cross-contamination, DHCP should... - ✔✔Wear proper PPE at
appropriate times
Clean, disinfect, and rinse all dental prostheses and prosthodontic material with EPA-
approved disinfectant @ at least intermediate (aka tuburculocidal) effectiveness.
✔✔Examples of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) are... - ✔✔Surgical gowns
Uniforms
Surgical masks
Disposable gloves
, Eyewear / chin length face shields
✔✔When cleaning a treatment room, DHCP should wear which PPE? - ✔✔Puncture
resistant gloves
Face masks
Protective eyewear
✔✔Heat tolerant dental instruments are usually sterilized by these techniques... -
✔✔Unsaturated chemical vapor
Autoclaving
Dry heat
✔✔7 Steps for instrument processing - ✔✔Transport
Clean
Package
Sterilize
Store
Deliver
Quality assurance
✔✔Instruments that can't be immediately cleaned must be placed in... - ✔✔Pre-cleaning
or enzyme solution
✔✔When a surface is visibly contaminated with blood, what level of disinfectant should
you use? - ✔✔Intermediate (tuberculocidal)
✔✔Examples of general medical waste include: - ✔✔Gloves
Masks
Gowns
Suctioned fluids
✔✔Examples of regulated medical waste include: - ✔✔Saturated surgical gauze
✔✔Disease transmission in a dental procedure may occur from... - ✔✔Contamination
from infected intraoral film packet
Contamination from infected processing solutions
Direct contact with saliva
✔✔Biohazardous Waste - ✔✔Infectious medical waste
✔✔The 9 Dental Specialties are... - ✔✔Dental Public Health
Endodontics
Orthodontics
Periodontics
Prosthodontics
