Dental Office Management Final Exam 2-Questions
with Correct Answers
an______ is one that has been seen by the dentist and received a plan of care
patient of record
a filing system that uses an alphabetic order by name and an assigned number is the
cross-reference file
a patient who have not been seen in the office for the past 4 years is considered
inactive file
an_____ patient is one who has been seen within the past 2-3 years
active files
filing system that divides materials into months and possibly days of the month is an _____
chronological file
_____ is the means of classifying and arranging records so they can be easily retrieved
when needed
filing
who oversees the daily financial activities of a dental practice?
business assistant
what continues to replace the manual work in a dental practice?
a computer
, what is considered to be the easiest and most commonly used filing system?
alphabetic
Given the names below what is the correct sequence?
1. Andersen, Robert
2. Jansen, Michele
3. Carroll, Stephanie
4. Anderson, Grant
5. Graves, Freida
6. Carole, Stephen
7. Jenson, Michael
1, 4, 6, 3, 5, 2, 7
scheduling strategy in which wither the first or last 10/15 to 20/30 min of the patients
appointment with a dentist involves duties to procedures that can be managed by the
dental assistant, allowing for the next patient to be scheduled in a staggered manner
dovetailing
times that are blocked off on the schedule as if they were patient bookings but these are
used for emergency appointments, adjustments, and various office activities
buffer time
standard increments of time that are used to indicate amount of time required or allotted
for treatment and can be done in 10, 15, or 30 increments
units of time
with Correct Answers
an______ is one that has been seen by the dentist and received a plan of care
patient of record
a filing system that uses an alphabetic order by name and an assigned number is the
cross-reference file
a patient who have not been seen in the office for the past 4 years is considered
inactive file
an_____ patient is one who has been seen within the past 2-3 years
active files
filing system that divides materials into months and possibly days of the month is an _____
chronological file
_____ is the means of classifying and arranging records so they can be easily retrieved
when needed
filing
who oversees the daily financial activities of a dental practice?
business assistant
what continues to replace the manual work in a dental practice?
a computer
, what is considered to be the easiest and most commonly used filing system?
alphabetic
Given the names below what is the correct sequence?
1. Andersen, Robert
2. Jansen, Michele
3. Carroll, Stephanie
4. Anderson, Grant
5. Graves, Freida
6. Carole, Stephen
7. Jenson, Michael
1, 4, 6, 3, 5, 2, 7
scheduling strategy in which wither the first or last 10/15 to 20/30 min of the patients
appointment with a dentist involves duties to procedures that can be managed by the
dental assistant, allowing for the next patient to be scheduled in a staggered manner
dovetailing
times that are blocked off on the schedule as if they were patient bookings but these are
used for emergency appointments, adjustments, and various office activities
buffer time
standard increments of time that are used to indicate amount of time required or allotted
for treatment and can be done in 10, 15, or 30 increments
units of time
