CSCE Prometric Exam Test 1 Questions with Solutions

Trendelenburg When the brain is lower than the heart and the feet are elevated open contact Why does the tooth in this picture have perio or decay? Vancomycin What is used to treat MRSA? Hyperglycemia What has a slow onset, skin flushed and DRY, weak and rapid pulse, polyuria, polydipsia, and weight loss? Hypoglycemia What has a bounding pulse, sudden onset, skin is moist and sweaty, pallor (pale), and dilated pupils? upright or semiupright. NEVER recline them What position should COPD patients be in? Nitrous Oxide What do you avoid with severe COPD and emphysema patients? Emphysema and chronic bronchitis What are some examples of COPD? 50mg What is the amoxicillin dosage for premed in children? 20mg What is the clindamyacin oral dosage in children? Yes Do patients take premed for prosthetic heart valves? Yes Do patients take premed if they have had previous endocarditis or infective endocarditis? Endocarditis What is the inflammation of the inner tissues, the endocardium, usually of the valves? It is caused by infectious agents or pathogens, which are largely bacterial. Yes Do you premed patients with cardiac transplant recipients with prosthetic valves? 11/12 Which Gracey would be used to scale the mesial surface of a distal molar? 13/14 Which Gracey would be used to scale the distal surface of the mesial root? Permanent premolars What teeth replace deciduous molars? decrease vertical angulation How do you correct an x-ray that has been foreshortened? increase vertical angulation How do you correct elongation in an x-ray? Elongation decreased vertical angulation (under-angulation) Foreshortening increased vertical angulation (over-angulation) 2 minutes How long do you wash your hands before the start of the day? 15 seconds How long do you wash your hands in between patients? Cholorohexidine What is a good preprocedular rinse? tongue scraper What is not useful for a patient with xerostomia? pilocarpine What acts to increase salivary output? Aspirin burn A patient has leukoplakia on his/her muccobuccal fold and is complaining of a toothache. What is this? Leukoplakia What is a white patch of plaque that cannot be characterized clinically or pathologically as any other disease? Fordyce granules What are the clusters on the buccal mucosa? Fibroma What is a smooth surface lesion of fibrous tissue (it resembles a ball under mucosa)? Amelogenisis imperfecta