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DANB RHS Exam Practice Questions and
Answers (100% Pass)
Which of the following should be labeled on the radiographic mount prior
to film duplication? - Answer✔️✔️-right and left sides
Maximum wattage for a safelight bulb should be - Answer✔️✔️-15
On a radiograph, what is the dense radiopaque band that outlines the edge
of the mandible?
Inferior border
Mental protuburance
Mylohyoid ridge
Oblique ridge - Answer✔️✔️-inferior border
The penetrating x-ray beam produced during dental radiography is called -
Answer✔️✔️-primary radiation
A step wedge can be used to demonstrate - Answer✔️✔️-fim contrast
How often should protective clothing be changed in an oral healthcare
setting? - Answer✔️✔️-when visibly solied
which of the following is the measurement of force that refers to potential
difference between 2 electrical charges> - Answer✔️✔️-voltage
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During film processing, which of the following can cause a dark image -
Answer✔️✔️-overdeveloped film
What can be done to stabilize the biteblock on a partially edentulous
patient? - Answer✔️✔️-use a cotton roll
Which of the following film size is the longest? - Answer✔️✔️-size 3
Which of the following film sizes would be used for an adult periapical
film? - Answer✔️✔️-Size 2
Processing tanks should be cleaned when the - Answer✔️✔️-Solutions are
changed
In dental radiography, the purpose of the fixer solution is to - Answer✔️✔️-
remove unexposed silver halide crystals
The most common radiographic exposure used to evaluate a dental
implant on an adult is - Answer✔️✔️-periapical
Which of the following is most essential when labeling the film mount? -
Answer✔️✔️-Patient name
Supernumerary teeth are best detected using what type of film? -
Answer✔️✔️-panoramic
Which of the following errors occur when the vertical angulation is
incorrect? - Answer✔️✔️-elongation
The use of a thyroid collar is recommended for all of the following
radigraphic exposures EXCEPT - Answer✔️✔️-panoramic
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When taking a panoramic radiograph, the patient's head should be
oriented - Answer✔️✔️-with the midsagittal plane perpendicular to the floor
The radiation exposure that poses the greatest hazard to the operator is -
Answer✔️✔️-leakage radiation
Which of the following is a DISADVANTAGE of panoramic radiographs? -
Answer✔️✔️-Higher cost of equipment
On a radiograph, the anterior alveolar crest normally appears -
Answer✔️✔️-pointed, sharp
How frequently should processing solutions be replenished? - Answer✔️✔️-
daily
The American Dental Association recommends that radiographs be
mounted with the embossed dots - Answer✔️✔️-all facing in the same
direction.
The purpose of a grid device on an extraoral cassette is to - Answer✔️✔️-
reduce scatter radiation reaching the film.
Leakage radiation is defined as any radiation that is - Answer✔️✔️-from the
primary beam
Which of the following is a long-term effect of radiation? - Answer✔️✔️-
genetic defects
The BEST radiograph to evaluate a suspected salivary stone in the
submandibular gland is a/an - Answer✔️✔️-occlusal
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DANB RHS Exam Practice Questions and
Answers (100% Pass)
Which of the following should be labeled on the radiographic mount prior
to film duplication? - Answer✔️✔️-right and left sides
Maximum wattage for a safelight bulb should be - Answer✔️✔️-15
On a radiograph, what is the dense radiopaque band that outlines the edge
of the mandible?
Inferior border
Mental protuburance
Mylohyoid ridge
Oblique ridge - Answer✔️✔️-inferior border
The penetrating x-ray beam produced during dental radiography is called -
Answer✔️✔️-primary radiation
A step wedge can be used to demonstrate - Answer✔️✔️-fim contrast
How often should protective clothing be changed in an oral healthcare
setting? - Answer✔️✔️-when visibly solied
which of the following is the measurement of force that refers to potential
difference between 2 electrical charges> - Answer✔️✔️-voltage
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,©SOPHIABENNET@2024/2025 Tuesday, August 20, 2024 10:21 AM
During film processing, which of the following can cause a dark image -
Answer✔️✔️-overdeveloped film
What can be done to stabilize the biteblock on a partially edentulous
patient? - Answer✔️✔️-use a cotton roll
Which of the following film size is the longest? - Answer✔️✔️-size 3
Which of the following film sizes would be used for an adult periapical
film? - Answer✔️✔️-Size 2
Processing tanks should be cleaned when the - Answer✔️✔️-Solutions are
changed
In dental radiography, the purpose of the fixer solution is to - Answer✔️✔️-
remove unexposed silver halide crystals
The most common radiographic exposure used to evaluate a dental
implant on an adult is - Answer✔️✔️-periapical
Which of the following is most essential when labeling the film mount? -
Answer✔️✔️-Patient name
Supernumerary teeth are best detected using what type of film? -
Answer✔️✔️-panoramic
Which of the following errors occur when the vertical angulation is
incorrect? - Answer✔️✔️-elongation
The use of a thyroid collar is recommended for all of the following
radigraphic exposures EXCEPT - Answer✔️✔️-panoramic
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When taking a panoramic radiograph, the patient's head should be
oriented - Answer✔️✔️-with the midsagittal plane perpendicular to the floor
The radiation exposure that poses the greatest hazard to the operator is -
Answer✔️✔️-leakage radiation
Which of the following is a DISADVANTAGE of panoramic radiographs? -
Answer✔️✔️-Higher cost of equipment
On a radiograph, the anterior alveolar crest normally appears -
Answer✔️✔️-pointed, sharp
How frequently should processing solutions be replenished? - Answer✔️✔️-
daily
The American Dental Association recommends that radiographs be
mounted with the embossed dots - Answer✔️✔️-all facing in the same
direction.
The purpose of a grid device on an extraoral cassette is to - Answer✔️✔️-
reduce scatter radiation reaching the film.
Leakage radiation is defined as any radiation that is - Answer✔️✔️-from the
primary beam
Which of the following is a long-term effect of radiation? - Answer✔️✔️-
genetic defects
The BEST radiograph to evaluate a suspected salivary stone in the
submandibular gland is a/an - Answer✔️✔️-occlusal
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