RDA Practice Exam #1
1. Direct Supervision refers to?
Ans: Dentist on premises & examines the treatment performed
by DA or RDA before releasing patient
2. General Supervision
Ans: Doctor/Dentist - is out of office, but has scheduled auxiliary
to be at work
3. Nitrous Oxide administration
Ans: Dentist - must remain in the operator & Assistant may adjust
controls as directed by the dentist
4. A parent brings in child to office on the dentist's day off,
the child has a large cavity. The dentist is unreachable by
telephone. The "RDA" should do or advise what?
Ans: Refer to another dentist
5. Under General Supervision the RDA may perform?
Ans: 1. Mouth Mirror
2. Place and remove sedative dressings
3. Expose radiographs
6. An impression for a "Hawley Retainer" may legally be
taken by who?
Ans: Dentist only
7. Under Direct supervision the "RDA" may perform?
Ans: 1. Pulp Vitality test
2. Cementation of temporaries
, 3. Size Stainless steel bands, crowns, and orthodontic bands.
8. Under Direct Supervision the dental assistant may
perform what?
Ans: 1. Place topical anesthetic
2. Monitor Vital signs
3. Place rubber dam
9. RDA CEU licensure renewal requirements
Ans: 1. Twenty-five units of continuing education every two years
10. One continuing education unit is equivalent to a
lecture or seminar of what?
Ans: One hour
11. The RDA license is renewed when?
Ans: 1. The RDA's birthday
2. Odd or even year of birth
12. How many continuing education units may be earned in
Category 1 and Category II?
Ans: At least half must be Category II
13. The maximum number of continuing education units
which may be earned in "one day" are how many?
Ans: 8 units
14. To qualify to the the RDA examination, one must meet
any of the following criteria
Ans: 1. Graduate dental assisting program - accredited by the
California Board of Dental Examiners
2. Eighteen months - full-time work experience in a dental office
15. Dental Assistant may perform what?
1. Direct Supervision refers to?
Ans: Dentist on premises & examines the treatment performed
by DA or RDA before releasing patient
2. General Supervision
Ans: Doctor/Dentist - is out of office, but has scheduled auxiliary
to be at work
3. Nitrous Oxide administration
Ans: Dentist - must remain in the operator & Assistant may adjust
controls as directed by the dentist
4. A parent brings in child to office on the dentist's day off,
the child has a large cavity. The dentist is unreachable by
telephone. The "RDA" should do or advise what?
Ans: Refer to another dentist
5. Under General Supervision the RDA may perform?
Ans: 1. Mouth Mirror
2. Place and remove sedative dressings
3. Expose radiographs
6. An impression for a "Hawley Retainer" may legally be
taken by who?
Ans: Dentist only
7. Under Direct supervision the "RDA" may perform?
Ans: 1. Pulp Vitality test
2. Cementation of temporaries
, 3. Size Stainless steel bands, crowns, and orthodontic bands.
8. Under Direct Supervision the dental assistant may
perform what?
Ans: 1. Place topical anesthetic
2. Monitor Vital signs
3. Place rubber dam
9. RDA CEU licensure renewal requirements
Ans: 1. Twenty-five units of continuing education every two years
10. One continuing education unit is equivalent to a
lecture or seminar of what?
Ans: One hour
11. The RDA license is renewed when?
Ans: 1. The RDA's birthday
2. Odd or even year of birth
12. How many continuing education units may be earned in
Category 1 and Category II?
Ans: At least half must be Category II
13. The maximum number of continuing education units
which may be earned in "one day" are how many?
Ans: 8 units
14. To qualify to the the RDA examination, one must meet
any of the following criteria
Ans: 1. Graduate dental assisting program - accredited by the
California Board of Dental Examiners
2. Eighteen months - full-time work experience in a dental office
15. Dental Assistant may perform what?
