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DHYG Exam 1 Questions And Answers 2025
Update.
You are interested in researching the effects of pregnancy on dental hygiene. Which
component of a good, researchable question does the issue of pregnancy relate to?
A. Outcome
B. Intervention
C. Comparison
D. Patient problem or population - Answer✔Patient problem or population
Which of the following is true of search engines?
A. Google searches provide only accurate unbiased sources
B. Pubmed provides access to scholarly articles in biomedical journals
C. Government agencies and independent organizations cannot be accessed by web searches
engines
D. Wikipedia is a search devoted to a specific professional literature database. - Answer✔B.
Pubmed provides access to scholarly articles in biomedical journals
What is the first step in the systemic approach to evidence-based dental hygiene practice?
A. Develop researchable question
B. Apply evidence
C. Determine clinical issue
D. Evaluate patient outcomes - Answer✔C. Determine clinical issues (determine issue-develop
question-conduct search-analyze evidence- apply evidence-evaluate patients outcome)
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The "I" in the acronym PICO (which indicates key parts of a researchable question) stands for
which of the following?
Intervention
Internet
Institution
Instinct - Answer✔Intervention (patient-intervention-comparison-outcome)
Which type of publication is good as a background resource but becomes outdated quickly?
Professional journal
Textbook
Magazine
Peer-reviewed publication - Answer✔Textbook
Which of the following describes the quantitative research approach?
Results are reported using a narrative.
Subjective
Uses numbers only to report demographic information
Data can be counted and analyzed by descriptive or inferential statistics. - Answer✔Data can
be counted and analyzed by descriptive or inferential statistics.
Which type of research looks at the relationship between two or more variables?
Descriptive
Correlational
Experimental
Quasi-experimental - Answer✔Correlational
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Whether a source provides reference citations is a good indicator of which aspect of content
analysis?
Accuracy
Objectivity
Relevancy
Quality control - Answer✔Accuracy
Which of the following is not considered an accurate database for locating biomedical
information?
Medline
Cochrane Library
ADA's EBD website
Wikipedia - Answer✔Wikipedia
Which one of the following online resources is NOT considered valid and reliable?
e-published professional journals
Dental hygiene comments on blogs
Educational websites
Government-published guidelines - Answer✔Dental Hygiene comments on blogs
Which of the following is not a Healthy People 2020 objective related to direct patient care?
Information should be personalized, targeted, accurate, accessible, and actionable.
Decision-making should be solely the responsibility of providers.
Decision-making should be shared between patients and providers.
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DHYG Exam 1 Questions And Answers 2025
Update.
You are interested in researching the effects of pregnancy on dental hygiene. Which
component of a good, researchable question does the issue of pregnancy relate to?
A. Outcome
B. Intervention
C. Comparison
D. Patient problem or population - Answer✔Patient problem or population
Which of the following is true of search engines?
A. Google searches provide only accurate unbiased sources
B. Pubmed provides access to scholarly articles in biomedical journals
C. Government agencies and independent organizations cannot be accessed by web searches
engines
D. Wikipedia is a search devoted to a specific professional literature database. - Answer✔B.
Pubmed provides access to scholarly articles in biomedical journals
What is the first step in the systemic approach to evidence-based dental hygiene practice?
A. Develop researchable question
B. Apply evidence
C. Determine clinical issue
D. Evaluate patient outcomes - Answer✔C. Determine clinical issues (determine issue-develop
question-conduct search-analyze evidence- apply evidence-evaluate patients outcome)
1
, ©THEBRIGHT 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 11:11AM.
The "I" in the acronym PICO (which indicates key parts of a researchable question) stands for
which of the following?
Intervention
Internet
Institution
Instinct - Answer✔Intervention (patient-intervention-comparison-outcome)
Which type of publication is good as a background resource but becomes outdated quickly?
Professional journal
Textbook
Magazine
Peer-reviewed publication - Answer✔Textbook
Which of the following describes the quantitative research approach?
Results are reported using a narrative.
Subjective
Uses numbers only to report demographic information
Data can be counted and analyzed by descriptive or inferential statistics. - Answer✔Data can
be counted and analyzed by descriptive or inferential statistics.
Which type of research looks at the relationship between two or more variables?
Descriptive
Correlational
Experimental
Quasi-experimental - Answer✔Correlational
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, ©THEBRIGHT 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 11:11AM.
Whether a source provides reference citations is a good indicator of which aspect of content
analysis?
Accuracy
Objectivity
Relevancy
Quality control - Answer✔Accuracy
Which of the following is not considered an accurate database for locating biomedical
information?
Medline
Cochrane Library
ADA's EBD website
Wikipedia - Answer✔Wikipedia
Which one of the following online resources is NOT considered valid and reliable?
e-published professional journals
Dental hygiene comments on blogs
Educational websites
Government-published guidelines - Answer✔Dental Hygiene comments on blogs
Which of the following is not a Healthy People 2020 objective related to direct patient care?
Information should be personalized, targeted, accurate, accessible, and actionable.
Decision-making should be solely the responsibility of providers.
Decision-making should be shared between patients and providers.
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