DENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND RESEARCH
ACTUAL TEST 2026 VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
◉ Which system is used when a dental provider contracts with a
program to provide all or most dental services to the program's
subscribers in return for payment on a per-capita basis?
Answer: Capitation
◉ What is the range of fees charged by dental providers with similar
training and service within a specific and limited geographic area?
Answer: A customary range
◉ What is the term for the arrangement when fees for services may
be decreased depending on the patient's income and family's size?
Answer: Sliding scale
◉ A plan that uses the fee-for-service payment method and operates
by means of a submittal-and-reimbursement method is called
________.
Answer: indemnity
,◉ A portion of the cost of each service that is paid by the patient is
termed ________.
Answer: copayment
◉ Which system is used when a patient and a dental provider
negotiate payment by exchanging goods and services?
Answer: barter system
◉ Contractual agreements between practitioners and their insurers
to provide dental care services for lower-than-average fees are
________.
Answer: preferred provider orginazation
◉ What form is used when a dental provider bills for dental
procedures rendered?
Answer: Dental Claim Form
◉ What form describes benefits to the patient and the provider with
accompanying payment or denial of payment?
Answer: EOB
◉ A federal insurance program to pay for medical bills of all people
over age 65 is called ________.
Answer: Medicare
, ◉ The federal and state governments' joint program that funds
dental care for certain individuals is called
Answer: Title XIX
◉ The federal government funds dental care for which of the
following target populations?
Answer: All of these
◉ Local governments may be involved in funding dental care to
which target population(s)?
Answer: School children
◉ What is the amount that the insurance entity will pay for covered
dental services?
Answer: The benefit
◉ T/F Federal block grants are usually utilized as preventive block
grants and may cover dental services for children.
Answer: True
◉ T/F State governments generally fund dental services for inmates
of federal prisons within their state.
ACTUAL TEST 2026 VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
◉ Which system is used when a dental provider contracts with a
program to provide all or most dental services to the program's
subscribers in return for payment on a per-capita basis?
Answer: Capitation
◉ What is the range of fees charged by dental providers with similar
training and service within a specific and limited geographic area?
Answer: A customary range
◉ What is the term for the arrangement when fees for services may
be decreased depending on the patient's income and family's size?
Answer: Sliding scale
◉ A plan that uses the fee-for-service payment method and operates
by means of a submittal-and-reimbursement method is called
________.
Answer: indemnity
,◉ A portion of the cost of each service that is paid by the patient is
termed ________.
Answer: copayment
◉ Which system is used when a patient and a dental provider
negotiate payment by exchanging goods and services?
Answer: barter system
◉ Contractual agreements between practitioners and their insurers
to provide dental care services for lower-than-average fees are
________.
Answer: preferred provider orginazation
◉ What form is used when a dental provider bills for dental
procedures rendered?
Answer: Dental Claim Form
◉ What form describes benefits to the patient and the provider with
accompanying payment or denial of payment?
Answer: EOB
◉ A federal insurance program to pay for medical bills of all people
over age 65 is called ________.
Answer: Medicare
, ◉ The federal and state governments' joint program that funds
dental care for certain individuals is called
Answer: Title XIX
◉ The federal government funds dental care for which of the
following target populations?
Answer: All of these
◉ Local governments may be involved in funding dental care to
which target population(s)?
Answer: School children
◉ What is the amount that the insurance entity will pay for covered
dental services?
Answer: The benefit
◉ T/F Federal block grants are usually utilized as preventive block
grants and may cover dental services for children.
Answer: True
◉ T/F State governments generally fund dental services for inmates
of federal prisons within their state.
