CALIFORNIA DENTAL ACT TEST UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. What is the basic responsibility of the State Board of Dentistry?
Answer:
administer and enforce the dental practice act
Question:
2. What can only be used for the diagnosis and treatment of TMD/myofacial conditions as part of a
comprehensive treatment plan
Answer:
botox
Question:
3. Professional titles and degrees can only be used only if the degrees conferred upon them are recognized
from?
Answer:
dental college or school legally empowered to confer the same as permitted by state law
Question:
4. Supervision of dental procedures based on instructions given by a licensed dentist, who must be
physically present in the treatment facility during the performance of those procedures
Answer:
direct supervision
Question:
5. What means the dentist has authorized the procedure for a patient of record but need not be present
when the authorized procedure is carried out by a licensed dental hygienist. The procedure is carried out in
accordance with the dentist's diagnosis and treatment plan.
Answer:
general supervision
Question:
6. A dental assistant is an individual who is
Answer:
without a license
Question:
7. What duties can a dental assistant perform under the supervision of a licensed dentist?
Answer:
basic supportive dental procedures
, Question:
8. Who is responsible for determining the competency of the dental assistant to perform the basic
supportive dental procedures?
Answer:
supervising licensed dentist
Question:
9. Who can perform intra oral & extra oral photography?
Answer:
DA (GS)
Question:
10. Who can place patient monitoring sensors AND under what supervision?
Answer:
DA , direct supervision
Question:
11. Who can size, fit, and cement orthodontic bands?
Answer:
orthodontic assistant permit holder
Question:
12. Who can do drug identification and draw, limited to identification of appropriate medications, ampule
and vial preparation and withdrawing drugs of correct amount as verified by the supervising licensed
dentist?
Answer:
dental sedation assistant permit holder (DS)
Question:
13. ____ _____ and _____, limited to _____ of appropriate medications, ampule and vial preparation and
______ drugs of correct amount as verified by the supervising licensed dentist
Answer:
drug identification, draw, identification, withdrawing
Question:
14. What is a qualification for RDA licensure?
Answer:
a board approved 8 hours course in infection control
Question:
15. Who can apply and applicate bleaching agents using a non laser light-curing device
Answer:
registered dental assistant
Question:
16. Who can use of automated caries detection devices and materials to gather information for diagnosis by
the dentist
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. What is the basic responsibility of the State Board of Dentistry?
Answer:
administer and enforce the dental practice act
Question:
2. What can only be used for the diagnosis and treatment of TMD/myofacial conditions as part of a
comprehensive treatment plan
Answer:
botox
Question:
3. Professional titles and degrees can only be used only if the degrees conferred upon them are recognized
from?
Answer:
dental college or school legally empowered to confer the same as permitted by state law
Question:
4. Supervision of dental procedures based on instructions given by a licensed dentist, who must be
physically present in the treatment facility during the performance of those procedures
Answer:
direct supervision
Question:
5. What means the dentist has authorized the procedure for a patient of record but need not be present
when the authorized procedure is carried out by a licensed dental hygienist. The procedure is carried out in
accordance with the dentist's diagnosis and treatment plan.
Answer:
general supervision
Question:
6. A dental assistant is an individual who is
Answer:
without a license
Question:
7. What duties can a dental assistant perform under the supervision of a licensed dentist?
Answer:
basic supportive dental procedures
, Question:
8. Who is responsible for determining the competency of the dental assistant to perform the basic
supportive dental procedures?
Answer:
supervising licensed dentist
Question:
9. Who can perform intra oral & extra oral photography?
Answer:
DA (GS)
Question:
10. Who can place patient monitoring sensors AND under what supervision?
Answer:
DA , direct supervision
Question:
11. Who can size, fit, and cement orthodontic bands?
Answer:
orthodontic assistant permit holder
Question:
12. Who can do drug identification and draw, limited to identification of appropriate medications, ampule
and vial preparation and withdrawing drugs of correct amount as verified by the supervising licensed
dentist?
Answer:
dental sedation assistant permit holder (DS)
Question:
13. ____ _____ and _____, limited to _____ of appropriate medications, ampule and vial preparation and
______ drugs of correct amount as verified by the supervising licensed dentist
Answer:
drug identification, draw, identification, withdrawing
Question:
14. What is a qualification for RDA licensure?
Answer:
a board approved 8 hours course in infection control
Question:
15. Who can apply and applicate bleaching agents using a non laser light-curing device
Answer:
registered dental assistant
Question:
16. Who can use of automated caries detection devices and materials to gather information for diagnosis by
the dentist