TEXAS RDA STANDARD EXAMS ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Which establishments work together to establish laws and regulations? -
✔✔Legislature and TSBDE (Texas State Board of Dental Examiners)
✔✔Dental records must be kept for how long? - ✔✔5 Years
✔✔Employee records must be kept for how long? - ✔✔30 years
✔✔Can dental assistants perform coronal polishing? - ✔✔No
✔✔Duties that can be delegated to a dental assistant are... - ✔✔Any dental act that a
reasonable dentist would find is within the scope of sound dental judgement, and
performed by a qualified / trained dental assistant under the direct supervision of the
dentist.
✔✔To fill out and sign a patient work excuse, an RDA must... - ✔✔Receive
authorization from the dentist
✔✔General Supervision - ✔✔Supervision by the licensed dentist, however he is not
required to be present in the building at time function is performed.
✔✔In order for N2O to be administered... - ✔✔The dentist and one other auxiliary must
be present
✔✔Direct Supervision - ✔✔Supervision by the licensed dentist where he must be
present in the building
✔✔Using a tongue depressor and light, DHCW may perform... - ✔✔Visual dental health
inspection
✔✔How should dental suction lines be cleaned? - ✔✔Use non-detergent enzymatic
vacuum cleaner
, ✔✔When a biopsy specimen bottle shows visible contamination on the outside... -
✔✔The outside must be cleaned and disinfected, then placed in a plastic bag
✔✔How long should hand pieces be flushed between patients? - ✔✔20 - 30 seconds
✔✔While RDAs are required to obtain radiograph registration certificates, hygienists /
radiology technicians / registered nurses do not need certificates. True or False? -
✔✔True
✔✔What patient circumstances may cause problems during radiograph exposure? -
✔✔Tongue-tied patients
Patients with tori
Patients with missing teeth
✔✔Intraoral radiograph examples: - ✔✔Periapical
Occlusal
Bitewing (BWX)
✔✔Extraoral radiograph examples: - ✔✔Panoramic
Cephalometric
Tomographs
Water's View (Occipitomental View)
PA Skull
✔✔What are the film packet sizes? - ✔✔0 (being smallest) - 4 (being largest)
Size 2 is most commonly used
✔✔Radiobiologically critical organs include... - ✔✔Skin
Lens of eye
Blood-forming organs
Thyroid
✔✔What are the optimal conditions for manual processing of x-rays? - ✔✔Develop for 5
minutes
Develop @ 68 - 70 degrees
✔✔How is a safe light coin test performed? - ✔✔
✔✔How to refill processor? - ✔✔Fill fixer compartment first
Fill developer compartment last
✔✔What happens to film that is not properly washed? - ✔✔Turns brown with age
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Which establishments work together to establish laws and regulations? -
✔✔Legislature and TSBDE (Texas State Board of Dental Examiners)
✔✔Dental records must be kept for how long? - ✔✔5 Years
✔✔Employee records must be kept for how long? - ✔✔30 years
✔✔Can dental assistants perform coronal polishing? - ✔✔No
✔✔Duties that can be delegated to a dental assistant are... - ✔✔Any dental act that a
reasonable dentist would find is within the scope of sound dental judgement, and
performed by a qualified / trained dental assistant under the direct supervision of the
dentist.
✔✔To fill out and sign a patient work excuse, an RDA must... - ✔✔Receive
authorization from the dentist
✔✔General Supervision - ✔✔Supervision by the licensed dentist, however he is not
required to be present in the building at time function is performed.
✔✔In order for N2O to be administered... - ✔✔The dentist and one other auxiliary must
be present
✔✔Direct Supervision - ✔✔Supervision by the licensed dentist where he must be
present in the building
✔✔Using a tongue depressor and light, DHCW may perform... - ✔✔Visual dental health
inspection
✔✔How should dental suction lines be cleaned? - ✔✔Use non-detergent enzymatic
vacuum cleaner
, ✔✔When a biopsy specimen bottle shows visible contamination on the outside... -
✔✔The outside must be cleaned and disinfected, then placed in a plastic bag
✔✔How long should hand pieces be flushed between patients? - ✔✔20 - 30 seconds
✔✔While RDAs are required to obtain radiograph registration certificates, hygienists /
radiology technicians / registered nurses do not need certificates. True or False? -
✔✔True
✔✔What patient circumstances may cause problems during radiograph exposure? -
✔✔Tongue-tied patients
Patients with tori
Patients with missing teeth
✔✔Intraoral radiograph examples: - ✔✔Periapical
Occlusal
Bitewing (BWX)
✔✔Extraoral radiograph examples: - ✔✔Panoramic
Cephalometric
Tomographs
Water's View (Occipitomental View)
PA Skull
✔✔What are the film packet sizes? - ✔✔0 (being smallest) - 4 (being largest)
Size 2 is most commonly used
✔✔Radiobiologically critical organs include... - ✔✔Skin
Lens of eye
Blood-forming organs
Thyroid
✔✔What are the optimal conditions for manual processing of x-rays? - ✔✔Develop for 5
minutes
Develop @ 68 - 70 degrees
✔✔How is a safe light coin test performed? - ✔✔
✔✔How to refill processor? - ✔✔Fill fixer compartment first
Fill developer compartment last
✔✔What happens to film that is not properly washed? - ✔✔Turns brown with age
