MN Jurisprudence Exam Review Questions and
100% correct Answers
1. The Board may refuse to renew a license or registration for failure to meet CDE requirements
A. True
B. False - ✔✔A. True
1. A dentist can administer a pharmacological agent for the purpose of analgesia if the dentist
has:
A. a current license to practice dentistry in Minnesota
B. registered with the Board prior to July 27th, 1992
C. satisfactorily completed a course resulting in clinical competency
D. taken a course in advanced cardiac life support - ✔✔C. satisfactorily completed a course
resulting in clinical competency
2. A dentist must assess a patient's respiratory function by the monitoring of tissue oxygenation
or by the use of superior method when administering a pharmacological agent for the purpose
of:
A. Conscious sedation
B. Anxiolysis
C. Analgesia
D. None of the above - ✔✔A. Conscious sedation
3. A licensee may administer nitrous oxide in Minnesota if the licensee:
,A. Has been licensed by another state that has requirements for administration of the agent by
a licensee
B. Successfully completed a 12 hour CDE course presented by an institution accredited by the
Commission of Accreditation
C. Was administering the agent and registered that fact with the Board prior to July 27th, 1992
D. Either B or C - ✔✔D. Either B or C
4. When must a dentist notify the Board of any incident that results in a serious or unusual
outcome following the administration of nitrous oxide?
A. At the end of each calendar year
B. January 1st and July 1st of each year
C. No later than 30 days after the incident
D. Within 10 days of the incident - ✔✔D. Within 10 days of the incident
5. Prior to the discharge of a patient who has received nitrous oxide, which of the following
persons which have proper training, can ensure that the effects of the medication have
dissipated and monitoring is no longer necessary?
A. LDA
B. Dentist
C. Hygienist
D. All of the above - ✔✔D. All of the above
6. An LDA frequently re-cements temporary crows for patients when a dentist is not in the
office. A dentist does not authorize the procedure. Who is legally responsible for the LDA?
A. LDA who performed the procedure
B. Hygenist
, C. Dentist who employs the LDA
D. A and C only
E. A, B, and C - ✔✔C. Dentist who employs the LDA
7. Employers must provide:
A. Written policies for monitoring the adherence to recommended protective measures
B. Counseling, education and or retraining if monitoring reveals failure to follow recommended
precautions but can take no disciplinary action
C. Both of the above
D. Neither of the above - ✔✔C. Both of the above
8. An assistant, hygienist, or dental technician who performs dental services other than as an
employee for an employing dentist, or as an independent contractor, would be practicing
dentistry without a license.
A. True
B. False - ✔✔A. True
9. In Minnesota, both LDH and LDA may perform the following functions:
A. Apply pit and fissure sealants
B. Remove marginal overhangs
C. Provide nutritional counseling
D. Polish amalgam restoration
E. Both A and B - ✔✔A. Apply pit and fissure sealants
10. In Minnesota, DH may perform all of the following duties except:
100% correct Answers
1. The Board may refuse to renew a license or registration for failure to meet CDE requirements
A. True
B. False - ✔✔A. True
1. A dentist can administer a pharmacological agent for the purpose of analgesia if the dentist
has:
A. a current license to practice dentistry in Minnesota
B. registered with the Board prior to July 27th, 1992
C. satisfactorily completed a course resulting in clinical competency
D. taken a course in advanced cardiac life support - ✔✔C. satisfactorily completed a course
resulting in clinical competency
2. A dentist must assess a patient's respiratory function by the monitoring of tissue oxygenation
or by the use of superior method when administering a pharmacological agent for the purpose
of:
A. Conscious sedation
B. Anxiolysis
C. Analgesia
D. None of the above - ✔✔A. Conscious sedation
3. A licensee may administer nitrous oxide in Minnesota if the licensee:
,A. Has been licensed by another state that has requirements for administration of the agent by
a licensee
B. Successfully completed a 12 hour CDE course presented by an institution accredited by the
Commission of Accreditation
C. Was administering the agent and registered that fact with the Board prior to July 27th, 1992
D. Either B or C - ✔✔D. Either B or C
4. When must a dentist notify the Board of any incident that results in a serious or unusual
outcome following the administration of nitrous oxide?
A. At the end of each calendar year
B. January 1st and July 1st of each year
C. No later than 30 days after the incident
D. Within 10 days of the incident - ✔✔D. Within 10 days of the incident
5. Prior to the discharge of a patient who has received nitrous oxide, which of the following
persons which have proper training, can ensure that the effects of the medication have
dissipated and monitoring is no longer necessary?
A. LDA
B. Dentist
C. Hygienist
D. All of the above - ✔✔D. All of the above
6. An LDA frequently re-cements temporary crows for patients when a dentist is not in the
office. A dentist does not authorize the procedure. Who is legally responsible for the LDA?
A. LDA who performed the procedure
B. Hygenist
, C. Dentist who employs the LDA
D. A and C only
E. A, B, and C - ✔✔C. Dentist who employs the LDA
7. Employers must provide:
A. Written policies for monitoring the adherence to recommended protective measures
B. Counseling, education and or retraining if monitoring reveals failure to follow recommended
precautions but can take no disciplinary action
C. Both of the above
D. Neither of the above - ✔✔C. Both of the above
8. An assistant, hygienist, or dental technician who performs dental services other than as an
employee for an employing dentist, or as an independent contractor, would be practicing
dentistry without a license.
A. True
B. False - ✔✔A. True
9. In Minnesota, both LDH and LDA may perform the following functions:
A. Apply pit and fissure sealants
B. Remove marginal overhangs
C. Provide nutritional counseling
D. Polish amalgam restoration
E. Both A and B - ✔✔A. Apply pit and fissure sealants
10. In Minnesota, DH may perform all of the following duties except:
