Community Dental Health Final Exam
Correct 100%
4. Displaying an accepting, nonjudgmental demeanor when presented with cultural
diversity is a guideline for ________. Cross-cultural dental hygiene - ANSWER Cross-
cultural dental hygiene
*Ch 8* - ANSWER
1) What is a scale that pinpoints a patient's physical condition on a *continuum from
death* through varying degrees of illness to completely healthy functioning? - ANSWER
A.Wellness scale
2. The *5-dimensional health modeling* includes all EXCEPT - ANSWER C.
psychological
3.When using the five-dimensional health model, *a patient's trust in a dental hygienist*
would be a positive input to which dimension? - ANSWER E) Emotional
4. The *teaching* of health behaviors that bring an individual to a state of health
awareness is termed health _______ - ANSWER C) Education
5.*Informing and motivating* people to adopt healthy behaviors is termed _______ -
ANSWER A) Health promotion
6) The creation of a dental hygiene operatory section in the city's *children's museum*
by the local dental hygiene association would be which type of activity? - ANSWER A)
Health promotion
7) For an individual with *poor oral care*, what *must be changed* in order for him or
her to adopt a healthy behavior such as daily brushing? - ANSWER D) Value
8) The health belief model suggests that an individual *must display a readiness to take
action* to avoid a disease and then must believe that he/she is ________. - ANSWER
C) Susceptible or vulnerable to the disease/condition
9) The changes an individual must make in order to attain health—which include
precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, maintenance, and action—are the
foundation of which theory? - ANSWER A) Transtheoretical model
10) Which factor does NOT influence motivation? - ANSWER E) Values
*Ch 10* - ANSWER
, 1) What is a *group* of individuals *with some similarities?* - ANSWER C) Target
population
2) With which age group is it *most appropriate* to discuss *halitosis?* - ANSWER A)
Teenagers
3) What group of disease damages a person's *joints?* - ANSWER A) Arthritis
4) *Barriers to dental hygiene* care can be defined as ________. - ANSWER D) A
*limitation to receiving dental hygiene* services
8. What is the term used when numerous distinct ethnic, religious, or cultural groups
*are present and tolerated within a society?* - ANSWER Pluralism
9. *Health care workers* have a *major responsibility* to be ________. - ANSWER
Culturally sensitive
10. What is the belief that because the patient *looks like* the health care provider,
there are *no cultural differences?* - ANSWER Blind spot
*Chapter 12* - ANSWER
1) When *using* materials developed by a *dental care products/supply company*, it is
*most important* that the dental hygienist ensure that ________. - ANSWER A) The
material is *accurate*
2) Dental hygienists working to instill a *ban on soda machines in the local schools* is
an example of which type of program? - ANSWER A) Promotion
3) In the first dental hygiene health model, the *Fones* program planning model
emphasized ________. - ANSWER A) *Prevention* of illness
4) During which stage does the dental hygienist *consider* the population's *needs,
facilities, resources, and funding?* - ANSWER C) Assessment
5) During which stage does the program begin *operation?* - ANSWER B)
Implementation
6) During which stage does the dental hygienist *prioritize needs?* - ANSWER D)
Dental hygiene *diagnosis*
7) During which stage does the dental hygienist develop a *blueprint?* - ANSWER A)
Planning
8) Which of the following would be the most effective type of public health preventive
program? - ANSWER D) Both *A and C*
Correct 100%
4. Displaying an accepting, nonjudgmental demeanor when presented with cultural
diversity is a guideline for ________. Cross-cultural dental hygiene - ANSWER Cross-
cultural dental hygiene
*Ch 8* - ANSWER
1) What is a scale that pinpoints a patient's physical condition on a *continuum from
death* through varying degrees of illness to completely healthy functioning? - ANSWER
A.Wellness scale
2. The *5-dimensional health modeling* includes all EXCEPT - ANSWER C.
psychological
3.When using the five-dimensional health model, *a patient's trust in a dental hygienist*
would be a positive input to which dimension? - ANSWER E) Emotional
4. The *teaching* of health behaviors that bring an individual to a state of health
awareness is termed health _______ - ANSWER C) Education
5.*Informing and motivating* people to adopt healthy behaviors is termed _______ -
ANSWER A) Health promotion
6) The creation of a dental hygiene operatory section in the city's *children's museum*
by the local dental hygiene association would be which type of activity? - ANSWER A)
Health promotion
7) For an individual with *poor oral care*, what *must be changed* in order for him or
her to adopt a healthy behavior such as daily brushing? - ANSWER D) Value
8) The health belief model suggests that an individual *must display a readiness to take
action* to avoid a disease and then must believe that he/she is ________. - ANSWER
C) Susceptible or vulnerable to the disease/condition
9) The changes an individual must make in order to attain health—which include
precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, maintenance, and action—are the
foundation of which theory? - ANSWER A) Transtheoretical model
10) Which factor does NOT influence motivation? - ANSWER E) Values
*Ch 10* - ANSWER
, 1) What is a *group* of individuals *with some similarities?* - ANSWER C) Target
population
2) With which age group is it *most appropriate* to discuss *halitosis?* - ANSWER A)
Teenagers
3) What group of disease damages a person's *joints?* - ANSWER A) Arthritis
4) *Barriers to dental hygiene* care can be defined as ________. - ANSWER D) A
*limitation to receiving dental hygiene* services
8. What is the term used when numerous distinct ethnic, religious, or cultural groups
*are present and tolerated within a society?* - ANSWER Pluralism
9. *Health care workers* have a *major responsibility* to be ________. - ANSWER
Culturally sensitive
10. What is the belief that because the patient *looks like* the health care provider,
there are *no cultural differences?* - ANSWER Blind spot
*Chapter 12* - ANSWER
1) When *using* materials developed by a *dental care products/supply company*, it is
*most important* that the dental hygienist ensure that ________. - ANSWER A) The
material is *accurate*
2) Dental hygienists working to instill a *ban on soda machines in the local schools* is
an example of which type of program? - ANSWER A) Promotion
3) In the first dental hygiene health model, the *Fones* program planning model
emphasized ________. - ANSWER A) *Prevention* of illness
4) During which stage does the dental hygienist *consider* the population's *needs,
facilities, resources, and funding?* - ANSWER C) Assessment
5) During which stage does the program begin *operation?* - ANSWER B)
Implementation
6) During which stage does the dental hygienist *prioritize needs?* - ANSWER D)
Dental hygiene *diagnosis*
7) During which stage does the dental hygienist develop a *blueprint?* - ANSWER A)
Planning
8) Which of the following would be the most effective type of public health preventive
program? - ANSWER D) Both *A and C*
