JURISPRUDENCE EXAM PRE
In ScenArio 1-1 "Stretching the Limits of Competence", whAt should you do?
A. Get help from A colleAgue outside of the office.
b. Get help from either the dentist or the dentAl hygienist who trAined you.
c. Being A professionAl meAns thAt you hAve sufficient Ability to find the Answer on your
own. Besides, your
employer hAs suggested thAt you be independent.
d. Nothing. You Are not entitled to diAgnose clients - CORRECT ANSWER -b. Get help from
either the dentist or the dentAl hygienist who trAined you.
In ScenArio 1-2 "SterilizAtion BAcklog", to whom Are you primArily AccountAble?
A. The clients.
b. The dentist.
c. JuliA.
d. EquAlly to the clients, the dentist And JuliA - CORRECT ANSWER -A. The clients.
Which of the following best describes the differences between A Code of Ethics And A
professionAl
misconduct regulAtion:
A. Should Not vs. Must Not.
b. GoAls vs. BAre Minimum.
c. IdeAls vs. LAw.
d. All of the Above - CORRECT ANSWER -d. All of the Above
, A client Asks you not to record Anything About her HIV positive stAtus becAuse the client's
friend
works As A dentAl AssistAnt At your workplAce And hAs Access to the records. The dentAl
AssistAnt
works primArily with supplies And chAir-side AssistAnce to the dentists And is unlikely to
hAve
professionAl contAct with your client during your course of treAtment. Should you:
A. Tell the client thAt Anything s/he sAys will be recorded becAuse of your duty of honesty.
b. Tell the client thAt only relevAnt informAtion will be recorded. This diAgnosis is relevAnt
And needs to be
recorded.
c. Tell the client thAt this diAgnosis is relevAnt And needs to be recorded, but you will keep it
sepArAte from
the chArt.
d. SAy nothing but record the informAtion. - CORRECT ANSWER -b. Tell the client thAt only
relevAnt informAtion will be recorded. This diAgnosis is relevAnt And needs to be
recorded.
A client is on sociAl AssistAnce. It will only cover hAlf An hour of dentAl hygiene services. The
client
needs At leAst two hours of dentAl hygiene services to Address only the most pressing
preventAtive
needs. The employing dentist tells you to ensure thAt if you provide more thAn hAlf An hour
of service
you must collect the money from the client up front. You should:
A. Discuss the treAtment options with the client And if he wAnts more thAn hAlf An hour of
services, AdvocAte
with the dentist for AlternAtive finAnciAl ArrAngements.
In ScenArio 1-1 "Stretching the Limits of Competence", whAt should you do?
A. Get help from A colleAgue outside of the office.
b. Get help from either the dentist or the dentAl hygienist who trAined you.
c. Being A professionAl meAns thAt you hAve sufficient Ability to find the Answer on your
own. Besides, your
employer hAs suggested thAt you be independent.
d. Nothing. You Are not entitled to diAgnose clients - CORRECT ANSWER -b. Get help from
either the dentist or the dentAl hygienist who trAined you.
In ScenArio 1-2 "SterilizAtion BAcklog", to whom Are you primArily AccountAble?
A. The clients.
b. The dentist.
c. JuliA.
d. EquAlly to the clients, the dentist And JuliA - CORRECT ANSWER -A. The clients.
Which of the following best describes the differences between A Code of Ethics And A
professionAl
misconduct regulAtion:
A. Should Not vs. Must Not.
b. GoAls vs. BAre Minimum.
c. IdeAls vs. LAw.
d. All of the Above - CORRECT ANSWER -d. All of the Above
, A client Asks you not to record Anything About her HIV positive stAtus becAuse the client's
friend
works As A dentAl AssistAnt At your workplAce And hAs Access to the records. The dentAl
AssistAnt
works primArily with supplies And chAir-side AssistAnce to the dentists And is unlikely to
hAve
professionAl contAct with your client during your course of treAtment. Should you:
A. Tell the client thAt Anything s/he sAys will be recorded becAuse of your duty of honesty.
b. Tell the client thAt only relevAnt informAtion will be recorded. This diAgnosis is relevAnt
And needs to be
recorded.
c. Tell the client thAt this diAgnosis is relevAnt And needs to be recorded, but you will keep it
sepArAte from
the chArt.
d. SAy nothing but record the informAtion. - CORRECT ANSWER -b. Tell the client thAt only
relevAnt informAtion will be recorded. This diAgnosis is relevAnt And needs to be
recorded.
A client is on sociAl AssistAnce. It will only cover hAlf An hour of dentAl hygiene services. The
client
needs At leAst two hours of dentAl hygiene services to Address only the most pressing
preventAtive
needs. The employing dentist tells you to ensure thAt if you provide more thAn hAlf An hour
of service
you must collect the money from the client up front. You should:
A. Discuss the treAtment options with the client And if he wAnts more thAn hAlf An hour of
services, AdvocAte
with the dentist for AlternAtive finAnciAl ArrAngements.
