Community Oral Health Practice for
Dental Hygienist Final Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
3 Core public health functions -
correct answer ✅assessment, policy development, assurance
Which three core public health functions have been identified that
shape the basic practice of health at the federal, state, and local
levels? -
correct answer ✅Assessment, policy development, assurance
Which of the following is the regular and systematic collection,
assemblage, analysis, and communication on the health of the
community? -
correct answer ✅Assessment
The "epidemiologic triangle" depicts disease as the outcome of the
interactions among which of the following? -
correct answer ✅Host, agent, and environmental factors
Which of the following correctly depicts the steps in the program
planning process? -
correct answer ✅Assess, plan, implement, evaluate
,Community Oral Health Practice for
Dental Hygienist Final Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
The correct order for implementing a community oral health
assessment is which of the following? -
correct answer ✅Collect existing data from secondary sources,
determine the need for primary data collection, analyze and
interpret the data, communicate and publicize findings
Which is an example of qualitative data rather than quantitative
data? -
correct answer ✅History of a community
Quantitative data refer to which of the following? -
correct answer ✅Information that is objective and measurable
A community oral health assessment is virtually useless unless
which of the following occurs? -
correct answer ✅The information is used to develop and
implement evidence-based oral health strategies
The science and art of preventing and controlling dental diseases
and promoting dental health through organized community efforts
is the definition of which of the following? -
correct answer ✅Dental public health
,Community Oral Health Practice for
Dental Hygienist Final Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Community health is affected by which of the following? (Select all
that apply.) -
correct answer ✅Social Changes, Changes in Technology,
Economics, Political
Which of the following is true of host factors when studying
epidemiology? -
correct answer ✅Host factors relate primarily to susceptibility and
resistance to disease
Epidemiologists in public health agencies are responsible for: -
correct answer ✅Surveillance, investigation, analysis, and
evaluation
Quantitative Data: -
correct answer ✅Can be expressed as a quantity or amount
Qualitative Data: -
correct answer ✅The quality or nature of factors influencing a
health problem is reflected
, Community Oral Health Practice for
Dental Hygienist Final Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Formative Evaluation: -
correct answer ✅Incorporating evaluation throughout the
assessment process
Summative Evaluation: -
correct answer ✅A critique at the end of the assessment process
Secondary data: -
correct answer ✅Previously collected data
What is the first step the committee should take for the community
health assessment? -
correct answer ✅Mobilize the community by forming key
partnerships and recruiting participants to collaborate in the
community health assessment
??? -
correct answer ✅
Dental Hygienist Final Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
3 Core public health functions -
correct answer ✅assessment, policy development, assurance
Which three core public health functions have been identified that
shape the basic practice of health at the federal, state, and local
levels? -
correct answer ✅Assessment, policy development, assurance
Which of the following is the regular and systematic collection,
assemblage, analysis, and communication on the health of the
community? -
correct answer ✅Assessment
The "epidemiologic triangle" depicts disease as the outcome of the
interactions among which of the following? -
correct answer ✅Host, agent, and environmental factors
Which of the following correctly depicts the steps in the program
planning process? -
correct answer ✅Assess, plan, implement, evaluate
,Community Oral Health Practice for
Dental Hygienist Final Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
The correct order for implementing a community oral health
assessment is which of the following? -
correct answer ✅Collect existing data from secondary sources,
determine the need for primary data collection, analyze and
interpret the data, communicate and publicize findings
Which is an example of qualitative data rather than quantitative
data? -
correct answer ✅History of a community
Quantitative data refer to which of the following? -
correct answer ✅Information that is objective and measurable
A community oral health assessment is virtually useless unless
which of the following occurs? -
correct answer ✅The information is used to develop and
implement evidence-based oral health strategies
The science and art of preventing and controlling dental diseases
and promoting dental health through organized community efforts
is the definition of which of the following? -
correct answer ✅Dental public health
,Community Oral Health Practice for
Dental Hygienist Final Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Community health is affected by which of the following? (Select all
that apply.) -
correct answer ✅Social Changes, Changes in Technology,
Economics, Political
Which of the following is true of host factors when studying
epidemiology? -
correct answer ✅Host factors relate primarily to susceptibility and
resistance to disease
Epidemiologists in public health agencies are responsible for: -
correct answer ✅Surveillance, investigation, analysis, and
evaluation
Quantitative Data: -
correct answer ✅Can be expressed as a quantity or amount
Qualitative Data: -
correct answer ✅The quality or nature of factors influencing a
health problem is reflected
, Community Oral Health Practice for
Dental Hygienist Final Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Formative Evaluation: -
correct answer ✅Incorporating evaluation throughout the
assessment process
Summative Evaluation: -
correct answer ✅A critique at the end of the assessment process
Secondary data: -
correct answer ✅Previously collected data
What is the first step the committee should take for the community
health assessment? -
correct answer ✅Mobilize the community by forming key
partnerships and recruiting participants to collaborate in the
community health assessment
??? -
correct answer ✅
