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Dental Ethics and Jurisprudence Midterm
Exam Questions With 100% Correct
Answers 2025
__________ are essential skills requiring knowledge, skill and ability that are performed by a
health care provider. - Answer✔competencies
Which of the following is the term used to describe the system that has been developed in the
United States to protect the public welfare and provide standards for the evaluation of
educational programs and schools? - Answer✔accreditation
the commission on dental accreditation is the specialized accrediting agency recognized by the
united states department of education - Answer✔to accredit programs that provide basic
preparation for licensure in dentistry, dental hygiene, and all related dental disciplines
dental competencies have been examined and endorsed by - Answer✔dental hygienists, dentists,
and dental educators as valid and appropriate
Which of the following organizations developed the "Standards for Clinical Dental Hygiene
Practice"? - Answer✔the american dental hygienists association
the adha established standards for clinical dental hygiene practice in 1985 to outline the
expectations for the practicing dental hygienist - Answer✔The revised standards were validated
in 2008 and reaffirmed in 2014 to lay out the framework for clinical practice that focuses on the
provision of patient-centered comprehensive care.
all of the professional traits of a health care professional are rooted in? - Answer✔beneficence
Maintaining current knowledge of dental hygiene theory and technique is one facet of which of
the following professional traits of a dental hygienist? - Answer✔reliability and responsibility
ethical decision making is - Answer✔behavior
behavior can be done well or done poorly and - Answer✔can be taught and learned
Which of the following is Stage 1 of Piaget's Four-Stage Model of Moral Development? -
Answer✔amoral stage (occurs between 0 and 2 years)
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piagets four-stage model of moral development - Answer✔amoral, egocentric stage (2 to 7
years), heteronomous stage (7 to 12 years), autonomous stage (12 years and older)
Externally established rules determine right and wrong action for which of the following levels
of reasoning according to Kohlberg's Three-Level Model of Moral Development? -
Answer✔preconventional reasoning
___________ usually is defined as qualities or dispositions that are consistently practiced. -
Answer✔character
______________ refers to the kind of moral thinking that is concerned with considering the
consequences of alternative courses of action before deciding on a right action. -
Answer✔utilitarian ethics (consequentalism)
The main normative principles in health care are nonmaleficence, beneficence, autonomy and -
Answer✔justice
A ___________ is a general normative standard of conduct, holding that a particular decision or
action is true or right or good for all people in all times and all places. - Answer✔principle
Causing some degree of harm when that harm will lead to a greater good may be desirable as
well as necessary according to the principle of double effect which is part of the principle of -
Answer✔nonmaleficence
Which of the following principles gives rise to the concept of permitting individuals to make
decisions about their own health? - Answer✔autonomy
The principle of __________ is concerned with providing individuals or groups with what is
owed, due, or deserved. - Answer✔justice
oral health is a critical component of overall health - Answer✔true
. Many factors besides finances must be identified when determining why certain populations
become patients and others do not, including - Answer✔social, political, economic, and cultural
factors
The responsibility of all oral health care professionals to assist and lead society in finding
solutions to oral health disparities is based on the historic definition of a - Answer✔profession
A professional must consider our obligations as a group, by honoring the _______ principle in
the code of ethics and sharing ethical concerns as a moral community - Answer✔justice
each of the following ethical values focus on society - Answer✔justice, caring, stewardship
ethical decision making is a process - Answer✔involving lifelong learning and commitment
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Dental Ethics and Jurisprudence Midterm
Exam Questions With 100% Correct
Answers 2025
__________ are essential skills requiring knowledge, skill and ability that are performed by a
health care provider. - Answer✔competencies
Which of the following is the term used to describe the system that has been developed in the
United States to protect the public welfare and provide standards for the evaluation of
educational programs and schools? - Answer✔accreditation
the commission on dental accreditation is the specialized accrediting agency recognized by the
united states department of education - Answer✔to accredit programs that provide basic
preparation for licensure in dentistry, dental hygiene, and all related dental disciplines
dental competencies have been examined and endorsed by - Answer✔dental hygienists, dentists,
and dental educators as valid and appropriate
Which of the following organizations developed the "Standards for Clinical Dental Hygiene
Practice"? - Answer✔the american dental hygienists association
the adha established standards for clinical dental hygiene practice in 1985 to outline the
expectations for the practicing dental hygienist - Answer✔The revised standards were validated
in 2008 and reaffirmed in 2014 to lay out the framework for clinical practice that focuses on the
provision of patient-centered comprehensive care.
all of the professional traits of a health care professional are rooted in? - Answer✔beneficence
Maintaining current knowledge of dental hygiene theory and technique is one facet of which of
the following professional traits of a dental hygienist? - Answer✔reliability and responsibility
ethical decision making is - Answer✔behavior
behavior can be done well or done poorly and - Answer✔can be taught and learned
Which of the following is Stage 1 of Piaget's Four-Stage Model of Moral Development? -
Answer✔amoral stage (occurs between 0 and 2 years)
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piagets four-stage model of moral development - Answer✔amoral, egocentric stage (2 to 7
years), heteronomous stage (7 to 12 years), autonomous stage (12 years and older)
Externally established rules determine right and wrong action for which of the following levels
of reasoning according to Kohlberg's Three-Level Model of Moral Development? -
Answer✔preconventional reasoning
___________ usually is defined as qualities or dispositions that are consistently practiced. -
Answer✔character
______________ refers to the kind of moral thinking that is concerned with considering the
consequences of alternative courses of action before deciding on a right action. -
Answer✔utilitarian ethics (consequentalism)
The main normative principles in health care are nonmaleficence, beneficence, autonomy and -
Answer✔justice
A ___________ is a general normative standard of conduct, holding that a particular decision or
action is true or right or good for all people in all times and all places. - Answer✔principle
Causing some degree of harm when that harm will lead to a greater good may be desirable as
well as necessary according to the principle of double effect which is part of the principle of -
Answer✔nonmaleficence
Which of the following principles gives rise to the concept of permitting individuals to make
decisions about their own health? - Answer✔autonomy
The principle of __________ is concerned with providing individuals or groups with what is
owed, due, or deserved. - Answer✔justice
oral health is a critical component of overall health - Answer✔true
. Many factors besides finances must be identified when determining why certain populations
become patients and others do not, including - Answer✔social, political, economic, and cultural
factors
The responsibility of all oral health care professionals to assist and lead society in finding
solutions to oral health disparities is based on the historic definition of a - Answer✔profession
A professional must consider our obligations as a group, by honoring the _______ principle in
the code of ethics and sharing ethical concerns as a moral community - Answer✔justice
each of the following ethical values focus on society - Answer✔justice, caring, stewardship
ethical decision making is a process - Answer✔involving lifelong learning and commitment
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