RDA EXAM CALIFORNIA NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS
What cement releases fluoride? - (answer) Glass inomer
In what direction do you coronal polish - (answer) Toward the incisal & occlusal edge
What is veracity? - (answer) The dentist has a duty to communicate truthfully
What is nonmaleficence? - (answer) do no harm
What is autonomy? - (answer) right to self-determination
What is used to make veneers? - (answer) Strong porcelain material
What is a toddlers average pulse - (answer) 80 to 130 beats per minute
What are signs of syncope - (answer) Dizziness, muffled hearing and visual changes (such as "blacking
out")
What is the appropriate word for "fainting" - (answer) Syncope
What surface do you check the pulp vitality - (answer) surface of the tooth closest to the pulp
horn(s)
Utility gloves are used when? - (answer) cleaning, sterilizing, and disinfecting treatment rooms and
equipment
If the dentist asks for another Carpule of anesthetic during procedure how would you get it? - (answer)
Cotton Pilars or take of glove & grab it
,RDA EXAM CALIFORNIA NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS
What is the purpose of periodontal dressing? - (answer) to protect the healing tissues from the forces
produced during mastication, thereby providing patient comfortable
When do you remove sutures from a patient, before or after doctor inspects area? - (answer) After
How are handpieces ran? - (answer) Air-driven dental handpieces contain an air turbine in the head.
How often do you run waterlines and for how long? - (answer) for a minimum of 20-30 seconds after
each patient
What is needed to adjust a denture? - (answer) A highly effective denture adjustment rotary
instruments that includes two black-coated metal burs with unique fine "teeth" that prevents tearing
and gouging during acrylic cutting.
How can an RDA adjust a denture? - (answer) Allowed to adjust sore spots of the denture
What is the purpose of a liner? - (answer) Liners are purported to protect the pulp from the toxic
effects of some dental restorative materials and to prevent the pain of thermal conductivity
What is the purpose of bonding? - (answer) to repair chips, close down gaps or change the shape and
color of a tooth.
Why is it importance to measure paper points? - (answer) for accurate length determination
What at home care is given for bridges? - (answer) Floss, brush with soft bristles
The stethoscope is placed above what artery when taking blood pressure? - (answer) brachial artery
How many hours do you have to report child abuse? - (answer) 36 hours
, RDA EXAM CALIFORNIA NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS
To who do you report child abuse to? - (answer) social services/ dept of health and human services
Administration of oxygen and nitrous oxide - (answer) Inhalation via nasal mask
Allergy signs and symptoms - (answer) Hives, rash, and fever are common symptoms.
What is the appropriate placement of a tofflemiar/ matrix band - (answer) Open end of the retainer
head is ALWAYS placed toward the gingiva. Smaller circumference of the band is always placed toward
the gingiva.
What is used in enchant material? - (answer) 30% to 50% Phosphoric acid
What does "opim" mean - (answer) Other potentially infectious materials
A sharps container must be puncture proof and leakproof - (answer) True
What charting symbol best indicates a tooth that is not visible in the mouth? - (answer) X through the
tooth
A base is places_________. - (answer) As a measure of the protection for the pulp & because decay or
trauma
According to the Dental Board regulations, how long should sterilization monitoring records be stored? -
(answer) One Year
Which of the following is an example of an OSHA required sharp with engineered injury protection? -
(answer) A self-seathing needled attached to a dental anesthetic syringe
The AWS is is primarily used during the coronal polishing procedure to ________. - (answer) Remove
the remaining paste.
DETAILED ANSWERS
What cement releases fluoride? - (answer) Glass inomer
In what direction do you coronal polish - (answer) Toward the incisal & occlusal edge
What is veracity? - (answer) The dentist has a duty to communicate truthfully
What is nonmaleficence? - (answer) do no harm
What is autonomy? - (answer) right to self-determination
What is used to make veneers? - (answer) Strong porcelain material
What is a toddlers average pulse - (answer) 80 to 130 beats per minute
What are signs of syncope - (answer) Dizziness, muffled hearing and visual changes (such as "blacking
out")
What is the appropriate word for "fainting" - (answer) Syncope
What surface do you check the pulp vitality - (answer) surface of the tooth closest to the pulp
horn(s)
Utility gloves are used when? - (answer) cleaning, sterilizing, and disinfecting treatment rooms and
equipment
If the dentist asks for another Carpule of anesthetic during procedure how would you get it? - (answer)
Cotton Pilars or take of glove & grab it
,RDA EXAM CALIFORNIA NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS
What is the purpose of periodontal dressing? - (answer) to protect the healing tissues from the forces
produced during mastication, thereby providing patient comfortable
When do you remove sutures from a patient, before or after doctor inspects area? - (answer) After
How are handpieces ran? - (answer) Air-driven dental handpieces contain an air turbine in the head.
How often do you run waterlines and for how long? - (answer) for a minimum of 20-30 seconds after
each patient
What is needed to adjust a denture? - (answer) A highly effective denture adjustment rotary
instruments that includes two black-coated metal burs with unique fine "teeth" that prevents tearing
and gouging during acrylic cutting.
How can an RDA adjust a denture? - (answer) Allowed to adjust sore spots of the denture
What is the purpose of a liner? - (answer) Liners are purported to protect the pulp from the toxic
effects of some dental restorative materials and to prevent the pain of thermal conductivity
What is the purpose of bonding? - (answer) to repair chips, close down gaps or change the shape and
color of a tooth.
Why is it importance to measure paper points? - (answer) for accurate length determination
What at home care is given for bridges? - (answer) Floss, brush with soft bristles
The stethoscope is placed above what artery when taking blood pressure? - (answer) brachial artery
How many hours do you have to report child abuse? - (answer) 36 hours
, RDA EXAM CALIFORNIA NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS
To who do you report child abuse to? - (answer) social services/ dept of health and human services
Administration of oxygen and nitrous oxide - (answer) Inhalation via nasal mask
Allergy signs and symptoms - (answer) Hives, rash, and fever are common symptoms.
What is the appropriate placement of a tofflemiar/ matrix band - (answer) Open end of the retainer
head is ALWAYS placed toward the gingiva. Smaller circumference of the band is always placed toward
the gingiva.
What is used in enchant material? - (answer) 30% to 50% Phosphoric acid
What does "opim" mean - (answer) Other potentially infectious materials
A sharps container must be puncture proof and leakproof - (answer) True
What charting symbol best indicates a tooth that is not visible in the mouth? - (answer) X through the
tooth
A base is places_________. - (answer) As a measure of the protection for the pulp & because decay or
trauma
According to the Dental Board regulations, how long should sterilization monitoring records be stored? -
(answer) One Year
Which of the following is an example of an OSHA required sharp with engineered injury protection? -
(answer) A self-seathing needled attached to a dental anesthetic syringe
The AWS is is primarily used during the coronal polishing procedure to ________. - (answer) Remove
the remaining paste.
