Craniofacial Questions ACTUAL
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
T/F: Growth is all the naturally occurring changes from existing as a single cell to its
elaboration as a multifunctional unit - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅FALSE: Development
Determining the classification of a patient's malocclusion is an example of what method of
studying physical growth?
A) Opinion
B) Observation
C) Ratings & Rankings
D) Quantitative Measurement - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅C
Measuring a subject's waist circumference with a tape measure is an example of what type of
measurement?
A) Direct anthropometric measurement
B) Indirect anthropometric measurement
C) Derived anthropometric measuremnet - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A
T/F: Dental age equivalence is more closely related to chronologic age than is skeletal age
equivalence - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅FALSE
One of the disadvantages of using a cross-sectional approach to study growth is that:
A) Subject retention is almost never 100%
B) They are more expensive to collect than longitudinal studies
C) Group averages tend to obscure individual variations - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅C
, T/F: Growth hormone can affect both mature and immature skeletal tissues - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅True
The dentition is part of which functional unit of the craniofacial skeleton?
A) Neurocranium
B) Face
C) Oral Cavity - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅C
Data that the average height of an observed population has increased over the past century is
an example of:
A) Growth timing
B) Age equivalence
C) Secular trend
D) Growth gradients - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅C
Which of the following is a correct gradient of prenatal growth patterning?
A) Caudally before cephalically
B) Medially before laterally
C) Ventrally before dorsally - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅B
The majority of facial bones are formed by:
A) Endochondrial bone
B) Intramembranous bone - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅B
Growth is all the naturally occurring changes from existing as a single cell to its elaboration
as a multifunctional unit.
A. True
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
T/F: Growth is all the naturally occurring changes from existing as a single cell to its
elaboration as a multifunctional unit - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅FALSE: Development
Determining the classification of a patient's malocclusion is an example of what method of
studying physical growth?
A) Opinion
B) Observation
C) Ratings & Rankings
D) Quantitative Measurement - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅C
Measuring a subject's waist circumference with a tape measure is an example of what type of
measurement?
A) Direct anthropometric measurement
B) Indirect anthropometric measurement
C) Derived anthropometric measuremnet - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A
T/F: Dental age equivalence is more closely related to chronologic age than is skeletal age
equivalence - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅FALSE
One of the disadvantages of using a cross-sectional approach to study growth is that:
A) Subject retention is almost never 100%
B) They are more expensive to collect than longitudinal studies
C) Group averages tend to obscure individual variations - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅C
, T/F: Growth hormone can affect both mature and immature skeletal tissues - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅True
The dentition is part of which functional unit of the craniofacial skeleton?
A) Neurocranium
B) Face
C) Oral Cavity - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅C
Data that the average height of an observed population has increased over the past century is
an example of:
A) Growth timing
B) Age equivalence
C) Secular trend
D) Growth gradients - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅C
Which of the following is a correct gradient of prenatal growth patterning?
A) Caudally before cephalically
B) Medially before laterally
C) Ventrally before dorsally - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅B
The majority of facial bones are formed by:
A) Endochondrial bone
B) Intramembranous bone - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅B
Growth is all the naturally occurring changes from existing as a single cell to its elaboration
as a multifunctional unit.
A. True
