RDA Practice Exam 1 Questions with 100% Correct Answers

RDA Practice Exam 1 Questions with 100% Correct Answers Direct Supervision refers to? - answerDentist on premises & examines the treatment performed by DA or RDA before releasing patient General Supervision - answerDoctor/Dentist - is out of office, but has scheduled auxiliary to be at work Nitrous Oxide administration - answerDentist - must remain in the operator & Assistant may adjust controls as directed by the dentist A parent brings in child to office on the dentist's day off, the child has a large cavity. The dentist is unreachable by telephone. The "RDA" should do or advise what? - answerRefer to another dentist Under General Supervision the RDA may perform? - answer1. Mouth Mirror 2. Place and remove sedative dressings 3. Expose radiographs An impression for a "Hawley Retainer" may legally be taken by who? - answerDentist only Under Direct supervision the "RDA" may perform? - answer1. Pulp Vitality test 2. Cementation of temporaries 3. Size Stainless steel bands, crowns, and orthodontic bands. Under Direct Supervision the dental assistant may perform what? - answer1. Place topical anesthetic 2. Monitor Vital signs 3. Place rubber dam RDA CEU licensure renewal requirements - answer1. Twenty-five units of continuing education every two years One continuing education unit is equivalent to a lecture or seminar of what? - answerOne hour The RDA license is renewed when? - answer1. The RDA's birthday 2. Odd or even year of birth How many continuing education units may be earned in Category 1 and Category II? - answerAt least half must be Category II The maximum number of continuing education units which may be earned in "one day" are how many? - answer8 units To qualify to the the RDA examination, one must meet any of the following criteria - answer1. Graduate dental assisting program - accredited by the California Board of Dental Examiners 2. Eighteen months - full-time work experience in a dental office Dental Assistant may perform what? - answerPlace and remove rubber dams When a patient is injured by an auxiliary who is liable? - answer1. Dentist 2. Employee The purpose of the "Matrix Band" is to create what? - answerReplace a missing wall The narrowest part of the tooth is the? - answerCervical third When the "Matrix Band" is placed on a posterior tooth, the smallest circumference of the band is directed towards the? - answerGingival part of the tooth In addition to wedges, the "Matrix Band" may be secured with? - answerLow fusing compound Wedges - are most commonly composed of? - answer1. Wood 2. Plastic Matrices "matrix band" are composed of? - answer1. Stainless steel 2. Plastic strips On "Posterior Teeth" the matrix band is placed where? - answerOne to three millimeters (1- 3) above the cusp and 1/2 to 1 mm below the gingival An "Anterior" Matrix band may be held in place by what? - answer1. Matrix clip 2. The dentist - using finger or thumb 3. The DA or RDA - using finger or thumb The most common shape of posterior wedges is what? - answerTriangle The instrument/s used to contour the matrix band to the tooth is? - answerBurnisher only