Jurisprudence Exam Prep Question &
Answers ( Latest 2025)
In Scenario 1-1 "Stretching the Limits of Competence", what should you
do?
a. Get help from a colleague outside of the office.
b. Get help from either the dentist or the dental hygienist who trained
you.
c. Being a professional means that you have sufficient ability to find the
answer on your own. Besides, your
employer has suggested that you be independent.
d. Nothing. You are not entitled to diagnose clients - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔b. Get help from either the dentist or the dental
hygienist who trained you.
In Scenario 1-2 "Sterilization Backlog", to whom are you primarily
accountable?
a. The clients.
b. The dentist.
c. Julia.
d. Equally to the clients, the dentist and Julia - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔a. The clients.
, Jurisprudence Exam Prep Question &
Answers ( Latest 2025)
Which of the following best describes the differences between a Code
of Ethics and a professional
misconduct regulation:
a. Should Not vs. Must Not.
b. Goals vs. Bare Minimum.
c. Ideals vs. Law.
d. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔d. All of the above
A client asks you not to record anything about her HIV positive status
because the client's friend
works as a dental assistant at your workplace and has access to the
records. The dental assistant
works primarily with supplies and chair-side assistance to the dentists
and is unlikely to have
professional contact with your client during your course of treatment.
Should you:
a. Tell the client that anything s/he says will be recorded because of
your duty of honesty.
b. Tell the client that only relevant information will be recorded. This
diagnosis is relevant and needs to be
recorded.
Answers ( Latest 2025)
In Scenario 1-1 "Stretching the Limits of Competence", what should you
do?
a. Get help from a colleague outside of the office.
b. Get help from either the dentist or the dental hygienist who trained
you.
c. Being a professional means that you have sufficient ability to find the
answer on your own. Besides, your
employer has suggested that you be independent.
d. Nothing. You are not entitled to diagnose clients - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔b. Get help from either the dentist or the dental
hygienist who trained you.
In Scenario 1-2 "Sterilization Backlog", to whom are you primarily
accountable?
a. The clients.
b. The dentist.
c. Julia.
d. Equally to the clients, the dentist and Julia - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔a. The clients.
, Jurisprudence Exam Prep Question &
Answers ( Latest 2025)
Which of the following best describes the differences between a Code
of Ethics and a professional
misconduct regulation:
a. Should Not vs. Must Not.
b. Goals vs. Bare Minimum.
c. Ideals vs. Law.
d. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔d. All of the above
A client asks you not to record anything about her HIV positive status
because the client's friend
works as a dental assistant at your workplace and has access to the
records. The dental assistant
works primarily with supplies and chair-side assistance to the dentists
and is unlikely to have
professional contact with your client during your course of treatment.
Should you:
a. Tell the client that anything s/he says will be recorded because of
your duty of honesty.
b. Tell the client that only relevant information will be recorded. This
diagnosis is relevant and needs to be
recorded.
