Community Dental Health Final Exam Graded A+
1. A person's *ethnicity* refers to ________. - ANSWER-Cultural Heritage
1. The value used to describe *statistical significance* is called? - ANSWER-P value
1) What *group* is * in charge* with *reviewing* the *ethical* implications of a research
*study?* - ANSWER-B) *Institutional review* board
1) What is a *body of techniques* that *uses observation, reason, and experimentation*
to further evidence? - ANSWER-B) Scientific method
1) What is a *group* of individuals *with some similarities?* - ANSWER-C) Target
population
1) What is a scale that pinpoints a patient's physical condition on a *continuum from
death* through varying degrees of illness to completely healthy functioning? -
ANSWER-A.Wellness scale
1) When *using* materials developed by a *dental care products/supply company*, it is
*most important* that the dental hygienist ensure that ________. - ANSWER-A) The
material is *accurate*
1) Which type of evaluation method uses *face-to-face interviews?* - ANSWER-C)
Nonclinical
1) Which type of research approach would involve a *study of the development* of the
International *F*ederation of *D*ental *H*ygienists' *A*ssociation? - ANSWER-B)
Historical
10. Nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio are all? - ANSWER-Scales of measurement
10. What is the belief that because the patient *looks like* the health care provider,
there are *no cultural differences?* - ANSWER-Blind spot
10.) An investigation that studies the frequency of flossing and periodontal disease is
called a - ANSWER-A) Correlation study
10) During which stage are the *goals/objectives measured?* - ANSWER-C) Evaluation
10) In the *United States, what percentage* of our gross national product is spent on
public assistance and social and health programs for those in need? - ANSWER-B) >
14%
10) The *Patient Hygiene Performance Index (PHP)* assesses the extent of ________.
- ANSWER-A) Plaque and debris
, 10) The Tuskegee Syphilis study was conducted by which institution? - ANSWER-C)
US PHS
10) Which factor does NOT influence motivation? - ANSWER-E) Values
10) Which source provides *funding for the educational and research* activities of
*dental hygienists?* - ANSWER-A) *ADHA* Institute of Oral Health
2. The *5-dimensional health modeling* includes all EXCEPT - ANSWER-C.
psychological
2. The *mean* is commonly considered to be the ______ - ANSWER-Average
2. Which is the theory that suggests an individual's *social* interaction as a child leads
to continuous changes in thought and behavior from *culture to culture?* Sociocultural -
ANSWER-Sociocultural
2) Dental hygienists working to instill a *ban on soda machines in the local schools* is
an example of which type of program? - ANSWER-A) Promotion
2) Evidence-based practice *takes into account* which *preferences?* - ANSWER-B)
Patient
2) The *internal evaluation* of a program is referred to as the ________. - ANSWER-B)
Formative evaluation
2) What act adds to the *confidentiality* of patient records? - ANSWER-B) HIPAA
2) Which study approximates the true experimental approach *but lacks the control of
true experimentation*? - ANSWER-B) Quasi-experimental
2) With which age group is it *most appropriate* to discuss *halitosis?* - ANSWER-A)
Teenagers
3. The *mode* is the _____ - ANSWER-*Most frequently* occurring value
3. The integration of the patient's socio *ethno cultural* background into the *dental
hygiene* process is ________. - ANSWER-Cross-cultural dental hygiene
3.When using the five-dimensional health model, *a patient's trust in a dental hygienist*
would be a positive input to which dimension? - ANSWER-E) Emotional
3) *Quantitative* evaluation generally refers to ________. - ANSWER-B) How much a
program accomplished
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