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34.    CHIP is mandated to provide oral health insurance to a.    elderly and homebound individualsb.    young adults over 21 c.    elderly and special needs individualsd.    children with no other dental insurance

76.    A cohort of dental hygiene students will participate in a study about dental sensitivity. Over 6 months, the students will receive 6 different sensitivity products. Each month they will use a different product and rate their level of sensitivity at the end of the month. Which of the following BEST describes the design type?a.    Quasi-experimentalb.    Ecological Design c.    Cross-sectional design d.    Longitudinal Design

65.    _________________ refers to a relationship or association between variables measured by an “r-value”?a.    Causalityb.    Correlationc.    Probabilityd.    Trend 

23.    The organization that monitors health issues on a global scale?a.    Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)b.    Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD)c.    Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) d.    World Health Organization (WHO)

64.    According to the Dental Hygiene Code of Ethics, it is our ethical duty to maintain skills, avoid harmful treatment, and never abandon our patients so that we “do no harm” to our patients. This is best described as:a.    Nonmaleficenceb.    Autonomyc.    Beneficenced.    Justice

15.    Epidemiology assesses certain disease patterns. If the incidence of a disease is unusually high for a population it is referred to as a(n):a.    pandemicb.    prevalentc.    epidemicd.    endemic

38.    A caries index can tell you a lot of the prevalence of decay in a population. Which of the following is true when analyzing DMF scores?a.    A high D = indicates the need for more dental careb.    A high F = indicates lack of treatment in the areac.    A high M = many wisdom teeth extracted

19.    The three core functions of public health area.    stratification, process, modificationb.    assessment, assurance, evaluationc.    determination, development, evaluationd.    assessment, policy development, assurance

21.    In a distribution of scores that is asymmetrical, the distribution can be skewed due to extreme scores. What causes a positive skew? I.    More scores in the lower rangeII.    More scores in the higher range III.    Skewed right (the “tail” is skewed to the right)IV.    Skewed left (the “tail” is skewed to the left) a.    I & IIIb.    I & IVc.    II & IIId.    II & IV

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