This are some testlets I saved of the people that took the exam and were
kind enough to post it. Please revise answers. Hope it helps and God
bless us <3
Testlets of RQ from exams:
1) ( Fat Kid ) 9 years Obese asthmatic child falls and fractures the second tooth
from the midline on the lower right. Endodontic treatment is needed to save
the tooth--- The most likely complication would be?
--- what teeth r present in the mandibular arch?
---radiographs show a unilateral primary tooth w/out permanent replacement.
The tooth most likely missing is __________?
Anwers :
a- Incomplete root formation
b- 6 permanent teeth – first molars, Central and lateral incisors:6 primary teeth
– canines and molars
c- Options are 19, 20, J, K- could be 20
2) 5th pregnant lady on the 6th week of pregnancy taking tetracycline
they asked why you should tell the pt that she should stop tetracycline ,---
When u can schedule an appointment for her
( immediately , in 6 weeks , in 12 weeks , in 20 weeks )
3) A little fat boy who eat candy and drinks soda, teeth erosion, hypertension has
what? – Type 2 Diabetes
4) Patient’s has Alzheimer’s and depression also
takes medication for it:
--- T/F is patient’s depression from the causes of his Alzheimer’s ?
--- TRUE coz AD is assoc. with depression & anxiety.
5)
Person dies in 24 hours after heart attack, what will you see:
Two good options – a) hyperplasia of muscles + neutrophils or
b) lots of granulation tissue ( I choosed this one )
NOT TRUE....within 24 hrs, we have an increase in neutrophils and
coagulation necrosis. Former is better. The latter occurs within
weeks.
6) Testlet: Chin deviates to one side and dude was slapped in the right
face: due to fracture of right condyle
7) AIDS patient with ulcer on palate that was cancerous:
Kaposi’s (dude didn’t smoke) Kaposi sarcoma is caused by Human
Herpes Virus
8) Testlet: Guy with a tremor has what condition...
Parkinson’s ----Parkinson’s affects what area of the brain?
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a degenerative, progressive disorder
that affects nerve cells in deep parts of the brain called the basal
ganglia and the substantia nigra.
9) Testlet: Patient with lots of erosion on lingual of teeth...
what is the reason? Bulimia
10) Testlet: AIDS patient taking antifungal drug what kind of
infection is it for? An opportunistic infection
11) Testlet: Patient has woven bone, how long ago was the fracture? 3
months / 12 – 14 weeks
12) Testlet: 6 weeks of pregnancy needs good OH to prevent which
pregnancy problem? gingival bleeding, increase of Hcg and decrease
in FSH and LH
13) Testlet on Graves' disease my FAVOR Grave’s Disease has what
features of TSH, T3 and T4? High T3 and T4 but low TSH
14) There was this testlet question about what is true about this patient’s
allergy with medication (Penicillin) . OKAY. WTF. Type 1 hypersensitivity –
IgE was NOT there. And the only choice that even made sense was type 4
hypersensitivity – T cell, so I just picked that. What a dumb question
15) Patient had PUD (peptic ulcer) and dentist gave the patient antibiotics
and you had to pick a choice why --> answer choice is something
along the line where antibiotics killed the stomach bacteria and
patient feels better now
16) Testlet: on 7 year old with small palpebral fissures and weird low nose
(fetal alcohol syndrome) who has signs for abuse (report), I think it also
asked how many teeth present
17) Testlet: another case of a fat 9 year old kid with hypertension already,
same story about how many teeth present and what 3 diseases he was
more prone to ( diabetes II, hypertension and metabolic syndrome
were my choices)
18) Testlet: Woman that has had no saliva and mouth burning for at least
2 years> she also has erythema and crusties on the edges of the mouth
(candidiasis I thought of actinic cheilitis I LIKE THE LATTER MORE).
They ask whats’most likely diagnosis for lack of saliva
( Sjorgrens, they tell you they biopsied the parotids and its not making any
saliva and submandibular had lymphocytic infiltrates, a\\) and she’s also
on dilantin (gingival hyperplasia)
19) Testlet Hiv uncontrolled with hepat. B and TB wants an implant very
obvious what tooth she’s missing since they describe only the premolar
with a very small lingual cusp so its the end one that’s missing and an
ethics question about what should you tell the dude. Give him implant
information but also warn of the prognosis given his Hiv status ( I put that
he has stopped taking Hiv meds and his ability to fight a possible infection
after the surgery is compromised )
20) Testlet: kid died, rattlesnake bite, Tetracycline staining at what
age? Ans: Tetracycline staining occurs during calcification!!
Bit on lateral arm = radial nerve
21) Testlet: Jaw of mandible hasecchymosiss = hematoma, angioma?
22) Testlet: Wound on part spine, what organs can also be effected?
– Kidneys
23) Testlet: Kid has fluorosis, pick up to 3 answers. What are the 3 parts where u
see staining in? – Dentin of Molars, enamel of premolars, long bones, nails, etc?
24) Testlet: Woman found dead. Described stuff about her body to you.
blood in her nose from what? Epistaxis
a.Overgrowth vagina something – Leiomyoma
b.Lateral shift in spine – Scoliosis
25) Testlet: Something happened around eye. What bones involved?
KNOW bones of orbit
****** Know what exactly happens with myasthenia gravis. I had like 4
questions in a teslet asking about what is targetted by myasthenia gravis
and what the medications do
26) 6 weeks pregnant woman which hormones changed now and before
pregnancy? What formed by this time?
27) What makes milk eject? Oxytocin
What is most diagnostic for peptic ulcer?
Anemia blood in the stools Unconjugated bilirubin in blood
28) Sjogrens syndrome? very straight question
29) Testlet about DM2 and many questions about it very basic.
Pregnant lady ? hormones and organogenisis. one question was,
in 10 week featus, what you not notice….
a) tmj
b) palate fusion < = 12 weeks
c) heart beat
30) Which is true about smooth muscle:
A. Uses troponin
B. Uses calmodulin
31) Which band gets shortened during muscle constriction ?
A. I band
B. A and I bands; ...
31) A man is in the sun a lot, develops brown spot on side of nose that is
growing, what is it ? - Lentigo maligna
32) Pt comes in with chief complaint of shoulder pain,
Patient is obese, what is causing the shoulder pain?
C1,C2,T1,T2 Axillary nerve C5 C7
33) Dental assistant whose hand shakes which part of brain affected?
Substantia nigra
34) This dental assistant is still performing work so what moral value?
Maleficence
35) Which part of virus use to make vaccine?
glycoprotein ( hemmagglutinin neuraminidase )
36) Old woman mentally compromised allergic to tomato has 5 years
old clavicle fracture takes meds for mental issues and antihistamines.
Has painful ulcer on palate, aggravates as she eats and gingival
bleeding as probed Reason for ulcer, reason for gingival soreness,
epithelium of ulcer, fracture question---
but why were the ulcers occurring…. Is it hard palate or soft palate ?
They’re raphthous ulcers, so they occur on soft palate, So it must be
simple non-keratinized squamous epithelium.
Short period woven
1-3 yrs lamellar
5 yrs remodling
I guess they will a ask fracture one, month what type of bone
somethin like this….
37) Which antibiotic prevents RNA polymerase from binding to DNA?
Rifampacin
38) Which disease is spread by fleas? Thyphus
