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1. Step back or backfilling means; to instrument the root canal to

the full length predetermined working length
a. True
b. False
2. The "Working Length" of a tooth refers to:
a. The total length of a tooth from crown tip to root tip.
b. The measured length of a radiograph of the tooth.
c. The distance between a reference point on the crown and the apical
limit of the tooth.
d. None of the above.
3. A central incisor diagnostic (pre-operative) radiograph image measures
25mm from the incisal edge to the root apex. The estimated (initial)
working length is:
A. 21mm
B. 25m
C. 23mm
D. 27mm
4. You started instrumenting the root canal until you reached the master
apical file size #30 K, a series of files are used after the MAF with 1mm
short of each other. The technique is called:
a. Recapitulation
b. Step-back
c. Step down
d. None of the above
5. The following are common errors can be created during access opening
process
a. Perforation of the crown or the furcation area
b. Making the access opining through the distal surface of the tooth
c. Complete removal of caries
d. A, B, and D
6. Limitation of radiograph includes
a. Only 2 dimensions are shown on a single film
b. Various states of pulpal and periradicular pathosis are indistinguishable
in the x-ray shadow
c. Lesions of the cortical bone are likely to go undetected
d. A and B
e. All of the above
7. In giving local anesthesia in endodontics:
a. Maxilla bone is less dense than mandible
b. Buccal infiltrations or supra periosteal injection are sufficient to obtain
pulpal anesthesia in maxilla and mandible
c. Block anesthesia is more effective in mandible
d. A and C
e. All of the above
8. in inferior alveolar nerve block
a. Pulpal anesthesia obtained from central incisor to 3rd molar
b. Usually results in lingual nerve block as well
c. Anesthetize buccal soft tissues of molar region
d. All of the above
e. A and B
9. In endodontic access preparation of maxillary anterior teeth, all
statements are true except:
a. Entrance is always gained through the lingual surface
b. Initial entrance is prepared a right angle to the long axis of the tooth
C. No. 1 or 2 round bur must be used internally to open the coronal part
d. The preliminary cavity outline is triangular in shape
10.The pain of a tooth which disappears at once when stimulus
is removed is characteristic of:
A. Necrotic pulp
B. Normal pulp
C. Reversible pulpitis
D. Irreversible pulpitis
11.Biomechanical preparation of root canal is done:
A. In a wet environment with irrigants flooded in the canal
B. In a dry environment with no irrigants in the canal
C. In dry or wet environment depending on the operator's
D. All of the above
12. Biomechanical preparation of root canal ensures:
A. Creation of ledge
B. Debridement of root canal
c. Perforation of apical foramen
D. None of the above
13.Recapitulation process is:
A. Circumferential filing with H-file and reamer
B. Removing the debris with smaller instruments
C. Using successively larger files to flare the canal
D. Using various types of files and reamers to enlarge canal
14.The solution which is most likely to be used for irrigation purpose is:
A. Hydrogen peroxide
B. Iodine
C. Isotonic
D. Sodium hypochlorite
15.Instrumentation well-short from the working length of canal
results in:
A. Enlarging the apical foramen
B. Incomplete preparation of the root canal
C. Shelfing or ledging the canal
D. Traumatizing the apical tissues
16. Debridement of pulp cavity is:
A. Always the total surgical removal of a vital pulp
B. Partial removal of a vital pulp
C. Surgical removal of a vital pulp
D. Surgical removal of necrotic or mummified non-vital pulp
17. The fracture of root canal instruments may be caused by:
A. Incorrect access to the root canal
B. Too vigorous instrumentation
C. Using a too large sized reamer
D. All of the above are correct
18. Which of the following is not something that can be seen in a
periapical radiograph?
a. Width of the periodontal ligament
b. Number of roots of the tooth and their morphology
c. Axial inclination of the tooth
d - Occlusal relationship of the maxilla and mandible
19. A patient comes to your clinic on Saturday afternoon complaining of
severe sharp pain when eating ice-cream. Your examination revealed a
hypersensitive response to thermal test which subside as soon as the
stimulus removed. The periapical radiograph shows normal intact PDL.
What do you think is your diagnosis?
a) Reversible pulpitis
b) Irreversible pulpitis
c) Pulp necrosis with chronic apical abscess
d) Patient has no problem
20. leaving the tooth open between appointments during root canal
therapy could lead to
a) Healing of the periapical lesion.
b) Bacterial contamination of the root canal system.
c) Neither (a) nor (b).
21. The intrapulpal injection produces profound anesthesia if the
anesthetic solution deposit passively into the pulp chamber
A-True
B- False
22. Most of the rotary instruments prepare canal using
A. crown-down technique
B. step-back technique
C. anti-curvature technique

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