Prometric Online Tutorial - Dental Admission Test (DAT)

Prometric Online Tutorial - Dental Admission Test (DAT)
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Dental Admission Test
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Confidentiality Statement for Dental Admission Test
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CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT and

NOTICE CONCERNING IRREGULARITIES
In applying for the Dental Admission Test, an examinee agrees to abide by regulations controlling the
conduct of the examinations and must abide by all instructions, whether oral or written. Each examinee is
responsible for protecting the confidentiality of the examination before, during, and after an examination.
Each examinee is also responsible for the integrity of his or her answers. If an irregularity is noted during
the examination or evidence of an irregularity is disclosed during processing of examinee responses, the
scores of examinees involved will be withheld and may be voided.
In the event of a testing irregularity, the examinee agrees to cooperate fully in the investigation thereof.
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Welcome to the tutorial
This tutorial provides a series of screens that orient you to the computer testing environment. This will give
you an opportunity to try each feature before using it in questions that will be scored. You will be
instructed on how to use the mouse and the different parts of the screen.
You may use the tutorial for 15 minutes. Notice the "Time remaining" box in the upper right corner of this
screen. A similar display will appear during the actual exam. In the upper left corner is a box that shows
where you are in the series of questions (or in this case, screens of the tutorial). Other screen features are
described later in the tutorial.
Click on the 'Next' button to continue.

Using the mouse
The mouse pointer moves when you move the mouse around on a surface. Although it
can assume different shapes, the arrow shown at left is common. To point with the
mouse, move the pointer until it rests on the desired object. To click something, point to
it and then press and quickly release the left mouse button.
Practice:
1. Rest your hand lightly on the mouse and move it. Note how the pointer moves as your hand does.
2. Point to the correct answer (A) on the sample question below and click. You can click anywhere in
the answer. Notice that the open circle next to the answer you chose is now filled in.
Sample Question
A. Correct answer
B. Incorrect answer

Navigating through the exam
You can use the mouse to move through the exam one question at a time. Buttons appear at the bottom of
the screen.
To move backwards
Click the Previous button.
To move forwards
Click the Next button.

Marking questions for later review
Your score is determined by the number of questions you answer correctly. Therefore it is to your
advantage to answer every question. If you are unsure of your answer, you can mark the question to review
if time permits.
To mark a question
Click the Mark button.
To unmark a question
Click the Marked button. This button will only appear if you have marked
the question.
Unmark each question when you are satisfied with your answer choice. If you forget to unmark the
question, it's OKAY. The scoring process does not differentiate between marked and unmarked questions.
You can also leave a question unanswered (incomplete). Marked and Incomplete questions will be
highlighted in a Review Questions screen before you exit the exam, and you will have the opportunity to
go back to those if you have time remaining.

Click on the Exhibit button to view additional text or graphics.
Some questions require an exhibit (text or graphic) to answer the question.
To view an exhibit:
Click the Exhibit button
When the exhibit displays you can click on the button marked 'Tile' to view both the
exhibit and question at the same time the scroll bar appears on the right side if the
exhibit does not fit on the screen.
Practice:
1. Click the Exhibit button below

2. Close the window once you have finished viewing the exhibit to return to the
question

For multiple-choice questions, click on your answer or press its letter.
To answer each multiple-choice question in your test:
Click on your choice

1. Select an answer now. Notice how the answer button fills in. The
'Directions' indicate that only one response is necessary.
2. Change your answer by clicking different choices.
Sample Question:
The sky is
A. Blue
B. Green
C. Brown

Using the scroll function
A scroll bar appears when a question doesn't fit on a single screen. Scroll
bars may be horizontal or vertical.
To scroll through the screen contents, click the scroll arrow that points in
the appropriate direction to move a short distance. To move up or down
one screen at a time, click within the scroll bar above or below the scroll
box.

Reviewing items
At the end of the examination, you will see a scrollable listing of all the question numbers. This list displays each question number and indicates if the
question has been marked for review, completed or skipped.
To review questions
Click on the Review All button. You will be moved to the first question. Clicking on the Next button will cause you to move to the
next question. You can also double-click on the question number in the list to move to a particular question.
To review marked questions
Click on the Review Marked button. You will be moved to the first marked question. Clicking on the Next button will cause you to
move to the next marked question.
To review incomplete questions
Click on the Review Incomplete button. You will be moved to the first incomplete question. Clicking on the Next button will cause
you to move to the next incomplete question.

End of tutorial
This concludes the tutorial. If you have time remaining, you can repeat the tutorial by clicking on the
Previous button to back up one screen at a time.
Good luck with the examination.

If you would like further instruction on how to select an answer please raise your
hand for assistance from your test administrator.
If at any time during the examination you think you have a problem with your
computer, need more scratch paper, or need the administrator for any reason, please
raise your hand.
Click the 'End' button.

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In the following eight screens, you will see at least one sample item from each of
the four components in the Dental Admissions test:
Survey of Natural Sciences

Perceptual Ability
Reading Comprehension
Quantitative Reasoning
Survey of Natural Sciences - Biology, General Chemistry, and Organic Chemistry
This test must be completed within 90 minutes.
The examination is comprised of 100 items, divided into three sections.
Biology (items 1-40)

General Chemistry (items 41-70)
Organic Chemistry (items 71-100)
Each test item is a question or incomplete statement followed by suggested answers or completions. Read
the item, decide which choice is best, and select the answer with the mouse or by pressing the
corresponding key on the keyboard. You should attempt to answer all items prior to continuing to the next
section of the test. You will not be able to return to this section later.
Some items refer to the Periodic Table of Elements. To view the table while in an item screen:
Click the Exhibit button, located in the lower right corner of the screen.
Question 1 of 2 Dental Admission Test Time Remaining 3:25:00
Thirty-nine grams of calcium fluoride (formula weight = 78 amu) contains
A. One-half mole of fluoride ions
B. Two moles of calcium ions
C. One mole of calcium ions
D. One mole of fluoride ions
E. Two moles of fluoride ions
TIP: Don't forget to look for exhibit buttons.

Perceptual Ability Test
This test is comprised of 90 items, which must be completed within 60 minutes.

The 90 items consist of six different item types. Instructions for the different item
types will be explained before each new section.
You should attempt to answer all items prior to continuing to the next test. You will
not be able to return to this section later.
PART 1 (For questions 1 through 15)
This visualization test consists of a number of items similar to the sample on the next screen. A three-
dimensional object is shown at the left and is followed by outlines of five apertures or openings.
In each item the task is exactly the same. First, you are to imagine how the object looks from all
directions (rather than from a single direction as shown). Then pick from the five apertures outlined, the
opening through which the object could pass directly if the proper side were inserted first. Finally, use
the mouse to select the figure corresponding to the answer you have chosen.
Here are the rules:
1. Prior to passing through the aperture, the irregular solid object may be turned in any direction. It
may be started through the aperture on a side not shown.
2. Once the object is started through the aperture, it may not be twisted or turned. It must pass
completely through the opening. The opening is always the exact shape of the appropriate
external outline of the object.
3. Both objects and apertures are drawn to the same scale. Thus it is possible for an opening to be
the correct shape but too small for the object. In all cases, however, differences are large enough
to judge by eye.
4. There are no irregularities in any hidden portion of the object. However, if the figure has
symmetric indentations, the hidden portion is symmetric with the part shown.
5. For each object there is only one correct aperture.
Click Next for a sample question.

The pictures that follow are top, front and end views of various solid objects. The views are without
perspective. That is, the points in the viewed surface are viewed along parallel lines of vision. The
projection looking DOWN on it is shown in the upper left-hand corner (TOP VIEW). The projection
looking at the object from the FRONT is shown in the lower left-hand corner (FRONT VIEW). The
projection looking at the object from the END is shown in the lower right-hand corner (END VIEW).
These views are ALWAYS in the same positions and are labeled accordingly.
Note that lines that cannot be seen on the surface in some particular view are DOTTED in that view. In
the problems that follow, two views will be shown, with four alternatives to complete the set. You are to
select the correct view using the mouse.

You are to examine the four INTERIOR angles and rank each in terms of degrees from SMALL TO
LARGE. Choose the alternative that has the correct ranking.
SAMPLE QUESTION: The correct ranking of the angles from small to large is 2 - 1 - 4 - 3 therefore,
alternative (B) is correct.
A. 1-2-3-4
B. 2-1-4-3
C. 1-3-2-4
D. 3-4-1-2

A flat square of paper is folded one or more times. The broken lines indicate the original position of the
paper. The solid lines indicate the position of the folded paper. The paper is never turned or twisted. The
folded paper always remains within the edges of the original square. There may be from one to four
folds in each item. After the last fold a hole is punched in the paper. Your task is to unfold the paper
mentally and determine the position of the holes on the orginal square. Choose the pattern of black
circles that indicates the position of the holes on the original square. There is only one correct pattern for
each item.
Figure B shows the result of the first fold. Figure C shows the position of the punched holeon the folded
paper. When the paper is unfolded the pattern on the holes on the original square is shown by the dark
circles in Figure D. The answer has two holes since the paper was two thicknesses when punched.

Each figure has been made by cementing together cubes of the same size as shown in
Figure Z below. After being cemented each group was painted on all sides EXCEPT FOR
THE BOTTOM ON WHICH IT IS RESTING. The only hidden cubes are those required
to support other cubes. For the next question you are to examine the figure closely to
determine how many cubes have:
Only one of their sides painted.

Only two of their sides painted.
Only three of their sides painted.
Only four of their sies painted.
All five of their sides painted.
NOTE: There are no problems for which zero (0) is the correct answer.

A flat pattern will be presented. This pattern is to be folded into a three-dimensional

figure. The correct figure is one of the four given at the right of the pattern. There is only
one correct figure in each set. The outside of the pattern is what is seen at the left. Use the
mouse to select the letter that corresponds to the correct pattern.
One of the figures below (A, B, C, or D) can be formed from the flat pattern given at the
left. The only figure that corresponds to the pattern is D. If the shaded surfaces are looked
at as the sides of the box, then all four sides must be shaded, while the top and bottom are
white.

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Perceptual Ability
Select the letter of the box that best represents the first view.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Section Break
STOP! Please read this message. This is an optional 15-minute
break. Clicking the NEXT button will terminate the break
immediately and start the next session of the test. Click NEXT to
continue before the break period expires.
After the break time expires, testing will resume automatically.

The next three screens are examples of Reading Comprehension items.
The Reading Comprehension component of this test contains reading

passages that can be viewed on the same line as the question. The
reading passages are longer than the screen, so they have been put into a
window and a scroll bar will appear to the right of the window to allow
you to scroll down as you read the passage.
To view the reading passage on the following screens:
Click the scroll bar attached to the passage to scroll through

the passage.
Practice in the next three screens:
1. View the sample question that relates to the passage that appears below
the question.
2. Click the scroll bar attached to the passage to scroll through the text while
reading it.
3. Answer the question.
4. Click the 'Next' button to continue.
X radiation was discovered by
A. a German physicist
B. a Mississippi fisherman
C. none of the above
IONIZING RADIATION: RISK AND BENEFIT
(1) X radiation is a form of energy w hich w as

discovered by the German physicist, Wilhelm
Conrad Roentgen in 1895. Like visible light,
radiow aves, and microw aves, X-rays belong to a
group of radiations know n as the electromagnetic
spectrum. Electromagnetic radiations are
comprised of units of pure energy called photons
or quanta. Unlike corpuscular, or particular,
radiations w hich are composed of subatomic
particles, electromagnetic radiations have no mass
or w eight. Subatomic particles that can be involved
in corpuscular radiations include the alpha particle
The same term is given to
A. alpha particle and the beta particle.
B. transverse wave form and the oscillatory movement.
C. atoms and molecules.

Radiation bioeffects can be divided into two basic types:
A. X-ray production and X-ray tube
B. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
C. Non-stochastic and stochastic

Quantitative Reasoning Test
This test is comprised of 40 items, which must be completed within 45 minutes.

Each test item is a question or incomplete statement followed by suggested answers
or completions. Read the item, decide which choice is the best, and select your
answer with the mouse.
You should attempt to answer all items in the section. This is the final section of the
test. You will not be able to return to this section later.
Question 1 of 1 Dental Admission Test Time Remaining 40:57
If y = (x+2)/x, then x equals which of the following?
A. 2/(y - 1)
B. 2/(y + 1)
C. (2y + 1)/y
D. 2y - 1
E. y/(y + 2)
Dental Admission Test
Symbols Key
= Marked = Completed = Incomplete
If the time limit for any of the four DAT components (tests) expires
before you complete it, you will be notified by means of the "Time
Expired" message. Your only option is to proceed to the next test, or to
finish the examination process; if it is the last of the four tests.
This concludes the tutorial. If you need additional help during the
examination contact the Test Center Administrator.
Your examination will consist of the following four sections:

Perceptual Ability
Detailed instructions will precede each section.
There is no penalty for guessing. You total score is the number of

correct responses. Therefore, you should attempt to answer all items.
Good luck with the examination!

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Confidentiality Statement for Dental Admission Test

CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT and

Welcome to the tutorial

Click on the 'Next' button to continue.

Using the mouse

Click on the 'Next' button to continue.

Navigating through the exam

Click on the 'Next' button to continue.

Marking questions for later review

Click on the 'Next' button to continue.

Click on the Exhibit button to view additional text or graphics.

Some questions require an exhibit (text or graphic) to answer the question.

Click the Exhibit button

1. Click the Exhibit button below

Click on the 'Next' button to continue.

For multiple-choice questions, click on your answer or press its letter.

To answer each multiple-choice question in your test:

Click on your choice

Click on the 'Next' button to continue.

Using the scroll function

Click on the 'Next' button to continue.

Click on the 'Next' button to continue.

Good luck with the examination.

Click on the 'Next' button to continue.

Click the 'End' button.

Survey of Natural Sciences

This test must be completed within 90 minutes.

The examination is comprised of 100 items, divided into three sections.

Biology (items 1-40)

Survey of Natural Sciences

Thirty-nine grams of calcium fluoride (formula weight = 78 amu) contains

A. One-half mole of fluoride ions

B. Two moles of calcium ions

C. One mole of calcium ions

D. One mole of fluoride ions

E. Two moles of fluoride ions

TIP: Don't forget to look for exhibit buttons.

Perceptual Ability Test

This test is comprised of 90 items, which must be completed within 60 minutes.

Here are the rules:

Click Next for a sample question.

Click Next for a sample question.

PART 3 (For questions 31 through 45)

Click Next for a sample question.

PART 4 (For questions 46 through 60)

Click Next for a sample question.

PART 5 (For questions 61 through 75)

Only one of their sides painted.

Click Next for a sample question.

PART 6 (For questions 76 through 90)

A flat pattern will be presented. This pattern is to be folded into a three-dimensional

Click Next for a sample question.

After the break time expires, testing will resume automatically.

The Reading Comprehension component of this test contains reading

To view the reading passage on the following screens:

Click the scroll bar attached to the passage to scroll through

Practice in the next three screens:

X radiation was discovered by

C. none of the above