Certified Dental Assistant and National Entry-Level Dental Assistant: Radiation Health and Safety (RHS) Examination
Credential Source Contact Information
- Source Company Name:
- Dental Assisting National Board Inc. (DANB)
- Contact:
- Amanda Anderson, Chief Credentialing Operations Officer
- Phone:
- 312.280.3415
- Email:
- aanderson@danb.org
- Website:
- www.danb.org
Credential Contractor
- Credential Contractor:
- Same as source
- Contact:
- Same as source
- Phone:
- Same as source
- Email:
- Same as source
Test Administration
- Test Site:
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- School: Online
- Testing facility
- Paper & Pencil
- No
- Can the instructor take this test?:
- No
- Number of Test Items:
- RHS Exam = 100 items, ICE Exam = 100 items, and GC Exam = 120 items. 320 items total for CDA Certification
- Time Allowed (minutes):
- RHS Exam = 75 minutes, ICE Exam =75 minutes, and GC Exam = 90 minutes. 240 minutes total for CDA Certification
- Passing Score (percent):
- DANB CDA Exams are administered adaptively and passing is based on a scaled score, with 400 being the cut score, and the range being 100 to 900.
- Cost Per Test:
- RHS Exam = $270, ICE Exam = $270, and GC Exam = $270. If all exams taken together, the price is $450 for CDA Certification
Possible Preparatory Courses
Timing
- Multiple test sessions:
- No
- Time of day
- Yes
- Order of tasks
- No
- Planned breaks during test
- Yes
- Is extended time an option for the test-taker?
- No
Setting
- Test location
- Yes
- Adaptive or special furniture
- Yes
- Special lighting
- Yes
Presentation
- Written directions accompanying oral directions
- Yes
- Specific verbal prompts
- Yes
- Visual aids
- No
- Amplification equipment
- Yes
- Headphones, earmuffs, or earplugs
- Yes
- Large-print test
- Yes
- Braille test
- No
- Read-aloud test
- Yes
- Audio test
- No
- Interpreting/transliterating testing directions
- No
- Interpreting/Transliterating the test
- No
Response
- Enlarged copy of the answer document
- No
- Communication board or choice cards
- No
- Examiner records responses
- Yes
- Brailler
- No
- Word processor or word processor with speech-to-text
- No
- Augmentative communication device
- No
- Word prediction software
- No
- Spelling aids
- No
- English dictionary
- No
- Dictation using a recording device
- No
- Dictation to a scribe
- No
- Read back student response
- No
- Calculator and arithmetic tools
- No
- Calculator with additional functions
- No
- Math aids
- No
- Dry erase board
- Yes
- Additional writing implements
- Yes
- Audio test
- No
- Bilingual dictionary
- No
- Dictation to a scribe
- No
- English dictionary
- No
- Examiner records responses
- No
- Flexible Schedule
- No
- Is extended time an option for the test-taker?
- No
- Multiple test sessions
- No
- Read-aloud test
- No
- Test directions delivery
- No
- Visual aids
- No
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