National Entry Level Dental Assistant: Anatomy, Morphology and Physiology (AMP) 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:
-
- Contractor's location
- Testing facility
- Paper & Pencil
- No
- Can the instructor take this test?:
- No
- Number of Test Items:
- 105
- Time Allowed (minutes):
- 80
- Cost Per Test:
- $245 traditional candidate; $240 active military; discount when the exam is taken with one or more DANB exams. See application packet.
- Additional information:
Test Site: Starting January 20, 2021, DANB introduced online proctoring for this exam delivered through DANB's testing vendor Pearson VUE's OnVUE system. Candidates must have a computer and testing space that meet Pearson VUE's requirements. Computer must have webcam, microphone, secure, reliable internet and other technical specifications. The testing space must at least be a walled room with a closed door. See https://home.pearsonvue.com/danb/onvue
for more information. Is the instructor allowed to take this test? There are no eligibility requirements to take this exam, therefore an instructor can take this exam. However, the instructor is not allowed to share test questions with their students. (No response from source for 2022-23.)
Possible Preparatory Courses
Timing
- Multiple test sessions:
- No
- Time of day
- Yes
- Order of tasks
- No
- Planned breaks during test
- No
- 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
- No
- 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
- No
- 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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