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1. X-rays were discovered by

a) Madam Curie
b) Roentgen
c) Rutherford
d) Becquerel
Ans: B

2. Dierence between the size of the cranium and the cephalogram is

a) no dierence
b) 5% reduction
c) 5% enlargement
d) 10% enlargement
Ans: C

3. Identify the wrong statement regarding lateral cephalogram

a) Right side is towards the tube
b) Left side is towards cassette
c) Left side of face is viewed clearly
d) Right side of face is viewed clearly
Ans: D

4. Which of the following landmarks are not located in mandible

a) Pogonion
b) Gnathion
c) Menton
d) Porion
Ans: D

5. Which of the following is a unilateral land mark

a) Nasion

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b) Porion
c) Orbitale
d) Gonion
Ans: A

6. Registration point
a) Point A
b) A point half way on the perpendicular from sella to Boltons plane
c) Nasion
d) Point B
Ans: B

7. Cranial base length is measured from

a) nasion to bolton
b) nasion to sella
c) sella to bolton
d) None of the above
Ans: A

8. The deepest point between the anterior nasal spine and superior prosthion is
a) subspinale
b) supranasale
c) infraspinale
d) gnathion
Ans: A

9. The most anterior part of bony chin

a) Gonion
b) Pogonion
c) Menton
d) Gnathion
Ans: B

10. The point of intersection of dorsal contuours of mandibular processes

a) Supramentale
b) Articulare
c) Condylion
d) Pterygomaxillary
Ans: B

11. Which cephalometric point represents centre of ramus of mandible?

a) Pm point
b) Xi point
c) PTM point
d) N point

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Ans: B

12. The most stable area to evaluate craniofacia! growth is

a) nasal oor
b) cranial vault
c) occiusal plane
d) anterior cranial base
Ans: D

13. Which of the following planes can be examined clinically

a) Frankfort horizontal plane
b) Bolton plane
c) SN plane
d) All of the above
Ans: A
14. The rst modern cephaiometric analysis is
a) Downs analysis
b) Steiners analysis
c) Tweeds analysis
d) Ricketts analysis
Ans: B

15. Downs cephaiometric analysis uses line as a reference plane

a) ANS-PNS
b) SN-plane
c) Porion-Orbitale
d) Gonion-Menton
Ans: C

16. The three landmarks which determine skeletal convexity are

a) glabella, prosthion and supramentale
b) nasion, sella and articulare
c) nasion, subspinale and pogonion
d) orbitale, anterior nasal spine and pogonion
Ans: C

17. Average angle of convexity

a) 85
b) 90
c) 59
d) 0 10
Ans: D

18. Mandibular plane angle is formed by

a) FH line and NH-pogline

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b) FH line and mandibular plane

c) FH line and SNA
d) FH line and SNB
Ans: B

19. On a cephalogram if FMA angle is 25 the patient is

a) long face
b) short face
c) average face
d) mandibular growth rotated backwards
Ans: C

20. The interincisal angle in Bimaxiilary protrusion is ?

a) Increased
b) Decreased
c) Normal
d) Variable
Ans: B

21. SNB angle describes the relationship of the

a) maxilla to the cranial base
b) mandible to the cranial base
c) maxilla to the mandible
d) All of the above
Ans: B

22. SNA of 90 and SNB of 78 indicate

a) Maxillary protrusion only
b) Mandibular retrusion only
c) Maxillary protrusion and mandibular retrusion
d) Mandibular protrusion and maxillary retrusion
Ans: C

23. An ANB angle 2 on the cephalogram usually indicates

a) an unfavourable relationship of mandible to maxilla
b) a favourable relationship of maxillary alveolar base to mandibular alveolar base
c) poor cranial growth with poor prognosis
d) retruded maxillary incisor
Ans: B

24. In skeletal Class III malocclusion will show

a) ANB of +8 degrees
b) ANB of -6 degrees
c) ANB of 0 degrees
d) ANB of +2 degrees

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Ans: B

25. fhich of the following analysis has dental, skeletal and soft tissue components
a) Steiners analysis
b) Downs analysis
c) Tweeds analysis
d) Wits appraisal
Ans: A

26. Angle formed between mandibular plane and the long axis of mandibular central incisor is
a) 90 5
c) 120
b) 25
d) 80 2
Ans: A

27. Type A growth pattern is________

a) Middle third of face grows faster than lower third
b) Lower third of the face grows faster than middle third
c) Prognoses is poor
d) Equal growth is seen
Ans: D
28. What is Wits analysis
a) Cephalometric analysis
b) Model analysis
c) Computer analysis
d) Space calculation analysis
Ans: A

29. Which of the cephalometric parameters is used to diagnose a long face syndrome pattern?
a) ANB angle
b) Jaraback ratio
c) SNA angle
d) Saddle angle
Ans: B

30. Zephalometrics is used in orthodontics for ail of the following except

a) study growth changes
b) to evaluate soft tissues
c) aid in diagnosis and treatment plan
d) to treat malocclusion
Ans: D

31. According a American Board of Orhodontics recommendation for colour coding ofr sequential tracing, p
treatment ceph tracing is done in

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a) black
b) blue
c) red
d) green
Ans: C

32. Chin Throat angle is________

a) 70
b) 80
c) 90
d) 100
Ans: C

33. Cephalometrics (cephalostat) was introduced by

a) Margolis and William Wilson in 1925
b) Tweed and Mills in 1940
c) Bjork and Sassounl in 1995
d) Broadbent and Hofrath in 1932
Ans: D

34. In lateral cephalometrics the distance at which lm is placed from mid sagittal plane
a) 10 cm
b) 12 cm
c) 15 cm
d) 18 cm
Ans: D
35. The occipital condyle is represented by the following cephalometric point
a) Boltons point
b) Broadbent registration point
c) Basion
d) Articulare
Ans: A

36. Gonion, menthon, pogonion are cephalometric landmarks located on

a) Midline
b) Mandible
c) Bony chin
d) Prole skeletal
Ans: B

37. Which of the following is a derived cephalometric landmark

a) Nasion
b) ANS
c) Gnathion
d) Orbitale

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Ans: C

38. Superimposition in cephalometric studies is done from registration point. This best demonstrates
a) growth of structures farthest from point
b) growth of structures nearest to point
c) growth at that point
d) All of the above
Ans: A

39. Masion is situated at

a) Frontonasal suture
b) Zygomatic process
c) Orbital oor
d) None of the above
Ans: A

40. Which of the lollowing is a MISMATCH?

a) Bolton point: Highest point on the concavity behind occipital condyles
b) Gonion: Anterior point of the angle of the mandible
c) Orbital: Lower point on the left infraorbital margin
d) Porion; Highest point on the soft tissue (superior surface) of the external auditory meatus
Ans: B

41. Which of the following landmarks present in the angle of mandibie

a) Gnathion
b) Gonion
c) Pogonion
d) Porion
Ans: B

42. Which of the following cephalometric point can be altered by orthodontic tooth movement?
a) Point-A
b) ANS
c) Nasion
d) Gonion
Ans: A

43. Which of the following is a bilateral landmark on the lateral cephalogram

a) Basion
b) Pogonion
c) Gonion
d) Nasion
Ans: C

44. Cephalometric analysis is used to evaluate growth changes by superimaposing on

a) sella-nasion plane

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b) mandibular plane
c) FHP
d) occiusal plane
Ans: A

45. Frankfort horizontal is a reference plane constructed by joining

a) porion and orbitale
b) nasion and sella
c) porion and sella
d) porion and nasion
Ans: A

46. Facial plane is formed by

a) sella-gnathion
b) sella-nasion
c) nasion-pogonion
d) nasion-subspinale
Ans: C

47. Facial plane angle is between

a) FHP and N-Pog line
b) FHP and mandibular plane angle
c) FHP and sella gonian line
d) Basion-Nasion and N-pog line
Ans: A
48. Angle of convexity
a) SNA
b) SNB
c) N-A-Pog
d) ANB
Ans: C

49. Y-axis is used to analyse

a) Maxillary growth
b) Mandibular growth
c) Both maxillary and mandibular growth
d) To design appliance
Ans: B

50. Open bite on cephalogram shows as

a) increased MP angle
b) decreased MP angle
c) increased ANB angle
d) none of the above
Ans: A

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51. Decreased interincisaf angle indicates

a) retrusion of teeth
b) protrusion of teeth
c) vertical overlap
d) horizontal overlap
Ans: B

52. Angle SNA is used to

a) relate maxilla to mandible
b) relate maxilla to cranial base
c) relate mandible to maxilla
d) none of the above
Ans: B

53. In bimaxillary prognathism malocclusion

a) SNA is increased
b) SNB is increased
c) Both SNA and SNB are increased
d) Both SNA and SNB are decreased
Ans: C

54. Antero-posterior relation of jaws is measured by

a) ANB angle
b) Angle between SN and FH plane
c) Angle between SN and mandibular plane
d) Facial angle
Ans: A

55. Severe skeletal Class II div I is characterised by

a) ANB is +8 degrees
b) ANB -5 degrees
c) ANB +2 degrees
d) FMPA is above 135 degrees
Ans: A

56. If a normal SNA = 82, a patient has SNA = 90. This suggests
a) maxillary teeth protrusion
b) maxillary protrusion
c) mandibular protrusion
d) mandibular retrusion
Ans: B

57. Tweeds triangle denotes

a) the position of maxilla and mandible to each other
b) the angle between the mandibular plane and mandibular incisors

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c) relationship between maxillary central and mandibular central incisor

d) prole of an individual
Ans: B

58. High angle case is

a) FMIA > 65
c) FMP > 35
b) IMP > 100
d) SNA > 4
Ans: C

59. Which of the following cephaiometric analyses reveal the severity of antero-posterior jaw dysplasia?
a) Downs analysis
b) Steiner analysis
c) Wits analysis
d) All of the above
Ans: D

60. A cephalogram of a 10-year-old child shows ANB=- 4 and facial angle of 98 the case is of
a) Maxillary hypoplasia
b) Pseudo Class III malocclusion
c) True Class III malocclusion
d) Maxillary prognathism
Ans: C

61. Corrected incisor relation in cephalometrics is useful to

a) assess skeletal relation
b) assess growth of jaws
c) determine skeletal malocclusion
d) All of the above
Ans: A

62. Which of the following conditions cannot be assessed by a lateral cephalogram

a) Mandibular lateral asymmetry
b) Vertical facial discrepancy
c) Increased posterior height
d) Decreased anterior height
Ans: A

63. Sassouni analysis is used to describe skeletal disturbance in which plane______

a) vertical
b) horizontal
c) transverse
d) dentoskeletal
Ans: A

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64. In normal edge and centroid relationship_____

a) Edge and centroid are in one plane
b) Edge is in front of centroid
c) Edge is behind the centroid
d) None of the above
Ans: B

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