# DLOSCE Exam Prep

Original DLOSCE-style patient cases, multi-select questions scored with the official partial-credit rule, prescription tasks, adaptive practice and a full-length practice exam.

Last updated: 2026-11-08.

399 original DLOSCE-style questions and 24 prescription tasks, with adaptive practice, a review queue and a full-length practice exam.

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## Practice under the exam's own rules

The DLOSCE has its own scoring rules. On a question with one or more correct answers, a single incorrect selection earns no credit for the whole item, correct options can carry partial credit, and neutral options change nothing.[^C1] Every multi-select question in this course is scored exactly that way, so you learn when to commit to an option and when to leave it out.

- **Patient Box cases.** Most questions start from a fictional patient's Patient Box: history, medications, vital signs and findings written in words, with allergies listed when the patient has them, across pediatric, geriatric, special-needs and medically complex patients.[^C2]
- **Longer option lists.** Many diagnosis and management questions list several plausible choices in a logical clinical order, as the exam does, rather than a fixed set of four.
- **Prescription tasks.** Choose the medication, strength, quantity to dispense, number per dose, loading dose and frequency, the fields the exam asks for.[^C1] The official scoring key is not published, so answers are scored on Dentovio's own 4-point training rubric: one point each for strength, quantity, dose with loading dose, and frequency, and 0 for a medication no accepted regimen supports or a daily total above the task's maximum.
- **An explanation for every option,** with the controlling guideline or reference linked at the item.

## Study what you need, not just more questions

- **Adaptive practice** leans toward your weakest content areas and the items due for review.
- **Topic drills** cover all nine official content areas: choose any multiple-choice area and its subtopics, or drill the antibiotic and analgesic prescription tasks.[^C2]
- **A review queue** brings back missed and partial-credit items on an expanding schedule.
- **A full-length practice exam** follows the official five-section order and timing, with the clock kept on our server so you can resume.[^C2]

## What it does not include

The real exam uses 3D models; this course states findings in words, so practice the model controls with the official ADEX tutorial.[^C5] Every question is original. None is recalled from the exam, and none comes from official practice materials. Practice percentages are not DLOSCE scaled scores and do not predict a result. Dentovio is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the ADA, the JCNDE or ADEX.

[^C1]: JCNDE, *DLOSCE Technical Report* (2026), "Multiple choice items" and "Prescription Tasks". <https://jcnde.ada.org/-/media/project/ada-organization/ada/jcnde/files/dlosce_technical_report.pdf>
[^C2]: JCNDE, *2026 DLOSCE Candidate Guide*, pp. 6–13 and 21. <https://jcnde.ada.org/-/media/project/ada-organization/ada/jcnde/files/dlosce_candidate_guide.pdf>
[^C5]: ADEX, *DLOSCE examination test prep*. <https://adextesting.org/test-prep/dlosce-examination>
