MILADY
ESTHETICS
STATE BOARD
TEST
Microbe is another term for? - Answers -bacteria
What is the lowest level of decontamination and infection control? - Answers -sanitation
When washing your hands, how long should you scrub after lathering with soap? -
Answers -30-60 seconds
What has neither a definite size nor a definite shape? - Answers -Gas
The skin's protective barrier agains certain forms of bacteria and microorganisms is
called the? - Answers -acid mantle
When free radicals cause an oxidation reaction they also? - Answers -produce a new
free radical
soaps are? - Answers -highly alkaline
solutions are usually? - Answers -transparent
If a substance is hydrophilic, it is considered? - Answers -water loving
One advantage of O/W emulsions is that they? - Answers -are easily rinsed away with
water
water-in-oil emulsions usually contain? - Answers -a smaller amount of water and a
greater amount of oil
, The early Hebrews used myrrh in powder form to? - Answers -repel fleas
Which culture determined a person's beauty by how or she looked when naked? -
Answers -The Greeks
Your career options as an esthetician include? - Answers -day spa esthetician, salon
manager and makeup artist
The grooming rituals of the early Hebrew were based on the principle that? - Answers -
their bodies were gifts to be cared for
What does a state licensing inspector do? - Answers -inspect salons to ensure state
rules and regulation are being followed
Modesty was greatly valued during which era? - Answers -The Victorian age
You are most likely to see the word aesthetician used in which environment? - Answers
-medical setting
Which civilization is believed to have been the first to cultivate beauty in an extravagent
fashion? - Answers -Egyptians
A common purpose for seeking camouflage therapy is to? - Answers -disguise the
effects of an accident
What practice was common during the Renaissance? - Answers -shaving or tweezing
the eyebrows and hairline
_____ is one of the mediums commonly used with lasers. - Answers -gas
Faradic currents should be used no longer than? - Answers -15-20 minutes
A cathode is usually marked with this symbol - Answers -- (negative symbol)
Microcurrent works by mimicking the way? - Answers -the brain relays messages to the
muscles
Which type of UV ray penetrates directly into the dermis and damages collagen and
fibrils? - Answers -UVA
Which of these is a counter indication for electrotherapy? - Answers -epilepsy, diabetes,
dilated capillaties
The process of forcing acidic substances into deeper tissues using galvanic current is
called? - Answers -cataphoresis
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