STHETICIAN STATE BOARD STUDY GUIDE SUMMARY WITH SOLVED QUESTIONS FOR EXAM SUCCESS 2026STHETICIAN STATE BOARD STUDY GUIDE SUMMARY WITH SOLVED QUESTIONS FOR EXAM SUCCESS 2026

ESTHETICIAN STATE BOARD STUDY
GUIDE SUMMARY WITH SOLVED
QUESTIONS FOR EXAM SUCCESS 2026

• What item should be used on tools and implements that have not come
in contact with blood or body fluids? Answer: Broad-Spectrum
Disinfectants


• What machine is used to sterilize surgical instruments with high-
pressure and high-temperature vapors? Answer: Chemiclave


• Instruments can be pre-cleaned using: Answer: High-frequency energy
waves


• What is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
responsible for? Answer: Enforces safety and health standards in the
workplace


• Which department is OSHA under? Answer: Department of Labor


• What do Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) provide information on?
Answer: Specific product ingredients, hazards, combustion levels, and
storage requirements

,• What is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) responsible for?
Answer: Approving the efficacy of products and verifying effectiveness
of products against organisms listed on the labels


• Which infection control equipment utilizes UV light to kill bacteria in
a dry setting? Answer: UV Light Sterilizer


• Can a UV light sterilizer kill all bacterial spores? Answer: No, it
cannot be relied upon to do that


• Which infection control equipment uses pressure, heat, and/or
pressurized steam? Answer: Autoclave


• Which infection control equipment high-pressure, high-temperature
water, alcohol, and formaldehyde vapors? Answer: Chemiclave


• What are the five layer of the epidermis (top to bottom)? Answer: 1.
Stratum Corneum
2. Stratum Lucidum
3. Stratum Granulosum
4. Stratum Spinosum
5. Stratum Germinativum


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,• What is another name for the dermis? Answer: True skin


• Which types of cells are found in the stratum corneum? Answer:
Keratinocytes and squamous cells


• What are keratinocytes tightly interconnected by on the skin's surface?
Answer: Desmosomes


• What is the purpose of a squamous cell in the stratum corneum?
Answer: Protect lower layers of the epidermis and the rest of the skin


• Which layer of the epidermis acts as a barrier to moisture loss and is
water-resistant? Answer: Stratum corneum


• Which layers of the epidermis are composed of dead cells? Answer:
Stratum corneum, stratum lucidum, stratum granulosum


• Which layer of the epidermis is transparent? Answer: Stratum lucidum


• What creates densely packed, clear keratin in the stratum lucidum?
Answer: Keratinocytes


• Which layer of the epidermis is where keratinization begins (and where
keratin is produced)? Answer: Stratum granulosum

, • What is the protein substance that forms keratin? Answer:
Keratohyalin


• In which layer of the epidermis does protection begin? Answer:
Stratum granulosum


• What makes the stratum spinosum the "spiny layer?" Answer:
Desmosomes which provide strength and support between cells


• Where do langerhan cells reside and protect the body from infection
(alongside T-cells)? Answer: Stratum spinosum


• Which layer of the epidermis is called the "basal layer?" Answer:
Stratum germinativum as this is where basal cells go through mitosis


• What is the purpose of the hemidesmosomes in the stratum
germinativum? Answer: Attach epidermis to the dermis to form
basement membrane


• Where are Merkel cells found? Answer: Stratum germinativum (in
thick skin)


• Where are melanocytes found? Answer: Stratum germinativum (in thin
skin)


• What cells cover and protect the inside of the body? Answer: Epithelial