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WV Cosmetology State Board Exam with precise detailed answers
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Cocci are bacteria that are: - ✔✔round shaped
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Which type of bacteria can cause strep throat or blood poisoning? - ✔✔streptococci
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Bacteria that grow in pairs and can cause pneumonia are: - ✔✔diplococci
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Lyme disease and syphilis are caused by spiral or corkscrew-shaped bacteria called: -
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✔✔spirilla
A chemical process that destroys most, but not necessarily all, harmful organisms on
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environmental surfaces is - ✔✔Disinfecting || || || ||
Bacteria generally consist of an outer cell wall containing a liquid called: - ✔✔protoplasm
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The process whereby bacteria grow to their largest size, and then divide into two new cells
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is - ✔✔Binary fission
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The presence of pus can be a sign of - ✔✔bacterial infection
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A ___________ infection appears as a lesion containing pus and is confined to a particular
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part of the body - ✔✔Local
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Which of the following is a condition caused by an infestation of head lice? - ✔✔pediculosis
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capitis
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The ability of the body to destroy, resist, and recognize infection is called - ✔✔immunity
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Disenfectants sold and used in the United States myst carry _________ registration number || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
- ✔✔An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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Which agency publishes the guidelines known as Standard Precautions? - ✔✔CDC
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In 2012, OSHA agreed to comply with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification
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and Labeling of Chemicals System (GHS), which requires the use of a standard format
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called __________ (SDS) to replace the MSDS - ✔✔Safety Data Sheet
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A type of disinfectant with a very high pH that can damage the skin or eyes is called -
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✔✔phenolic disinfectants ||
When washing your hands, after you have used warm water, applied soap, and then rubbed
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your hands together until a lather forms, use a disinfected nail brush to brush your nails
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horizontally back and forth under the free edges and then up and down along the folds of
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the fingernails. The process should take about - ✔✔60 seconds
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Antiseptics are intended for - ✔✔Reducing microbes on the skin || || || || || || || || ||
Standard precautions require employers and employees to assume that all human blood and
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body fluids are potentially - ✔✔infectious
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The SDS contains ________ categories of information - ✔✔16
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When disinfecting a whirlpool foot spa after use by a client, you must circulate the
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disinfectant for ________ or the length of time indicated on the product label - ✔✔10
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minutes
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After cleaning and disinfecting a pipeless foot spa after each client, how should you dry it? -
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✔✔with a clean paper towel || || || ||
Which form of hepatitis is the most difficult to kill on a surface? - ✔✔Hepatitis B
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Accelerated hydrogen peroxide, or AHP, is a recently approved form of disinfectant that
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only needs to be changed every: - ✔✔14 days
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It is important to wear gloves and _________ while disinfecting nonelectrical tools and
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implements - ✔✔safety glasses || || ||
Licensing, enforcement, and your conduct when you are working in the salon are regulated
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by ___ agencies. - ✔✔state
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Some ______ disinfectants are harmful to salon tools and equipment. - ✔✔Tuberculocidal
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As part of the SDS categories, first-aid measures include important symptoms/effects as well
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as - ✔✔required treatment
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Cutting living skin is allowed only by - ✔✔qualified medical professionals
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Fungal infections are much more common on the ______ than on the hands - ✔✔feet
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Items that can be cleaned, disinfected, and used on more than one person even if the item is
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accidentally exposed to blood or body fluid are called - ✔✔Multiuse
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The process that destroys all microbial life is - ✔✔sterilization
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If the label on a disinfection product includes the word concentrate, it means that the
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product must be - ✔✔diluted before use
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Quat solutions are ___ disinfectants when used properly in the salon - ✔✔very effective
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Using ___ bleach can damage metal and plastic. - ✔✔too much
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5.25 percent sodium hypochlorite is also known as - ✔✔Household bleach
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Never let disinfectants such as phenols and quats come in contact with your: - ✔✔skin
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Items that are ___ are also considered absorbent. - ✔✔porous
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It is reccommended that salons identify each time a piece of equipment is used, cleaned,
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disinfected, tested, and maintained - ✔✔In a logbook || || || || || || ||
There is no additive, powder, or tablet that eliminates the need for you to ______ equipment
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such as whirlpool spas. - ✔✔clean and disinfect
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Not having ___ available poses a health risk to anyone exposed to hazardous materials and
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violates federal and state regulations. - ✔✔SDSs
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Antimicrobial and antibacterial soaps are _____ regular soaps or detergents - ✔✔no more
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effective than ||
WV Cosmetology State Board Exam with precise detailed answers
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Cocci are bacteria that are: - ✔✔round shaped
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Which type of bacteria can cause strep throat or blood poisoning? - ✔✔streptococci
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Bacteria that grow in pairs and can cause pneumonia are: - ✔✔diplococci
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Lyme disease and syphilis are caused by spiral or corkscrew-shaped bacteria called: -
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✔✔spirilla
A chemical process that destroys most, but not necessarily all, harmful organisms on
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environmental surfaces is - ✔✔Disinfecting || || || ||
Bacteria generally consist of an outer cell wall containing a liquid called: - ✔✔protoplasm
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The process whereby bacteria grow to their largest size, and then divide into two new cells
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is - ✔✔Binary fission
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The presence of pus can be a sign of - ✔✔bacterial infection
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A ___________ infection appears as a lesion containing pus and is confined to a particular
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part of the body - ✔✔Local
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Which of the following is a condition caused by an infestation of head lice? - ✔✔pediculosis
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capitis
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The ability of the body to destroy, resist, and recognize infection is called - ✔✔immunity
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Disenfectants sold and used in the United States myst carry _________ registration number || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
- ✔✔An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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Which agency publishes the guidelines known as Standard Precautions? - ✔✔CDC
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In 2012, OSHA agreed to comply with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification
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and Labeling of Chemicals System (GHS), which requires the use of a standard format
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called __________ (SDS) to replace the MSDS - ✔✔Safety Data Sheet
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A type of disinfectant with a very high pH that can damage the skin or eyes is called -
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✔✔phenolic disinfectants ||
When washing your hands, after you have used warm water, applied soap, and then rubbed
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your hands together until a lather forms, use a disinfected nail brush to brush your nails
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horizontally back and forth under the free edges and then up and down along the folds of
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the fingernails. The process should take about - ✔✔60 seconds
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Antiseptics are intended for - ✔✔Reducing microbes on the skin || || || || || || || || ||
Standard precautions require employers and employees to assume that all human blood and
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body fluids are potentially - ✔✔infectious
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The SDS contains ________ categories of information - ✔✔16
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When disinfecting a whirlpool foot spa after use by a client, you must circulate the
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disinfectant for ________ or the length of time indicated on the product label - ✔✔10
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minutes
,2
After cleaning and disinfecting a pipeless foot spa after each client, how should you dry it? -
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✔✔with a clean paper towel || || || ||
Which form of hepatitis is the most difficult to kill on a surface? - ✔✔Hepatitis B
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Accelerated hydrogen peroxide, or AHP, is a recently approved form of disinfectant that
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only needs to be changed every: - ✔✔14 days
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It is important to wear gloves and _________ while disinfecting nonelectrical tools and
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implements - ✔✔safety glasses || || ||
Licensing, enforcement, and your conduct when you are working in the salon are regulated
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by ___ agencies. - ✔✔state
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Some ______ disinfectants are harmful to salon tools and equipment. - ✔✔Tuberculocidal
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As part of the SDS categories, first-aid measures include important symptoms/effects as well
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as - ✔✔required treatment
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Cutting living skin is allowed only by - ✔✔qualified medical professionals
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Fungal infections are much more common on the ______ than on the hands - ✔✔feet
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Items that can be cleaned, disinfected, and used on more than one person even if the item is
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accidentally exposed to blood or body fluid are called - ✔✔Multiuse
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The process that destroys all microbial life is - ✔✔sterilization
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If the label on a disinfection product includes the word concentrate, it means that the
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product must be - ✔✔diluted before use
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Quat solutions are ___ disinfectants when used properly in the salon - ✔✔very effective
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Using ___ bleach can damage metal and plastic. - ✔✔too much
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5.25 percent sodium hypochlorite is also known as - ✔✔Household bleach
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Never let disinfectants such as phenols and quats come in contact with your: - ✔✔skin
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Items that are ___ are also considered absorbent. - ✔✔porous
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It is reccommended that salons identify each time a piece of equipment is used, cleaned,
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disinfected, tested, and maintained - ✔✔In a logbook || || || || || || ||
There is no additive, powder, or tablet that eliminates the need for you to ______ equipment
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such as whirlpool spas. - ✔✔clean and disinfect
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Not having ___ available poses a health risk to anyone exposed to hazardous materials and
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violates federal and state regulations. - ✔✔SDSs
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Antimicrobial and antibacterial soaps are _____ regular soaps or detergents - ✔✔no more
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effective than ||
