Texas Esthetician Written State Board |
Actual Questions and Answers | 2026
Update | 100% Correct - Verified
• What is sanitation? -✓✓A chemical process reducing the number of disease-causing
germs on cleaned surfaces to a safe level.
• What is sterilization? -✓✓COMPLETELY Destroys all microbial life, incl. spores
• * What is Disinfection? -✓✓A chemical process that uses specific products to destroy
harmful organisms
• What does OSHA stand for? -✓✓Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• * What is OSHA responsible for? -✓✓Addresses issues relating to handling, mixing,
storing and disposing of products.
• What is Fungi? -✓✓Single celled organisms that grow in irregular masses that include
molds, mildews, and yeasts.
• * What are Parasites? -✓✓Organism that grow, feed, and shelter on or inside another
organism while contributing nothing to the survival of that organism
• * What is EPA? What do they do? -✓✓Environmental Protection Agency. Registers all
types of disinfectants sold and used in the US.
• What is the Circulatory System? -✓✓A system that controls the steady circulation of
blood through the body by means of the heart and blood vessels.
• What is the endocrine system? -✓✓specialized glands that affect the growth,
development, sexual activities, and health of the body
• What is the Excretory System? -✓✓Group of organs that purify the body by elimination
of waste matter
• What organs are in the excretory system? -✓✓Kidneys, Liver, Skin, Large Intestine
and Lungs
• What is the Respiratory System? -✓✓Body system that enables breathing, supplies
the body with oxygen + eliminates carbon dioxide as a waste product.
, • What type of skin do light emollients contribute to? -✓✓Oily Skin
• What type of skin do heavy/thick emollients contribute to? -✓✓Dry Skin
• What Skin Type would benefit most from an Oatmeal Mask? -✓✓Acne Prone Skin
• * What Skin Type responds best to a Clay Mask? -✓✓Oily Skin
• * What type of mask draws out impurities? -✓✓Clay Mask
• * What does Tapotement do to the skin? -✓✓Stimulates blood flow, helps release
nutrients to nourish the skin.
• * What does Petrissage movements consist of? -✓✓Kneading, Squeezing and
Pinching which stimulates underlying tissue
• What Skin condition is Ozone (O3) most beneficial for? -✓✓Acne and Problematic
Skin
• What are the 11 Systems of the Body? -✓✓*Respiratory (Breathing)*Endocrine
(Hormones)*Nervous (nerves)*Integumentary(Skin)*Human Digestive System
(Digestion)*Muscular (Movement)*Lymphatic (lymph)*Reproductive (Sexual Organs/
reproduction)*Uninary(Stores/eliminates urine)*Excretory (Excretion)*Circulatory (Blood
flow)
• What are the 9 Major Organs? -✓✓Brain, Eyes, Kidneys, Lungs, Liver, Skin, Stomach,
Heart, Intestines
• Why is soap not good as a facial cleanser? -✓✓The PH is too high and disrupts the
healthy balance of the skin.
• * What is a contraindication for the steamer? -✓✓Couperose or inflamed skin because
it dilates the capillaries and follicles causing more redness.
• * Spa Grade Disinfection Products must be _____, ______, _______,. -
✓✓Bactericides, Fungicidal and Virucidal
• * True or False: Isopropyl alcohol must be used at a concentration of 70% or more? -
✓✓True
• What is the concentration mix for Blood and Body fluid when disinfecting with
Household Bleach(5.25%)? -✓✓One and 3/4ths cups of Household Bleach (5.25%) to 1
Gallon of water. (also known as 10% Bleach Solution)
Actual Questions and Answers | 2026
Update | 100% Correct - Verified
• What is sanitation? -✓✓A chemical process reducing the number of disease-causing
germs on cleaned surfaces to a safe level.
• What is sterilization? -✓✓COMPLETELY Destroys all microbial life, incl. spores
• * What is Disinfection? -✓✓A chemical process that uses specific products to destroy
harmful organisms
• What does OSHA stand for? -✓✓Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• * What is OSHA responsible for? -✓✓Addresses issues relating to handling, mixing,
storing and disposing of products.
• What is Fungi? -✓✓Single celled organisms that grow in irregular masses that include
molds, mildews, and yeasts.
• * What are Parasites? -✓✓Organism that grow, feed, and shelter on or inside another
organism while contributing nothing to the survival of that organism
• * What is EPA? What do they do? -✓✓Environmental Protection Agency. Registers all
types of disinfectants sold and used in the US.
• What is the Circulatory System? -✓✓A system that controls the steady circulation of
blood through the body by means of the heart and blood vessels.
• What is the endocrine system? -✓✓specialized glands that affect the growth,
development, sexual activities, and health of the body
• What is the Excretory System? -✓✓Group of organs that purify the body by elimination
of waste matter
• What organs are in the excretory system? -✓✓Kidneys, Liver, Skin, Large Intestine
and Lungs
• What is the Respiratory System? -✓✓Body system that enables breathing, supplies
the body with oxygen + eliminates carbon dioxide as a waste product.
, • What type of skin do light emollients contribute to? -✓✓Oily Skin
• What type of skin do heavy/thick emollients contribute to? -✓✓Dry Skin
• What Skin Type would benefit most from an Oatmeal Mask? -✓✓Acne Prone Skin
• * What Skin Type responds best to a Clay Mask? -✓✓Oily Skin
• * What type of mask draws out impurities? -✓✓Clay Mask
• * What does Tapotement do to the skin? -✓✓Stimulates blood flow, helps release
nutrients to nourish the skin.
• * What does Petrissage movements consist of? -✓✓Kneading, Squeezing and
Pinching which stimulates underlying tissue
• What Skin condition is Ozone (O3) most beneficial for? -✓✓Acne and Problematic
Skin
• What are the 11 Systems of the Body? -✓✓*Respiratory (Breathing)*Endocrine
(Hormones)*Nervous (nerves)*Integumentary(Skin)*Human Digestive System
(Digestion)*Muscular (Movement)*Lymphatic (lymph)*Reproductive (Sexual Organs/
reproduction)*Uninary(Stores/eliminates urine)*Excretory (Excretion)*Circulatory (Blood
flow)
• What are the 9 Major Organs? -✓✓Brain, Eyes, Kidneys, Lungs, Liver, Skin, Stomach,
Heart, Intestines
• Why is soap not good as a facial cleanser? -✓✓The PH is too high and disrupts the
healthy balance of the skin.
• * What is a contraindication for the steamer? -✓✓Couperose or inflamed skin because
it dilates the capillaries and follicles causing more redness.
• * Spa Grade Disinfection Products must be _____, ______, _______,. -
✓✓Bactericides, Fungicidal and Virucidal
• * True or False: Isopropyl alcohol must be used at a concentration of 70% or more? -
✓✓True
• What is the concentration mix for Blood and Body fluid when disinfecting with
Household Bleach(5.25%)? -✓✓One and 3/4ths cups of Household Bleach (5.25%) to 1
Gallon of water. (also known as 10% Bleach Solution)
