GA ESTHETICIAN LATEST EXAMS TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔When do you remove hard wax? - ✔✔When it settles.
✔✔What skin condition associated with lesions and dark brown spots which should you
refer the client to a physician? - ✔✔Melanoma
✔✔What does excessive use of alkaline shaving products do? - ✔✔Makes skin flaky
and dry.
✔✔If a client has an adverse reaction to a product what should be first checked? -
✔✔MSDS ( Material Data Safety Sheet)
✔✔Frequent hand washing with alkaline products does what? - ✔✔Disturb the skin's
natural defense mechanism.
✔✔What caustic peel removes the epidermis and dermis? - ✔✔Chloracetic acid
✔✔One of the ingredients to moisten dry skin is? - ✔✔emollient
✔✔How do you extract blackheads? - ✔✔Gloved fingers wrapped with wet cotton
✔✔When a client has recently undergone Blepharoplasty what area should be avoided?
- ✔✔Eyes
✔✔After a client has had reconstructive surgery what is needed in order to perform a
service? - ✔✔A doctor's release form.
✔✔On what type of skin is peppermint used? - ✔✔oily
✔✔On the pH scale, neutral has a pH of what? - ✔✔7
✔✔What effect does after shave have on the skin? - ✔✔Balances the skins pH
✔✔On which of the following can wax be applied over? - ✔✔nevus
✔✔For what reason should the waxing strip be larger than the treated area? - ✔✔So
that you have an easier grip.
✔✔A clay mask is used on what type of skin? - ✔✔oily
, ✔✔At which distance should an infrared be placed on the skin? - ✔✔No less than 24
inches.
✔✔What does the sudoriferous gland secrete? - ✔✔Lactic acid, urea, water
✔✔At what pH is acid-balanced? - ✔✔4.5 -5.5
✔✔You are performing a glycolic peel on a client with thin skin. What adverse reaction
might they experience if you leave the peel on the maximum alloted time? - ✔✔Burned
skin.
✔✔What should you apply before waxing a brow? - ✔✔Powder
✔✔What should be removed before creating an arch in eyebrow? - ✔✔Makeup
✔✔A client is attending a party after having lymphatic drainage. What might they
experience? - ✔✔Fatigue and dizziness.
✔✔Your client has dry skin and you are about to moisturize. What ingredient should you
look for? - ✔✔Lanolin
✔✔What ingredient would be antimicrobial in a mask? - ✔✔Eucalyptus
✔✔How do you correct deep set eyes? - ✔✔Highlight between and around eyes
✔✔The term for the study of hair and it's functions is? - ✔✔Trichology
✔✔How much more alkaline is 9 than 7 on the pH scale? - ✔✔100
✔✔Scratches and punctures of the surface of the epidermis are called - ✔✔Excoriation
✔✔A crack in the dermis is called what - ✔✔Fissure
✔✔A condition that would not be indicated for reflexology would be? - ✔✔Diabetes
✔✔Light skin can be sensitive to waxing but black skin can have what result? -
✔✔Hyperpigmentation
✔✔Desincrustation solution is - ✔✔highly alkaline
✔✔In what layer of the skin are Apocrine glands found? - ✔✔Dermis
✔✔What skin cancer is described as tiny, pearl like lesions? - ✔✔Basal Cell Carcinoma
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔When do you remove hard wax? - ✔✔When it settles.
✔✔What skin condition associated with lesions and dark brown spots which should you
refer the client to a physician? - ✔✔Melanoma
✔✔What does excessive use of alkaline shaving products do? - ✔✔Makes skin flaky
and dry.
✔✔If a client has an adverse reaction to a product what should be first checked? -
✔✔MSDS ( Material Data Safety Sheet)
✔✔Frequent hand washing with alkaline products does what? - ✔✔Disturb the skin's
natural defense mechanism.
✔✔What caustic peel removes the epidermis and dermis? - ✔✔Chloracetic acid
✔✔One of the ingredients to moisten dry skin is? - ✔✔emollient
✔✔How do you extract blackheads? - ✔✔Gloved fingers wrapped with wet cotton
✔✔When a client has recently undergone Blepharoplasty what area should be avoided?
- ✔✔Eyes
✔✔After a client has had reconstructive surgery what is needed in order to perform a
service? - ✔✔A doctor's release form.
✔✔On what type of skin is peppermint used? - ✔✔oily
✔✔On the pH scale, neutral has a pH of what? - ✔✔7
✔✔What effect does after shave have on the skin? - ✔✔Balances the skins pH
✔✔On which of the following can wax be applied over? - ✔✔nevus
✔✔For what reason should the waxing strip be larger than the treated area? - ✔✔So
that you have an easier grip.
✔✔A clay mask is used on what type of skin? - ✔✔oily
, ✔✔At which distance should an infrared be placed on the skin? - ✔✔No less than 24
inches.
✔✔What does the sudoriferous gland secrete? - ✔✔Lactic acid, urea, water
✔✔At what pH is acid-balanced? - ✔✔4.5 -5.5
✔✔You are performing a glycolic peel on a client with thin skin. What adverse reaction
might they experience if you leave the peel on the maximum alloted time? - ✔✔Burned
skin.
✔✔What should you apply before waxing a brow? - ✔✔Powder
✔✔What should be removed before creating an arch in eyebrow? - ✔✔Makeup
✔✔A client is attending a party after having lymphatic drainage. What might they
experience? - ✔✔Fatigue and dizziness.
✔✔Your client has dry skin and you are about to moisturize. What ingredient should you
look for? - ✔✔Lanolin
✔✔What ingredient would be antimicrobial in a mask? - ✔✔Eucalyptus
✔✔How do you correct deep set eyes? - ✔✔Highlight between and around eyes
✔✔The term for the study of hair and it's functions is? - ✔✔Trichology
✔✔How much more alkaline is 9 than 7 on the pH scale? - ✔✔100
✔✔Scratches and punctures of the surface of the epidermis are called - ✔✔Excoriation
✔✔A crack in the dermis is called what - ✔✔Fissure
✔✔A condition that would not be indicated for reflexology would be? - ✔✔Diabetes
✔✔Light skin can be sensitive to waxing but black skin can have what result? -
✔✔Hyperpigmentation
✔✔Desincrustation solution is - ✔✔highly alkaline
✔✔In what layer of the skin are Apocrine glands found? - ✔✔Dermis
✔✔What skin cancer is described as tiny, pearl like lesions? - ✔✔Basal Cell Carcinoma
