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IBEC Electrolysis Review Quiz Questions With Accurate
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1. Patient Threshold: What is the highest setting the patient can tolerate without the
treatment becoming impossible called?
2. The blend is achieved by using: High frequency and galvanic current
3. Using the blend modality, the application of thermolysis causes the lye to be:
more caustic
4. What is excess hair that is not abnormal for a persons age and sex, but is not
desired or socially acceptable: superfluous
5. When a client has been tweezing weekly, most of the hair in the area of tweezing
will be in what stage of growth: Early anagen
6. What types of hairs are deep, course, usually pigmented: Terminal
7. What type of hair is fine, short and often called "peach fuzz": Vellus
8. In which layer of the skin is eleidin found: Epidermis: Stratum Lucidum
9. What is also known as "true skin" or "cutis": Dermis
10. In what type of skin are melanocytes more active: Dark skin
11. What layer is composed of fine and loosely arranged collagen fibers: Papillary
layer
12. Which layer of the skin is composed of dense bundles of collagen and elastic
fibers: Reticular
13. Which layer is at the base of the dermis and is composed of fatty adipose tissue:
Subcutaneous and subcutis
14. What serves as an anchor and holds the hair in the follicle: inner root sheath
(IRS)
15. What type of gland is located in the genital and axillae areas and usually the
"smelly ones": Apocrine glands
16. In what area of the body do the apocrine glands tend to be the largest: Under
arm
17. In which gland does the vellus hair originate: Sebaceous gland
18. What is produced by the sebaceous gland that helps lubricate and protect the
skin: Sebum (lipids)
19. In which state of hair growth is hair easiest for electrologist to epilate: Late
anagen
20. What is an appendage to the hair follicle that is attached midway between the
bulb in the sebaceous gland (gives goosebumps or makes hair stand up):
Arrector pili
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21. What is also known as baby fetal hair that falls off a few weeks after birth:
Lanugo
22. Which layer of the hair has cells that contain melanin: Cortex
23. Name the layers of the hair from the inside out: Medulla, cortex, cuticle
24 Which of the following can cause increased hair growth: Sun, stress, tweezing and
aspirin
25. Which of the following is not part of the pilosebaceous unit: Sudoriferous gland
26. The hair and follicle are part of the: Epidermis and pilosebaceous unit
27. The flow of electrons along a wire cannot occur unless there is: Electrical
pressure (Voltage)
28. The galvanic modality effects permanent hair removal by: Chemical
decomposition
29. Causes of blanching include which of the following: Over treatment of the skin
and shallow insertion
30. What type of hair is associates with or emanates from round follicles: Straight
31. What type of hair is associated with or emanates from oval follicles: Wavy
32. What type of hair is associated with or emanates from flat follicles: Very curly
33. What is described as capillaries leaking plasma into an injured area: -
Swelling, edema
34. What is seen as a black and blue mark under the skin after inserting into a
follicle and commonly seen in eyebrows: Ecchymosis, bruising
35. What is another name for redness: Erythema
36. What type of hair typically responds very well to blend method (much better
than galvanic and thermolysis): Curly
37. What is the effect of the negative pole on the skin: Irritates the nerves in the skin,
promotes redness, and softens tissue
38. What are other names for thermolysis: Alternating current, high frequency, short
wave and radio frequency
39. What is the unit of power: Watt
40. What is the name for a localized maximum heat only at the point of the needle
tip that only takes place in thermolysis: Point effect
41. What type of needle is used for work authentic electrolysis: Bulbous, round,
cylindrical
42. What type of needle is used for thermolysis, best for point effect: Tapered,
insulated
43. Electrologists provide accurate, current, and relevant information for which
enables the client to make decisions regarding treatment: True
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IBEC Electrolysis Review Quiz Questions With Accurate
Answers 2024/2025 ( A+ Graded 100% Verified)
1. Patient Threshold: What is the highest setting the patient can tolerate without the
treatment becoming impossible called?
2. The blend is achieved by using: High frequency and galvanic current
3. Using the blend modality, the application of thermolysis causes the lye to be:
more caustic
4. What is excess hair that is not abnormal for a persons age and sex, but is not
desired or socially acceptable: superfluous
5. When a client has been tweezing weekly, most of the hair in the area of tweezing
will be in what stage of growth: Early anagen
6. What types of hairs are deep, course, usually pigmented: Terminal
7. What type of hair is fine, short and often called "peach fuzz": Vellus
8. In which layer of the skin is eleidin found: Epidermis: Stratum Lucidum
9. What is also known as "true skin" or "cutis": Dermis
10. In what type of skin are melanocytes more active: Dark skin
11. What layer is composed of fine and loosely arranged collagen fibers: Papillary
layer
12. Which layer of the skin is composed of dense bundles of collagen and elastic
fibers: Reticular
13. Which layer is at the base of the dermis and is composed of fatty adipose tissue:
Subcutaneous and subcutis
14. What serves as an anchor and holds the hair in the follicle: inner root sheath
(IRS)
15. What type of gland is located in the genital and axillae areas and usually the
"smelly ones": Apocrine glands
16. In what area of the body do the apocrine glands tend to be the largest: Under
arm
17. In which gland does the vellus hair originate: Sebaceous gland
18. What is produced by the sebaceous gland that helps lubricate and protect the
skin: Sebum (lipids)
19. In which state of hair growth is hair easiest for electrologist to epilate: Late
anagen
20. What is an appendage to the hair follicle that is attached midway between the
bulb in the sebaceous gland (gives goosebumps or makes hair stand up):
Arrector pili
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21. What is also known as baby fetal hair that falls off a few weeks after birth:
Lanugo
22. Which layer of the hair has cells that contain melanin: Cortex
23. Name the layers of the hair from the inside out: Medulla, cortex, cuticle
24 Which of the following can cause increased hair growth: Sun, stress, tweezing and
aspirin
25. Which of the following is not part of the pilosebaceous unit: Sudoriferous gland
26. The hair and follicle are part of the: Epidermis and pilosebaceous unit
27. The flow of electrons along a wire cannot occur unless there is: Electrical
pressure (Voltage)
28. The galvanic modality effects permanent hair removal by: Chemical
decomposition
29. Causes of blanching include which of the following: Over treatment of the skin
and shallow insertion
30. What type of hair is associates with or emanates from round follicles: Straight
31. What type of hair is associated with or emanates from oval follicles: Wavy
32. What type of hair is associated with or emanates from flat follicles: Very curly
33. What is described as capillaries leaking plasma into an injured area: -
Swelling, edema
34. What is seen as a black and blue mark under the skin after inserting into a
follicle and commonly seen in eyebrows: Ecchymosis, bruising
35. What is another name for redness: Erythema
36. What type of hair typically responds very well to blend method (much better
than galvanic and thermolysis): Curly
37. What is the effect of the negative pole on the skin: Irritates the nerves in the skin,
promotes redness, and softens tissue
38. What are other names for thermolysis: Alternating current, high frequency, short
wave and radio frequency
39. What is the unit of power: Watt
40. What is the name for a localized maximum heat only at the point of the needle
tip that only takes place in thermolysis: Point effect
41. What type of needle is used for work authentic electrolysis: Bulbous, round,
cylindrical
42. What type of needle is used for thermolysis, best for point effect: Tapered,
insulated
43. Electrologists provide accurate, current, and relevant information for which
enables the client to make decisions regarding treatment: True
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