Esthetician State Board QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
UPDATED 2024/25 RATED A+
What does RDA stand for? - Correct Answer- Recommended Dietary Allowances
Fats should be how much of your diet? - Correct Answer- 30%
A good diet includes approx. how much protein? - Correct Answer- 10-35%
Body is how much water? - Correct Answer- 2/3
Define Hygiene. - Correct Answer- applied science that deals with healthful living.
Public Hygiene. - Correct Answer- significantly helps promote and preserve the health
of the community.
Personal Hygiene - Correct Answer- Your personal system for maintaing your
cleanliness and health.
Halitosis - Correct Answer- bad breath
What is Ergonomics - Correct Answer- a science used to study the relationship between
people and their work enviornment.
What is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? - Correct Answer- Condition that can make your
hands numb, and weak.
What is nonverbal communication? - Correct Answer- Aka Body language.
Define MIcrobiology - Correct Answer- study of small organisms called microbes.
Bacteria - Correct Answer- aka germs, or microbes. one celled microorganisms.
Nonpathogenic - Correct Answer- Nondiesease-producing
Pathogenic - Correct Answer- Disease producing
Nonpathogenic Bacteria are approx. ___ of all bacteria. - Correct Answer- 70%
Saprophytes - Correct Answer- nonpathogenic bacteria that live on dead matter
,Bacteriology - Correct Answer- study of bacteria.
What are the three basic shapes of bacteria? - Correct Answer- Circular, Rod, and
Spiral
Cocci - Correct Answer- Spherical or round shaped bacterial cells - can appear
singularly or in groups.
Staphylococci - Correct Answer- pus-forming bacterial cells that form grape like
clusters. present in abcesses, pustules, and boils.
Staphylococci can be in present in ..... - Correct Answer- abcesses, pustules, and boils
Streptococci - Correct Answer- pus-forming bacterial cells that form long chains and can
cause septicemia (blood poisoning) strept throat, rheumatic fever etc ..
Diplococci - Correct Answer- grow in pairs. cause pneumonia
Bacilli - Correct Answer- most common. bar or rod shaped. can cause influenza,
tuberculosis
Spirilla - Correct Answer- spiraled, coiled, corkscrew shaped bacterial cells. HIGHLY
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ! ex: syphilis, and cholera
Bacillia and spirilla have the ability to move themselves using hair like projections
called... - Correct Answer- Flagella or cilia
Bacteria thrive in .... - Correct Answer- dark, damp, and dirty areas where food source is
available.
2 stages of bacteria - Correct Answer- Inactive, and Active
Active Stage aka vegatative (Bacteria) - Correct Answer- Bacteria reproduce and grow
rapidly as many as 16 million offspring in 12 hrs.
Mitosis - Correct Answer- process of cell division
, Inactive Stage - Correct Answer- Unfavorable conditions for bacteria to grow cells die or
become inactive Some bacteria enter a spore forming stage. spherical spores resistant
to disinfectants, cold, or heat.
Virus - Correct Answer- sub-microscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within
the cells of living hosts. Much smaller than bacteria but causes more serious diseases
ex: herpes, chicken pox.
HBV - Correct Answer- Hepatitis B Virus highly infectious disease that affects liver.
AIDS - Correct Answer- highly infectious disease caused by HIV interferes with bodys
natural immune system. HIV is spread by blood or body fluids from an infected
individual
External Parasites - Correct Answer- organisms that grow and feed on other living
organisms referred to as hosts. Contribute nothing to host and cause contagious
diseases.
Name 2 Parasitic Animals - Correct Answer- Head lice, and Itch mites
Infection - Correct Answer- occurs when pathogenic bacteria or virus enter body and
multiply to the point of interfering with the bodys normal state.
Tuberculosis - Correct Answer- contagious and potentially fatal infection caused by
airborne bacteria that first affect the lungs.
Local Infection - Correct Answer- small confined area indicated by a pus-filled boil,
pimple, or inflammation.
General or Systemic Infection - Correct Answer- occurs when circulatory system carries
bacteria and their toxins to all parts of the body.
Asymptomatic - Correct Answer- No recognizable symptoms
Immunity - Correct Answer- bodys ability to destroy infectious agents that enter it.
Natural Immunity - Correct Answer- partially inherited natural resistance to disease.
Passive Immunity - Correct Answer- Occurs through vaccinations or the injections of
antigens which stimulate the immune system
UPDATED 2024/25 RATED A+
What does RDA stand for? - Correct Answer- Recommended Dietary Allowances
Fats should be how much of your diet? - Correct Answer- 30%
A good diet includes approx. how much protein? - Correct Answer- 10-35%
Body is how much water? - Correct Answer- 2/3
Define Hygiene. - Correct Answer- applied science that deals with healthful living.
Public Hygiene. - Correct Answer- significantly helps promote and preserve the health
of the community.
Personal Hygiene - Correct Answer- Your personal system for maintaing your
cleanliness and health.
Halitosis - Correct Answer- bad breath
What is Ergonomics - Correct Answer- a science used to study the relationship between
people and their work enviornment.
What is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? - Correct Answer- Condition that can make your
hands numb, and weak.
What is nonverbal communication? - Correct Answer- Aka Body language.
Define MIcrobiology - Correct Answer- study of small organisms called microbes.
Bacteria - Correct Answer- aka germs, or microbes. one celled microorganisms.
Nonpathogenic - Correct Answer- Nondiesease-producing
Pathogenic - Correct Answer- Disease producing
Nonpathogenic Bacteria are approx. ___ of all bacteria. - Correct Answer- 70%
Saprophytes - Correct Answer- nonpathogenic bacteria that live on dead matter
,Bacteriology - Correct Answer- study of bacteria.
What are the three basic shapes of bacteria? - Correct Answer- Circular, Rod, and
Spiral
Cocci - Correct Answer- Spherical or round shaped bacterial cells - can appear
singularly or in groups.
Staphylococci - Correct Answer- pus-forming bacterial cells that form grape like
clusters. present in abcesses, pustules, and boils.
Staphylococci can be in present in ..... - Correct Answer- abcesses, pustules, and boils
Streptococci - Correct Answer- pus-forming bacterial cells that form long chains and can
cause septicemia (blood poisoning) strept throat, rheumatic fever etc ..
Diplococci - Correct Answer- grow in pairs. cause pneumonia
Bacilli - Correct Answer- most common. bar or rod shaped. can cause influenza,
tuberculosis
Spirilla - Correct Answer- spiraled, coiled, corkscrew shaped bacterial cells. HIGHLY
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ! ex: syphilis, and cholera
Bacillia and spirilla have the ability to move themselves using hair like projections
called... - Correct Answer- Flagella or cilia
Bacteria thrive in .... - Correct Answer- dark, damp, and dirty areas where food source is
available.
2 stages of bacteria - Correct Answer- Inactive, and Active
Active Stage aka vegatative (Bacteria) - Correct Answer- Bacteria reproduce and grow
rapidly as many as 16 million offspring in 12 hrs.
Mitosis - Correct Answer- process of cell division
, Inactive Stage - Correct Answer- Unfavorable conditions for bacteria to grow cells die or
become inactive Some bacteria enter a spore forming stage. spherical spores resistant
to disinfectants, cold, or heat.
Virus - Correct Answer- sub-microscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within
the cells of living hosts. Much smaller than bacteria but causes more serious diseases
ex: herpes, chicken pox.
HBV - Correct Answer- Hepatitis B Virus highly infectious disease that affects liver.
AIDS - Correct Answer- highly infectious disease caused by HIV interferes with bodys
natural immune system. HIV is spread by blood or body fluids from an infected
individual
External Parasites - Correct Answer- organisms that grow and feed on other living
organisms referred to as hosts. Contribute nothing to host and cause contagious
diseases.
Name 2 Parasitic Animals - Correct Answer- Head lice, and Itch mites
Infection - Correct Answer- occurs when pathogenic bacteria or virus enter body and
multiply to the point of interfering with the bodys normal state.
Tuberculosis - Correct Answer- contagious and potentially fatal infection caused by
airborne bacteria that first affect the lungs.
Local Infection - Correct Answer- small confined area indicated by a pus-filled boil,
pimple, or inflammation.
General or Systemic Infection - Correct Answer- occurs when circulatory system carries
bacteria and their toxins to all parts of the body.
Asymptomatic - Correct Answer- No recognizable symptoms
Immunity - Correct Answer- bodys ability to destroy infectious agents that enter it.
Natural Immunity - Correct Answer- partially inherited natural resistance to disease.
Passive Immunity - Correct Answer- Occurs through vaccinations or the injections of
antigens which stimulate the immune system
