COSMETOLOGY PRACTICE EXAM
GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Integumentary System - Answer-Serves as a protective covering and helps in regulating
the body's temperature; consists of skin, accessory organs such as oil and sweat
glands, sensory receptors, hair, and nails.
Muscular System - Answer-Covers, shapes, and supports the skeleton tissue; also
contracts and moves various parts of the body
nervous System - Answer-controls and coordinates all other systems and makes them
work harmoniously and efficiently; consists of brain, spinal cord, and nerves.
respiratory system - Answer-system responsible for taking in oxygen and releasing
carbon dioxide using the lungs
Occipital bone - Answer-hindmost bone of the skull, below the parietal bones; forms the
back of the skull above the nape.
Parietal bones - Answer-bones that form the sides and top of the cranium
Frontal bone - Answer-forms the forehead
Temporal bones - Answer-bones forming the sides of the head in the ear region
ethmoid bone - Answer-Light spongy bone between the eye sockets and forms part of
the nasal cavities.
sphenoid bone - Answer-joins all of the bones of the cranium together
lacrimal bones - Answer-Small, thin bones located at the front inner wall of the orbits
(eye sockets).
maxillae bone - Answer-bones of the upper jaw
mandible - Answer-lower jaw bone
turbinal bones - Answer-thin layers of spongy bone on either of the outer walls of the
nasal depression
Bacteria - Answer-one celled microorganisms with both plant and animal characteristics
Viruses - Answer-microorganism capable of infecting almost all plants and animals,
including bacteria.
, Parasites - Answer-plant or animal organisms that live on, or in, another living organism
and draw their nourishment from that organism. Must have a host to survive.
Immunity - Answer-ability of the body to destroy and resist infection
Sanitation - Answer-removing all visible dirt and debris
Sterilization - Answer-complete elimination of all microbial life, including spores. Only
necessary when instruments have come in contact with blood.
OSHA- Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Answer-regulates and enforces
safety and health standards to protect employees in the work place.
MSDS- Material Safety Data Sheet - Answer-Information about hazardous ingredients,
safe use and handling procedures, precautions to reduce the risk of harm and over
exposure, flammability and dada incase of fire, proper disposal guidelines and medical
information in case a reaction to product occurs.
EPA- Environmental Protection Agency - Answer-Licenses two types of disinfectants
used in salons; Tuberculocidal, and Hospital. Hospital products are safe for cleaning
blood and body fluids, Tuberculocidal disinfectants are proven to kill the bacteria that
cause tuberculosis, which is more difficult to kill.
FDA- Food and drug administration - Answer-Prohibits sale of antifungal products for
finger and toenails without a medical prescription.
Universal Precautions - Answer-a set of guidelines published by OSHA that require the
employer and the employee to assume that all human blood and body fluids are
infectious for bloodborne pathogens.
Cells - Answer-the basic units of all living thing, from bacteria to plants and animals, and
including human beings
Protoplasm - Answer-colorless jelly like substance in cells in which food elements such
as protein, fats, carbohydrates, mineral salts and water are present
Nucleus - Answer-The dense, active protoplasm found in the center of the cell.
cytoplasm - Answer-All the protoplasm of a cell that surrounds the nucleus
Cell membrane - Answer-thin, flexible barrier that surrounds all cells; regulates what
enters and leaves the cell
Mitosis - Answer-The reproduction process in which cells divide into two identical cells
called daughter cells.
GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Integumentary System - Answer-Serves as a protective covering and helps in regulating
the body's temperature; consists of skin, accessory organs such as oil and sweat
glands, sensory receptors, hair, and nails.
Muscular System - Answer-Covers, shapes, and supports the skeleton tissue; also
contracts and moves various parts of the body
nervous System - Answer-controls and coordinates all other systems and makes them
work harmoniously and efficiently; consists of brain, spinal cord, and nerves.
respiratory system - Answer-system responsible for taking in oxygen and releasing
carbon dioxide using the lungs
Occipital bone - Answer-hindmost bone of the skull, below the parietal bones; forms the
back of the skull above the nape.
Parietal bones - Answer-bones that form the sides and top of the cranium
Frontal bone - Answer-forms the forehead
Temporal bones - Answer-bones forming the sides of the head in the ear region
ethmoid bone - Answer-Light spongy bone between the eye sockets and forms part of
the nasal cavities.
sphenoid bone - Answer-joins all of the bones of the cranium together
lacrimal bones - Answer-Small, thin bones located at the front inner wall of the orbits
(eye sockets).
maxillae bone - Answer-bones of the upper jaw
mandible - Answer-lower jaw bone
turbinal bones - Answer-thin layers of spongy bone on either of the outer walls of the
nasal depression
Bacteria - Answer-one celled microorganisms with both plant and animal characteristics
Viruses - Answer-microorganism capable of infecting almost all plants and animals,
including bacteria.
, Parasites - Answer-plant or animal organisms that live on, or in, another living organism
and draw their nourishment from that organism. Must have a host to survive.
Immunity - Answer-ability of the body to destroy and resist infection
Sanitation - Answer-removing all visible dirt and debris
Sterilization - Answer-complete elimination of all microbial life, including spores. Only
necessary when instruments have come in contact with blood.
OSHA- Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Answer-regulates and enforces
safety and health standards to protect employees in the work place.
MSDS- Material Safety Data Sheet - Answer-Information about hazardous ingredients,
safe use and handling procedures, precautions to reduce the risk of harm and over
exposure, flammability and dada incase of fire, proper disposal guidelines and medical
information in case a reaction to product occurs.
EPA- Environmental Protection Agency - Answer-Licenses two types of disinfectants
used in salons; Tuberculocidal, and Hospital. Hospital products are safe for cleaning
blood and body fluids, Tuberculocidal disinfectants are proven to kill the bacteria that
cause tuberculosis, which is more difficult to kill.
FDA- Food and drug administration - Answer-Prohibits sale of antifungal products for
finger and toenails without a medical prescription.
Universal Precautions - Answer-a set of guidelines published by OSHA that require the
employer and the employee to assume that all human blood and body fluids are
infectious for bloodborne pathogens.
Cells - Answer-the basic units of all living thing, from bacteria to plants and animals, and
including human beings
Protoplasm - Answer-colorless jelly like substance in cells in which food elements such
as protein, fats, carbohydrates, mineral salts and water are present
Nucleus - Answer-The dense, active protoplasm found in the center of the cell.
cytoplasm - Answer-All the protoplasm of a cell that surrounds the nucleus
Cell membrane - Answer-thin, flexible barrier that surrounds all cells; regulates what
enters and leaves the cell
Mitosis - Answer-The reproduction process in which cells divide into two identical cells
called daughter cells.
