UTAH BASIC ESTHETICS STATE BOARD EXAM
STUDY GUIDE 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
● What does OSHA stand for and what does it do. Answer: 1)
Occupational Safety and Health Act
2) OSHA addresses issues relating to the handling, mixing, storing, and
disposing of products; general safety in the workplace; and your right to
know about potentially hazardous ingredients
● What does MSDS stand for and what does it contain. Answer: 1)
Material Safety Data Sheet
2) Contains information including the names of hazardous ingredients,
safe handling and use procedures, precautions, flammability warnings,
disposal guidelines, and medical and first aid information
● EPA. Answer: Environmental Protection Agency
● Disinfectants. Answer: chemical products that destroy all bacteria,
fungi, and viruses but not spores on surfaces
,● nonporous. Answer: an item is made or constructed of a material that
has no pores or openings and cannot absorb liquids
● disease. Answer: an abnormal condition of all or part of the body, or
its systems or organs, that makes the body incapable of carrying on
normal function
● infection control. Answer: methods used to eliminate or reduce the
transmission of infectious organisms
● clean. Answer: mechanical process using soap and water or detergent
and water to remove all visible dirt, debris, and many disease causing
germs from tools, implements, and equipment
● disinfection. Answer: destroys most, but not necessarily all, harmful
organisms on environmental surfaces
● nonpathogenic. Answer: harmless organisms that may perform useful
functions
● pathogenic. Answer: harmful microorganisms that can cause disease or
infection in humans when they invade the body
● direct transmission. Answer: transmission of blood or body fluids
through touching, kissing, coughing, sneezing, and talking
, ● indirect transmission. Answer: transmission of blood or body fluids
through contact with an intermediate contaminated object such as a
razor, extractor, nipper, or an environmental surface
● inflammation. Answer: a condition in which the body reacts to injury,
irritation, or infection characterized by redness, heat, pain, and swelling
● diagnosis. Answer: determination of the nature of a disease from its
symptoms and/or diagnostic tests.
● Federal regulations _________ salon or spa professionals from
performing a diagnosis. Answer: prohibit
● bacteria. Answer: one-celled microorganisms that have both plant and
animal characteristics
● virus. Answer: a parasitic submicroscopic particle that infects and
resides in the cells of a biological organism
● bloodborne pathogens. Answer: disease-causing microorganisms that
are carried in the body by blood or body fluids
● fungi. Answer: microscopic plant parasites
STUDY GUIDE 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
● What does OSHA stand for and what does it do. Answer: 1)
Occupational Safety and Health Act
2) OSHA addresses issues relating to the handling, mixing, storing, and
disposing of products; general safety in the workplace; and your right to
know about potentially hazardous ingredients
● What does MSDS stand for and what does it contain. Answer: 1)
Material Safety Data Sheet
2) Contains information including the names of hazardous ingredients,
safe handling and use procedures, precautions, flammability warnings,
disposal guidelines, and medical and first aid information
● EPA. Answer: Environmental Protection Agency
● Disinfectants. Answer: chemical products that destroy all bacteria,
fungi, and viruses but not spores on surfaces
,● nonporous. Answer: an item is made or constructed of a material that
has no pores or openings and cannot absorb liquids
● disease. Answer: an abnormal condition of all or part of the body, or
its systems or organs, that makes the body incapable of carrying on
normal function
● infection control. Answer: methods used to eliminate or reduce the
transmission of infectious organisms
● clean. Answer: mechanical process using soap and water or detergent
and water to remove all visible dirt, debris, and many disease causing
germs from tools, implements, and equipment
● disinfection. Answer: destroys most, but not necessarily all, harmful
organisms on environmental surfaces
● nonpathogenic. Answer: harmless organisms that may perform useful
functions
● pathogenic. Answer: harmful microorganisms that can cause disease or
infection in humans when they invade the body
● direct transmission. Answer: transmission of blood or body fluids
through touching, kissing, coughing, sneezing, and talking
, ● indirect transmission. Answer: transmission of blood or body fluids
through contact with an intermediate contaminated object such as a
razor, extractor, nipper, or an environmental surface
● inflammation. Answer: a condition in which the body reacts to injury,
irritation, or infection characterized by redness, heat, pain, and swelling
● diagnosis. Answer: determination of the nature of a disease from its
symptoms and/or diagnostic tests.
● Federal regulations _________ salon or spa professionals from
performing a diagnosis. Answer: prohibit
● bacteria. Answer: one-celled microorganisms that have both plant and
animal characteristics
● virus. Answer: a parasitic submicroscopic particle that infects and
resides in the cells of a biological organism
● bloodborne pathogens. Answer: disease-causing microorganisms that
are carried in the body by blood or body fluids
● fungi. Answer: microscopic plant parasites
