MILADY STATE BOARD OF COSMETOLOGY
EXAM FINAL PAPER 2026 TESTED QUESTIONS
WITH FULL SOLUTION GRADED A+
◉ What is the lowest level of decontamination and infection control?
Answer: sanitation
◉ When washing your hands, how long should you scrub after
lathering with soap? Answer: 30-60 seconds
◉ An Incident Report would contain which type of information?
Answer: route of exposure, circumstances surrounding the event of
exposure, source of exposure
◉ A burn that injures the muscle and bones is considered a ____
degree burn. Answer: fourth
◉ Which type of hepatitis is the most difficult to kill on a surface?
Answer: type B
◉ When is it acceptable to put product that has been removed with a
spatula back into the jar? Answer: Never
,◉ Bacteria multiply best in places that are? Answer: Warm
◉ Scabies is caused by? Answer: animal parasite
◉ The ______ cranial nerve is the chief motor nerve of the face.
Answer: seventh
◉ The human body has how many bones? Answer: 206
◉ The cervical nerves originate at the? Answer: spinal cord
◉ Which of these is a function of the skeletal system? Answer:
provides the shape and form for the body, protects the internal
organs, blood production
◉ Nonstriated muscles are also knows as what kind of muscles?
Answer: involuntary, visceral, smooth
◉ How many muscles are in your face? Answer: 30
◉ Massaging the _____ nerve affects the skin of the lower eyelid, side
of the nose, upper lip, and mouth. Answer: infraoribtal
,◉ What is a function of the blood? Answer: help equalize the body's
temperature
◉ The average brain weighs about? Answer: 46 pounds
◉ Oxygen is? Answer: colorless, odorless & tasteless
◉ what is the lightest element known? Answer: hydrogen
◉ What has neither a definite size nor a definite shape? Answer: Gas
◉ The skin's protective barrier agains certain forms of bacteria and
microorganisms is called the? Answer: acid mantle
◉ When free radicals cause an oxidation reaction they also? Answer:
produce a new free radical
◉ soaps are? Answer: highly alkaline
◉ solutions are usually? Answer: transparent
◉ If a substance is hydrophilic, it is considered? Answer: water
loving
, ◉ One advantage of O/W emulsions is that they? Answer: are easily
rinsed away with water
◉ water-in-oil emulsions usually contain? Answer: a smaller amount
of water and a greater amount of oil
◉ The early Hebrews used myrrh in powder form to? Answer: repel
fleas
◉ Which culture determined a person's beauty by how or she looked
when naked? Answer: The Greeks
◉ Your career options as an esthetician include? Answer: day spa
esthetician, salon manager and makeup artist
◉ The grooming rituals of the early Hebrew were based on the
principle that? Answer: their bodies were gifts to be cared for
◉ What does a state licensing inspector do? Answer: inspect salons
to ensure state rules and regulation are being followed
◉ Modesty was greatly valued during which era? Answer: The
Victorian age
EXAM FINAL PAPER 2026 TESTED QUESTIONS
WITH FULL SOLUTION GRADED A+
◉ What is the lowest level of decontamination and infection control?
Answer: sanitation
◉ When washing your hands, how long should you scrub after
lathering with soap? Answer: 30-60 seconds
◉ An Incident Report would contain which type of information?
Answer: route of exposure, circumstances surrounding the event of
exposure, source of exposure
◉ A burn that injures the muscle and bones is considered a ____
degree burn. Answer: fourth
◉ Which type of hepatitis is the most difficult to kill on a surface?
Answer: type B
◉ When is it acceptable to put product that has been removed with a
spatula back into the jar? Answer: Never
,◉ Bacteria multiply best in places that are? Answer: Warm
◉ Scabies is caused by? Answer: animal parasite
◉ The ______ cranial nerve is the chief motor nerve of the face.
Answer: seventh
◉ The human body has how many bones? Answer: 206
◉ The cervical nerves originate at the? Answer: spinal cord
◉ Which of these is a function of the skeletal system? Answer:
provides the shape and form for the body, protects the internal
organs, blood production
◉ Nonstriated muscles are also knows as what kind of muscles?
Answer: involuntary, visceral, smooth
◉ How many muscles are in your face? Answer: 30
◉ Massaging the _____ nerve affects the skin of the lower eyelid, side
of the nose, upper lip, and mouth. Answer: infraoribtal
,◉ What is a function of the blood? Answer: help equalize the body's
temperature
◉ The average brain weighs about? Answer: 46 pounds
◉ Oxygen is? Answer: colorless, odorless & tasteless
◉ what is the lightest element known? Answer: hydrogen
◉ What has neither a definite size nor a definite shape? Answer: Gas
◉ The skin's protective barrier agains certain forms of bacteria and
microorganisms is called the? Answer: acid mantle
◉ When free radicals cause an oxidation reaction they also? Answer:
produce a new free radical
◉ soaps are? Answer: highly alkaline
◉ solutions are usually? Answer: transparent
◉ If a substance is hydrophilic, it is considered? Answer: water
loving
, ◉ One advantage of O/W emulsions is that they? Answer: are easily
rinsed away with water
◉ water-in-oil emulsions usually contain? Answer: a smaller amount
of water and a greater amount of oil
◉ The early Hebrews used myrrh in powder form to? Answer: repel
fleas
◉ Which culture determined a person's beauty by how or she looked
when naked? Answer: The Greeks
◉ Your career options as an esthetician include? Answer: day spa
esthetician, salon manager and makeup artist
◉ The grooming rituals of the early Hebrew were based on the
principle that? Answer: their bodies were gifts to be cared for
◉ What does a state licensing inspector do? Answer: inspect salons
to ensure state rules and regulation are being followed
◉ Modesty was greatly valued during which era? Answer: The
Victorian age
