MILADY ESTHETICS STATE BOARD TEST EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND WELL DETAILED ANSWERS
2025
Microbe is another term for? - CORRECT ANSWER -bacteria
What is the lowest level of decontamination and infection control? -
CORRECT ANSWER -sanitation
When washing your hands, how long should you scrub after lathering with
soap? - CORRECT ANSWER -30-60 seconds
An Incident Report would contain which type of information? -
CORRECT 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. -
CORRECT ANSWER -fourth
Which type of hepatitis is the most difficult to kill on a surface? -
CORRECT ANSWER -type B
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When is it acceptable to put product that has been removed with a spatula
back into the jar? - CORRECT ANSWER -Never
Bacteria multiply best in places that are? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Warm
Scabies is caused by? - CORRECT ANSWER -animal parasite
The ______ cranial nerve is the chief motor nerve of the face. -
CORRECT ANSWER -seventh
The human body has how many bones? - CORRECT ANSWER -206
The cervical nerves originate at the? - CORRECT ANSWER -spinal
cord
Which of these is a function of the skeletal system? - CORRECT
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? -
CORRECT ANSWER -involuntary, visceral, smooth
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How many muscles are in your face? - CORRECT ANSWER -30
Massaging the _____ nerve affects the skin of the lower eyelid, side of the nose,
upper lip, and mouth. - CORRECT ANSWER -infraoribtal
What is a function of the blood? - CORRECT ANSWER -help equalize
the body's temperature
The average brain weighs about? - CORRECT ANSWER -46 pounds
Oxygen is? - CORRECT ANSWER -colorless, odorless & tasteless
what is the lightest element known? - CORRECT ANSWER -hydrogen
What has neither a definite size nor a definite shape? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Gas
The skin's protective barrier agains certain forms of bacteria and
microorganisms is called the? - CORRECT ANSWER -acid mantle
When free radicals cause an oxidation reaction they also? - CORRECT
ANSWER -produce a new free radical
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soaps are? - CORRECT ANSWER -highly alkaline
solutions are usually? - CORRECT ANSWER -transparent
If a substance is hydrophilic, it is considered? - CORRECT ANSWER -
water loving
One advantage of O/W emulsions is that they? - CORRECT ANSWER
-are easily rinsed away with water
water-in-oil emulsions usually contain? - CORRECT ANSWER -a
smaller amount of water and a greater amount of oil
The early Hebrews used myrrh in powder form to? - CORRECT
ANSWER -repel fleas
Which culture determined a person's beauty by how or she looked when
naked? - CORRECT ANSWER -The Greeks
Your career options as an esthetician include? - CORRECT ANSWER
-day spa esthetician, salon manager and makeup artist
The grooming rituals of the early Hebrew were based on the principle that? -
CORRECT ANSWER -their bodies were gifts to be cared for