PMU EXAM FINAL REVIEW SHEET 2026
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
GUARANTEED TO PASS
◉ An alternative to permanent makeup that is removable is known as:
Answer: Applied Cosmetics
◉ Who is credited for inventing the process of distillation? Answer:
Egyptians
◉ What did the Egyptians use to enhance the skin's appearance?
Answer: Animal oils, alabaster, salts, and sour milk
◉ What is Ayurveda? Answer: The Indian concept of the science of
living
◉ What salve or ointment did the Egyptians use to promote healing?
Answer: Unguent
◉ Otzi Answer: An early record of tattooing was found on this 5300
year old cave dweller from the Austrian Alps
◉ What group of people are credited with introducing the craft of
tattooing to the Western Civilization? Answer: The Polynesians
,◉ What is the Polynesian word that means "to mark something"?
Answer: Tatau
◉ Which English explorer discovered the practice of tattooing while
exploring the Pacific ocean and shared the knowledge to the Western
world? Answer: James Cook
◉ The Samoans used the following items to implant pigment into the
skin: Answer: Tortoise shell and boar's teeth
◉ Who established the world's first tattoo shop in New York City in
1846? Answer: Martin Hilderbrandt
◉ Who invented the electronic tattooing machine? Answer: Samuel O'
Reilly
◉ Permanent makeup is the introduction of pigments into which layer of
skin? Answer: The papillary dermis
◉ What 4 components make a successful outcome for permanent
makeup? Answer: Skill of the technician, type of machine or device
used, type of pigments used, and the integrity of the client's skin
◉ What is Alopecia? Answer: People who suffer from a disorder that
creates permanent hair loss all over the body
, ◉ Paramedical tattoo Answer: Permanent makeup artists who work in a
medical office or with a plastic surgeon
◉ Malpractice Insurance covers the technician when: Answer: The
client is unhappy with the technician's work
◉ Primary colors Answer: The 3 basic colors of the color wheel; blue,
red, yellow. They are considered primary because they cannot be made
from any other color combinations.
◉ What are the strongest to least strong primary colors? Answer: Blue,
Red, and Yellow
◉ What are some secondary colors? Answer: Orange, green, and violet
◉ This type of color has no covering power- Answer: Transparent
Colors
◉ What color does red brown make? Answer: Auburn
◉ Pheomelanin produces what color skin? Answer: Red to yellow tones
of melanin
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
GUARANTEED TO PASS
◉ An alternative to permanent makeup that is removable is known as:
Answer: Applied Cosmetics
◉ Who is credited for inventing the process of distillation? Answer:
Egyptians
◉ What did the Egyptians use to enhance the skin's appearance?
Answer: Animal oils, alabaster, salts, and sour milk
◉ What is Ayurveda? Answer: The Indian concept of the science of
living
◉ What salve or ointment did the Egyptians use to promote healing?
Answer: Unguent
◉ Otzi Answer: An early record of tattooing was found on this 5300
year old cave dweller from the Austrian Alps
◉ What group of people are credited with introducing the craft of
tattooing to the Western Civilization? Answer: The Polynesians
,◉ What is the Polynesian word that means "to mark something"?
Answer: Tatau
◉ Which English explorer discovered the practice of tattooing while
exploring the Pacific ocean and shared the knowledge to the Western
world? Answer: James Cook
◉ The Samoans used the following items to implant pigment into the
skin: Answer: Tortoise shell and boar's teeth
◉ Who established the world's first tattoo shop in New York City in
1846? Answer: Martin Hilderbrandt
◉ Who invented the electronic tattooing machine? Answer: Samuel O'
Reilly
◉ Permanent makeup is the introduction of pigments into which layer of
skin? Answer: The papillary dermis
◉ What 4 components make a successful outcome for permanent
makeup? Answer: Skill of the technician, type of machine or device
used, type of pigments used, and the integrity of the client's skin
◉ What is Alopecia? Answer: People who suffer from a disorder that
creates permanent hair loss all over the body
, ◉ Paramedical tattoo Answer: Permanent makeup artists who work in a
medical office or with a plastic surgeon
◉ Malpractice Insurance covers the technician when: Answer: The
client is unhappy with the technician's work
◉ Primary colors Answer: The 3 basic colors of the color wheel; blue,
red, yellow. They are considered primary because they cannot be made
from any other color combinations.
◉ What are the strongest to least strong primary colors? Answer: Blue,
Red, and Yellow
◉ What are some secondary colors? Answer: Orange, green, and violet
◉ This type of color has no covering power- Answer: Transparent
Colors
◉ What color does red brown make? Answer: Auburn
◉ Pheomelanin produces what color skin? Answer: Red to yellow tones
of melanin
