CERTIFIED CLINICAL ELECTROLOGIST CORE MAIN
EXAMS SET QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is the first line of protection from exposure to laser generated airborne
contaminants - ✔✔ventilation system
✔✔Which ranges are UVA rays - ✔✔320-400nm
✔✔What wavelengths are visible light - ✔✔400-700nm
✔✔What is the difference between laser and IPL - ✔✔Laser is monochromatic,
coherent and collimated. IPL is polychromatic, divergent and non-collimated
✔✔Ringworm is a fungal infection - ✔✔True
✔✔What is not part of the philosebaseous unit - ✔✔Sudoriferous gland
✔✔In galvanic where do electrons move - ✔✔Negative to positive
✔✔What do you sterilize tweezers with - ✔✔High level disinfectant (sterilization correct
answer)
,✔✔1. What do you do with a laser client on blood thinners? 2. What would be your
biggest concern with the client? - ✔✔1. Obtain doctor note before treating 2. Bruising
✔✔What is blanching - ✔✔When too much heat hits the surface of the epidermis
✔✔Client A sees her friend leaving from a treatment and asks what she had done.
What's a good way for the electrologist to respond? - ✔✔Say that's confidential
✔✔What is a disorder caused by mites - ✔✔scabies
✔✔An African American electrolysis client getting chin hair treated an area for ten
minutes for very course, dark terminal hair, what's the optimal needle size - ✔✔0.03
✔✔A client comes in with diabetes, what should be your biggest concern for electrology
- ✔✔Poor healing
✔✔How do you choose the right intensity to treat a client with electrolysis - ✔✔By the
hair type
✔✔Blanching is caused by - ✔✔Shallow insertion using alternating current
✔✔How are UVB rays different from UVA - ✔✔UVA rays are deeper and reach into the
subcutaneous layer
✔✔The wavelength for ionizing rays are - ✔✔390nm or less
✔✔Using a laser to destroy a specific target without damaging the surround tissue is
called - ✔✔Selective photothermolysis
✔✔To correctly clean a blood spill you must use - ✔✔Bleach
✔✔What is the proper term for fetal hair - ✔✔Lunugo
✔✔Melanocytes are produced in which layer of the skin - ✔✔stratum basal layer
✔✔What is the "over most " (highest) layer of the skin - ✔✔Stratum corneum
✔✔Which endocrine gland is linked to stimulating and exocrine gland - ✔✔Adrenal
glands pumps adrenaline into the system (fight or flight) and it stimulates your exocrine
sudoriferous (sweat) glands
✔✔A macule is what type of lesion - ✔✔Primary lesion
, ✔✔What do sudoriferous glands secrete - ✔✔Sweat and pheromones
✔✔Is the sebaceous gland located near the hair bulb - ✔✔No, it is up where the dermis
meets the epidermis
✔✔What is at the base of the hair bulb that provides the "housing" for blood supply -
✔✔Dermal/hair papilla
✔✔What is the amino acid in melanocytes that produce melanin - ✔✔Tyrosine
✔✔Which layer does skin receives its elasticity from - ✔✔papillary layer
✔✔Are sudoriferous glands part of the philosebaceaous unit? - ✔✔No
✔✔What hormone does a suderiforus glands secrete - ✔✔apocrine - pheromones
✔✔Where do lymphocytes bring all the waste to be filtered - ✔✔lymph nodes
✔✔What is the purpose of the arrestor pili muscle - ✔✔Helps trap heat in order to
maintain heat regulation in the body
✔✔What is produced by the sebaceous glands - ✔✔Sebum
✔✔What are cosmeceuticals? - ✔✔Higher grade products usually only sold in medical
spas or by licensed professionals but you do not need a prescription for
✔✔Do you need a prescription for Pharmaceuticals? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔Does the hormone "growth hormone" which is secreted by the anterior pituitary
gland affect hair growth - ✔✔No (only dictates how tall/big you grow)
✔✔Which skin cancer is the most fatal, yet least common - ✔✔malignant melanoma
✔✔The pilosebaceous unit contains what - ✔✔The hair follicle and it's appendages
✔✔Which endocrine glands could produce the androgens in a woman - ✔✔Adrenals
and ovaries as well as anterior pituitary gland affect
✔✔Is a lymph node an appendage of the skin? - ✔✔No
✔✔What are the side effects of dermabrasion - ✔✔hyperpigmentation,
hypopigmentation, milia
EXAMS SET QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is the first line of protection from exposure to laser generated airborne
contaminants - ✔✔ventilation system
✔✔Which ranges are UVA rays - ✔✔320-400nm
✔✔What wavelengths are visible light - ✔✔400-700nm
✔✔What is the difference between laser and IPL - ✔✔Laser is monochromatic,
coherent and collimated. IPL is polychromatic, divergent and non-collimated
✔✔Ringworm is a fungal infection - ✔✔True
✔✔What is not part of the philosebaseous unit - ✔✔Sudoriferous gland
✔✔In galvanic where do electrons move - ✔✔Negative to positive
✔✔What do you sterilize tweezers with - ✔✔High level disinfectant (sterilization correct
answer)
,✔✔1. What do you do with a laser client on blood thinners? 2. What would be your
biggest concern with the client? - ✔✔1. Obtain doctor note before treating 2. Bruising
✔✔What is blanching - ✔✔When too much heat hits the surface of the epidermis
✔✔Client A sees her friend leaving from a treatment and asks what she had done.
What's a good way for the electrologist to respond? - ✔✔Say that's confidential
✔✔What is a disorder caused by mites - ✔✔scabies
✔✔An African American electrolysis client getting chin hair treated an area for ten
minutes for very course, dark terminal hair, what's the optimal needle size - ✔✔0.03
✔✔A client comes in with diabetes, what should be your biggest concern for electrology
- ✔✔Poor healing
✔✔How do you choose the right intensity to treat a client with electrolysis - ✔✔By the
hair type
✔✔Blanching is caused by - ✔✔Shallow insertion using alternating current
✔✔How are UVB rays different from UVA - ✔✔UVA rays are deeper and reach into the
subcutaneous layer
✔✔The wavelength for ionizing rays are - ✔✔390nm or less
✔✔Using a laser to destroy a specific target without damaging the surround tissue is
called - ✔✔Selective photothermolysis
✔✔To correctly clean a blood spill you must use - ✔✔Bleach
✔✔What is the proper term for fetal hair - ✔✔Lunugo
✔✔Melanocytes are produced in which layer of the skin - ✔✔stratum basal layer
✔✔What is the "over most " (highest) layer of the skin - ✔✔Stratum corneum
✔✔Which endocrine gland is linked to stimulating and exocrine gland - ✔✔Adrenal
glands pumps adrenaline into the system (fight or flight) and it stimulates your exocrine
sudoriferous (sweat) glands
✔✔A macule is what type of lesion - ✔✔Primary lesion
, ✔✔What do sudoriferous glands secrete - ✔✔Sweat and pheromones
✔✔Is the sebaceous gland located near the hair bulb - ✔✔No, it is up where the dermis
meets the epidermis
✔✔What is at the base of the hair bulb that provides the "housing" for blood supply -
✔✔Dermal/hair papilla
✔✔What is the amino acid in melanocytes that produce melanin - ✔✔Tyrosine
✔✔Which layer does skin receives its elasticity from - ✔✔papillary layer
✔✔Are sudoriferous glands part of the philosebaceaous unit? - ✔✔No
✔✔What hormone does a suderiforus glands secrete - ✔✔apocrine - pheromones
✔✔Where do lymphocytes bring all the waste to be filtered - ✔✔lymph nodes
✔✔What is the purpose of the arrestor pili muscle - ✔✔Helps trap heat in order to
maintain heat regulation in the body
✔✔What is produced by the sebaceous glands - ✔✔Sebum
✔✔What are cosmeceuticals? - ✔✔Higher grade products usually only sold in medical
spas or by licensed professionals but you do not need a prescription for
✔✔Do you need a prescription for Pharmaceuticals? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔Does the hormone "growth hormone" which is secreted by the anterior pituitary
gland affect hair growth - ✔✔No (only dictates how tall/big you grow)
✔✔Which skin cancer is the most fatal, yet least common - ✔✔malignant melanoma
✔✔The pilosebaceous unit contains what - ✔✔The hair follicle and it's appendages
✔✔Which endocrine glands could produce the androgens in a woman - ✔✔Adrenals
and ovaries as well as anterior pituitary gland affect
✔✔Is a lymph node an appendage of the skin? - ✔✔No
✔✔What are the side effects of dermabrasion - ✔✔hyperpigmentation,
hypopigmentation, milia
