WASHINGTON STATE ESTHETICIAN FINAL
PAPER 2026 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
AND ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
◉ Who was the first to cultivate beauty in an extravagant fashion?
Answer: Greeks
◉ Who regulates and enforces safety and health standards?
Answer: OSHA
◉ What is the Hazard Communication Standard?
Answer: requires that chemical and importers assess and
communicate the potential hazard associated with their products
◉ What is a result of the Hazard Communication Standard?
Answer: the material safety data sheet
◉ Environmental Protection Agency does what?
Answer: registers all types of disinfectants sold and used in the US
,◉ Hospital disinfectants
Answer: Effective for cleaning blood and body fluids
◉ Tuberculocidal disinfectants
Answer: Disinfectants that kill the bacteria that causes tuberculosis.
◉ True or false: It is against federal law to use any disinfecting
product contrary to its labeling
Answer: True
◉ Why does the State Regulatory Agencies exist?
Answer: protect salon and spa professionals and to protect
consumers' health, safety, and welfare while they receive salon and
spa services
◉ Infection control
Answer: The methods used to eliminate or reduce the transmission
of infectious organisms
◉ Is disinfection effective against bacterial spores?
Answer: no
◉ Disinfectants used in salons and spas must be what?
, Answer: Bactericidal, virucidal, and fungicidal
◉ Bacteria
Answer: one-celled microscopic organisms that have both plant and
animal characteristics
◉ Microorganism
Answer: Any organism of microscopic or submicroscopic size
◉ Most bacteria is what?
Answer: nonpathogenic
◉ Cocci
Answer: Round shaped bacteria that appear singly or in groups
◉ Staphylococci
Answer: pus-forming bacteria that grow in clusters
◉ Staphylococci cause what?
Answer: abscesses, pustules, and boils
◉ Streptococci
PAPER 2026 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
AND ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
◉ Who was the first to cultivate beauty in an extravagant fashion?
Answer: Greeks
◉ Who regulates and enforces safety and health standards?
Answer: OSHA
◉ What is the Hazard Communication Standard?
Answer: requires that chemical and importers assess and
communicate the potential hazard associated with their products
◉ What is a result of the Hazard Communication Standard?
Answer: the material safety data sheet
◉ Environmental Protection Agency does what?
Answer: registers all types of disinfectants sold and used in the US
,◉ Hospital disinfectants
Answer: Effective for cleaning blood and body fluids
◉ Tuberculocidal disinfectants
Answer: Disinfectants that kill the bacteria that causes tuberculosis.
◉ True or false: It is against federal law to use any disinfecting
product contrary to its labeling
Answer: True
◉ Why does the State Regulatory Agencies exist?
Answer: protect salon and spa professionals and to protect
consumers' health, safety, and welfare while they receive salon and
spa services
◉ Infection control
Answer: The methods used to eliminate or reduce the transmission
of infectious organisms
◉ Is disinfection effective against bacterial spores?
Answer: no
◉ Disinfectants used in salons and spas must be what?
, Answer: Bactericidal, virucidal, and fungicidal
◉ Bacteria
Answer: one-celled microscopic organisms that have both plant and
animal characteristics
◉ Microorganism
Answer: Any organism of microscopic or submicroscopic size
◉ Most bacteria is what?
Answer: nonpathogenic
◉ Cocci
Answer: Round shaped bacteria that appear singly or in groups
◉ Staphylococci
Answer: pus-forming bacteria that grow in clusters
◉ Staphylococci cause what?
Answer: abscesses, pustules, and boils
◉ Streptococci
