IBEC State Actual Exam Questions with
Correct Answers
Which skin type should only have electrolysis and no laser?
Type 1
Laser is equivalent to which of the following modalities?
Thermolysis
What is most likely the cause of red, itchy bumps in the treatment area 10-14 days after
a patient's laser hair removal treatment?
Detached hair becoming trapped under the skin
types of epidermal cooling
Bulk - gel (topical)
contact - a window cooled by circulating liquid
cryogen spray - applied pre-laser pulse
air - zimmer cooler
High frequency and galvanic current
The blend is achieved by using
more caustic
Using the blend modality, the application of thermolysis causes the lye to be
superfluous
What is excess hair that is not abnormal for a persons age and sex, but is not desired or
socially acceptable
,Thyroxine (T4)
What hormone produced by the thyroid gland helps keep the bodies function (metabolism)
working at the correct piece
Early anagen
When a client has been tweezing weekly, most of the hair in the area of tweezing will be in
what stage of growth
Terminal
What types of hairs are deep, course, usually pigmented
Vellus
What type of hair is fine, short and often called "peach fuzz"
Ferriman Gallway score
What is the method of grading or evaluating hirsutism in women
Accelerated vellus hair
If a vellus hair is stimulated to grow deeper and courser, it is said to be a
Dermis (not fibrous portion)
In which of the following layers of the skin are mast cells found
LH (luteinizing hormone)
Which of the following hormones will cause hirsutism
Delayed healing time
When treating a client with diabetes what is of the greatest concern
,Adrenal gland
Which gland is most associated with hair growth
Polycystic ovaries (PCOS)
Which of the following is the most common cause hirsutism and menstrual irregularity in
women less than 50 years of age
Skin, hair, eyes
Where do you find melanin
Epidermis: Stratum Lucidum
In which layer of the skin is eleidin found
Dermis
What is also known as "true skin" or "cutis"
Dark skin
In what type of skin are melanocytes more active
Papillary layer
What layer is composed of fine and loosely arranged collagen fibers
Reticular
Which layer of the skin is composed of dense bundles of collagen and elastic fibers
Subcutaneous and subcutis
Which layer is at the base of the dermis and is composed of fatty adipose tissue
inner root sheath (IRS)
, What serves as an anchor and holds the hair in the follicle
Apocrine glands
What type of gland is located in the genital and axillae areas and usually the "smelly ones"
Under arm
In what area of the body do the apocrine glands tend to be the largest
Sebaceous gland
In which gland does the vellus hair originate
Sebum (lipids)
What is produced by the sebaceous gland that helps lubricate and protect the skin
Late anagen
In which state of hair growth is hair easiest for electrologist to epilate
Arrector pili
What is an appendage to the hair follicle that is attached midway between the bulb in the
sebaceous gland (gives goosebumps or makes hair stand up)
Lanugo
What is also known as baby fetal hair that falls off a few weeks after birth
Langerhans cells (immunity)
What are the first cells in the epidermis that fight infection or invading microorganisms
Cortex
Which layer of the hair has cells that contain melanin
Correct Answers
Which skin type should only have electrolysis and no laser?
Type 1
Laser is equivalent to which of the following modalities?
Thermolysis
What is most likely the cause of red, itchy bumps in the treatment area 10-14 days after
a patient's laser hair removal treatment?
Detached hair becoming trapped under the skin
types of epidermal cooling
Bulk - gel (topical)
contact - a window cooled by circulating liquid
cryogen spray - applied pre-laser pulse
air - zimmer cooler
High frequency and galvanic current
The blend is achieved by using
more caustic
Using the blend modality, the application of thermolysis causes the lye to be
superfluous
What is excess hair that is not abnormal for a persons age and sex, but is not desired or
socially acceptable
,Thyroxine (T4)
What hormone produced by the thyroid gland helps keep the bodies function (metabolism)
working at the correct piece
Early anagen
When a client has been tweezing weekly, most of the hair in the area of tweezing will be in
what stage of growth
Terminal
What types of hairs are deep, course, usually pigmented
Vellus
What type of hair is fine, short and often called "peach fuzz"
Ferriman Gallway score
What is the method of grading or evaluating hirsutism in women
Accelerated vellus hair
If a vellus hair is stimulated to grow deeper and courser, it is said to be a
Dermis (not fibrous portion)
In which of the following layers of the skin are mast cells found
LH (luteinizing hormone)
Which of the following hormones will cause hirsutism
Delayed healing time
When treating a client with diabetes what is of the greatest concern
,Adrenal gland
Which gland is most associated with hair growth
Polycystic ovaries (PCOS)
Which of the following is the most common cause hirsutism and menstrual irregularity in
women less than 50 years of age
Skin, hair, eyes
Where do you find melanin
Epidermis: Stratum Lucidum
In which layer of the skin is eleidin found
Dermis
What is also known as "true skin" or "cutis"
Dark skin
In what type of skin are melanocytes more active
Papillary layer
What layer is composed of fine and loosely arranged collagen fibers
Reticular
Which layer of the skin is composed of dense bundles of collagen and elastic fibers
Subcutaneous and subcutis
Which layer is at the base of the dermis and is composed of fatty adipose tissue
inner root sheath (IRS)
, What serves as an anchor and holds the hair in the follicle
Apocrine glands
What type of gland is located in the genital and axillae areas and usually the "smelly ones"
Under arm
In what area of the body do the apocrine glands tend to be the largest
Sebaceous gland
In which gland does the vellus hair originate
Sebum (lipids)
What is produced by the sebaceous gland that helps lubricate and protect the skin
Late anagen
In which state of hair growth is hair easiest for electrologist to epilate
Arrector pili
What is an appendage to the hair follicle that is attached midway between the bulb in the
sebaceous gland (gives goosebumps or makes hair stand up)
Lanugo
What is also known as baby fetal hair that falls off a few weeks after birth
Langerhans cells (immunity)
What are the first cells in the epidermis that fight infection or invading microorganisms
Cortex
Which layer of the hair has cells that contain melanin
