ELECTROLYSIS IBEC+LASER STATE BOARD PRACTICE TEST
2018 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED 2024/2025 ALL
ANSWERS CORRECT DETAILED BEST GRADED A+ FOR
SUCCESS
What are the parameters when doing laser hair removal? - CORRECT ANSWERS Wavelength
Spot Size
Fluence
Pulse Width
Pulsed lasers allow for selective heating of specific targets, this is also known as? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Selective Photothermolysis
The rate/amount of energy delivered within a given area is known as? - CORRECT ANSWERS
Fluence
An increase in fluence equals an increase in what? - CORRECT ANSWERS Heat. Resulting in
more damage
The length of time the light/energy is in contact with the target that is measured in
milliseconds (ms): - CORRECT ANSWERS Pulse width/Pulse duration
If the time of pulse duration is changed from milliseconds to nanoseconds the laser is what?
- CORRECT ANSWERS Q Switched
A Q switched laser is used for what? - CORRECT ANSWERS Tattoo removal
Which skin types can tolerate an Alex laser? - CORRECT ANSWERS 1-4
Which skin types can tolerate a Nd:YAG laser? - CORRECT ANSWERS0 All skin types
Which skin type should only have electrolysis and no laser? - CORRECT ANSWERS Type 1
If the pulse width is greater than the thermal relaxation time it results in? - CORRECT
ANSWERS A burn
,ELECTROLYSIS IBEC+LASER STATE BOARD PRACTICE TEST
2018 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED 2024/2025 ALL
ANSWERS CORRECT DETAILED BEST GRADED A+ FOR
SUCCESS
If the pulse width is less than or equal to the thermal relaxation time it results in? -
CORRECT ANSWERS Perfect hair removal
Larger structures have __________ thermal relaxation times (TRT) - CORRECT ANSWERS
Longer
Smaller structures have _______ thermal relaxation times (TRT) - CORRECT ANSWERS
Shorter
What kind of pulse widths protect the epidermis, penetrate deeper and cool more slowly? -
CORRECT ANSWERS Long
Longer pulse widths are for what skin type? - CORRECT ANSWERS 4-6
What kind of pulse widths are more aggressive and heat up and cool down quickly? -
CORRECT ANSWERS Short
Shorter pulse widths are for what skin type? - CORRECT ANSWERS 1-3
What percentage of follicles are damaged with each laser treatment? - CORRECT ANSWERS
15%
What is a long-term stable reduction of the growing hairs after a treatment regime? -
CORRECT ANSWERS Laser Hair Removal (LHR)
What does the FDA call laser hair removal? - CORRECT ANSWERS Permanent hair reduction
What is the highest setting the skin can tolerate without damage called? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Fluence Threshold
What is the highest setting the patient can tolerate without the treatment becoming
impossible called? - CORRECT ANSWERS Patient Threshold
,ELECTROLYSIS IBEC+LASER STATE BOARD PRACTICE TEST
2018 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED 2024/2025 ALL
ANSWERS CORRECT DETAILED BEST GRADED A+ FOR
SUCCESS
The amount of hair per one square centimeter is known as? - CORRECT ANSWERS Hair
density
The higher the hair density, the _______ the fluence? - CORRECT ANSWERS Lower
What percentage of overlapping do you want when doing LHR? - CORRECT ANSWERS 30%
Darker/tanned skin requires what kind of fluence? - CORRECT ANSWERS Lower
What should you never use to clean a patient's skin prior to LHR? - CORRECT ANSWERS
Alcohol
Pulse duration is measured in what unit? - CORRECT ANSWERS milliseconds (ms)
Spot size is measured in what unit? - CORRECT ANSWERS millimeters (mm)
Repetition rate is measured in what unit? - CORRECT ANSWERS hertz (Hz)
Who is the grandfather of laser and was the first person to use water to cool the skin during
laser? - CORRECT ANSWERS Rox Anderson
The formula for fluence is? - CORRECT ANSWERS Joules = J/cm2
What kind of lasers allow for selective heating of specific targets? - CORRECT ANSWERS
Selective photothermolysis
For deeper laser penetration what should the practitioner do to the laser? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Change to a bigger spot size
, ELECTROLYSIS IBEC+LASER STATE BOARD PRACTICE TEST
2018 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED 2024/2025 ALL
ANSWERS CORRECT DETAILED BEST GRADED A+ FOR
SUCCESS
The primary reason for using cooling devices during laser hair removal is? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Allows for higher and more effective fluences to be used while sparing the
epidermis
Laser stands for what? - CORRECT ANSWERS Light
Amplification by
Stimulated
Emission of
Radiation
What is the distance measured in nanometers between two peaks or two troughs known as?
- CORRECT ANSWERS Wavelength
Light of only one color & one specific wavelength is known as? - CORRECT ANSWERS
Monochromatic
Refraction is also known as what? - CORRECT ANSWERS Transmission
The process where by a newly created photon of light (generated through amplification)
acquires energy equal to the photons that created it is known as? - CORRECT ANSWERS
Stimulated Emission
The states of equilibrium or middle state of light - CORRECT ANSWERS Metastable State
Who theorized stimulated emission? - CORRECT ANSWERS Albert Einstein
The part of the laser that contains the active medium is called? - CORRECT ANSWERS
Resinator cavity
2018 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED 2024/2025 ALL
ANSWERS CORRECT DETAILED BEST GRADED A+ FOR
SUCCESS
What are the parameters when doing laser hair removal? - CORRECT ANSWERS Wavelength
Spot Size
Fluence
Pulse Width
Pulsed lasers allow for selective heating of specific targets, this is also known as? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Selective Photothermolysis
The rate/amount of energy delivered within a given area is known as? - CORRECT ANSWERS
Fluence
An increase in fluence equals an increase in what? - CORRECT ANSWERS Heat. Resulting in
more damage
The length of time the light/energy is in contact with the target that is measured in
milliseconds (ms): - CORRECT ANSWERS Pulse width/Pulse duration
If the time of pulse duration is changed from milliseconds to nanoseconds the laser is what?
- CORRECT ANSWERS Q Switched
A Q switched laser is used for what? - CORRECT ANSWERS Tattoo removal
Which skin types can tolerate an Alex laser? - CORRECT ANSWERS 1-4
Which skin types can tolerate a Nd:YAG laser? - CORRECT ANSWERS0 All skin types
Which skin type should only have electrolysis and no laser? - CORRECT ANSWERS Type 1
If the pulse width is greater than the thermal relaxation time it results in? - CORRECT
ANSWERS A burn
,ELECTROLYSIS IBEC+LASER STATE BOARD PRACTICE TEST
2018 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED 2024/2025 ALL
ANSWERS CORRECT DETAILED BEST GRADED A+ FOR
SUCCESS
If the pulse width is less than or equal to the thermal relaxation time it results in? -
CORRECT ANSWERS Perfect hair removal
Larger structures have __________ thermal relaxation times (TRT) - CORRECT ANSWERS
Longer
Smaller structures have _______ thermal relaxation times (TRT) - CORRECT ANSWERS
Shorter
What kind of pulse widths protect the epidermis, penetrate deeper and cool more slowly? -
CORRECT ANSWERS Long
Longer pulse widths are for what skin type? - CORRECT ANSWERS 4-6
What kind of pulse widths are more aggressive and heat up and cool down quickly? -
CORRECT ANSWERS Short
Shorter pulse widths are for what skin type? - CORRECT ANSWERS 1-3
What percentage of follicles are damaged with each laser treatment? - CORRECT ANSWERS
15%
What is a long-term stable reduction of the growing hairs after a treatment regime? -
CORRECT ANSWERS Laser Hair Removal (LHR)
What does the FDA call laser hair removal? - CORRECT ANSWERS Permanent hair reduction
What is the highest setting the skin can tolerate without damage called? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Fluence Threshold
What is the highest setting the patient can tolerate without the treatment becoming
impossible called? - CORRECT ANSWERS Patient Threshold
,ELECTROLYSIS IBEC+LASER STATE BOARD PRACTICE TEST
2018 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED 2024/2025 ALL
ANSWERS CORRECT DETAILED BEST GRADED A+ FOR
SUCCESS
The amount of hair per one square centimeter is known as? - CORRECT ANSWERS Hair
density
The higher the hair density, the _______ the fluence? - CORRECT ANSWERS Lower
What percentage of overlapping do you want when doing LHR? - CORRECT ANSWERS 30%
Darker/tanned skin requires what kind of fluence? - CORRECT ANSWERS Lower
What should you never use to clean a patient's skin prior to LHR? - CORRECT ANSWERS
Alcohol
Pulse duration is measured in what unit? - CORRECT ANSWERS milliseconds (ms)
Spot size is measured in what unit? - CORRECT ANSWERS millimeters (mm)
Repetition rate is measured in what unit? - CORRECT ANSWERS hertz (Hz)
Who is the grandfather of laser and was the first person to use water to cool the skin during
laser? - CORRECT ANSWERS Rox Anderson
The formula for fluence is? - CORRECT ANSWERS Joules = J/cm2
What kind of lasers allow for selective heating of specific targets? - CORRECT ANSWERS
Selective photothermolysis
For deeper laser penetration what should the practitioner do to the laser? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Change to a bigger spot size
, ELECTROLYSIS IBEC+LASER STATE BOARD PRACTICE TEST
2018 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED 2024/2025 ALL
ANSWERS CORRECT DETAILED BEST GRADED A+ FOR
SUCCESS
The primary reason for using cooling devices during laser hair removal is? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Allows for higher and more effective fluences to be used while sparing the
epidermis
Laser stands for what? - CORRECT ANSWERS Light
Amplification by
Stimulated
Emission of
Radiation
What is the distance measured in nanometers between two peaks or two troughs known as?
- CORRECT ANSWERS Wavelength
Light of only one color & one specific wavelength is known as? - CORRECT ANSWERS
Monochromatic
Refraction is also known as what? - CORRECT ANSWERS Transmission
The process where by a newly created photon of light (generated through amplification)
acquires energy equal to the photons that created it is known as? - CORRECT ANSWERS
Stimulated Emission
The states of equilibrium or middle state of light - CORRECT ANSWERS Metastable State
Who theorized stimulated emission? - CORRECT ANSWERS Albert Einstein
The part of the laser that contains the active medium is called? - CORRECT ANSWERS
Resinator cavity
