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Michigan Esthetician State Board Theory
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
What item should be used on tools and implements that have not come in contact with blood or
body fluids? - answer✔✔Broad-Spectrum Disinfectants
What machine is used to sterilize surgical instruments with high-pressure and high-temperature
vapors? - answer✔✔Chemiclave
Instruments can be pre-cleaned using: - answer✔✔High-frequency energy waves
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) responsible for? -
answer✔✔Enforces safety and health standards in the workplace
Which department is OSHA under? - answer✔✔Department of Labor
What do Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) provide information on? - answer✔✔Specific
product ingredients, hazards, combustion levels, and storage requirements
What is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) responsible for? - answer✔✔Approving
the efficacy of products and verifying effectiveness of products against organisms listed on the
labels
Which infection control equipment utilizes UV light to kill bacteria in a dry setting? -
answer✔✔UV Light Sterilizer
Can a UV light sterilizer kill all bacterial spores? - answer✔✔No, it cannot be relied upon to do
that
Which infection control equipment uses pressure, heat, and/or pressurized steam? -
answer✔✔Autoclave
Which infection control equipment high-pressure, high-temperature water, alcohol, and
formaldehyde vapors? - answer✔✔Chemiclave
What are the five layer of the epidermis (top to bottom)? - answer✔✔1. Stratum Corneum
2. Stratum Lucidum
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3. Stratum Granulosum
4. Stratum Spinosum
5. Stratum Germinativum
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What is another name for the dermis? - answer✔✔True skin
Which types of cells are found in the stratum corneum? - answer✔✔Keratinocytes and squamous
cells
What are keratinocytes tightly interconnected by on the skin's surface? - answer✔✔Desmosomes
What is the purpose of a squamous cell in the stratum corneum? - answer✔✔Protect lower layers
of the epidermis and the rest of the skin
Which layer of the epidermis acts as a barrier to moisture loss and is water-resistant? -
answer✔✔Stratum corneum
Which layers of the epidermis are composed of dead cells? - answer✔✔Stratum corneum,
stratum lucidum, stratum granulosum
Which layer of the epidermis is transparent? - answer✔✔Stratum lucidum
What creates densely packed, clear keratin in the stratum lucidum? - answer✔✔Keratinocytes
Which layer of the epidermis is where keratinization begins (and where keratin is produced)? -
answer✔✔Stratum granulosum
What is the protein substance that forms keratin? - answer✔✔Keratohyalin
In which layer of the epidermis does protection begin? - answer✔✔Stratum granulosum
What makes the stratum spinosum the "spiny layer?" - answer✔✔Desmosomes which provide
strength and support between cells
Where do langerhan cells reside and protect the body from infection (alongside T-cells)? -
answer✔✔Stratum spinosum
Which layer of the epidermis is called the "basal layer?" - answer✔✔Stratum germinativum as
this is where basal cells go through mitosis
What is the purpose of the hemidesmosomes in the stratum germinativum? - answer✔✔Attach
epidermis to the dermis to form basement membrane
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Where are Merkel cells found? - answer✔✔Stratum germinativum (in thick skin)
Where are melanocytes found? - answer✔✔Stratum germinativum (in thin skin)
What cells cover and protect the inside of the body? - answer✔✔Epithelial
What are the two layers that the dermis is divided into? - answer✔✔Papillary Dermis and
Reticular Dermis
Which immune cells reside in the stratum spinosum and provide the first line of defense in
identifying foreign substances? - answer✔✔Langerhans Cells
Secretion is one of the six functions of the skin. Does it refer to sebum or sweat being secreted? -
answer✔✔Sebum which affects pH
Excretion is one of the six functions of the skin. Does it refer to sebum or sweat being excreted?
- answer✔✔Neither. Excretion refers to toxic waste and materials excreted through SWEAT
glands and pores (i.e. CO2)
In which of the six functions of the skin is sweat involved? - answer✔✔Regulation as sweat
helps to regulate body temperature
What are Merkel cells? - answer✔✔Touch receptors found in the Stratum Germinativum
What are the three components of the dermis? - answer✔✔Fibroblast Cells, Elastin, and
Collagen
What is the purpose of Fibroblast Cells? - answer✔✔Aid in the production of collagen and
elastin
Which cells reside in the dermis and respond to allergies by releasing histamine? -
answer✔✔Mast Cells
What can be found in the Papillary Dermis? - answer✔✔Primary Receptors (pain, thermo,
mechano, tactile) and Sensation Receptors (Meissner's, Ruffini's, and Pacinian Corpuscles as
well as Krause's End Bulbs)
What are Meissner's cospuscles responsible for? - answer✔✔Light pressure and cold receptors
What are Ruffini's cospuscles responsible for? - answer✔✔Long-term pressure and heat
receptors
What are Pacinian cospuscle responsible for? - answer✔✔Deep pressure and pain receptors
What are Krause's End Bulbs responsible for? - answer✔✔Pressure and pain receptors
Michigan Esthetician State Board Theory
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
What item should be used on tools and implements that have not come in contact with blood or
body fluids? - answer✔✔Broad-Spectrum Disinfectants
What machine is used to sterilize surgical instruments with high-pressure and high-temperature
vapors? - answer✔✔Chemiclave
Instruments can be pre-cleaned using: - answer✔✔High-frequency energy waves
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) responsible for? -
answer✔✔Enforces safety and health standards in the workplace
Which department is OSHA under? - answer✔✔Department of Labor
What do Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) provide information on? - answer✔✔Specific
product ingredients, hazards, combustion levels, and storage requirements
What is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) responsible for? - answer✔✔Approving
the efficacy of products and verifying effectiveness of products against organisms listed on the
labels
Which infection control equipment utilizes UV light to kill bacteria in a dry setting? -
answer✔✔UV Light Sterilizer
Can a UV light sterilizer kill all bacterial spores? - answer✔✔No, it cannot be relied upon to do
that
Which infection control equipment uses pressure, heat, and/or pressurized steam? -
answer✔✔Autoclave
Which infection control equipment high-pressure, high-temperature water, alcohol, and
formaldehyde vapors? - answer✔✔Chemiclave
What are the five layer of the epidermis (top to bottom)? - answer✔✔1. Stratum Corneum
2. Stratum Lucidum
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3. Stratum Granulosum
4. Stratum Spinosum
5. Stratum Germinativum
[C.L.G(r).S.G: Clean Ladies G(r)eet Sailors Gorgeously]
What is another name for the dermis? - answer✔✔True skin
Which types of cells are found in the stratum corneum? - answer✔✔Keratinocytes and squamous
cells
What are keratinocytes tightly interconnected by on the skin's surface? - answer✔✔Desmosomes
What is the purpose of a squamous cell in the stratum corneum? - answer✔✔Protect lower layers
of the epidermis and the rest of the skin
Which layer of the epidermis acts as a barrier to moisture loss and is water-resistant? -
answer✔✔Stratum corneum
Which layers of the epidermis are composed of dead cells? - answer✔✔Stratum corneum,
stratum lucidum, stratum granulosum
Which layer of the epidermis is transparent? - answer✔✔Stratum lucidum
What creates densely packed, clear keratin in the stratum lucidum? - answer✔✔Keratinocytes
Which layer of the epidermis is where keratinization begins (and where keratin is produced)? -
answer✔✔Stratum granulosum
What is the protein substance that forms keratin? - answer✔✔Keratohyalin
In which layer of the epidermis does protection begin? - answer✔✔Stratum granulosum
What makes the stratum spinosum the "spiny layer?" - answer✔✔Desmosomes which provide
strength and support between cells
Where do langerhan cells reside and protect the body from infection (alongside T-cells)? -
answer✔✔Stratum spinosum
Which layer of the epidermis is called the "basal layer?" - answer✔✔Stratum germinativum as
this is where basal cells go through mitosis
What is the purpose of the hemidesmosomes in the stratum germinativum? - answer✔✔Attach
epidermis to the dermis to form basement membrane
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Where are Merkel cells found? - answer✔✔Stratum germinativum (in thick skin)
Where are melanocytes found? - answer✔✔Stratum germinativum (in thin skin)
What cells cover and protect the inside of the body? - answer✔✔Epithelial
What are the two layers that the dermis is divided into? - answer✔✔Papillary Dermis and
Reticular Dermis
Which immune cells reside in the stratum spinosum and provide the first line of defense in
identifying foreign substances? - answer✔✔Langerhans Cells
Secretion is one of the six functions of the skin. Does it refer to sebum or sweat being secreted? -
answer✔✔Sebum which affects pH
Excretion is one of the six functions of the skin. Does it refer to sebum or sweat being excreted?
- answer✔✔Neither. Excretion refers to toxic waste and materials excreted through SWEAT
glands and pores (i.e. CO2)
In which of the six functions of the skin is sweat involved? - answer✔✔Regulation as sweat
helps to regulate body temperature
What are Merkel cells? - answer✔✔Touch receptors found in the Stratum Germinativum
What are the three components of the dermis? - answer✔✔Fibroblast Cells, Elastin, and
Collagen
What is the purpose of Fibroblast Cells? - answer✔✔Aid in the production of collagen and
elastin
Which cells reside in the dermis and respond to allergies by releasing histamine? -
answer✔✔Mast Cells
What can be found in the Papillary Dermis? - answer✔✔Primary Receptors (pain, thermo,
mechano, tactile) and Sensation Receptors (Meissner's, Ruffini's, and Pacinian Corpuscles as
well as Krause's End Bulbs)
What are Meissner's cospuscles responsible for? - answer✔✔Light pressure and cold receptors
What are Ruffini's cospuscles responsible for? - answer✔✔Long-term pressure and heat
receptors
What are Pacinian cospuscle responsible for? - answer✔✔Deep pressure and pain receptors
What are Krause's End Bulbs responsible for? - answer✔✔Pressure and pain receptors
