IBEC ELECTROLOGY STATE BOARD EXAM 2024-
2025 QUESTIONS & CORRECT ANSWERS (A+)
What is another name for Thermolysis?: - Alternating current
- High Frequency
-Short Wave
-Radio frequency
Retin-A may be best used as a agent to delay aging.: Preventative
Where does herpes emerge from?: Nerve tissue below the skin
What are the functions of the skin?: -Protection
-Heat regulation
-Excretion
-Secretion
-Absorption
-Sensation
-Synthesis of Vitamin D
What is a progressively large scar, due to the formation of excessive amounts of
collagen during connective tissue repair is called:: Keloid
What is an excellent tool for helping the skin get back to normal after performing a
treatment?: Cataphoresis
What are the two types of laser hazards?: 1. Laser beam hazards
2. Laser non-beam hazards
The skin has a built in protective aid known as:: Acid Mantle
What is the Malpighian Layer?: The stratum mucosum and stratum germina- tivum
combined
,What are the three layers of hair from outermost to innermost layer?: 1.Cu- ticle
2. Cortex
3. Medulla
What is a living cell that makes up most of living cells of the epidermis in the
spinosum layer?: Prickle cells
What are special cells that engulf damaged tissues and recycle the chem- icals to
make new healthy tissue?: Macrophages
Where does type 2 herpes usually occur?: Below the waist
Hair removal lasers were approved "permanent hair reductions" in the U.S. by the
FDA in:: 1997
What is a remnant of a small anagen hair which was left unepilated in a treated
follicle called?: Tombstone
What condition occurs when blood glucose levels rise too high?: Hyper- glycemia
What is the most common treatment for warts?: Cryosurgery (liquid nitrogen)
What condition occurs when blood glucose levels drop too low?: Hypo- glycemia
What does subcutaneous fat help with?: -Insulate the body
-Cushions deep tissue
- Serve as food reserve
A common end point seen after a laser/IPL hair removal treatment is:: Perifollicular
edema / erythema (PFE)
What are the 3 layers of the horny zone?: 1. Corneum
2. Lucidum 3.Granulosum
What does a laser beam hazard include?: Eye + Skin burn
The stratum lucidum is only present in:: Palms of hands and soles of feet
, What is metastasis?: When cancer cells break away and spread to other parts of the
body
Which area are grey hairs most commonly found?: Head and face
How does a virus multiply?: By replication
What is an active medium?: The part of the laser that absorbs energy
In which layer of the skin does mitosis take place?: Germinativum
Where do mitotic cells in the hair follicle begin their growth activity?: hair matrix
Which glands are located on top of the kidneys?: Adrenal glands
Where are melanocytes located?: in the basal layer (germinativum)
Which gland is more directly related to disorders with hormone levels?- : Pituitary
gland
How do you prevent high frequency blowout?: Reduce intensity/duration
Tinea or ringworm is what kind of infection?: Fungal
Erythema is the result of:: Vasodilation
In the blend modality, high frequency and galvanic current can be deliv- ered::
Simultaneously
What is the main role of the indifferent electrode?: To close the electrical circuit
What do we call the substances which resist or do not allow the pass of electrical
current?: Insulators
2025 QUESTIONS & CORRECT ANSWERS (A+)
What is another name for Thermolysis?: - Alternating current
- High Frequency
-Short Wave
-Radio frequency
Retin-A may be best used as a agent to delay aging.: Preventative
Where does herpes emerge from?: Nerve tissue below the skin
What are the functions of the skin?: -Protection
-Heat regulation
-Excretion
-Secretion
-Absorption
-Sensation
-Synthesis of Vitamin D
What is a progressively large scar, due to the formation of excessive amounts of
collagen during connective tissue repair is called:: Keloid
What is an excellent tool for helping the skin get back to normal after performing a
treatment?: Cataphoresis
What are the two types of laser hazards?: 1. Laser beam hazards
2. Laser non-beam hazards
The skin has a built in protective aid known as:: Acid Mantle
What is the Malpighian Layer?: The stratum mucosum and stratum germina- tivum
combined
,What are the three layers of hair from outermost to innermost layer?: 1.Cu- ticle
2. Cortex
3. Medulla
What is a living cell that makes up most of living cells of the epidermis in the
spinosum layer?: Prickle cells
What are special cells that engulf damaged tissues and recycle the chem- icals to
make new healthy tissue?: Macrophages
Where does type 2 herpes usually occur?: Below the waist
Hair removal lasers were approved "permanent hair reductions" in the U.S. by the
FDA in:: 1997
What is a remnant of a small anagen hair which was left unepilated in a treated
follicle called?: Tombstone
What condition occurs when blood glucose levels rise too high?: Hyper- glycemia
What is the most common treatment for warts?: Cryosurgery (liquid nitrogen)
What condition occurs when blood glucose levels drop too low?: Hypo- glycemia
What does subcutaneous fat help with?: -Insulate the body
-Cushions deep tissue
- Serve as food reserve
A common end point seen after a laser/IPL hair removal treatment is:: Perifollicular
edema / erythema (PFE)
What are the 3 layers of the horny zone?: 1. Corneum
2. Lucidum 3.Granulosum
What does a laser beam hazard include?: Eye + Skin burn
The stratum lucidum is only present in:: Palms of hands and soles of feet
, What is metastasis?: When cancer cells break away and spread to other parts of the
body
Which area are grey hairs most commonly found?: Head and face
How does a virus multiply?: By replication
What is an active medium?: The part of the laser that absorbs energy
In which layer of the skin does mitosis take place?: Germinativum
Where do mitotic cells in the hair follicle begin their growth activity?: hair matrix
Which glands are located on top of the kidneys?: Adrenal glands
Where are melanocytes located?: in the basal layer (germinativum)
Which gland is more directly related to disorders with hormone levels?- : Pituitary
gland
How do you prevent high frequency blowout?: Reduce intensity/duration
Tinea or ringworm is what kind of infection?: Fungal
Erythema is the result of:: Vasodilation
In the blend modality, high frequency and galvanic current can be deliv- ered::
Simultaneously
What is the main role of the indifferent electrode?: To close the electrical circuit
What do we call the substances which resist or do not allow the pass of electrical
current?: Insulators
