VA TATTOOING PSI EXAM SCRIPT 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔What is the definition of a low level disinfectant?
a) A chemical demonstrating tuberculocidal activity
b) A chemical demonstrating bactericidal, fungicidal and limited virucidal activity c) A
chemical that inhibits the growth of bacteria
d) Antibacterial chemical - ✔✔b) A chemical demonstrating bactericidal, fungicidal and
limited virucidal activity
✔✔What is the name of a puncture resistant, leak proof container that can be closed for
handling, storage, transportation and disposal?
a) Storage container
b) Sharps container
c) Tool box
d) Safety container - ✔✔b) Sharps container
✔✔What can be substituted for hand towels?
a) A clean, common towel
b) Hand blower
c) Your shirt, if its clean
.
d) Medical guaze - ✔✔b) Hand blower
✔✔What types of pets or animals are permitted in the business facility?
a) Licensed Family Pets
b) Any that are kept in a kennel
c) Therapy animals, fish, animals kept in a terrarium.
d) Birds - ✔✔c) Therapy animals, fish, animals kept in a terrarium.
✔✔Fissures, scars, erosions, and cysts are examples of:
a) Primary lesions
.
b) Secondary lesions
c) Ulcers
d) Sclerotic lesions - ✔✔b) Secondary lesions
✔✔What must happen to instruments prior to sterilization?
a) Washed with warm water
,b) Sanitized with Madacide
c) Brushed and/or swabbed to remove foreign material and/or debris d) Soaked in
alcohol - ✔✔c) Brushed and/or swabbed to remove foreign material and/or debris
✔✔What is the definition of contaminated?
.
.
.
a) Any object that has come into contact with blood from a person who checked any
boxes at the top of the release form.
b) Presence or the reasonably anticipated presence of blood or other potentially
infections materials on an item or surface.
c) An item or surface that has the presence or the reasonably anticipated presence of
blood or other potentially infectious materials and/orpossibly contains sharps.
d) Anything that has blood or bodily fluid on or in it - ✔✔c) An item or surface that has
the presence or the reasonably anticipated presence of blood or other potentially
infectious materials and/orpossibly contains sharps.
✔✔What do you call specialized clothing or equipment worm by an employee for
protecting against a hazard?
a) Face mask
b) Gloves
c) Personal Protective Equipment d) Personal Safety Garments - ✔✔c) Personal
Protective Equipment
✔✔What is reasonably anticipated skin, eye, mucous membrane, or parenteral contact
with blood or OPIM that may result from the performance of an employees duties
called?
a) Work Practice Controls
b) Occupational Exposure
c) Universal Precautions d) Exposure Incident - ✔✔b) Occupational Exposure
✔✔What should take place immediately after the removal of protective gloves?
.
a) Wash hands
b) Bandage client
c) Review aftercare
d) Turn off power supply - ✔✔a) Wash hands
✔✔The second most common form of skin cancer is called:
a) Basal cell carcinoma
b) Squamous cell carcinoma
, c) Telangiectasis
d) Bullae - ✔✔b) Squamous cell carcinoma
✔✔What are pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human blood and can
cause disease in humans?
.
.
a) Baccilli
b) Photoplasm
c) Spirilla
d) Bloodborne Pathogens - ✔✔d) Bloodborne Pathogens
✔✔An object can be decontaminated by physical and chemical means.
a) True
b) False . - ✔✔true
✔✔What are controls that isolate or remove the bloodborne pathogens hazard from a
workplace?
a) Engineering Controls
b) Standard Precautions c) Standard Controls
d) Sterilization - ✔✔a) Engineering Controls
✔✔What is a specific skin, eye, mucous membrane, or parenteral contact with blood or
OPIM that may result from the performance of an employees duties called?
.
.
a) Exposure Control Plan
b) Exposure Incident
c) Industry Standard
d) Standard Microbiological Practice - ✔✔b) Exposure Incident
✔✔What do you call an individual, living or dead, whose blood or other potentially
infectious materials may be the source of occupational exposure to an employee?
a) Infected Individual
b) Source Individual
c) Contaminated Individual d) Exposure Individual - ✔✔b) Source Individual
✔✔What is the main approach to infection control?
a) Safety Standards
.
b) Universal Precautions
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔What is the definition of a low level disinfectant?
a) A chemical demonstrating tuberculocidal activity
b) A chemical demonstrating bactericidal, fungicidal and limited virucidal activity c) A
chemical that inhibits the growth of bacteria
d) Antibacterial chemical - ✔✔b) A chemical demonstrating bactericidal, fungicidal and
limited virucidal activity
✔✔What is the name of a puncture resistant, leak proof container that can be closed for
handling, storage, transportation and disposal?
a) Storage container
b) Sharps container
c) Tool box
d) Safety container - ✔✔b) Sharps container
✔✔What can be substituted for hand towels?
a) A clean, common towel
b) Hand blower
c) Your shirt, if its clean
.
d) Medical guaze - ✔✔b) Hand blower
✔✔What types of pets or animals are permitted in the business facility?
a) Licensed Family Pets
b) Any that are kept in a kennel
c) Therapy animals, fish, animals kept in a terrarium.
d) Birds - ✔✔c) Therapy animals, fish, animals kept in a terrarium.
✔✔Fissures, scars, erosions, and cysts are examples of:
a) Primary lesions
.
b) Secondary lesions
c) Ulcers
d) Sclerotic lesions - ✔✔b) Secondary lesions
✔✔What must happen to instruments prior to sterilization?
a) Washed with warm water
,b) Sanitized with Madacide
c) Brushed and/or swabbed to remove foreign material and/or debris d) Soaked in
alcohol - ✔✔c) Brushed and/or swabbed to remove foreign material and/or debris
✔✔What is the definition of contaminated?
.
.
.
a) Any object that has come into contact with blood from a person who checked any
boxes at the top of the release form.
b) Presence or the reasonably anticipated presence of blood or other potentially
infections materials on an item or surface.
c) An item or surface that has the presence or the reasonably anticipated presence of
blood or other potentially infectious materials and/orpossibly contains sharps.
d) Anything that has blood or bodily fluid on or in it - ✔✔c) An item or surface that has
the presence or the reasonably anticipated presence of blood or other potentially
infectious materials and/orpossibly contains sharps.
✔✔What do you call specialized clothing or equipment worm by an employee for
protecting against a hazard?
a) Face mask
b) Gloves
c) Personal Protective Equipment d) Personal Safety Garments - ✔✔c) Personal
Protective Equipment
✔✔What is reasonably anticipated skin, eye, mucous membrane, or parenteral contact
with blood or OPIM that may result from the performance of an employees duties
called?
a) Work Practice Controls
b) Occupational Exposure
c) Universal Precautions d) Exposure Incident - ✔✔b) Occupational Exposure
✔✔What should take place immediately after the removal of protective gloves?
.
a) Wash hands
b) Bandage client
c) Review aftercare
d) Turn off power supply - ✔✔a) Wash hands
✔✔The second most common form of skin cancer is called:
a) Basal cell carcinoma
b) Squamous cell carcinoma
, c) Telangiectasis
d) Bullae - ✔✔b) Squamous cell carcinoma
✔✔What are pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human blood and can
cause disease in humans?
.
.
a) Baccilli
b) Photoplasm
c) Spirilla
d) Bloodborne Pathogens - ✔✔d) Bloodborne Pathogens
✔✔An object can be decontaminated by physical and chemical means.
a) True
b) False . - ✔✔true
✔✔What are controls that isolate or remove the bloodborne pathogens hazard from a
workplace?
a) Engineering Controls
b) Standard Precautions c) Standard Controls
d) Sterilization - ✔✔a) Engineering Controls
✔✔What is a specific skin, eye, mucous membrane, or parenteral contact with blood or
OPIM that may result from the performance of an employees duties called?
.
.
a) Exposure Control Plan
b) Exposure Incident
c) Industry Standard
d) Standard Microbiological Practice - ✔✔b) Exposure Incident
✔✔What do you call an individual, living or dead, whose blood or other potentially
infectious materials may be the source of occupational exposure to an employee?
a) Infected Individual
b) Source Individual
c) Contaminated Individual d) Exposure Individual - ✔✔b) Source Individual
✔✔What is the main approach to infection control?
a) Safety Standards
.
b) Universal Precautions
