MILADY STANDARD BARBERING COMPREHENSIVE
EXAM 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED
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✔✔Sicilian credited with bringing barbering and shaving to Rome in 296 BC -
✔✔Ticinius Mena
✔✔An immunity that the body develops after it overcomes a disease or through
inoculation - ✔✔Acquired immunity
✔✔an infectious agent that lives only by penetrating cells and becoming a part of them -
✔✔Virus
✔✔symptoms that can be felt or experienced only by the person - ✔✔Subjective
symptoms
✔✔pus-forming bacteria that cause infections such as strep throat, tonsillitis, other lung
and throat diseases, and blood poisoning - ✔✔Streptococci
✔✔pus-forming bacteria that cause abscesses, pustules, pimples, and boils -
✔✔Staphylococci
✔✔the onset of life-threatening illnesses that compromise the immune system as a
result of HIV infection and disease - ✔✔AIDS
✔✔AIDS - ✔✔Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
✔✔certain bacteria that have the ability to form protective spores to survive an inactive
stage - ✔✔Spore-forming bacteria
✔✔Curved or corkscrew-shaped bacteria that can cause syphilis and Lyme disease -
✔✔Spirilla
✔✔a poisoned state caused by the absorption of pathogenic microorganisms into the
bloodstream - ✔✔Sepsis
✔✔a contagious disorder caused by the itch mite - ✔✔Scabies
✔✔a fluid that contains white blood cells, dead and living bacteria, waste matter, tissue
elements, and body cells; a sign of infection - ✔✔Pus
✔✔a contagious infestation caused by the head or Body louse (lice) - ✔✔Pediculosis
,✔✔harmful, disease producing bacteria - ✔✔Pathogenic
✔✔lant or animal organisms that live on other living organisms without giving anything
in return - ✔✔Parasites
✔✔symptoms that can be seen by anyone - ✔✔Objective symptoms
✔✔beneficial or harmless bacteria that perform many useful functions -
✔✔Nonpathogenic
✔✔natural resistance to disease that is partially inherited and partially developed -
✔✔Natural immunity
✔✔the division of cells during reproduction - ✔✔Mitosis
✔✔Acronym for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; a type of staph infection
resistant to certain antibiotics - ✔✔MRSA
✔✔an infection that is limited to a specific area of the body - ✔✔Local infection
✔✔the result when the body is unable to cope with the invasion of bacteria and their
harmful toxins - ✔✔Infection
✔✔the stage in which bacteria do not grow or reproduce - ✔✔Inactive stage
✔✔the ability of the body to resist invasion by bacteria and to destroy bacteria once
they have entered the body - ✔✔Immunity
✔✔The virus that causes AIDS - ✔✔HIV
✔✔HIV - ✔✔Human immunodeficiency virus
✔✔a person who is immune to a disease but harbors germs that can infect other people
- ✔✔Human Disease Carrier
✔✔a bloodborne disease marked by inflammation of the liver - ✔✔Hepatitis
✔✔an infection that results when the bloodstream carries bacteria or viruses to all parts
of the body - ✔✔General infection
✔✔the stage in which bacteria grow and reproduce - ✔✔Active or Vegetative stage
,✔✔Plant parasites such as molds, mildew, yeasts and rust that can cause ringworm
and Favus - ✔✔Fungi
✔✔hair-like extensions that propel bacteria through liquid - ✔✔Flagella
✔✔round-shaped bacteria that causes diseases such as pneumonia - ✔✔Diplococci
✔✔a disease that may be transmitted by contact - ✔✔Contagious disease
✔✔round shaped bacteria that appear singly or in groups (grape like clusters or chains)
- ✔✔Cocci
✔✔disease causing bacteria or viruses that are carried through the body in the blood or
body fluids - ✔✔Bloodborne pathogens
✔✔one celled microorganisms , also known as germs or microbes - ✔✔Bacteria
✔✔Rod shaped bacteria that produce diseases such as tetanus, typhoid fever,
tuberculosis and diphtheria - ✔✔Bacilli
✔✔free of disease germs - ✔✔Aseptic
✔✔chemical agents that may kill, retard, or prevent the growth of bacteria -
✔✔Antiseptics.
✔✔the procedures to follow when the barber or client sustains an injury that results in
bleeding - ✔✔Blood-spill disinfection
✔✔To remove all visible dirt and debris from tools, implements and equiptment by
washing with soap and water - ✔✔Clean
✔✔The removal of pathogens from tools, equipment and surfaces -
✔✔Decontamination
✔✔chemical agents used to destroy most bacterial and some viruses and to disinfect
tools, implements and surfaces - ✔✔Disinfectant
✔✔The second highest level of decontamination; used on hard, non porous surfaces -
✔✔Disinfection
✔✔an airtight cabinet contains an active fumigant used to store sanitized tools and
implements - ✔✔Dry Sanitizer
, ✔✔the effectiveness of a disinfectant solution in killing germs when used according to
the label - ✔✔Efficacy
✔✔primary purpose is to assure, regulate, and enforce safe and healthful working
conditions in the workplace - ✔✔OSHA
✔✔OSHA - ✔✔Occupation Safety and health administration
✔✔the application of measure used to promote public health and prevent the spread of
infectious diseases - ✔✔Public Sanitation
✔✔requires employers to post notifications where toxic substances are present in the
workplace - ✔✔Right-to-know law
✔✔the maintenance of sanitation standards and the application of Safety precautions in
the workplace environment - ✔✔Safe work practices
✔✔also referred to as cleaning; the lowest level of decontamination; significantly
reduces the number of pathogens found on a surface - ✔✔Sanitation
✔✔the substance that is dissolved in a solvent - ✔✔Solute
✔✔the product created from combining and dissolving a solute with a solvent -
✔✔Solution
✔✔the liquid in which a solute is dissolved - ✔✔Solvent
✔✔CDC guidelines and controls the require employers and employees to assume that
all human blood and specified human body fluids are infectious for HIV, HBV, and other
bloodborne pathogens - ✔✔Standard precautions
✔✔the process of rendering an object germ-free by destroying all living organisms on its
surface - ✔✔Sterilization
✔✔metal cabinets with ultraviolet lamps or bulbs used to store sanitized tools and
implements - ✔✔UV ray sanitizer
✔✔any covered receptacle large enough to permit the immersion of tools and
implements into a disinfectant solution - ✔✔Wet sanitizer
EXAM 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED
A+
✔✔Sicilian credited with bringing barbering and shaving to Rome in 296 BC -
✔✔Ticinius Mena
✔✔An immunity that the body develops after it overcomes a disease or through
inoculation - ✔✔Acquired immunity
✔✔an infectious agent that lives only by penetrating cells and becoming a part of them -
✔✔Virus
✔✔symptoms that can be felt or experienced only by the person - ✔✔Subjective
symptoms
✔✔pus-forming bacteria that cause infections such as strep throat, tonsillitis, other lung
and throat diseases, and blood poisoning - ✔✔Streptococci
✔✔pus-forming bacteria that cause abscesses, pustules, pimples, and boils -
✔✔Staphylococci
✔✔the onset of life-threatening illnesses that compromise the immune system as a
result of HIV infection and disease - ✔✔AIDS
✔✔AIDS - ✔✔Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
✔✔certain bacteria that have the ability to form protective spores to survive an inactive
stage - ✔✔Spore-forming bacteria
✔✔Curved or corkscrew-shaped bacteria that can cause syphilis and Lyme disease -
✔✔Spirilla
✔✔a poisoned state caused by the absorption of pathogenic microorganisms into the
bloodstream - ✔✔Sepsis
✔✔a contagious disorder caused by the itch mite - ✔✔Scabies
✔✔a fluid that contains white blood cells, dead and living bacteria, waste matter, tissue
elements, and body cells; a sign of infection - ✔✔Pus
✔✔a contagious infestation caused by the head or Body louse (lice) - ✔✔Pediculosis
,✔✔harmful, disease producing bacteria - ✔✔Pathogenic
✔✔lant or animal organisms that live on other living organisms without giving anything
in return - ✔✔Parasites
✔✔symptoms that can be seen by anyone - ✔✔Objective symptoms
✔✔beneficial or harmless bacteria that perform many useful functions -
✔✔Nonpathogenic
✔✔natural resistance to disease that is partially inherited and partially developed -
✔✔Natural immunity
✔✔the division of cells during reproduction - ✔✔Mitosis
✔✔Acronym for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; a type of staph infection
resistant to certain antibiotics - ✔✔MRSA
✔✔an infection that is limited to a specific area of the body - ✔✔Local infection
✔✔the result when the body is unable to cope with the invasion of bacteria and their
harmful toxins - ✔✔Infection
✔✔the stage in which bacteria do not grow or reproduce - ✔✔Inactive stage
✔✔the ability of the body to resist invasion by bacteria and to destroy bacteria once
they have entered the body - ✔✔Immunity
✔✔The virus that causes AIDS - ✔✔HIV
✔✔HIV - ✔✔Human immunodeficiency virus
✔✔a person who is immune to a disease but harbors germs that can infect other people
- ✔✔Human Disease Carrier
✔✔a bloodborne disease marked by inflammation of the liver - ✔✔Hepatitis
✔✔an infection that results when the bloodstream carries bacteria or viruses to all parts
of the body - ✔✔General infection
✔✔the stage in which bacteria grow and reproduce - ✔✔Active or Vegetative stage
,✔✔Plant parasites such as molds, mildew, yeasts and rust that can cause ringworm
and Favus - ✔✔Fungi
✔✔hair-like extensions that propel bacteria through liquid - ✔✔Flagella
✔✔round-shaped bacteria that causes diseases such as pneumonia - ✔✔Diplococci
✔✔a disease that may be transmitted by contact - ✔✔Contagious disease
✔✔round shaped bacteria that appear singly or in groups (grape like clusters or chains)
- ✔✔Cocci
✔✔disease causing bacteria or viruses that are carried through the body in the blood or
body fluids - ✔✔Bloodborne pathogens
✔✔one celled microorganisms , also known as germs or microbes - ✔✔Bacteria
✔✔Rod shaped bacteria that produce diseases such as tetanus, typhoid fever,
tuberculosis and diphtheria - ✔✔Bacilli
✔✔free of disease germs - ✔✔Aseptic
✔✔chemical agents that may kill, retard, or prevent the growth of bacteria -
✔✔Antiseptics.
✔✔the procedures to follow when the barber or client sustains an injury that results in
bleeding - ✔✔Blood-spill disinfection
✔✔To remove all visible dirt and debris from tools, implements and equiptment by
washing with soap and water - ✔✔Clean
✔✔The removal of pathogens from tools, equipment and surfaces -
✔✔Decontamination
✔✔chemical agents used to destroy most bacterial and some viruses and to disinfect
tools, implements and surfaces - ✔✔Disinfectant
✔✔The second highest level of decontamination; used on hard, non porous surfaces -
✔✔Disinfection
✔✔an airtight cabinet contains an active fumigant used to store sanitized tools and
implements - ✔✔Dry Sanitizer
, ✔✔the effectiveness of a disinfectant solution in killing germs when used according to
the label - ✔✔Efficacy
✔✔primary purpose is to assure, regulate, and enforce safe and healthful working
conditions in the workplace - ✔✔OSHA
✔✔OSHA - ✔✔Occupation Safety and health administration
✔✔the application of measure used to promote public health and prevent the spread of
infectious diseases - ✔✔Public Sanitation
✔✔requires employers to post notifications where toxic substances are present in the
workplace - ✔✔Right-to-know law
✔✔the maintenance of sanitation standards and the application of Safety precautions in
the workplace environment - ✔✔Safe work practices
✔✔also referred to as cleaning; the lowest level of decontamination; significantly
reduces the number of pathogens found on a surface - ✔✔Sanitation
✔✔the substance that is dissolved in a solvent - ✔✔Solute
✔✔the product created from combining and dissolving a solute with a solvent -
✔✔Solution
✔✔the liquid in which a solute is dissolved - ✔✔Solvent
✔✔CDC guidelines and controls the require employers and employees to assume that
all human blood and specified human body fluids are infectious for HIV, HBV, and other
bloodborne pathogens - ✔✔Standard precautions
✔✔the process of rendering an object germ-free by destroying all living organisms on its
surface - ✔✔Sterilization
✔✔metal cabinets with ultraviolet lamps or bulbs used to store sanitized tools and
implements - ✔✔UV ray sanitizer
✔✔any covered receptacle large enough to permit the immersion of tools and
implements into a disinfectant solution - ✔✔Wet sanitizer
