IBEC ELECTROLYSIS LASER ACTUAL EXAM
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ Can electrologists use anaphoresis? Answer: No, electrologists are not
allowed to use anaphoresis
◉ What is the skin type that need test spots? Answer: Fitzpatrick 3+4
◉ What should be the biggest concern for a client with darker skin?
Answer: Erythema, Edema, Blanching, Keloid
◉ What is Cushing Syndrome? Answer: hypercortisolism; caused by
either excess steroid use,ectopic A.C.T.H.
◉ What should you do if epilator stops working? Answer: turn epilator
off and unplug it.
◉ What causes hair changes in woman. Answer: Ovaries and Adrenal
imbalances
,◉ Type 1 Diabetes is insulin _____. Answer: dependent
◉ Type 2 Diabetes is insulin_____. Answer: resistant
◉ What is psuedofolliculitis? Answer: cutaneous, inflammatory disorder
of the hair follicle
◉ Where do living cells divide and grow to build the hair shaft. Answer:
Hair bulb
◉ Who gets gestational diabetes? Answer: pregnant women
◉ Smaller needles are _____. Answer: hotter
◉ Heat pattern is _____ shaped. Answer: pear/tear drop
◉ Where in the skin does mitosis occur? Answer: Basal Layer/stratum
basale
◉ Temperature for washing hands? Answer: Warm Water
, ◉ What is a biological indicator and what does it do. Answer: the most
accepted means of monitoring sterilization; The biological indicator only
tells you if the target temperature was reached
◉ Water becomes a chromophore at? Answer: 900nm
◉ Names for thermolysis. Answer: Alternating current, high frequency,
short wave and radio frequency, flash, diathermy
◉ Names for Electrolysis. Answer: Galvanic, Multiple Needle,Direct
current
◉ Can you use DC and AC at the same time? Answer: Yes, if you are
using the Blend
◉ What are the different types of epidermal cooling? Answer: Air
Cooling; Cryogen; Contact Cooling; Gel cooling
◉ What is contact cooling? Answer: a device that is a combination of a
cooling pad associated with a vacuum or mechanical massager intended
for the disruption of adipocyte cells
◉ What is air cooling? Answer: reducing the temperature of the skin
(with cool air)numbs it, and numb skin has fewer active pain receptors.
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ Can electrologists use anaphoresis? Answer: No, electrologists are not
allowed to use anaphoresis
◉ What is the skin type that need test spots? Answer: Fitzpatrick 3+4
◉ What should be the biggest concern for a client with darker skin?
Answer: Erythema, Edema, Blanching, Keloid
◉ What is Cushing Syndrome? Answer: hypercortisolism; caused by
either excess steroid use,ectopic A.C.T.H.
◉ What should you do if epilator stops working? Answer: turn epilator
off and unplug it.
◉ What causes hair changes in woman. Answer: Ovaries and Adrenal
imbalances
,◉ Type 1 Diabetes is insulin _____. Answer: dependent
◉ Type 2 Diabetes is insulin_____. Answer: resistant
◉ What is psuedofolliculitis? Answer: cutaneous, inflammatory disorder
of the hair follicle
◉ Where do living cells divide and grow to build the hair shaft. Answer:
Hair bulb
◉ Who gets gestational diabetes? Answer: pregnant women
◉ Smaller needles are _____. Answer: hotter
◉ Heat pattern is _____ shaped. Answer: pear/tear drop
◉ Where in the skin does mitosis occur? Answer: Basal Layer/stratum
basale
◉ Temperature for washing hands? Answer: Warm Water
, ◉ What is a biological indicator and what does it do. Answer: the most
accepted means of monitoring sterilization; The biological indicator only
tells you if the target temperature was reached
◉ Water becomes a chromophore at? Answer: 900nm
◉ Names for thermolysis. Answer: Alternating current, high frequency,
short wave and radio frequency, flash, diathermy
◉ Names for Electrolysis. Answer: Galvanic, Multiple Needle,Direct
current
◉ Can you use DC and AC at the same time? Answer: Yes, if you are
using the Blend
◉ What are the different types of epidermal cooling? Answer: Air
Cooling; Cryogen; Contact Cooling; Gel cooling
◉ What is contact cooling? Answer: a device that is a combination of a
cooling pad associated with a vacuum or mechanical massager intended
for the disruption of adipocyte cells
◉ What is air cooling? Answer: reducing the temperature of the skin
(with cool air)numbs it, and numb skin has fewer active pain receptors.
