Arizona Cosmetology State Board Exam
1. What is a person carrying disease-producing bacteria or viruses with no recognizable symptoms of the
disease called?
Answer: Asymptomatic carrier.
2. What level of infection control requires the use of products with efficacy labels that state they are
appropriate for floors, countertops, sinks, toilets, towels, and/or linens?
Answer: Cleaning.
3. What must be done to tools and supplies that have NOT come in contact with blood or body fluids?
Answer: Disinfected.
4. What is the proper procedure for dealing with tools and multi-use supplies that have come in contact
with blood or body fluids?
Answer: Use an approved EPA-registered disinfectant.
5. What is the first step in the process of cleaning and disinfecting tools?
Answer: Put on safety glasses and single-use gloves.
6. What is destroying or killing all microbes called?
Answer: Sterilization.
7. How should disinfectants be stored?
,Answer: In containers that are labeled.
8. How often should metal tools and nonporous supplies used be disinfected?
Answer: After each use.
9. Which organization approves the efficacy of products used for infection control?
Answer: EPA.
10. How fast does human hair grow on average?
Answer: 1/2 inch per month.
11. Which areas of the body do not have hair?
Answer: Lips, soles of the feet, palms of the hands, and eyelids.
12. What is one function of the acid mantle?
Answer: Preventing skin from drying and chapping.
13. What is a protein substance found in nails and hair?
Answer: Keratin.
14. What are dry flakes attached to the scalp or on the hair called?
, Answer: Pityriasis capitis simplex.
15. What is a microscopic fungus that is the leading cause of dandruff?
Answer: Malassezia.
16. What is a highly contagious bacteria infection that produces a honey-yellow, crusted lesion that is
usually found on the face?
Answer: Impetigo.
17. What is acne a chronic, inflammatory disorder of?
Answer: Sebaceous glands.
18. What is the part of the nail plate that extends beyond the end of the finger called?
Answer: Free edge.
19. Which muscle circles the mouth and is responsible for contracting puckering and wrinkling the lip?
Answer: Orbicularis Oris Muscle.
20. Which muscle straightens the fingers and wrist?
Answer: Extensor.
21. Which muscle bends the foot up and extends the toes when located on the outside of the lower leg?
1. What is a person carrying disease-producing bacteria or viruses with no recognizable symptoms of the
disease called?
Answer: Asymptomatic carrier.
2. What level of infection control requires the use of products with efficacy labels that state they are
appropriate for floors, countertops, sinks, toilets, towels, and/or linens?
Answer: Cleaning.
3. What must be done to tools and supplies that have NOT come in contact with blood or body fluids?
Answer: Disinfected.
4. What is the proper procedure for dealing with tools and multi-use supplies that have come in contact
with blood or body fluids?
Answer: Use an approved EPA-registered disinfectant.
5. What is the first step in the process of cleaning and disinfecting tools?
Answer: Put on safety glasses and single-use gloves.
6. What is destroying or killing all microbes called?
Answer: Sterilization.
7. How should disinfectants be stored?
,Answer: In containers that are labeled.
8. How often should metal tools and nonporous supplies used be disinfected?
Answer: After each use.
9. Which organization approves the efficacy of products used for infection control?
Answer: EPA.
10. How fast does human hair grow on average?
Answer: 1/2 inch per month.
11. Which areas of the body do not have hair?
Answer: Lips, soles of the feet, palms of the hands, and eyelids.
12. What is one function of the acid mantle?
Answer: Preventing skin from drying and chapping.
13. What is a protein substance found in nails and hair?
Answer: Keratin.
14. What are dry flakes attached to the scalp or on the hair called?
, Answer: Pityriasis capitis simplex.
15. What is a microscopic fungus that is the leading cause of dandruff?
Answer: Malassezia.
16. What is a highly contagious bacteria infection that produces a honey-yellow, crusted lesion that is
usually found on the face?
Answer: Impetigo.
17. What is acne a chronic, inflammatory disorder of?
Answer: Sebaceous glands.
18. What is the part of the nail plate that extends beyond the end of the finger called?
Answer: Free edge.
19. Which muscle circles the mouth and is responsible for contracting puckering and wrinkling the lip?
Answer: Orbicularis Oris Muscle.
20. Which muscle straightens the fingers and wrist?
Answer: Extensor.
21. Which muscle bends the foot up and extends the toes when located on the outside of the lower leg?
