ELECTROLYSIS IBEC 2026 CORE EXAM SET QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Epidermis and pilosebaceous unit - ✔✔The hair and follicle are part of the
✔✔Close personal contact with patients or clients - ✔✔Personal service workers
(PSWs) are defined by the Center for disease control (CDC) as persons who's
occupations involve
✔✔Electrical pressure (Voltage) - ✔✔The flow of electrons along a wire cannot occur
unless there is
✔✔Concentration of circulating free androgen - ✔✔Male and female sexual hair
patterns differ primarily because of differences in
✔✔1 pituitary hypersecretion, 2 adrenal tumors and 3 ovarian tumors - ✔✔Causes of
hirsutism include which of the following
✔✔Negative to positive - ✔✔According to the atomic theory of electron movement
electrons move from
✔✔Chemical decomposition - ✔✔The galvanic modality effects permanent hair removal
by
✔✔Over treatment of the skin and shallow insertion - ✔✔Causes of blanching include
which of the following
✔✔Hepatitis C and B - ✔✔Which form of hepatitis is spread through blood or by body
fluids, such as sexual contact or sharing needles
✔✔Once a month - ✔✔How often do you need to empty your liquid soap container
✔✔Spore formation - ✔✔How does fungus reproduce, through what structure
✔✔Enter living cell, then replication - ✔✔How does a virus multiply
✔✔Kept clean, well lighted, and well ventilated - ✔✔According to section 3 under the
standards for environmental control and housekeeping, each treatment room must be
✔✔hypoglycemia - ✔✔What condition is categorized by blood glucose level dropping
too low
,✔✔Diabetes - ✔✔What condition is categorized by frequent urination, excessive thirst,
unexplained weight loss, extreme hunger, vision changes, tingling or numbness in the
hands or feet, dry skin, slow healing, and fatigue
✔✔Hyperglycemia - ✔✔What condition is categorized by blood glucose level rising too
high
✔✔Acanthosis nigricans - ✔✔What is a skin condition that is categorized by dark raised
areas that develop in the skin folds in areas like the neck, armpits, and growing more
common in diabetes
✔✔Tombstone - ✔✔What is the remnant of a small anagen hair which was left
unepilated in a treated follicle called
✔✔Straight - ✔✔What type of hair is associates with or emanates from round follicles
✔✔Macrophages - ✔✔What are special cells that engulf damaged tissues and recycle
the chemicals to make new healthy tissue
✔✔Wavy - ✔✔What type of hair is associated with or emanates from oval follicles
✔✔Prickle cells - ✔✔What are living cells that make up most of the life cells of the
epidermis in the spinosum layer
✔✔Very curly - ✔✔What type of hair is associated with or emanates from flat follicles
✔✔Swelling, edema - ✔✔What is described as capillaries leaking plasma into an injured
area
✔✔Ecchymosis, bruising - ✔✔What is seen as a black and blue mark under the skin
after inserting into a follicle and commonly seen in eyebrows
✔✔Erythema - ✔✔What is another name for redness
✔✔Breast and abdomen - ✔✔Where electrolysis should be avoided during the last
trimester (3months) of pregnancy
✔✔Keloid - ✔✔a sharply elevated irregularly shaped, progressively enlarging scar due
to the formation of excessive amounts of collagen formation in the corium during
connective tissue repair (common of people of color)
✔✔Curly - ✔✔What type of hair typically responds very well to blend method (much
better than galvanic and thermolysis)
, ✔✔Cataphoresis - ✔✔What can be an excellent tool for helping the skin get back to
normal after an electrolysis treatment by neutralizing the sodium hydroxide produced in
the follicle
✔✔Irritates the nerves in the skin, promotes redness, and softens tissue - ✔✔What is
the effect of the negative pole on the skin
✔✔Alternating current, high frequency, short wave and radio frequency - ✔✔What are
other names for thermolysis
✔✔Watt - ✔✔What is the unit of power
✔✔Point effect - ✔✔What is the name for a localized maximum heat only at the point of
the needle tip that only takes place in thermolysis
✔✔Bulbous, round, cylindrical - ✔✔What type of needle is used for work authentic
electrolysis
✔✔Tapered, insulated - ✔✔What type of needle is used for thermolysis, best for point
effect
✔✔Back jack chair - ✔✔What is a chair type item, which allows the client to set up or
recline during treatment
✔✔True - ✔✔Electrologists provide accurate, current, and relevant information for which
enables the client to make decisions regarding treatment
✔✔True - ✔✔Client records and other personal information are considered privileged
and confidential
✔✔Participation in appropriate continuing education activities (20hrs/ every 2 years) -
✔✔According to section IV Under the standards on professional ethics, what is required
for all electrologists
✔✔Osteoporosis - ✔✔Which of the following contains a side effect that is not a result of
diabetes
✔✔PCOS - ✔✔If a client presents with the following symptoms what may they be
suffering from, irregular or infrequent menstrual period, new facial or body hair, severe
acne, thinning hair on head, obesity
✔✔Spironolactone (Aldactone) - ✔✔What is used as an androgen suppressive, but
cannot kill or thin hair that is already present
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Epidermis and pilosebaceous unit - ✔✔The hair and follicle are part of the
✔✔Close personal contact with patients or clients - ✔✔Personal service workers
(PSWs) are defined by the Center for disease control (CDC) as persons who's
occupations involve
✔✔Electrical pressure (Voltage) - ✔✔The flow of electrons along a wire cannot occur
unless there is
✔✔Concentration of circulating free androgen - ✔✔Male and female sexual hair
patterns differ primarily because of differences in
✔✔1 pituitary hypersecretion, 2 adrenal tumors and 3 ovarian tumors - ✔✔Causes of
hirsutism include which of the following
✔✔Negative to positive - ✔✔According to the atomic theory of electron movement
electrons move from
✔✔Chemical decomposition - ✔✔The galvanic modality effects permanent hair removal
by
✔✔Over treatment of the skin and shallow insertion - ✔✔Causes of blanching include
which of the following
✔✔Hepatitis C and B - ✔✔Which form of hepatitis is spread through blood or by body
fluids, such as sexual contact or sharing needles
✔✔Once a month - ✔✔How often do you need to empty your liquid soap container
✔✔Spore formation - ✔✔How does fungus reproduce, through what structure
✔✔Enter living cell, then replication - ✔✔How does a virus multiply
✔✔Kept clean, well lighted, and well ventilated - ✔✔According to section 3 under the
standards for environmental control and housekeeping, each treatment room must be
✔✔hypoglycemia - ✔✔What condition is categorized by blood glucose level dropping
too low
,✔✔Diabetes - ✔✔What condition is categorized by frequent urination, excessive thirst,
unexplained weight loss, extreme hunger, vision changes, tingling or numbness in the
hands or feet, dry skin, slow healing, and fatigue
✔✔Hyperglycemia - ✔✔What condition is categorized by blood glucose level rising too
high
✔✔Acanthosis nigricans - ✔✔What is a skin condition that is categorized by dark raised
areas that develop in the skin folds in areas like the neck, armpits, and growing more
common in diabetes
✔✔Tombstone - ✔✔What is the remnant of a small anagen hair which was left
unepilated in a treated follicle called
✔✔Straight - ✔✔What type of hair is associates with or emanates from round follicles
✔✔Macrophages - ✔✔What are special cells that engulf damaged tissues and recycle
the chemicals to make new healthy tissue
✔✔Wavy - ✔✔What type of hair is associated with or emanates from oval follicles
✔✔Prickle cells - ✔✔What are living cells that make up most of the life cells of the
epidermis in the spinosum layer
✔✔Very curly - ✔✔What type of hair is associated with or emanates from flat follicles
✔✔Swelling, edema - ✔✔What is described as capillaries leaking plasma into an injured
area
✔✔Ecchymosis, bruising - ✔✔What is seen as a black and blue mark under the skin
after inserting into a follicle and commonly seen in eyebrows
✔✔Erythema - ✔✔What is another name for redness
✔✔Breast and abdomen - ✔✔Where electrolysis should be avoided during the last
trimester (3months) of pregnancy
✔✔Keloid - ✔✔a sharply elevated irregularly shaped, progressively enlarging scar due
to the formation of excessive amounts of collagen formation in the corium during
connective tissue repair (common of people of color)
✔✔Curly - ✔✔What type of hair typically responds very well to blend method (much
better than galvanic and thermolysis)
, ✔✔Cataphoresis - ✔✔What can be an excellent tool for helping the skin get back to
normal after an electrolysis treatment by neutralizing the sodium hydroxide produced in
the follicle
✔✔Irritates the nerves in the skin, promotes redness, and softens tissue - ✔✔What is
the effect of the negative pole on the skin
✔✔Alternating current, high frequency, short wave and radio frequency - ✔✔What are
other names for thermolysis
✔✔Watt - ✔✔What is the unit of power
✔✔Point effect - ✔✔What is the name for a localized maximum heat only at the point of
the needle tip that only takes place in thermolysis
✔✔Bulbous, round, cylindrical - ✔✔What type of needle is used for work authentic
electrolysis
✔✔Tapered, insulated - ✔✔What type of needle is used for thermolysis, best for point
effect
✔✔Back jack chair - ✔✔What is a chair type item, which allows the client to set up or
recline during treatment
✔✔True - ✔✔Electrologists provide accurate, current, and relevant information for which
enables the client to make decisions regarding treatment
✔✔True - ✔✔Client records and other personal information are considered privileged
and confidential
✔✔Participation in appropriate continuing education activities (20hrs/ every 2 years) -
✔✔According to section IV Under the standards on professional ethics, what is required
for all electrologists
✔✔Osteoporosis - ✔✔Which of the following contains a side effect that is not a result of
diabetes
✔✔PCOS - ✔✔If a client presents with the following symptoms what may they be
suffering from, irregular or infrequent menstrual period, new facial or body hair, severe
acne, thinning hair on head, obesity
✔✔Spironolactone (Aldactone) - ✔✔What is used as an androgen suppressive, but
cannot kill or thin hair that is already present
