CME Exam Practice Questions & Detailed Correct
Answers Provided
Post treatment home care instructions for electrology patients should include a recommendation to: -
Answer Stay out of the sun for several days
What should be suspected in patients who present with obesity, red or purple striae, "moon face" and
dowager's hump? - Answer Cushing's syndrome
Sun exposure and tanning decreases the efficiency of the treatment with the Alexandrite laser and
increases the risk of complications such as: - Answer Hyperpigmentation
Which type of diabetes is always insulin dependent? - Answer Type 1
Treatment of African American patients requires extra caustic. Because their skin is more likely to... -
Answer Develop keloids, hypopigmentation, or hyperpigmentation
Differences in sexual hair patterns between males and females are due to : - Answer Androgens
If an African American male patient presents with psuedofolliculitis Barbae with numerous pustules and
evidence of secondary infection, the electrologist should: - Answer Refer the patient to a physician
Photothermolysis is based on the principle of using: - Answer Laser energy to selectively destroy a target
beneath the surface of the skin
The best means of addressing patient concerns about the success of hair removal is to: - Answer
Reassure the patient and provide realistic expectations
After lasing, the subsequent heat transfers from the chromophore to: - Answer Adjacent tissue
Which type of skin lesion is considered premalignant ? - Answer Actinic keratosis
, The most common type of laser used for hair removal is : - Answer Pulsed
Melanin is formed from melanocytes, which is found where? - Answer Epidermis
When performing electrolysis on a diabetic patient, the electrologist must be aware of what? When
examining a client ? - Answer Slow healing
A patient/client with androgenic stimulated hair growth, is experiencing : - Answer Hirsutism
Which hair is best destroyed by laser hair removal treatments ? - Answer Terminal
Which hormones is responsible for the basic metabolic rate of the body ? - Answer Thyroxine
A patients pain threshold is affected by? - Answer Nutritional status
Skin inflammation or redness that occurs as abnormal reaction to tissue injury is known as: - Answer
Erythema
The wavelength most effective for laser hair removal falls between: - Answer 755-1064 nm
A positive outcome resulting from patient expectations is called the: - Answer Placebo effect
Universal precautions : - Answer The use of infection control practices during the treatment of all
patients
Important practices to employ with patients who are beginning laser hair removal treatment: - Answer
Verifying that the treatment area is free of cherry hemangiomas
Answers Provided
Post treatment home care instructions for electrology patients should include a recommendation to: -
Answer Stay out of the sun for several days
What should be suspected in patients who present with obesity, red or purple striae, "moon face" and
dowager's hump? - Answer Cushing's syndrome
Sun exposure and tanning decreases the efficiency of the treatment with the Alexandrite laser and
increases the risk of complications such as: - Answer Hyperpigmentation
Which type of diabetes is always insulin dependent? - Answer Type 1
Treatment of African American patients requires extra caustic. Because their skin is more likely to... -
Answer Develop keloids, hypopigmentation, or hyperpigmentation
Differences in sexual hair patterns between males and females are due to : - Answer Androgens
If an African American male patient presents with psuedofolliculitis Barbae with numerous pustules and
evidence of secondary infection, the electrologist should: - Answer Refer the patient to a physician
Photothermolysis is based on the principle of using: - Answer Laser energy to selectively destroy a target
beneath the surface of the skin
The best means of addressing patient concerns about the success of hair removal is to: - Answer
Reassure the patient and provide realistic expectations
After lasing, the subsequent heat transfers from the chromophore to: - Answer Adjacent tissue
Which type of skin lesion is considered premalignant ? - Answer Actinic keratosis
, The most common type of laser used for hair removal is : - Answer Pulsed
Melanin is formed from melanocytes, which is found where? - Answer Epidermis
When performing electrolysis on a diabetic patient, the electrologist must be aware of what? When
examining a client ? - Answer Slow healing
A patient/client with androgenic stimulated hair growth, is experiencing : - Answer Hirsutism
Which hair is best destroyed by laser hair removal treatments ? - Answer Terminal
Which hormones is responsible for the basic metabolic rate of the body ? - Answer Thyroxine
A patients pain threshold is affected by? - Answer Nutritional status
Skin inflammation or redness that occurs as abnormal reaction to tissue injury is known as: - Answer
Erythema
The wavelength most effective for laser hair removal falls between: - Answer 755-1064 nm
A positive outcome resulting from patient expectations is called the: - Answer Placebo effect
Universal precautions : - Answer The use of infection control practices during the treatment of all
patients
Important practices to employ with patients who are beginning laser hair removal treatment: - Answer
Verifying that the treatment area is free of cherry hemangiomas
