CERTIFIED CLINICAL ELECTROLOGIST LATEST 2026 CORE
EXAM MANUAL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Hair growth is determined by - ✔✔cell division in the folllicle
✔✔no new hair follicles appear after - ✔✔fetal life
✔✔The device that regulates the strength of a current - ✔✔Rheostat
✔✔What is a disorder caused by excess androgens? - ✔✔PCOS
✔✔Who has to approve the electrology machines? - ✔✔Federal Communications
Commission
✔✔Hair in the pubic, axillary, and underarm is - ✔✔ambosexual
✔✔on the underside of the arm, the glands that enlarge and function in adolescence -
✔✔apocrine
✔✔in thermolysi, topical anesthetics should be - ✔✔non oily based
✔✔a patient comes in with low hair growth density. After 6 months of treatment the
density increases-you should - ✔✔continue treatment and refer to a doctor
✔✔at what percent is alcohol used as a disinfectant - ✔✔70%
✔✔in electrolyis, using incorrect pole during epilation may cause - ✔✔tattooing
✔✔name correct layers of hair from the center outward - ✔✔medula, cuticle, cortex,
inner coat, outer coat, inner root sheath, outer root sheath
✔✔excess of cortisone, moon face, hump back, fat neck, and trunk, diabetes, hirsutism,
are symptoms of - ✔✔cushings syndrome
✔✔What is the correct temperature range for sterilization by dry heat? - ✔✔320-340 F
✔✔The required three prong plug attached to an electrolysis machine is used as a -
✔✔ground
✔✔May cause excess bleeding - ✔✔anti-coagulants
✔✔measurement of resistance - ✔✔Ohms
, ✔✔Excessive growth of scar tissue is called - ✔✔keloid
✔✔bacteria that are hard to destroy are in the inactive or _____ stage? - ✔✔spore
✔✔honey colored crusts on the surface of the healing skin are - ✔✔eschars
✔✔during menopause a woman may acquire heavily pigmented hairs. The most
susceptible areas are the : - ✔✔chin and upper lip
✔✔concerns when treating skin of color - ✔✔keloids, hypopigmentation,
hyperpigmentation
✔✔what is a device that steps up or down the voltage of an alternating current? -
✔✔transformer
✔✔which stage reflects the period when the papilla starts to separate from the matrix of
the hair bulb? - ✔✔catagen
✔✔what is the procedure to destroy all bacteria? - ✔✔sterilization
✔✔which gland is responsible for the anti-diruretic hormone that controls the kidneys? -
✔✔posterior pituitary
✔✔Main function of the sebaceous gland - ✔✔to lubricate the skin
✔✔what is the function of the sensory nerves? - ✔✔to carry impulses from sense
organs to the brain
✔✔what is the best way the electrologist can employ to make the client most
comfortable? - ✔✔vocal anesthesia
✔✔what are the 3 major groups of eubacteria? - ✔✔cocci, bacilli, spirilla
✔✔what type of bacteria is the most difficult to destroy even at extreme temperatures? -
✔✔bacterial spores
✔✔what layer of the skin consists of stratified combinations of layers including a horny
layer and has a thin outer layer? - ✔✔epidermis
✔✔what type of cell division consists of the number of chromosomes reduced by half? -
✔✔Meiosis
EXAM MANUAL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Hair growth is determined by - ✔✔cell division in the folllicle
✔✔no new hair follicles appear after - ✔✔fetal life
✔✔The device that regulates the strength of a current - ✔✔Rheostat
✔✔What is a disorder caused by excess androgens? - ✔✔PCOS
✔✔Who has to approve the electrology machines? - ✔✔Federal Communications
Commission
✔✔Hair in the pubic, axillary, and underarm is - ✔✔ambosexual
✔✔on the underside of the arm, the glands that enlarge and function in adolescence -
✔✔apocrine
✔✔in thermolysi, topical anesthetics should be - ✔✔non oily based
✔✔a patient comes in with low hair growth density. After 6 months of treatment the
density increases-you should - ✔✔continue treatment and refer to a doctor
✔✔at what percent is alcohol used as a disinfectant - ✔✔70%
✔✔in electrolyis, using incorrect pole during epilation may cause - ✔✔tattooing
✔✔name correct layers of hair from the center outward - ✔✔medula, cuticle, cortex,
inner coat, outer coat, inner root sheath, outer root sheath
✔✔excess of cortisone, moon face, hump back, fat neck, and trunk, diabetes, hirsutism,
are symptoms of - ✔✔cushings syndrome
✔✔What is the correct temperature range for sterilization by dry heat? - ✔✔320-340 F
✔✔The required three prong plug attached to an electrolysis machine is used as a -
✔✔ground
✔✔May cause excess bleeding - ✔✔anti-coagulants
✔✔measurement of resistance - ✔✔Ohms
, ✔✔Excessive growth of scar tissue is called - ✔✔keloid
✔✔bacteria that are hard to destroy are in the inactive or _____ stage? - ✔✔spore
✔✔honey colored crusts on the surface of the healing skin are - ✔✔eschars
✔✔during menopause a woman may acquire heavily pigmented hairs. The most
susceptible areas are the : - ✔✔chin and upper lip
✔✔concerns when treating skin of color - ✔✔keloids, hypopigmentation,
hyperpigmentation
✔✔what is a device that steps up or down the voltage of an alternating current? -
✔✔transformer
✔✔which stage reflects the period when the papilla starts to separate from the matrix of
the hair bulb? - ✔✔catagen
✔✔what is the procedure to destroy all bacteria? - ✔✔sterilization
✔✔which gland is responsible for the anti-diruretic hormone that controls the kidneys? -
✔✔posterior pituitary
✔✔Main function of the sebaceous gland - ✔✔to lubricate the skin
✔✔what is the function of the sensory nerves? - ✔✔to carry impulses from sense
organs to the brain
✔✔what is the best way the electrologist can employ to make the client most
comfortable? - ✔✔vocal anesthesia
✔✔what are the 3 major groups of eubacteria? - ✔✔cocci, bacilli, spirilla
✔✔what type of bacteria is the most difficult to destroy even at extreme temperatures? -
✔✔bacterial spores
✔✔what layer of the skin consists of stratified combinations of layers including a horny
layer and has a thin outer layer? - ✔✔epidermis
✔✔what type of cell division consists of the number of chromosomes reduced by half? -
✔✔Meiosis
