PSI ESTHETICS WRITTEN COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ What is the term for the number of viable organisms in or on an object or
surface?.
Answer: Bioburden
◍ What area of the body should you avoid tapping because tapping in that area
will feel unpleasant to the client?.
Answer: Jawbone
◍ Where is the BEST work environment for applying acrylic fingernail
products?.
Answer: A ventilated work table
◍ What BEST describes the substance in conditioners that absorb moistures or
promotes the retention of moisture?.
Answer: Humectants
◍ Which haircut technique involves the tips of the scissors being pointed
toward the hair ends rather than into them?.
Answer: Notching
◍ If any porous instrument comes into contact with blood or body fluid, it
shall be?.
Answer: Double bagged and discarded into a closed trash can or biohazard
box
◍ What equalizes porosity?.
Answer: Fillers
◍ Why do tuberculoidal disinfectants require special handling?.
, Answer: They require special method of disposal
◍ Which of the following government agencies can issue fine for salons that
do not have MSDS's available during business hours?.
Answer: OSHA
◍ What determines the temperature setting of the iron?.
Answer: Texture
◍ What is a microscopic germ that normally exists in tap water in small
numbers?.
Answer: Mycobacterium Fortuitum
◍ Is it legal to have a duplicate license?.
Answer: Yes, if approved through TDLR after paying a fee
◍ What is scabies?.
Answer: Contagious disease caused by the itch mite
◍ When in the extractions process is a healing mask beneficial?.
Answer: After all extractions are done
◍ Licensees are restricted to working in a licensed facility, but may perform
services outside this location under what circumstances?.
Answer: For a client who is unable to receive services at the licensed facility
due to physical or mental illness or incapacitation,For clients who will
receive services at the location of a special event
◍ Powerful tuberculocidal disinfectants.
Answer: Phenolics
◍ What is NOT of the 4 skin types?.
Answer: Sensitive
◍ Skin disease caused by infestation of head lice.
Answer: Pediculosis capitis
◍ Safety information about products complied by manufacturer.
Answer: Material Data Safety Sheets
, ◍ What direction is product applied during the hand method of sugaring?.
Answer: Against the hair growth
◍ What happened in 1985 that triggered the creation of Universal
Precautions?.
Answer: AIDS public health crisis
◍ Any organism of microscopic to submicroscopic size is a(n):.
Answer: Microorganism
◍ What should you try to balance in all skin types?.
Answer: barrier function
◍ What type of hair removal has an advantage of removing hair even if it is
only 1/8-inch long?.
Answer: Sugaring
◍ What is considered a galvanic treatment using a very low level of electrical
current?.
Answer: Microcurrent
◍ To what category does the national center disease control (CDC) assign
estheticians?.
Answer: Personal service workers
◍ Brushing the hair before a scalp treatment helps remove everything
EXECPT.
Answer: Dandruff
◍ What density and texture combinations would create the MOST volume in a
hair style?.
Answer: Thick-coarse hair
◍ Where on the face of a client with normal skin are follicles smaller to
medium?.
Answer: On the edge of the T-zone by the nose
◍ Where is the hair bulb located?.
STUDY GUIDE 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ What is the term for the number of viable organisms in or on an object or
surface?.
Answer: Bioburden
◍ What area of the body should you avoid tapping because tapping in that area
will feel unpleasant to the client?.
Answer: Jawbone
◍ Where is the BEST work environment for applying acrylic fingernail
products?.
Answer: A ventilated work table
◍ What BEST describes the substance in conditioners that absorb moistures or
promotes the retention of moisture?.
Answer: Humectants
◍ Which haircut technique involves the tips of the scissors being pointed
toward the hair ends rather than into them?.
Answer: Notching
◍ If any porous instrument comes into contact with blood or body fluid, it
shall be?.
Answer: Double bagged and discarded into a closed trash can or biohazard
box
◍ What equalizes porosity?.
Answer: Fillers
◍ Why do tuberculoidal disinfectants require special handling?.
, Answer: They require special method of disposal
◍ Which of the following government agencies can issue fine for salons that
do not have MSDS's available during business hours?.
Answer: OSHA
◍ What determines the temperature setting of the iron?.
Answer: Texture
◍ What is a microscopic germ that normally exists in tap water in small
numbers?.
Answer: Mycobacterium Fortuitum
◍ Is it legal to have a duplicate license?.
Answer: Yes, if approved through TDLR after paying a fee
◍ What is scabies?.
Answer: Contagious disease caused by the itch mite
◍ When in the extractions process is a healing mask beneficial?.
Answer: After all extractions are done
◍ Licensees are restricted to working in a licensed facility, but may perform
services outside this location under what circumstances?.
Answer: For a client who is unable to receive services at the licensed facility
due to physical or mental illness or incapacitation,For clients who will
receive services at the location of a special event
◍ Powerful tuberculocidal disinfectants.
Answer: Phenolics
◍ What is NOT of the 4 skin types?.
Answer: Sensitive
◍ Skin disease caused by infestation of head lice.
Answer: Pediculosis capitis
◍ Safety information about products complied by manufacturer.
Answer: Material Data Safety Sheets
, ◍ What direction is product applied during the hand method of sugaring?.
Answer: Against the hair growth
◍ What happened in 1985 that triggered the creation of Universal
Precautions?.
Answer: AIDS public health crisis
◍ Any organism of microscopic to submicroscopic size is a(n):.
Answer: Microorganism
◍ What should you try to balance in all skin types?.
Answer: barrier function
◍ What type of hair removal has an advantage of removing hair even if it is
only 1/8-inch long?.
Answer: Sugaring
◍ What is considered a galvanic treatment using a very low level of electrical
current?.
Answer: Microcurrent
◍ To what category does the national center disease control (CDC) assign
estheticians?.
Answer: Personal service workers
◍ Brushing the hair before a scalp treatment helps remove everything
EXECPT.
Answer: Dandruff
◍ What density and texture combinations would create the MOST volume in a
hair style?.
Answer: Thick-coarse hair
◍ Where on the face of a client with normal skin are follicles smaller to
medium?.
Answer: On the edge of the T-zone by the nose
◍ Where is the hair bulb located?.
