Cosmetology Practice exam (A study guide
based on the information given from the PSI
exam packet for the written exam) 210+ Qs
with Ans/ 2024-2025.
one celled microorganism with both plant and animal characteristics - Answer:
Bacteria
microorganism capable of infecting almost all plants and animals, including
bacteria. - Answer: Viruses
plant or animal organisms that live on, or in, another living organism and draw
their nourishment from that organism. Must have a host to survive. - Answer:
Parasites
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,ability of the body to destroy and resist infection - Answer: Immunity
removing all visible dirt and debris - Answer: Sanitation
complete elimination of all microbial life, including spores. Only necessary when
instruments have come in contact with blood. - Answer: Sterilization
regulates and enforces safety and health standards to protect employees in the
work place. - Answer: OSHA- Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Information about hazardous ingredients, safe use and handling procedures,
precautions to reduce the risk of harm and over exposure, flammability and dada
incase of fire, proper disposal guidelines and medical information in case a
reaction to product occurs. - Answer: MSDS- Material Safety Data Sheet
Licenses two types of disinfectants used in salons; Tuberculocidal, and Hospital.
Hospital products are safe for cleaning blood and body fluids, Tuberculocidal
disinfectants are proven to kill the bacteria that cause tuberculosis, which is more
difficult to kill. - Answer: EPA- Environmental Protection Agency
Prohibits sale of antifungal products for finger and toenails without a medical
prescription. - Answer: FDA- Food and drug administration
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, a set of guidelines published by OSHA that require the employer and the
employee to assume that all human blood and body fluids are infectious for
bloodborne pathogens. - Answer: Universal Precautions
the basic units of all living thing, from bacteria to plants and animals, and
including human beings - Answer: Cells
colorless jelly like substance in cells in which food elements such as protein, fats,
carbohydrates, mineral salts and water are present - Answer: Protoplasm
The dense, active protoplasm found in the center of the cell. - Answer: Nucleus
All the protoplasm of a cell that surrounds the nucleus - Answer: cytoplasm
thin, flexible barrier that surrounds all cells; regulates what enters and leaves the
cell - Answer: Cell membrane
The reproduction process in which cells divide into two identical cells called
daughter cells. - Answer: Mitosis
set of chemical reactions through which an organism builds up or breaks down
materials as it carries out its life processes - Answer: Metabolism
Process of building up complex materials (proteins) from simple materials -
Answer: anabolism
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based on the information given from the PSI
exam packet for the written exam) 210+ Qs
with Ans/ 2024-2025.
one celled microorganism with both plant and animal characteristics - Answer:
Bacteria
microorganism capable of infecting almost all plants and animals, including
bacteria. - Answer: Viruses
plant or animal organisms that live on, or in, another living organism and draw
their nourishment from that organism. Must have a host to survive. - Answer:
Parasites
1
,ability of the body to destroy and resist infection - Answer: Immunity
removing all visible dirt and debris - Answer: Sanitation
complete elimination of all microbial life, including spores. Only necessary when
instruments have come in contact with blood. - Answer: Sterilization
regulates and enforces safety and health standards to protect employees in the
work place. - Answer: OSHA- Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Information about hazardous ingredients, safe use and handling procedures,
precautions to reduce the risk of harm and over exposure, flammability and dada
incase of fire, proper disposal guidelines and medical information in case a
reaction to product occurs. - Answer: MSDS- Material Safety Data Sheet
Licenses two types of disinfectants used in salons; Tuberculocidal, and Hospital.
Hospital products are safe for cleaning blood and body fluids, Tuberculocidal
disinfectants are proven to kill the bacteria that cause tuberculosis, which is more
difficult to kill. - Answer: EPA- Environmental Protection Agency
Prohibits sale of antifungal products for finger and toenails without a medical
prescription. - Answer: FDA- Food and drug administration
2
, a set of guidelines published by OSHA that require the employer and the
employee to assume that all human blood and body fluids are infectious for
bloodborne pathogens. - Answer: Universal Precautions
the basic units of all living thing, from bacteria to plants and animals, and
including human beings - Answer: Cells
colorless jelly like substance in cells in which food elements such as protein, fats,
carbohydrates, mineral salts and water are present - Answer: Protoplasm
The dense, active protoplasm found in the center of the cell. - Answer: Nucleus
All the protoplasm of a cell that surrounds the nucleus - Answer: cytoplasm
thin, flexible barrier that surrounds all cells; regulates what enters and leaves the
cell - Answer: Cell membrane
The reproduction process in which cells divide into two identical cells called
daughter cells. - Answer: Mitosis
set of chemical reactions through which an organism builds up or breaks down
materials as it carries out its life processes - Answer: Metabolism
Process of building up complex materials (proteins) from simple materials -
Answer: anabolism
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