STATE BOARD PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS EXAM 2024
Laser stands for what? - answer-✔Light
Amplification by
Stimulated
Emission of
Radiation
What is the distance measured in nanometers between two peaks or two troughs
known as? - answer-✔Wavelength
Light of only one color & one specific wavelength is known as? - answer-
✔Monochromatic
Refraction is also known as what? - answer-✔Transmission
The process where by a newly created photon of light (generated through
amplification) acquires energy equal to the photons that created it is known as? -
answer-✔Stimulated Emission
The states of equilibrium or middle state of light - answer-✔Metastable State
Who theorized stimulated emission? - answer-✔Albert Einstein
,The part of the laser that contains the active medium is called? - answer-
✔Resinator cavity
What are the states of light in stimulated emission? - answer-✔Ground State
Excited State
Singlet State
Metastable State
Alexandrite laer is in the visible light spectrum at what wavelength? - answer-
✔755 nm
The Nd:YAG laser falls in the invisible light spectrum with a wavelength of what?
- answer-✔1064 nm
What type of wave is used in laser hair removal? - answer-✔Pulsed wave
A chromophore is also know at what? - answer-✔Target
The chromophore absorbs what? - answer-✔Energy
Goggles worn by the patient and practitioner must be approved by which group? -
answer-✔ANSI (American National Standard Institute) for Class 3B and Class 4
Lasers
Each laser wavelength is what to its machine? - answer-✔Specific
,What are the parameters when doing laser hair removal? - answer-✔Wavelength
Spot Size
Fluence
Pulse Width
Pulsed lasers allow for selective heating of specific targets, this is also known as? -
answer-✔Selective Photothermolysis
The rate/amount of energy delivered within a given area is known as? - answer-
✔Fluence
An increase in fluence equals an increase in what? - answer-✔Heat. Resulting in
more damage
The length of time the light/energy is in contact with the target that is measured in
milliseconds (ms): - answer-✔Pulse width/Pulse duration
If the time of pulse duration is changed from milliseconds to nanoseconds the laser
is what? - answer-✔Q Switched
A Q switched laser is used for what? - answer-✔Tattoo removal
Which skin types can tolerate an Alex laser? - answer-✔1-4
Which skin types can tolerate a Nd:YAG laser? - answer-✔All skin types
, Which skin type should only have electrolysis and no laser? - answer-✔Type 1
If the pulse width is greater than the thermal relaxation time it results in? - answer-
✔A burn
If the pulse width is less than or equal to the thermal relaxation time it results in? -
answer-✔Perfect hair removal
Larger structures have __________ thermal relaxation times (TRT) - answer-
✔Longer
Smaller structures have _______ thermal relaxation times (TRT) - answer-
✔Shorter
What kind of pulse widths protect the epidermis, penetrate deeper and cool more
slowly? - answer-✔Long
Longer pulse widths are for what skin type? - answer-✔4-6
What kind of pulse widths are more aggressive and heat up and cool down
quickly? - answer-✔Short
Shorter pulse widths are for what skin type? - answer-✔1-3
What percentage of follicles are damaged with each laser treatment? - answer-
✔15%