VA TATTOOING PSI EXAM STUDY 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Smaller needle groupings - ✔✔Penetrate skin more easily because there is less
surface tension to overcome
Easier to go too deep and cause a blowout
✔✔Bigger needle groupings - ✔✔Have to puncture a larger area of skin, dealing with
more surface tension
✔✔Microbiology - ✔✔-microorganisms, viruses, bacteria, fungi
-transmission cycle of infectious disease
i. Direct contact
ii. Indirect contact
iii. Airborne transmission
- characteristics of anti microbial agents
✔✔Immunization - ✔✔- Hepatitis A :
- Hepatitis B: reproduces in the liver causing inflammation and possibly cirrhosis or liver
cancer. Vaccine givin in 3 does over a period of 6 mo.
-HIV/AIDS
- Tetanus
-streptococcal
-zoonotic
-tuberculosis
-pneumococcal
-influenza
-measles , mumps, rubella
✔✔Proper needle handling and disposal - ✔✔Needles and other sharps must be
discarded in rigid, leak-proof, puncture resistant containers
✔✔Avoiding overexposure of chemicals - ✔✔- the use of material safety data sheets
- blood spills procedures
-equipment and instrument storage
- first aid and cpr
✔✔Blood borne pathogens - ✔✔Disease-causing organisms transferred through
contact with blood or other body fluids
A. OSHA and CDC blood borne pathogen standards
B. Control plan for blood borne pathogens
- use PPE,employee training, medical surveillance, hep B vaccinations
, - engineering controls that isolate or remove the blood borne pathogens hazard from the
workplace
C. Exposure control plan for tattooers
- decontaminate
- report to supervisor
-seek medical treatment
D. Overview of compliance requirements
E. Disorders and when not to service a client
✔✔"the making of needles" Materials - ✔✔- Flat Needle Bar
-round needle bar
- eye loop
-drill gauge: tightens needle
- souder
✔✔Making of needles process - ✔✔-clean and sterilize after making needles
-Tin the soldering iron
-drop the needle into Jig, lightly tap to ensure all needles are even ( pointed side should
be down )
-drop a small amount of flux at the end of the needle groupings, tap with soldering iron.
✔✔Diameter of a needle - ✔✔Affects ink flow and puncture of the skin
Tapers
- Long Taper : Good for Lining
- Short Taper : Good for color
✔✔Coil Machine how does it work - ✔✔Uses magnets to power machine which moves
the armature bar and needles towards the coil.
This pulls the needle into the skin, breaking the circuit, causing the needle to go back
into the machine
✔✔Coil Machine : Electromagnet ON - coils are not charged, the armature bar is up,
pulling the needle up - ✔✔Coil Machine : Electromagnet OFF- coils are charged, pulling
the armature bar down, pulling the needle down
✔✔Tuning - voltage - ✔✔-4 volts for shading
-5.5 volts for lining
Rotary
7-8 for either beginner lining or shading, 9-10 for lining
✔✔Tuning- CPs/Hertz - ✔✔- Cycle per second
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Smaller needle groupings - ✔✔Penetrate skin more easily because there is less
surface tension to overcome
Easier to go too deep and cause a blowout
✔✔Bigger needle groupings - ✔✔Have to puncture a larger area of skin, dealing with
more surface tension
✔✔Microbiology - ✔✔-microorganisms, viruses, bacteria, fungi
-transmission cycle of infectious disease
i. Direct contact
ii. Indirect contact
iii. Airborne transmission
- characteristics of anti microbial agents
✔✔Immunization - ✔✔- Hepatitis A :
- Hepatitis B: reproduces in the liver causing inflammation and possibly cirrhosis or liver
cancer. Vaccine givin in 3 does over a period of 6 mo.
-HIV/AIDS
- Tetanus
-streptococcal
-zoonotic
-tuberculosis
-pneumococcal
-influenza
-measles , mumps, rubella
✔✔Proper needle handling and disposal - ✔✔Needles and other sharps must be
discarded in rigid, leak-proof, puncture resistant containers
✔✔Avoiding overexposure of chemicals - ✔✔- the use of material safety data sheets
- blood spills procedures
-equipment and instrument storage
- first aid and cpr
✔✔Blood borne pathogens - ✔✔Disease-causing organisms transferred through
contact with blood or other body fluids
A. OSHA and CDC blood borne pathogen standards
B. Control plan for blood borne pathogens
- use PPE,employee training, medical surveillance, hep B vaccinations
, - engineering controls that isolate or remove the blood borne pathogens hazard from the
workplace
C. Exposure control plan for tattooers
- decontaminate
- report to supervisor
-seek medical treatment
D. Overview of compliance requirements
E. Disorders and when not to service a client
✔✔"the making of needles" Materials - ✔✔- Flat Needle Bar
-round needle bar
- eye loop
-drill gauge: tightens needle
- souder
✔✔Making of needles process - ✔✔-clean and sterilize after making needles
-Tin the soldering iron
-drop the needle into Jig, lightly tap to ensure all needles are even ( pointed side should
be down )
-drop a small amount of flux at the end of the needle groupings, tap with soldering iron.
✔✔Diameter of a needle - ✔✔Affects ink flow and puncture of the skin
Tapers
- Long Taper : Good for Lining
- Short Taper : Good for color
✔✔Coil Machine how does it work - ✔✔Uses magnets to power machine which moves
the armature bar and needles towards the coil.
This pulls the needle into the skin, breaking the circuit, causing the needle to go back
into the machine
✔✔Coil Machine : Electromagnet ON - coils are not charged, the armature bar is up,
pulling the needle up - ✔✔Coil Machine : Electromagnet OFF- coils are charged, pulling
the armature bar down, pulling the needle down
✔✔Tuning - voltage - ✔✔-4 volts for shading
-5.5 volts for lining
Rotary
7-8 for either beginner lining or shading, 9-10 for lining
✔✔Tuning- CPs/Hertz - ✔✔- Cycle per second
