SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS/STATE BOARD
REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT RATED A+ NEWLY UPDATED
2025
What term refers to the methods used to reduce or eliminate the spread of
infectious agents?
Answer: ✔✔ Infection Control
What are one-celled organisms with both plant and animal traits, some of
which are harmful?
Answer: ✔✔ Bacteria
What is a microscopic infectious agent that lives inside cells and replicates by
taking over the host’s cellular machinery?
Answer: ✔✔ Virus
What do you call organisms that live on or in a host and take nutrients
without giving anything in return?
Answer: ✔✔ Parasite
What is the body's ability to fight off and resist infection called?
Answer: ✔✔ Immunity
What type of immunity is partly inherited and also developed through healthy
habits?
Answer: ✔✔ Natural Immunity
What is the type of immunity acquired after recovering from a disease or
receiving vaccinations?
Answer: ✔✔ Acquired Immunity
What procedure helps prevent disease spread by addressing contamination on
surfaces?
Answer: ✔✔ Proper Decontamination
, What is the process of removing blood, bodily fluids, and visible debris from
surfaces or tools?
Answer: ✔✔ Decontamination
chemical process for reducing the number of disease-causing germs on cleaned
surfaces to a safe level - ANSWER✔✔sanitation aka sanitizing
the process that completely destroys all microbial life, including spores -
ANSWER✔✔sterilization
chemical process that uses specific products to destroy harmful organisms(except
bacterial spores) on environmental surfaces - ANSWER✔✔disinfection
regulates and enforces safety and health standards to protect employees in the work
place - ANSWER✔✔OSHA
occupational safety and health administration - ANSWER✔✔OSHA
contains information compiled by the manufacturer about products safety,
including the names of hazardous ingredients, safe handling and use procedures,
precautions to reduce rick of accidental harm or over exposure, and flammability
warnings - ANSWER✔✔MSDS
registers all types of disinfectants sold and used in the united states -
ANSWER✔✔EPA -Environmental Protection Agency
2 types of disinfectants used by salons - ANSWER✔✔Hospital and Tuberculocidal
effective for cleaning blood and body fluids - ANSWER✔✔hospital disinfectants
proven to kill the bacteria that cause tuberculosis - ANSWER✔✔tuberculocidal
disinfectants
guidelines published by OSHA that require the employer and employee to assume
that all human blood and body fluids are infectious for bloodborne pathogens -
ANSWER✔✔universal precautions
REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT RATED A+ NEWLY UPDATED
2025
What term refers to the methods used to reduce or eliminate the spread of
infectious agents?
Answer: ✔✔ Infection Control
What are one-celled organisms with both plant and animal traits, some of
which are harmful?
Answer: ✔✔ Bacteria
What is a microscopic infectious agent that lives inside cells and replicates by
taking over the host’s cellular machinery?
Answer: ✔✔ Virus
What do you call organisms that live on or in a host and take nutrients
without giving anything in return?
Answer: ✔✔ Parasite
What is the body's ability to fight off and resist infection called?
Answer: ✔✔ Immunity
What type of immunity is partly inherited and also developed through healthy
habits?
Answer: ✔✔ Natural Immunity
What is the type of immunity acquired after recovering from a disease or
receiving vaccinations?
Answer: ✔✔ Acquired Immunity
What procedure helps prevent disease spread by addressing contamination on
surfaces?
Answer: ✔✔ Proper Decontamination
, What is the process of removing blood, bodily fluids, and visible debris from
surfaces or tools?
Answer: ✔✔ Decontamination
chemical process for reducing the number of disease-causing germs on cleaned
surfaces to a safe level - ANSWER✔✔sanitation aka sanitizing
the process that completely destroys all microbial life, including spores -
ANSWER✔✔sterilization
chemical process that uses specific products to destroy harmful organisms(except
bacterial spores) on environmental surfaces - ANSWER✔✔disinfection
regulates and enforces safety and health standards to protect employees in the work
place - ANSWER✔✔OSHA
occupational safety and health administration - ANSWER✔✔OSHA
contains information compiled by the manufacturer about products safety,
including the names of hazardous ingredients, safe handling and use procedures,
precautions to reduce rick of accidental harm or over exposure, and flammability
warnings - ANSWER✔✔MSDS
registers all types of disinfectants sold and used in the united states -
ANSWER✔✔EPA -Environmental Protection Agency
2 types of disinfectants used by salons - ANSWER✔✔Hospital and Tuberculocidal
effective for cleaning blood and body fluids - ANSWER✔✔hospital disinfectants
proven to kill the bacteria that cause tuberculosis - ANSWER✔✔tuberculocidal
disinfectants
guidelines published by OSHA that require the employer and employee to assume
that all human blood and body fluids are infectious for bloodborne pathogens -
ANSWER✔✔universal precautions
