ELECTROLYSIS IBEC+LASER STATE BOARD PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED A+RECENT VERSION

ELECTROLYSIS IBEC+LASER STATE BOARD PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED A+RECENT VERSION 1. Laser stands for what? - answer light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation 2. What is the distance measured in nanometers between two peaks or two troughs known as? - answer wavelength 3. Light of only one color & one specific wavelength is known as? - answer monochromatic 4. Refraction is also known as what? - answer transmission 5. 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 6. The states of equilibrium or middle state of light - answer metastable state 7. Who theorized stimulated emission? - answer albert einstein 8. The part of the laser that contains the active medium is called? - answer resinator cavity 9. What are the states of light in stimulated emission? - answer ground state Excited state Singlet state Metastable state 10. Alexandrite laer is in the visible light spectrum at what wavelength? - answer 755 nm 11. The nd:yag laser falls in the invisible light spectrum with a wavelength of what? - answer 1064 nm 12. What type of wave is used in laser hair removal? - answer pulsed wave 13. A chromophore is also know at what? - answer target 14. The chromophore absorbs what? - answer energy 15. 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 16. Each laser wavelength is what to its machine? - answer specific 17. What are the parameters when doing laser hair removal? - answer wavelength Spot size Fluence Pulse width 18. Pulsed lasers allow for selective heating of specific targets, this is also known as? - answer selective photothermolysis 19. The rate/amount of energy delivered within a given area is known as? - answer fluence 20. An increase in fluence equals an increase in what? - answer heat. Resulting in more damage 21. The length of time the light/energy is in contact with the target that is measured in milliseconds (ms): - answer pulse width/pulse duration 22. If the time of pulse duration is changed from milliseconds to nanoseconds the laser is what? - answer q switched 23. A q switched laser is used for what? - answer tattoo removal 24. Which skin types can tolerate an alex laser? - answer 1-4 25. Which skin types can tolerate a nd:yag laser? - answer all skin types 26. Which skin type should only have electrolysis and no laser? - answer type 1 27. If the pulse width is greater than the thermal relaxation time it results in? - answer a burn 28. If the pulse width is less than or equal to the thermal relaxation time it results in? - answer perfect hair removal 29. Larger structures have __________ thermal relaxation times (trt) - answer longer 30. Smaller structures have _______ thermal relaxation times (trt) - answer shorter 31. What kind of pulse widths protect the epidermis, penetrate deeper and cool more slowly? - answer long 32. Longer pulse widths are for what skin type? - answer 4-6 33. What kind of pulse widths are more aggressive and heat up and cool down quickly? - answer short 34. Shorter pulse widths are for what skin type? - answer 1-3 35. What percentage of follicles are damaged with each laser treatment? - answer 15% 36. What is a long-term stable reduction of the growing hairs after a treatment regime? - answer laser hair removal (lhr) 37. What does the fda call laser hair removal? - answer permanent hair reduction 38. What is the highest setting the skin can tolerate without damage called? - answer fluence threshold 39. What is the highest setting the patient can tolerate without the treatment becoming impossible called? - answer patient threshold 40. The amount of hair per one square centimeter is known as? - answer hair density 41. The higher the hair density, the _______ the fluence? - answer lower 42. What percentage of overlapping do you want when doing lhr? - answer 30% 43. Darker/tanned skin requires what kind of fluence? - answer lower 44. What should you never use to clean a patient's skin prior to lhr? - answer alcohol 45. Pulse duration is measured in what unit? - answer milliseconds (ms) 46. Spot size is measured in what unit? - answer millimeters (mm) 47. Repetition rate is measured in what unit? - answer hertz (hz) 48. Who is the grandfather of laser and was the first person to use water to cool the skin during laser? - answer rox anderson 49. The formula for fluence is? - answer joules = j/cm2 50. What kind of lasers allow for selective heating of specific targets? - answer selective photothermolysis 51. For deeper laser penetration what should the practitioner do to the laser? - answer change to a bigger spot size 52. The primary reason for using cooling devices during laser hair removal is? - answer allows for higher and more effective fluences to be used while sparing the epidermis 53. During the initial consultation, the patient should be informed that the process will take how long for laser hair removal? - answer a series of treatments 54. The principle that says energy must be absorbed by an object in order to produce an effect is called? - answer grotthuss-draper law 55. What is laser light? - answer monochromatic light 56. Laser is equivalent to which of the following modalities? - answer thermolysis 57. An element has the ability to produce laser when it is in which state? - answer metastable state 58. What are the positive reactions to the skin indicating a successful lhr treatment? - answer perifollicular erythema, perifollicular edema 59. Incandescent light is an example of? - answer incoherent light 60. A requirement for foot switches that directly pulse the laser is that they be? - answer hooded 61. The effect of skin turning red after treatment is referred to as? - answer erythema 62. An over treatment of the skin characterized by blistering or epidermal separation, caused by lateral pressure on the skin is known as? - answer nikolski sign 63. When tissue has been injured, fluid escapes the blood vessels to surround the damaged tissue. This is referred to as? - answer edema 64. The common type of laser used for hair removal is? - answer pulsed 65. Total destruction of tissue using laser energy is known as? - answer photoablation 66. Laser is ineffective on hair that has? - answer little to no pigment 67. The energy level of a laser, measured in joules is known as? - answer energy fluence 68. Lightwaves that travel in perfect unison, parallel and in the same direction are known as? - answer coherent light 69. Optical density labeling on laser safety eyewear refers to? - answer the degree to which a refractive medium retards transmitted rays of light 70. An allergic phototoxic reaction can occur up to how many hours post-treatment? - answer 24 71. Which part of the body is most vulnerable to laser light? - answer eyes (cornea, retina, and lens) 72. What is used to cool the inside of most pulsed lasers during operation? - answer distilled water 73. What is the chromophore when using the nd:yag laser for hair removal? - answer melanin in the hair shaft and bulb 74. What is the fda class that presents both a direct and reflected hazard? - answer class iv 75. What is considered a natural chromophore for hair removal lasers? - answer melanin in the hair shaft and bulb 76. Hair removal lasers are effective on which types of hair follicles? - answer curved Distorted Straight 77. What is most likely the cause of red, itchy bumps in the treatment area 10-14 days after a patient's laser hair removal treatment? - answer detached hair becoming trapped under the skin 78. Laser hair removal is least effective on follicles in what stage of development? - answer telogen 79. The voluntary nationally recognized group establishing standards for equipment use is known as? - answer american national standards institute (ansi) 80. Types of epidermal cooling - answer bulk - gel (topical) Contact - a window cooled by circulating liquid Cryogen spray - applied pre-laser pulse Air - zimmer cooler 81. Lhr on patients with a fitzpatrick of v & vi requires? - answer longer wavelengths (diode 810nm or nd:yag 1064nm) 82. Who is considered to be the "father of lasers" in medicine? - answer leon goldman 83. Components of the laser include - answer a flashlamp/high intensity non-coherent light source, lasing medium, fiber optics and lenses 84. What are the properties of light when it reacts with tissue? - answer scatter Transmission Absorption Reflection 85. What is the waiting period before laser treatment after a patient stops taking accutane? - answer 180 days (6months) 86. Longer laser lengths, penetrate the tissue - answer deeper 87. An increase in color in cells post treatment is referred to as? - answer hyperpigmentation 88. The duration on the pulse from a laser is known as? - answer pulse width 89. What is most critical for protecting the skin during laser hair removal? - answer cooling the skin 90. What is considered the chromophore when a laser is used to treat red spider veins? - answer oxyhemoglobin (blood) 91. Serum and lymph passing through vessel walls into tissue is known as? - answer edema 92. Permanent hair reduction according to the fda is defined as? - answer a long term stable reduction in the number of hair regrowing after a treatment regime