Milady Advanced Esthetics Exam Review
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What is a disease resulting from human immunodeficiency virus? AIDS
What term refers to the rapid-onset, short-term initial stage of disease?acute
What does the term "antibacterial" mean? destroying or stopping the growth of
bacteria
What fluids are considered contaminated and/or infectious under standard
precautions? blood, saliva, pus
What term refers to any object that can penetrate the skin? sharp
What is the correct term for a plan for avoiding potential exposure and for dealing
with it should exposure occur? safety plan
What term indicates that something is transmitted through direct blood-to-blood
contact? bloodborne
What is mechanical irritation? tissue damage due to repeated physical contact to
the tissue
How are transient microorganisms removed from the hands? hand washing
What are microorganisms that are often present on the surface of the human body?
resident microorganisms
What is a pathogen? a microorganism or substance capable of producing
disease
What term describes the risks involved in piercing mucous membranes or the skin
through needle sticks, bites, cuts, and abrasions? parenteral hazards
What term refers to any living thing, plant or animal? organism
What are bacteria that will not cause harm when on a healthy host, but can cause
infection and disease once they have entered the skin? opportunistic bacteria
Where would one acquire a nosocomial infection? hospital
What are components of a mucous membrane? epithelium, basement
membrane, connective tissue
What is the correct term for the process of becoming immune or rendering a person
immune to a pathogen? immunization
What term refers to devices that isolate or remove bloodborne pathogen hazards
from the workplace? engineering controls
What is an infection that occurs when bacteria travel from a site where they were
harmless to a site where they cause infection? endogenous infection
What are definitions of the word "contaminate? to render impure; to soil, stain,
or pollute; to render unfit for use
What does the term "asepsis" mean? a condition free from germs and any form of
life
What variety of hepatitis is transmitted by drinking water or eating food
contaminate with fecal matter containing the virus? hepatitis A
What variety of hepatitis can be treated without the use of interferon? hepatitis A
What federal agency would send inspectors to a salon because an accident has
occurred in which three or more employees were injured? Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA)
What should you do if you are visited by an inspector from OSHA? write down
the inspector's name
What is the second link in the chain of infection? reservoir where the agent
resides
, What is the second-to-last link in the chain of infection? portal of entry
Why should you follow OSHA guidelines if you are a sole proprietor and work alone?
to live a long and healthy life
What are means by which human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is spread from an
infected person to a noninfected person? contact with blood, contact with saliva,
contact with broken skin
What organ is most often affected by the highly infectious disease tuberculosis?
lungs
Why have many states passed laws that prohibit spitting on sidewalks? because
tuberculosis can live on a sidewalk in sputum for six months
What are forms in which methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) skin
infections can present themselves? cellulitis, impetigo, carbuncles
What is one of the steps you can take to minimize the spread of MRSA? cleaning and
disinfecting all work surfaces
What mode of transmission involves contact with an animal, insect, or parasite that
transports infection by biting the host or by depositing feces or eggs in broken skin?
vector transmission
What term refers to the ability to surgically cut or remove using a laser?
ablative
What term refers to the uptake of one substance into another? absorption
What term refers to the act of removing light energy from a beam before it exits a
second medium? attenuation
What is a current that flows on a path of least resistance between positive and
negative electrodes that are placed at opposite ends of the treatment forceps or
device head? bipolar radiofrequency (RF) energy
What term refers to parallel rays of light that travel spatially and temporally in
phase with each other? coherent light
What is cryogen? a liquefied gas that is cooled to -238 degrees Fahrenheit
What is a "grounding pad" placed on the individual's thigh or an area of large tissue
mass that receives the radiofrequency energy? dispersing electrode
What term refers to irradiance multiplied by the exposure time, measured in joules
per square centimeter? fluence
What is a polychromatic, noncoherent, dispersive band of light commonly using
wavelengths from 500 to 1,200 nm? intense pulsed light (IPL)
What is another term for "power density"? irradiance
What are joules? units of energy or work
What are laser-generated air contaminants (LGAC)? plume of smoke generated from
an ablative laser device
What term refers to the person responsible for the laser safety program at a
facility? laser safety officer
What is a device made up of panels of tiny diodes that are pulsed in an exclusive
array sequence to trigger a photobiomechanical response? light-emitting
diode (LED)
What term refers to the splitting up or destruction of fat cells? lipolysis
What term refers to the level of laser radiation to which a person may be exposed
without hazardous ocular or tissue effects? maximum permissible exposure (MPE)
What term refers to a column of tissue that is heated by a fractional laser device?
microthermal zone (MTZ)
What term refers to stimulating or changing cellular function? modulate
question with answers
What is a disease resulting from human immunodeficiency virus? AIDS
What term refers to the rapid-onset, short-term initial stage of disease?acute
What does the term "antibacterial" mean? destroying or stopping the growth of
bacteria
What fluids are considered contaminated and/or infectious under standard
precautions? blood, saliva, pus
What term refers to any object that can penetrate the skin? sharp
What is the correct term for a plan for avoiding potential exposure and for dealing
with it should exposure occur? safety plan
What term indicates that something is transmitted through direct blood-to-blood
contact? bloodborne
What is mechanical irritation? tissue damage due to repeated physical contact to
the tissue
How are transient microorganisms removed from the hands? hand washing
What are microorganisms that are often present on the surface of the human body?
resident microorganisms
What is a pathogen? a microorganism or substance capable of producing
disease
What term describes the risks involved in piercing mucous membranes or the skin
through needle sticks, bites, cuts, and abrasions? parenteral hazards
What term refers to any living thing, plant or animal? organism
What are bacteria that will not cause harm when on a healthy host, but can cause
infection and disease once they have entered the skin? opportunistic bacteria
Where would one acquire a nosocomial infection? hospital
What are components of a mucous membrane? epithelium, basement
membrane, connective tissue
What is the correct term for the process of becoming immune or rendering a person
immune to a pathogen? immunization
What term refers to devices that isolate or remove bloodborne pathogen hazards
from the workplace? engineering controls
What is an infection that occurs when bacteria travel from a site where they were
harmless to a site where they cause infection? endogenous infection
What are definitions of the word "contaminate? to render impure; to soil, stain,
or pollute; to render unfit for use
What does the term "asepsis" mean? a condition free from germs and any form of
life
What variety of hepatitis is transmitted by drinking water or eating food
contaminate with fecal matter containing the virus? hepatitis A
What variety of hepatitis can be treated without the use of interferon? hepatitis A
What federal agency would send inspectors to a salon because an accident has
occurred in which three or more employees were injured? Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA)
What should you do if you are visited by an inspector from OSHA? write down
the inspector's name
What is the second link in the chain of infection? reservoir where the agent
resides
, What is the second-to-last link in the chain of infection? portal of entry
Why should you follow OSHA guidelines if you are a sole proprietor and work alone?
to live a long and healthy life
What are means by which human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is spread from an
infected person to a noninfected person? contact with blood, contact with saliva,
contact with broken skin
What organ is most often affected by the highly infectious disease tuberculosis?
lungs
Why have many states passed laws that prohibit spitting on sidewalks? because
tuberculosis can live on a sidewalk in sputum for six months
What are forms in which methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) skin
infections can present themselves? cellulitis, impetigo, carbuncles
What is one of the steps you can take to minimize the spread of MRSA? cleaning and
disinfecting all work surfaces
What mode of transmission involves contact with an animal, insect, or parasite that
transports infection by biting the host or by depositing feces or eggs in broken skin?
vector transmission
What term refers to the ability to surgically cut or remove using a laser?
ablative
What term refers to the uptake of one substance into another? absorption
What term refers to the act of removing light energy from a beam before it exits a
second medium? attenuation
What is a current that flows on a path of least resistance between positive and
negative electrodes that are placed at opposite ends of the treatment forceps or
device head? bipolar radiofrequency (RF) energy
What term refers to parallel rays of light that travel spatially and temporally in
phase with each other? coherent light
What is cryogen? a liquefied gas that is cooled to -238 degrees Fahrenheit
What is a "grounding pad" placed on the individual's thigh or an area of large tissue
mass that receives the radiofrequency energy? dispersing electrode
What term refers to irradiance multiplied by the exposure time, measured in joules
per square centimeter? fluence
What is a polychromatic, noncoherent, dispersive band of light commonly using
wavelengths from 500 to 1,200 nm? intense pulsed light (IPL)
What is another term for "power density"? irradiance
What are joules? units of energy or work
What are laser-generated air contaminants (LGAC)? plume of smoke generated from
an ablative laser device
What term refers to the person responsible for the laser safety program at a
facility? laser safety officer
What is a device made up of panels of tiny diodes that are pulsed in an exclusive
array sequence to trigger a photobiomechanical response? light-emitting
diode (LED)
What term refers to the splitting up or destruction of fat cells? lipolysis
What term refers to the level of laser radiation to which a person may be exposed
without hazardous ocular or tissue effects? maximum permissible exposure (MPE)
What term refers to a column of tissue that is heated by a fractional laser device?
microthermal zone (MTZ)
What term refers to stimulating or changing cellular function? modulate
