GA ESTHETICIAN CORE EXAMS SET 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Asteatosis - ✔✔Dry, scaly skin from sebum deficiency
✔✔seborrhea - ✔✔overactivity of the sebaceous glands that results in the production of
an excessive amount of sebum (oily skin)
✔✔steatoma - ✔✔Sebaceous cyst or fatty tumor.
✔✔furuncle - ✔✔boil; a painful nodule formed in the skin by inflammation originating in
a hair follicle; caused by staphylococcosis
✔✔sudoriferous glands - ✔✔glands that secrete sweat to the outside of the body; also
assist in body temperature regulation
Located EVERYWHERE
✔✔types of sudoriferous glands - ✔✔eccrine and apocrine
✔✔eccrine glands - ✔✔regulate body temperature
Controlled by sympathetic nervous system
Removes heat from body through perspiration
✔✔apocrine glands - ✔✔Sweat glands in the pubic and underarm areas that secrete
thicker sweat, that produce odor when come in contact with bacteria on the skin
✔✔Bromhidrosis - ✔✔Foul smelling perspiration
✔✔anhidrosis - ✔✔abnormal condition of no sweat
✔✔hyperhidrosis - ✔✔excessive sweating
✔✔Miliaria rubra - ✔✔Rash from overheating
✔✔Rules - ✔✔Established specific standard of conduct and can be changed or updated
frequently
✔✔16 - ✔✔The SDS contains __________ categories of information.
✔✔Cathode - ✔✔The negative electrode of an electro therapy device is called a
_______.
✔✔Anode - ✔✔The positive electrode of an electro therapy device is called a _______.
, ✔✔Watt - ✔✔A measure of power equal to one joule of work per second.
✔✔Iontophoresis - ✔✔Process of infusing water-soluble products into the skin with the
use of electric current, such as the use of the positive and negative poles of a galvanic
machine.
✔✔connective tissue - ✔✔What binds the tissues of the body together?
✔✔What is true of the origin part of a muscle? - ✔✔It is attached to the skeleton
✔✔What body system serves as a protective covering for the body? - ✔✔integumentary
system
✔✔eccrine glands are _____. - ✔✔glands that produce sweat; found over most of the
body
✔✔What happens in the stratum granulosum? - ✔✔Keratin is produced
✔✔What is the technical term for the nail? - ✔✔Onyx
✔✔What is the dermis? - ✔✔Support layer below the epidermis
✔✔What is true of basal cell carcinoma? - ✔✔it is the least severe type of skin cancer
✔✔What is hypopigmentation? - ✔✔lack of pigment
✔✔What is a characteristic of seborrhea? - ✔✔flaking skin
✔✔What is the vitamin of which retinol is the natural form? - ✔✔Vitamin A
✔✔What is a coenzyme Q10? - ✔✔antioxidant
✔✔What do clay mask do as they dry and tighten? - ✔✔draw impurities to the surface
✔✔What is the common name for pseudofolliculitis? - ✔✔Razor bumps
✔✔What type of movements are used in petrissage? - ✔✔Kneading
✔✔How does dehydrated skin appear under a Wood's Lamp? - ✔✔Light violet/purple
✔✔What is the heat effect that is used for permanent hair removal? - ✔✔Thermolysis
✔✔What is sometimes known as a "loupe"? - ✔✔Magnifying lamp
WITH SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Asteatosis - ✔✔Dry, scaly skin from sebum deficiency
✔✔seborrhea - ✔✔overactivity of the sebaceous glands that results in the production of
an excessive amount of sebum (oily skin)
✔✔steatoma - ✔✔Sebaceous cyst or fatty tumor.
✔✔furuncle - ✔✔boil; a painful nodule formed in the skin by inflammation originating in
a hair follicle; caused by staphylococcosis
✔✔sudoriferous glands - ✔✔glands that secrete sweat to the outside of the body; also
assist in body temperature regulation
Located EVERYWHERE
✔✔types of sudoriferous glands - ✔✔eccrine and apocrine
✔✔eccrine glands - ✔✔regulate body temperature
Controlled by sympathetic nervous system
Removes heat from body through perspiration
✔✔apocrine glands - ✔✔Sweat glands in the pubic and underarm areas that secrete
thicker sweat, that produce odor when come in contact with bacteria on the skin
✔✔Bromhidrosis - ✔✔Foul smelling perspiration
✔✔anhidrosis - ✔✔abnormal condition of no sweat
✔✔hyperhidrosis - ✔✔excessive sweating
✔✔Miliaria rubra - ✔✔Rash from overheating
✔✔Rules - ✔✔Established specific standard of conduct and can be changed or updated
frequently
✔✔16 - ✔✔The SDS contains __________ categories of information.
✔✔Cathode - ✔✔The negative electrode of an electro therapy device is called a
_______.
✔✔Anode - ✔✔The positive electrode of an electro therapy device is called a _______.
, ✔✔Watt - ✔✔A measure of power equal to one joule of work per second.
✔✔Iontophoresis - ✔✔Process of infusing water-soluble products into the skin with the
use of electric current, such as the use of the positive and negative poles of a galvanic
machine.
✔✔connective tissue - ✔✔What binds the tissues of the body together?
✔✔What is true of the origin part of a muscle? - ✔✔It is attached to the skeleton
✔✔What body system serves as a protective covering for the body? - ✔✔integumentary
system
✔✔eccrine glands are _____. - ✔✔glands that produce sweat; found over most of the
body
✔✔What happens in the stratum granulosum? - ✔✔Keratin is produced
✔✔What is the technical term for the nail? - ✔✔Onyx
✔✔What is the dermis? - ✔✔Support layer below the epidermis
✔✔What is true of basal cell carcinoma? - ✔✔it is the least severe type of skin cancer
✔✔What is hypopigmentation? - ✔✔lack of pigment
✔✔What is a characteristic of seborrhea? - ✔✔flaking skin
✔✔What is the vitamin of which retinol is the natural form? - ✔✔Vitamin A
✔✔What is a coenzyme Q10? - ✔✔antioxidant
✔✔What do clay mask do as they dry and tighten? - ✔✔draw impurities to the surface
✔✔What is the common name for pseudofolliculitis? - ✔✔Razor bumps
✔✔What type of movements are used in petrissage? - ✔✔Kneading
✔✔How does dehydrated skin appear under a Wood's Lamp? - ✔✔Light violet/purple
✔✔What is the heat effect that is used for permanent hair removal? - ✔✔Thermolysis
✔✔What is sometimes known as a "loupe"? - ✔✔Magnifying lamp
