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Laser Technician Certification Questions and
Verified Answers
Pulsed dye lasers are most popular for treating?
Ans: Vascular lesions
What procedure is the diode laser most effective for?
Ans: Laser Hair Removal
What is a Q-Switch laser used for?
Ans: Tattoo removal
What does the laser active medium produce when it is stimulated?
Ans: Photons
In esthetic practices,what are the most commonly used wavelengths of the
electromagnetic spectrum?
Ans: Visible light, infrared
What portion of the electromagnetic spectrum can humans see?
Ans: visible light
What is electromagnetic radiation?
Ans: Waves of electrons
What do photons transmit?
Ans: Light
What does LASER stand for?
Ans: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
What produces light, heat, chemical and magnetic changes?
Ans: electricity
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The range of all the wavelengths that can be produced by radiation energy is
called?
Ans: Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMS)
What type of light has the shortest wavelength?
Ans: Ultraviolet (UV)
What are three characteristics of laser light?
Ans: Monochromatic, Directional/Collimated, Coherent
When laser light reaches a target it is absorbed and then converted into?
Ans: Heat
Heat energy is the movement of?
Ans: Electrons
What are tiny blood vessels that cause red lines or patterns on the skin?
Ans: Telangiectasias
What condition caused by hormonal imbalances and typically affected by
women causing dark hair to grow in areas such as the face, arms, legs, and back?
Ans: Hirstism
What do you call an infection of the hair follicle in the beard area?
Ans: Pseudofolliculitis Barbae
Excessive hair growth that is genetically determined and can occur in both men
and women is called?
Ans: Hypertichosis
Photons are?
Ans: Packets of energy
A wavelength is measured in
Ans: nanometers
Laser Technician Certification Questions and
Verified Answers
Pulsed dye lasers are most popular for treating?
Ans: Vascular lesions
What procedure is the diode laser most effective for?
Ans: Laser Hair Removal
What is a Q-Switch laser used for?
Ans: Tattoo removal
What does the laser active medium produce when it is stimulated?
Ans: Photons
In esthetic practices,what are the most commonly used wavelengths of the
electromagnetic spectrum?
Ans: Visible light, infrared
What portion of the electromagnetic spectrum can humans see?
Ans: visible light
What is electromagnetic radiation?
Ans: Waves of electrons
What do photons transmit?
Ans: Light
What does LASER stand for?
Ans: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
What produces light, heat, chemical and magnetic changes?
Ans: electricity
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The range of all the wavelengths that can be produced by radiation energy is
called?
Ans: Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMS)
What type of light has the shortest wavelength?
Ans: Ultraviolet (UV)
What are three characteristics of laser light?
Ans: Monochromatic, Directional/Collimated, Coherent
When laser light reaches a target it is absorbed and then converted into?
Ans: Heat
Heat energy is the movement of?
Ans: Electrons
What are tiny blood vessels that cause red lines or patterns on the skin?
Ans: Telangiectasias
What condition caused by hormonal imbalances and typically affected by
women causing dark hair to grow in areas such as the face, arms, legs, and back?
Ans: Hirstism
What do you call an infection of the hair follicle in the beard area?
Ans: Pseudofolliculitis Barbae
Excessive hair growth that is genetically determined and can occur in both men
and women is called?
Ans: Hypertichosis
Photons are?
Ans: Packets of energy
A wavelength is measured in
Ans: nanometers
