TEXAS CLASS A BARBER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Cocci - ✔✔round-shaped organisms, rarely show active mobility, transmitted in air or
dust
✔✔Bacilli - ✔✔short, rod-shaped organisms- diphtheria, tetanus, TB
✔✔Spirilla - ✔✔curved or corkscrew-haped organisms, syphilis, lyme disease
✔✔Flagella, cilia - ✔✔hair-like extensions that propel bacteria through liquid
✔✔Active (vegatative) stage - ✔✔the stage in which bacteria grow and reproduce
✔✔Inactive stage - ✔✔the stag in which bacteria do not grow or reproduce
✔✔Mitosis - ✔✔the division of cells during reproduction into two new cells (daughter
cells)
✔✔Spore-forming bacteria - ✔✔certain bacteria that have the ability to form protective
spores to survive an inactive stage- bacilli
✔✔Staphyococci - ✔✔the most common pus-forming human bacteria
✔✔Infection - ✔✔occurs if the body is unable to cope with the bacteria and their harmful
toxins
✔✔Pus - ✔✔the presence of this is a sign of infection
✔✔a fluid that contains white blood cells, dead and living bacteria, waste matter, tissue
elements and body cells - ✔✔Pus
✔✔Local infection - ✔✔indicated by a lesion containing pus and usually appears in a
particular area of the body
✔✔General infection - ✔✔results when the blood stream carries the bacteria and their
toxins to all parts of the body
✔✔Contagious (communicable) - ✔✔a disease that may be transmitted by contact
✔✔HIV - ✔✔the virus that causes AIDS
✔✔Parasite - ✔✔plant or animal organisms that live on other living organisms without
giving anything in return
, ✔✔Sepsis - ✔✔a poisoned state caused by the absorption of pathogenic
microorganisms into the bloodstream
✔✔Aseptic - ✔✔free of disease germs
✔✔Subjective symptoms - ✔✔symptoms that can be felt or experienced only by the
person affected- itching, burning or pain
✔✔Objective symptoms - ✔✔symptom that can be observed by anyone, pimples, boils,
swelling or inflammtion
✔✔Fungi - ✔✔plant parasites such as molds, mildew, yeasts and rusts that can cause
ringworm and favus
✔✔Scabies - ✔✔A contagious disorder caused by the itch mite
✔✔Pediculosis - ✔✔A contagious infestation caused by head or body louse
✔✔Immunity - ✔✔the ability of the body to resist invasion by bacteria and to destroy
bacteria once they have entered the body
✔✔Natural immunity - ✔✔natural resistance to disease that is partially inherited and
partially developed
✔✔Acquired immunity - ✔✔an immunity that the body develops after it overcomes a
disease or through inoculation
✔✔Hepatitis - ✔✔a bloodborne disease marked by the inflammation of the liver
✔✔Human disease carrier - ✔✔a person who is immune to a disease, but harbors
germs that can infect others
✔✔Virus - ✔✔an infectious agent that lives only by penetrating cells and becoming part
of them
✔✔Antiseptics - ✔✔chemical agents that may kill, retard or prevent the growth of
bacteria; can be used on skin
✔✔Blood-spilled disinfection - ✔✔the procedure to follow when the barber or client
sustains an ,injury that results in bleeding
✔✔Clean (cleaning) - ✔✔to remove all visible dirt and debris from tools, implements
and equipment by washing with soap and water
GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Cocci - ✔✔round-shaped organisms, rarely show active mobility, transmitted in air or
dust
✔✔Bacilli - ✔✔short, rod-shaped organisms- diphtheria, tetanus, TB
✔✔Spirilla - ✔✔curved or corkscrew-haped organisms, syphilis, lyme disease
✔✔Flagella, cilia - ✔✔hair-like extensions that propel bacteria through liquid
✔✔Active (vegatative) stage - ✔✔the stage in which bacteria grow and reproduce
✔✔Inactive stage - ✔✔the stag in which bacteria do not grow or reproduce
✔✔Mitosis - ✔✔the division of cells during reproduction into two new cells (daughter
cells)
✔✔Spore-forming bacteria - ✔✔certain bacteria that have the ability to form protective
spores to survive an inactive stage- bacilli
✔✔Staphyococci - ✔✔the most common pus-forming human bacteria
✔✔Infection - ✔✔occurs if the body is unable to cope with the bacteria and their harmful
toxins
✔✔Pus - ✔✔the presence of this is a sign of infection
✔✔a fluid that contains white blood cells, dead and living bacteria, waste matter, tissue
elements and body cells - ✔✔Pus
✔✔Local infection - ✔✔indicated by a lesion containing pus and usually appears in a
particular area of the body
✔✔General infection - ✔✔results when the blood stream carries the bacteria and their
toxins to all parts of the body
✔✔Contagious (communicable) - ✔✔a disease that may be transmitted by contact
✔✔HIV - ✔✔the virus that causes AIDS
✔✔Parasite - ✔✔plant or animal organisms that live on other living organisms without
giving anything in return
, ✔✔Sepsis - ✔✔a poisoned state caused by the absorption of pathogenic
microorganisms into the bloodstream
✔✔Aseptic - ✔✔free of disease germs
✔✔Subjective symptoms - ✔✔symptoms that can be felt or experienced only by the
person affected- itching, burning or pain
✔✔Objective symptoms - ✔✔symptom that can be observed by anyone, pimples, boils,
swelling or inflammtion
✔✔Fungi - ✔✔plant parasites such as molds, mildew, yeasts and rusts that can cause
ringworm and favus
✔✔Scabies - ✔✔A contagious disorder caused by the itch mite
✔✔Pediculosis - ✔✔A contagious infestation caused by head or body louse
✔✔Immunity - ✔✔the ability of the body to resist invasion by bacteria and to destroy
bacteria once they have entered the body
✔✔Natural immunity - ✔✔natural resistance to disease that is partially inherited and
partially developed
✔✔Acquired immunity - ✔✔an immunity that the body develops after it overcomes a
disease or through inoculation
✔✔Hepatitis - ✔✔a bloodborne disease marked by the inflammation of the liver
✔✔Human disease carrier - ✔✔a person who is immune to a disease, but harbors
germs that can infect others
✔✔Virus - ✔✔an infectious agent that lives only by penetrating cells and becoming part
of them
✔✔Antiseptics - ✔✔chemical agents that may kill, retard or prevent the growth of
bacteria; can be used on skin
✔✔Blood-spilled disinfection - ✔✔the procedure to follow when the barber or client
sustains an ,injury that results in bleeding
✔✔Clean (cleaning) - ✔✔to remove all visible dirt and debris from tools, implements
and equipment by washing with soap and water
