MN SALON MANAGER LICENSE 2026 FINAL
REVIEW EXAM
◉ Advanced Exfoliation. Answer: a cosmetic procedure removing
epidermal skin cells through manual, mechanical, or chemical
means.
◉ Advanced extraction. Answer: an extraction performed using
lancets or needles.
◉ Advertising. Answer: any written or graphic representation
designed to elicit enrollment or the sale of goods or services and
includes signs, displays, circulars, business cards, brochures, and
recruitment materials in print, on air, or online.
◉ Autoclave. Answer: a device registered and listed with the Food
and Drug Administration used to sterilize tools, equipment, and
supplies by subjecting them to high pressure saturated steam.
◉ Basic Exfoliation. Answer: the removal of dead skin cells in the
stratum corneum layer of the epidermis through manual or chemical
means.
,◉ Basic extraction. Answer: extractions performed using gloved
fingers, cotton swabs, or comedone extractors.
◉ Board. Answer: the board of cosmetologist examiners.
◉ Chemical Peel. Answer: a chemical exfoliation achieved by
applying nonprescription chemical solutions or products.
◉ Compensation. Answer: a monetary or nonmonetary
remuneration for services.
◉ Clean. Answer: free from all soil, dirt, and debris, and washed with
soap and water or a cleaning agent, and rinsed.
◉ Disinfect. Answer: the use of an antimicrobial pesticide that
eliminates harmful bacteria, fungi, and viruses on nonporous
surfaces.
◉ Disinfectant. Answer: an antimicrobial pesticide that is registered
with the Environmental Protection Agency for use in a hospital
setting and is bactericide, virucide, and fungicide.
◉ Electrical Energy Treatments. Answer: advanced practice esthetic
services for the cosmetic care of the skin that use electrical energy
,as applied by skin care equipment used on the epidermal layer.
Electrical energy treatments use light, direct current, indirect
current, or sound energy, but do not include laser as identified in
Minnesota statures.
◉ Extraction. Answer: means the cosmetic technique of removing
impactions and comedones from follicles.
◉ Good Repair. Answer: an item that is clean, with no holes, frayed
wires, or tears in coverings, and fully operational for the purpose
intended.
◉ Hazardous. Answer: a hazardous substance or harmful physical
agent.
◉ Homebound. Answer: an individual lacks the physical or
intellectual capacity for independent transportation and is unable to
travel independently to a licensed salon.
◉ Licensed services. Answer: those services defined as the practice
of cosmetology.
◉ Lymphatic Drainage. Answer: means a procedure using a light
rhythmic pressure applied by manual or other means to the skin
, using specific lymphatic manipulations to promote drainage of the
lymphatic fluid through the tissue.
◉ Microdermabrasion. Answer: a cosmetic procedure using
mechanical or manual means of light abrasion on the epidermal
layer of the skin.
◉ Mobile Structure. Answer: a trailer or other enclosed space towed
by a vehicle.
◉ Nursing home. Answer: a facility that is licensed and does not
include any attached or adjacent facilities that are not licensed as a
nursing home.
◉ Operator. Answer: a standard license for practitioner and not a
manager license.
◉ Physical Location. Answer: the contiguous space representing
each salon that can be accessed by customers without exiting the
salon.
◉ Porous material. Answer: a material that absorbs liquid or allows
liquid to penetrate.
REVIEW EXAM
◉ Advanced Exfoliation. Answer: a cosmetic procedure removing
epidermal skin cells through manual, mechanical, or chemical
means.
◉ Advanced extraction. Answer: an extraction performed using
lancets or needles.
◉ Advertising. Answer: any written or graphic representation
designed to elicit enrollment or the sale of goods or services and
includes signs, displays, circulars, business cards, brochures, and
recruitment materials in print, on air, or online.
◉ Autoclave. Answer: a device registered and listed with the Food
and Drug Administration used to sterilize tools, equipment, and
supplies by subjecting them to high pressure saturated steam.
◉ Basic Exfoliation. Answer: the removal of dead skin cells in the
stratum corneum layer of the epidermis through manual or chemical
means.
,◉ Basic extraction. Answer: extractions performed using gloved
fingers, cotton swabs, or comedone extractors.
◉ Board. Answer: the board of cosmetologist examiners.
◉ Chemical Peel. Answer: a chemical exfoliation achieved by
applying nonprescription chemical solutions or products.
◉ Compensation. Answer: a monetary or nonmonetary
remuneration for services.
◉ Clean. Answer: free from all soil, dirt, and debris, and washed with
soap and water or a cleaning agent, and rinsed.
◉ Disinfect. Answer: the use of an antimicrobial pesticide that
eliminates harmful bacteria, fungi, and viruses on nonporous
surfaces.
◉ Disinfectant. Answer: an antimicrobial pesticide that is registered
with the Environmental Protection Agency for use in a hospital
setting and is bactericide, virucide, and fungicide.
◉ Electrical Energy Treatments. Answer: advanced practice esthetic
services for the cosmetic care of the skin that use electrical energy
,as applied by skin care equipment used on the epidermal layer.
Electrical energy treatments use light, direct current, indirect
current, or sound energy, but do not include laser as identified in
Minnesota statures.
◉ Extraction. Answer: means the cosmetic technique of removing
impactions and comedones from follicles.
◉ Good Repair. Answer: an item that is clean, with no holes, frayed
wires, or tears in coverings, and fully operational for the purpose
intended.
◉ Hazardous. Answer: a hazardous substance or harmful physical
agent.
◉ Homebound. Answer: an individual lacks the physical or
intellectual capacity for independent transportation and is unable to
travel independently to a licensed salon.
◉ Licensed services. Answer: those services defined as the practice
of cosmetology.
◉ Lymphatic Drainage. Answer: means a procedure using a light
rhythmic pressure applied by manual or other means to the skin
, using specific lymphatic manipulations to promote drainage of the
lymphatic fluid through the tissue.
◉ Microdermabrasion. Answer: a cosmetic procedure using
mechanical or manual means of light abrasion on the epidermal
layer of the skin.
◉ Mobile Structure. Answer: a trailer or other enclosed space towed
by a vehicle.
◉ Nursing home. Answer: a facility that is licensed and does not
include any attached or adjacent facilities that are not licensed as a
nursing home.
◉ Operator. Answer: a standard license for practitioner and not a
manager license.
◉ Physical Location. Answer: the contiguous space representing
each salon that can be accessed by customers without exiting the
salon.
◉ Porous material. Answer: a material that absorbs liquid or allows
liquid to penetrate.
