MICHIGAN MANICURIST UPDATED
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔What does OSHA stand for? - ✔✔Occupational Safety and Health Administration
✔✔What does EPA stand for? - ✔✔Environmental Protection Agency
✔✔What do state regulatory agencies include? - ✔✔Licensing agencies, state boards of
cosmetology, commissions, and health departments
✔✔What's the difference between laws and rules? - ✔✔Laws, also called statutes, are
written by both state and federal legislatures. Rules are more specific than laws, and
are written by regulatory agencies.
✔✔Direct transmission - ✔✔involves the transmission of pathogens through touching,
kissing, coughing, sneezing, and talking.
✔✔indirect transmission - ✔✔occurs through contact with an intermediate contaminated
object, such as a razor, extractor, nipper, or an environmental surface upon which the
pathogen resides
, ✔✔contamination - ✔✔The presence, or the reasonably anticipated presence, of blood
or other potentially infectious materials on an item's surface, or visible debris or residues
such as dust, hair, and skin.
✔✔Decontamination - ✔✔The removal of blood or other potentially infectious materials
on an item's surface and the removal of visible debris or residues such as dust, hair,
and skin.
✔✔occupational disease - ✔✔Illness resulting from conditions associated with
employment, such as prolonged and repeated overexposure to certain products or
ingredients.
✔✔Parasitic Disease - ✔✔Disease caused by parasites such as lice and mites.
✔✔Pathogenic Disease - ✔✔Disease produced by organisms such as bacteria, viruses,
fungi, and parasites.
✔✔What are the five types of potentially harmful organisms? - ✔✔Bacteria • Viruses •
Fungi • Parasites • Biofilms
✔✔bacteria - ✔✔single-celled microorganisms that have both plant and animal charac-
teristics
✔✔microorganism - ✔✔Any organism of microscopic or submicroscopic size.
✔✔nonpathogenic - ✔✔Most bacteria, harmless organisms that may perform other
useful functions
✔✔Pathogenic - ✔✔harmful microorganisms that can cause disease or infection in
humans when they invade the body
✔✔systemic infection - ✔✔an infection where the pathogen has spread throughout the
body rather than staying in one area or organ.
✔✔What causes MRSA? - ✔✔Staph bacteria. Stands for methicillin-resistant
staphylococcus aureus
✔✔Staphylococci - ✔✔Indirect and direct transmission. responsible for food poisoning,
MRSA,
✔✔Mycobacterium - ✔✔Linked to infections caused by pedicure bowls.
✔✔How long before a pedicure should a client wait to shave or wax their legs? - ✔✔At
least 24 hours
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔What does OSHA stand for? - ✔✔Occupational Safety and Health Administration
✔✔What does EPA stand for? - ✔✔Environmental Protection Agency
✔✔What do state regulatory agencies include? - ✔✔Licensing agencies, state boards of
cosmetology, commissions, and health departments
✔✔What's the difference between laws and rules? - ✔✔Laws, also called statutes, are
written by both state and federal legislatures. Rules are more specific than laws, and
are written by regulatory agencies.
✔✔Direct transmission - ✔✔involves the transmission of pathogens through touching,
kissing, coughing, sneezing, and talking.
✔✔indirect transmission - ✔✔occurs through contact with an intermediate contaminated
object, such as a razor, extractor, nipper, or an environmental surface upon which the
pathogen resides
, ✔✔contamination - ✔✔The presence, or the reasonably anticipated presence, of blood
or other potentially infectious materials on an item's surface, or visible debris or residues
such as dust, hair, and skin.
✔✔Decontamination - ✔✔The removal of blood or other potentially infectious materials
on an item's surface and the removal of visible debris or residues such as dust, hair,
and skin.
✔✔occupational disease - ✔✔Illness resulting from conditions associated with
employment, such as prolonged and repeated overexposure to certain products or
ingredients.
✔✔Parasitic Disease - ✔✔Disease caused by parasites such as lice and mites.
✔✔Pathogenic Disease - ✔✔Disease produced by organisms such as bacteria, viruses,
fungi, and parasites.
✔✔What are the five types of potentially harmful organisms? - ✔✔Bacteria • Viruses •
Fungi • Parasites • Biofilms
✔✔bacteria - ✔✔single-celled microorganisms that have both plant and animal charac-
teristics
✔✔microorganism - ✔✔Any organism of microscopic or submicroscopic size.
✔✔nonpathogenic - ✔✔Most bacteria, harmless organisms that may perform other
useful functions
✔✔Pathogenic - ✔✔harmful microorganisms that can cause disease or infection in
humans when they invade the body
✔✔systemic infection - ✔✔an infection where the pathogen has spread throughout the
body rather than staying in one area or organ.
✔✔What causes MRSA? - ✔✔Staph bacteria. Stands for methicillin-resistant
staphylococcus aureus
✔✔Staphylococci - ✔✔Indirect and direct transmission. responsible for food poisoning,
MRSA,
✔✔Mycobacterium - ✔✔Linked to infections caused by pedicure bowls.
✔✔How long before a pedicure should a client wait to shave or wax their legs? - ✔✔At
least 24 hours
