MN Salon Manager Questions and Answers
(2026) | Practice Test | Verified Responses |
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• Active license. CORRECT ANSWER: a current license that has not
expired and is not retired.
• Advanced Exfoliation. CORRECT ANSWER: a cosmetic procedure
removing epidermal skin cells through manual, mechanical, or chemical
means.
• Advanced extraction. CORRECT ANSWER: an extraction performed
using lancets or needles.
• Advertising. CORRECT 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. CORRECT 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. CORRECT ANSWER: the removal of dead skin cells in
the stratum corneum layer of the epidermis through manual or chemical
means.
• Basic extraction. CORRECT ANSWER: extractions performed using
gloved fingers, cotton swabs, or comedone extractors.
• Board. CORRECT ANSWER: the board of cosmetologist examiners.
• Chemical Peel. CORRECT ANSWER: a chemical exfoliation achieved by
applying nonprescription chemical solutions or products.
• Compensation. CORRECT ANSWER: a monetary or nonmonetary
remuneration for services.
,• Clean. CORRECT ANSWER: free from all soil, dirt, and debris, and
washed with soap and water or a cleaning agent, and rinsed.
• Disinfect. CORRECT ANSWER: the use of an antimicrobial pesticide that
eliminates harmful bacteria, fungi, and viruses on nonporous surfaces.
• Disinfectant. CORRECT 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. CORRECT 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. CORRECT ANSWER: means the cosmetic technique of
removing impactions and comedones from follicles.
• Good Repair. CORRECT ANSWER: an item that is clean, with no holes,
frayed wires, or tears in coverings, and fully operational for the purpose
intended.
• Hazardous. CORRECT ANSWER: a hazardous substance or harmful
physical agent.
• Homebound. CORRECT ANSWER: an individual lacks the physical or
intellectual capacity for independent transportation and is unable to travel
independently to a licensed salon.
• Licensed services. CORRECT ANSWER: those services defined as the
practice of cosmetology.
• Lymphatic Drainage. CORRECT 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. CORRECT ANSWER: a cosmetic procedure using
mechanical or manual means of light abrasion on the epidermal layer of the
skin.
• Mobile Structure. CORRECT ANSWER: a trailer or other enclosed space
towed by a vehicle.
• Nursing home. CORRECT ANSWER: a facility that is licensed and does
not include any attached or adjacent facilities that are not licensed as a
nursing home.
• Operator. CORRECT ANSWER: a standard license for practitioner and
not a manager license.
• Physical Location. CORRECT ANSWER: the contiguous space
representing each salon that can be accessed by customers without exiting
the salon.
• Porous material. CORRECT ANSWER: a material that absorbs liquid or
allows liquid to penetrate.
• Sharps. CORRECT ANSWER: any object, sterile, or contaminated, that
may be purposefully or accidentally cut or penetrate the skin or mucosa
including presterilized single-use lancets, dermal blades, and razor blades.
• Sharps Container. CORRECT ANSWER: a closed, puncture-resistant,
leak-proof container, labeled with the international biohazard symbol, that is
used for handling, storage, transportation, and disposal of sharps.
• Simple Braiding Devices. CORRECT ANSWER: include clips, combs,
curlers, curling irons, hairpins, rollers, scissors, needles, and thread.
• Special event. CORRECT ANSWER: an event held for any purpose other
than the provision of licensed services, where a participant in the event
may receive the limited cosmetology services described.
• Sterilization. CORRECT ANSWER: the destruction of all microbial life and
spores through the use of heat, steam, or chemical sterilants.
(2026) | Practice Test | Verified Responses |
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• Active license. CORRECT ANSWER: a current license that has not
expired and is not retired.
• Advanced Exfoliation. CORRECT ANSWER: a cosmetic procedure
removing epidermal skin cells through manual, mechanical, or chemical
means.
• Advanced extraction. CORRECT ANSWER: an extraction performed
using lancets or needles.
• Advertising. CORRECT 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. CORRECT 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. CORRECT ANSWER: the removal of dead skin cells in
the stratum corneum layer of the epidermis through manual or chemical
means.
• Basic extraction. CORRECT ANSWER: extractions performed using
gloved fingers, cotton swabs, or comedone extractors.
• Board. CORRECT ANSWER: the board of cosmetologist examiners.
• Chemical Peel. CORRECT ANSWER: a chemical exfoliation achieved by
applying nonprescription chemical solutions or products.
• Compensation. CORRECT ANSWER: a monetary or nonmonetary
remuneration for services.
,• Clean. CORRECT ANSWER: free from all soil, dirt, and debris, and
washed with soap and water or a cleaning agent, and rinsed.
• Disinfect. CORRECT ANSWER: the use of an antimicrobial pesticide that
eliminates harmful bacteria, fungi, and viruses on nonporous surfaces.
• Disinfectant. CORRECT 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. CORRECT 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. CORRECT ANSWER: means the cosmetic technique of
removing impactions and comedones from follicles.
• Good Repair. CORRECT ANSWER: an item that is clean, with no holes,
frayed wires, or tears in coverings, and fully operational for the purpose
intended.
• Hazardous. CORRECT ANSWER: a hazardous substance or harmful
physical agent.
• Homebound. CORRECT ANSWER: an individual lacks the physical or
intellectual capacity for independent transportation and is unable to travel
independently to a licensed salon.
• Licensed services. CORRECT ANSWER: those services defined as the
practice of cosmetology.
• Lymphatic Drainage. CORRECT 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. CORRECT ANSWER: a cosmetic procedure using
mechanical or manual means of light abrasion on the epidermal layer of the
skin.
• Mobile Structure. CORRECT ANSWER: a trailer or other enclosed space
towed by a vehicle.
• Nursing home. CORRECT ANSWER: a facility that is licensed and does
not include any attached or adjacent facilities that are not licensed as a
nursing home.
• Operator. CORRECT ANSWER: a standard license for practitioner and
not a manager license.
• Physical Location. CORRECT ANSWER: the contiguous space
representing each salon that can be accessed by customers without exiting
the salon.
• Porous material. CORRECT ANSWER: a material that absorbs liquid or
allows liquid to penetrate.
• Sharps. CORRECT ANSWER: any object, sterile, or contaminated, that
may be purposefully or accidentally cut or penetrate the skin or mucosa
including presterilized single-use lancets, dermal blades, and razor blades.
• Sharps Container. CORRECT ANSWER: a closed, puncture-resistant,
leak-proof container, labeled with the international biohazard symbol, that is
used for handling, storage, transportation, and disposal of sharps.
• Simple Braiding Devices. CORRECT ANSWER: include clips, combs,
curlers, curling irons, hairpins, rollers, scissors, needles, and thread.
• Special event. CORRECT ANSWER: an event held for any purpose other
than the provision of licensed services, where a participant in the event
may receive the limited cosmetology services described.
• Sterilization. CORRECT ANSWER: the destruction of all microbial life and
spores through the use of heat, steam, or chemical sterilants.
