VA State Board Review Esthetics – Practice Questions, Study Guide & Exam Review 2026/2027

VA STATE BOARD REVIEW ESTHETICS
VA STATE BOARD REVIEW ESTHETICS
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1. HOW EARLY SHOULD A NEW CLIENT ARRIVE BE- 10-15 MINUTES
FORE HIS OR HER FIRST APPOINTMENT IN ORDER
TO FILL OUT A CLIENT INTAKE FORM?

2. HOW MANY IDENTICAL DAUGHTER CELLS ARE TWO
FORMED WHEN A CELL DIVIDES DURING MITO-
SIS?

3. HOW MANY LEVELS OF BURN ARE THERE? 4

4. HOW MANY TIMES THICKER IS THE DERMIS, AP- 25
PROXIMATELY?

5. HOW MUCH BLOOD DOES THE HUMAN BODY 8-10 PINTS
CONTAIN?

6. HOW MUCH OF THE EARTHS SURFACE, APPROXI- 75%
MATELY, IS WATER?

7. HOW MUCH TIME OF THE RELAXATION RESPONSE TWO HOURS
CAN ONE SESSION GENERATE?

8. HOW OFTEN SHOULD YOU EXERCISE FOR ABOUT 3 TIMES A WEEK
30 MINUTES IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN FOOD
HEALTH HABITS?

9. WHAT TERM DO CLIENTS USE WHEN REFERRING PORES
TO FOLLICLES?

10. WHAT TERM REFERS TO THE ART OF MANIPULA- MANOTECHNOLOGY
TION MATERIALS ON AN ATOMIC OR MOLECULAR
SCALE?

11. YOUR PROFESSIONAL IMAGE

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WHAT AFFECTS YOUR INTERACTION WITH EVERY-
ONE IN THE SALON?

12. WHAT ANCIENT CULTURE COMMONLY REFERRED ROMANS
PHYSICAL TREATMENTS IN PUBLIC BATHS?

13. WHAT ANCIENT CULTURE USED THE WAY A PER- GREEKS
SON LOOKED NAKED AS THE BASIS FOR DETER-
MINING BEAUTY?

14. WHAT APPARATUS CHANGES ALTERNATING CUR- RECTIFIER
RENT TO DIRECT CURRENT?

15. WHAT ARE ACTINIC KERATOSIS? PINK OR FLESHED COLORED
PRECANCEROUS LESIONS THAT
RESULT FROM SUN DAMAGE

16. WHAT ARE BACILLI? SHORT, ROD SHAPED BACTERIA

17. WHAT ARE CATALYST THAT BREAK DOWN COM- ENZYMES
PLEX FOOD MOLECULES?

18. WHAT ARE CERAMIDES? GLYCOLIPID MATERIALS

19. WHAT ARE COMPOUNDS THAT BREAK DOWN CARBOHYDRATES
SUGAR AND SUPPLY BODY ENERGY?

20. WHAT ARE CORNEOCYTES? HARDENED KERTATINOCYTES

21. WHAT ARE ECCRINE GLANDS? SWEAT GLANDS

22. WHAT ARE FATS? MACRONUTRIENTS USED TO
PRODUCE ENERGY IN THE BODY

23. WHAT ARE FLAGELLA?

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SLENDER, HAIR LIKE EXTEN-
SIONS USED BY PARASITES FOR
LOCOMOTION

24. WHAT ARE FOLLICLES? TUBE LIKE OPENINGS IN THE
EPIDERMIS

25. WHAT ARE GLANDS? SPECIALIZED ORGANS THAT RE-
MOVE AND CONCERT ELEMENTS
FROM THE BLOOD

26. WHAT ARE HAIR PAPILLAE? CONE SHAPED ELECATION AT
THE BASE OF THE FOLLICLE

27. WHAT ARE INVISIBLE RAYS WITH LONG WAVE- INFRARED LIGHT RAYS
LENGTHS?

28. WHAT ARE KERATINOCYTES? EPIDERMAL CELLS COMPOSED
OF KERTIN, LIPIDS, AND OTHER
PROTEINS.

29. WHAT ARE LYMPH NODES? GLAND LIKE STRUCTURES
FOUND INSIDE THE LYMPHATIC
VESSELS.

30. WHAT ARE THE MEASURE OF HEAT UNITS USED CALORIES
TO MEASURE FOOD ENERGY FOR THE BODY?

31. WHAT ARE MELANOCYTES? CELLS THAT PRODUCE SKIN PIG-
MENT GRANULES IN THE BASAL
LAYER

32. WHAT ARE MEMBRANES OF RIDGES AND DERMAL PAPILLAE
GROOVES THAT AFFECT IN THE EPIDERMIS?

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33. WHAT ARE THE MOST ABUNDANT IN THE FIN- SENSORY NERVE FIBERS
GERTIPS, AS OPPOSED TO OTHER PARTS OF THE
BODY?

34. WHAT ARE MOST SKIN CARE PRODUCTS? OIL & WATER EMULSIONS

35. WHAT ARE NODULES? SMALL BUMPS CAUSED BY CON-
DITIONS SUCH AS SCAR TISSUE
OR INFECTIONS

36. WHAT ARE PLATELETS? BLOOD COMPONENTS THAT
CONTRIBUTE TO THE BLOOD
CLOTTING PROCESS

37. WHAT ARE PROTEINS? CHAINS OF AMINO ACID MOLE-
CULES

38. WHAT ARE GUARD CELLS OF THE IMMUNE SYS- LANGERHANS IMMUNE CELLS
TEM THAT SENSE UNRECOGNIZED FOREIGN IN-
VADERS, SUCH AS BACTERIA?

39. WHAT ARE SEBACEOUS FILAMENTS? MAINLY SOLIDIFIED IM-
PACTIONS OF OIL WITHOUT THE
CELL MATTER

40. WHAT ARE SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS? COMMON FORM OF ECZEMA

41. WHAT ARE SECONDARY LESIONS? SKIN DAMAGE THAT CHANGES
THE STRUCTURE OF TISSUE OR
ORGANS

42. WHAT ARE SKIN TAGS? OUTGROWTHS OF THE SKIN
THAT LOOK LIKE FLAPS


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