ELECTROLYSIS FL STATE REVIEW
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Vellus - Answer-What type of hair is fine, short, and often called "peach fuzz"?
Ferriman-Gallwey Score - Answer-What is the method of grading or evaluating
hirsutism in women?
Accelerated vellus hair - Answer-If a vellus hair is stimulated to grow deeper and
coarser, it is said to be a:
Catagen - Answer-In what stage of hair growth does the club hair begin forming?
Dermis (not fibrous portion) - Answer-In which of the following layers of the skin are
mast cells found?
LH (luteinizing hormone) - Answer-Which one of the following hormones will cause
hirsutism?
Delayed healing time - Answer-When treating a client with diabetes what is of the
greatest concern?
Adrenal - Answer-Which gland is most associated with hair growth?
Edema - Answer-The buildup of interstitial fluid between cells in the skin is:
Polycystic ovaries - Answer-Which of the following is the most common cause of
hirsutism and menstrual irregularity in women less than 50 years of age?
All of the above (Carotene, Blood vessels, Melanin) - Answer-What contributes to the
color of the skin?
Skin, hair, eyes - Answer-Where do you find melanin?
Epidermis: Stratum Lucidum - Answer-In which layer of the skin is eleidin found?
Spinosum - Answer-What is the prickle cell layer of the skin?
Dermis - Answer-What is also known as "true skin" or "cutis"?
Dark skin - Answer-In what type of skin are melanocytes larger and more active?
Papillary layer - Answer-What is made up of elastic collagenous and reticular fibers?
Meissner - Answer-What type of corpuscle is found in the papillary layer that is
sensitive to touch?
,Merkel - Answer-Which corpuscle in the skin is sensitive to light touch and is the only
corpuscle in the epidermis?
Ruffini - Answer-Which corpuscle in the skin is sensitive to heat?
Reticular - Answer-Which layer of the skin is composed of dense bundles of collagen
fibers?
Krause - Answer-Which corpuscle in the skin is sensitive to cold?
Pacinian - Answer-Which corpuscle in the skin is sensitive to pressure?
A & B (Subcutaneous and Subcutis) - Answer-Which layer is at the base of the
dermis and is composed of fatty or adipose tissue?
Inner Root Sheath (IRS) - Answer-What serves as an anchor and holds the hair in
the follicle?
Apocrine - Answer-What type of glands is located in the genital and axillae areas and
are usually the "smelly ones"?
Underarm - Answer-In what area of the body do the apocrine glands tend to be the
largest?
Sebaceous gland - Answer-In which gland does vellus hair originate?
Sebum - Answer-What is produced by the sebaceous gland that helps lubricate the
skin?
Late anagen - Answer-In which state of hair growth is hair easiest for an electrologist
to epilate?
Arrector Pili - Answer-What is an appendage to the hair follicle that is attached
midway between the bulb and the sebaceous gland? (gives goose bumps, or makes
the hair stand up)
Lanugo - Answer-What is also known as baby or fetal hair that falls a few weeks
after birth?
All of the above (Protection, Absorption, Excretion, Secretion, Vitamin D synthesis,
Heat Regulation, and Sensation) - Answer-What are the functions of the skin?
Langerhan's Cells - Answer-What are the first cells in the epidermis that fight
infection or invading microorganisms?
Cortex - Answer-Which layer of the hair has cells that contain melanin?
Medulla, Cortex, Cuticle - Answer-Name the layers of the hair from the inside out:
, Legs - Answer-On which part of the body do you find the most "red dots" after
electrolysis?
Electrolysis - Answer-What is the only permanent hair removal procedure?
Never - Answer-At what time can a terminal hair turn back to a vellus hair?
All of the above (Herpes I, Herpes II, Warts) - Answer-What type of contagious
outbreaks should not be treated with electrolysis during outbreak?
Verruca - Answer-What is another name for wart?
Herpes type I - Answer-Which form of herpes generally causes cold sores or fever
blisters from the waist up, specifically around the mouth? (Should not be treated
during outbreak)
Herpes type II - Answer-Which form of herpes generally causes infection from the
waist down usually sexually transmitted? (should not be treated during outbreak)
Isotretinoin - Answer-What is another name for acutane?
3 months - Answer-What is the time recommended to wait before electrolysis
treatment after dermabrasion?
All of the above (Acne, Lyme disease, Rosacea) - Answer-What diseases are treated
with tetracycline antibiotics?
Adrenals (party hats) - Answer-Which glands are located on top of the kidneys?
A & C (Type I, Juvenile) - Answer-What type of diabetes is an autoimmune disease
and is insulin dependent?
Legs - Answer-In a diabetic client which area of the body is the worst one for
electrolysis because of slowed healing?
Sun, Stress, Tweezing, and Aspirin - Answer-Which of the following can cause
increased hair growth?
Matrix - Answer-Mitotic cells in the hair begin their growth activity in the:
Sudoriferous glands - Answer-Which of the following is not part of the pilosebaceous
unit?
An excess of androgen - Answer-In women, terminal hair on the face alone
suggests?
Papillary and Reticular - Answer-The two sub layers of the dermis are the:
Before and after treatment - Answer-At which of the following times is hand washing
indicated?
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Vellus - Answer-What type of hair is fine, short, and often called "peach fuzz"?
Ferriman-Gallwey Score - Answer-What is the method of grading or evaluating
hirsutism in women?
Accelerated vellus hair - Answer-If a vellus hair is stimulated to grow deeper and
coarser, it is said to be a:
Catagen - Answer-In what stage of hair growth does the club hair begin forming?
Dermis (not fibrous portion) - Answer-In which of the following layers of the skin are
mast cells found?
LH (luteinizing hormone) - Answer-Which one of the following hormones will cause
hirsutism?
Delayed healing time - Answer-When treating a client with diabetes what is of the
greatest concern?
Adrenal - Answer-Which gland is most associated with hair growth?
Edema - Answer-The buildup of interstitial fluid between cells in the skin is:
Polycystic ovaries - Answer-Which of the following is the most common cause of
hirsutism and menstrual irregularity in women less than 50 years of age?
All of the above (Carotene, Blood vessels, Melanin) - Answer-What contributes to the
color of the skin?
Skin, hair, eyes - Answer-Where do you find melanin?
Epidermis: Stratum Lucidum - Answer-In which layer of the skin is eleidin found?
Spinosum - Answer-What is the prickle cell layer of the skin?
Dermis - Answer-What is also known as "true skin" or "cutis"?
Dark skin - Answer-In what type of skin are melanocytes larger and more active?
Papillary layer - Answer-What is made up of elastic collagenous and reticular fibers?
Meissner - Answer-What type of corpuscle is found in the papillary layer that is
sensitive to touch?
,Merkel - Answer-Which corpuscle in the skin is sensitive to light touch and is the only
corpuscle in the epidermis?
Ruffini - Answer-Which corpuscle in the skin is sensitive to heat?
Reticular - Answer-Which layer of the skin is composed of dense bundles of collagen
fibers?
Krause - Answer-Which corpuscle in the skin is sensitive to cold?
Pacinian - Answer-Which corpuscle in the skin is sensitive to pressure?
A & B (Subcutaneous and Subcutis) - Answer-Which layer is at the base of the
dermis and is composed of fatty or adipose tissue?
Inner Root Sheath (IRS) - Answer-What serves as an anchor and holds the hair in
the follicle?
Apocrine - Answer-What type of glands is located in the genital and axillae areas and
are usually the "smelly ones"?
Underarm - Answer-In what area of the body do the apocrine glands tend to be the
largest?
Sebaceous gland - Answer-In which gland does vellus hair originate?
Sebum - Answer-What is produced by the sebaceous gland that helps lubricate the
skin?
Late anagen - Answer-In which state of hair growth is hair easiest for an electrologist
to epilate?
Arrector Pili - Answer-What is an appendage to the hair follicle that is attached
midway between the bulb and the sebaceous gland? (gives goose bumps, or makes
the hair stand up)
Lanugo - Answer-What is also known as baby or fetal hair that falls a few weeks
after birth?
All of the above (Protection, Absorption, Excretion, Secretion, Vitamin D synthesis,
Heat Regulation, and Sensation) - Answer-What are the functions of the skin?
Langerhan's Cells - Answer-What are the first cells in the epidermis that fight
infection or invading microorganisms?
Cortex - Answer-Which layer of the hair has cells that contain melanin?
Medulla, Cortex, Cuticle - Answer-Name the layers of the hair from the inside out:
, Legs - Answer-On which part of the body do you find the most "red dots" after
electrolysis?
Electrolysis - Answer-What is the only permanent hair removal procedure?
Never - Answer-At what time can a terminal hair turn back to a vellus hair?
All of the above (Herpes I, Herpes II, Warts) - Answer-What type of contagious
outbreaks should not be treated with electrolysis during outbreak?
Verruca - Answer-What is another name for wart?
Herpes type I - Answer-Which form of herpes generally causes cold sores or fever
blisters from the waist up, specifically around the mouth? (Should not be treated
during outbreak)
Herpes type II - Answer-Which form of herpes generally causes infection from the
waist down usually sexually transmitted? (should not be treated during outbreak)
Isotretinoin - Answer-What is another name for acutane?
3 months - Answer-What is the time recommended to wait before electrolysis
treatment after dermabrasion?
All of the above (Acne, Lyme disease, Rosacea) - Answer-What diseases are treated
with tetracycline antibiotics?
Adrenals (party hats) - Answer-Which glands are located on top of the kidneys?
A & C (Type I, Juvenile) - Answer-What type of diabetes is an autoimmune disease
and is insulin dependent?
Legs - Answer-In a diabetic client which area of the body is the worst one for
electrolysis because of slowed healing?
Sun, Stress, Tweezing, and Aspirin - Answer-Which of the following can cause
increased hair growth?
Matrix - Answer-Mitotic cells in the hair begin their growth activity in the:
Sudoriferous glands - Answer-Which of the following is not part of the pilosebaceous
unit?
An excess of androgen - Answer-In women, terminal hair on the face alone
suggests?
Papillary and Reticular - Answer-The two sub layers of the dermis are the:
Before and after treatment - Answer-At which of the following times is hand washing
indicated?
