PA COSMETOLOGY TEST PAPER 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔temp license last - ✔✔9 month's
✔✔where must licenses be kept - ✔✔in a conspicuous place
✔✔a license may stay in escrow for up to - ✔✔5 years
✔✔how long is one term for a board member - ✔✔3 years
✔✔how many consecutive terms can a member run - ✔✔2 terms
✔✔who appoints the board - ✔✔governor
✔✔when do licenses expire - ✔✔every 2 years on January 31st
✔✔what must a salon owner do to notify the salon board of a change of location -
✔✔notify in writing
✔✔to add or drop a owner you must - ✔✔apply for a new salon license
✔✔how many members are on the board - ✔✔13 members
✔✔required sq ft in a salon - ✔✔180 sq ft and 60 additional sq ft per stylist
✔✔Cocci - ✔✔spherical bacteria
typically alone dots
✔✔Staphylococci - ✔✔Pus-forming bacteria that grow in clusters like a bunch of grapes.
They cause abscesses, pustules, and boils.
✔✔Streptococci - ✔✔Pus-forming bacteria arranged in curved lines resembling a string
of beads. They cause infections such as strep throat and blood poisoning.
✔✔Diplococci - ✔✔Spherical bacteria that grow in pairs and cause diseases such as
pneumonia.
✔✔Bacilli - ✔✔Rod shaped bacteria
causes tetnis and TB
✔✔Spirilla - ✔✔corkscrew spiral shaped bacteria
causes syphalis and lime disease
, ✔✔Bacteria - ✔✔single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus
can be pathogenic or not
can cause disease
✔✔the beauty culture act - ✔✔may 3rd 1933
✔✔Powers of the Board - ✔✔Refuse, revoke, and suspended
✔✔Sterilization - ✔✔kills all microorganisms
strongest
✔✔Disinfection - ✔✔process used to destroy microorganisms; destroys all pathogenic
organisms except spores
salon must have
2nd strongest
✔✔sanitation - ✔✔Cleans on the surface
3rd strongest
✔✔Anti-septics - ✔✔chemical germicide formulated for use on skin; registered and
regulated by the Food and Drug Administration
✔✔Virus - ✔✔infects and resides in cells they live off of taking over cells can't be
treated with anti biotics
✔✔Onychogryposis - ✔✔Also known as ram's horn or claw nails; an enlargement of the
fingernails or toenails accompanied by increased thickening and curvature.
✔✔paronychia - ✔✔diseased state around the nail
redness pus swelling
✔✔Onychophagy - ✔✔Bitten nails
✔✔Plicated nail - ✔✔folded nails
curved nails
usually caused by injury
✔✔Onychorrhexis - ✔✔Split or brittle nails
✔✔Leukonychia spots - ✔✔Also known as white spots; whitish discolorations of the
nails, usually caused by injury to the matrix area; not related to the body's health or
vitamin deficiencies.
✔✔Koilonychia - ✔✔spoon nails, concave shape
WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔temp license last - ✔✔9 month's
✔✔where must licenses be kept - ✔✔in a conspicuous place
✔✔a license may stay in escrow for up to - ✔✔5 years
✔✔how long is one term for a board member - ✔✔3 years
✔✔how many consecutive terms can a member run - ✔✔2 terms
✔✔who appoints the board - ✔✔governor
✔✔when do licenses expire - ✔✔every 2 years on January 31st
✔✔what must a salon owner do to notify the salon board of a change of location -
✔✔notify in writing
✔✔to add or drop a owner you must - ✔✔apply for a new salon license
✔✔how many members are on the board - ✔✔13 members
✔✔required sq ft in a salon - ✔✔180 sq ft and 60 additional sq ft per stylist
✔✔Cocci - ✔✔spherical bacteria
typically alone dots
✔✔Staphylococci - ✔✔Pus-forming bacteria that grow in clusters like a bunch of grapes.
They cause abscesses, pustules, and boils.
✔✔Streptococci - ✔✔Pus-forming bacteria arranged in curved lines resembling a string
of beads. They cause infections such as strep throat and blood poisoning.
✔✔Diplococci - ✔✔Spherical bacteria that grow in pairs and cause diseases such as
pneumonia.
✔✔Bacilli - ✔✔Rod shaped bacteria
causes tetnis and TB
✔✔Spirilla - ✔✔corkscrew spiral shaped bacteria
causes syphalis and lime disease
, ✔✔Bacteria - ✔✔single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus
can be pathogenic or not
can cause disease
✔✔the beauty culture act - ✔✔may 3rd 1933
✔✔Powers of the Board - ✔✔Refuse, revoke, and suspended
✔✔Sterilization - ✔✔kills all microorganisms
strongest
✔✔Disinfection - ✔✔process used to destroy microorganisms; destroys all pathogenic
organisms except spores
salon must have
2nd strongest
✔✔sanitation - ✔✔Cleans on the surface
3rd strongest
✔✔Anti-septics - ✔✔chemical germicide formulated for use on skin; registered and
regulated by the Food and Drug Administration
✔✔Virus - ✔✔infects and resides in cells they live off of taking over cells can't be
treated with anti biotics
✔✔Onychogryposis - ✔✔Also known as ram's horn or claw nails; an enlargement of the
fingernails or toenails accompanied by increased thickening and curvature.
✔✔paronychia - ✔✔diseased state around the nail
redness pus swelling
✔✔Onychophagy - ✔✔Bitten nails
✔✔Plicated nail - ✔✔folded nails
curved nails
usually caused by injury
✔✔Onychorrhexis - ✔✔Split or brittle nails
✔✔Leukonychia spots - ✔✔Also known as white spots; whitish discolorations of the
nails, usually caused by injury to the matrix area; not related to the body's health or
vitamin deficiencies.
✔✔Koilonychia - ✔✔spoon nails, concave shape
