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Exam “Utah Master Esthetician
Exam Companion: Key Concepts,
Laws & Procedures”
What are used to bind water-based and oil-based ingredients together in uniform substances?
✔✔Emulsifiers
What step of the scientific method involves presenting an explanation that documents the
results of testing? ✔✔conclusion
What term refers to plant extracts from which colors, odors, or other naturally occurring
compounds have been removed? ✔✔refined
What is a steroid made from the hormone estrogen? ✔✔estirol
What ingredients do formulators use for softness, smoothness, and lubrication? ✔✔emolliants
What seaweed group is a highly nutritional group that stimulates cell metabolic rate?
✔✔cyanophyta
What should be multifunctional and adjust to any height for the technician's convenience?
✔✔treatment tables
What is the gentlest enzyme used in enzyme peels? ✔✔papain
,What is one of the best ways to deal with premenstrual syndrome (PMS)? ✔✔controlling stress
What term refers to one's individual or natal constitution (literally, one's "nature"). ✔✔prakruti
What laser and wavelength would be used for vascular and pigmented lesions? ✔✔pulsed dye
at 585 nm
Why does decreased estrogen production during menopause result in skin damage?
✔✔estrogen sends many hormonal messages to the skin
What effect of laser treatment is used primarily for tattoo removal? ✔✔photomechanical tissue
response
What term refers to a person's cognitive intelligence, which is related to rational, concrete,
learned knowledge? ✔✔mental body
What endocrine gland is little understood but thought to be related to the sex hormones?
✔✔pineal
What is the classification for the deepest wounds, those involving bone and muscle exposure?
✔✔stage 4
What condition is a form of hyperthyroidism? ✔✔Graves' disease
What term refers to the target in the body, such as blood or collagen, that absorbs the laser
beam's thermal injury, causing the desired treatment effect? ✔✔chromophore
, What skin condition can women taking birth-control pills experience in addition to acne
breakouts? ✔✔hyperpigmentation
What is a compound taken from a plant extract for its active therapeutic property? ✔✔isolate
What is the nominal hazard zone (NHZ), according to guidelines established by the American
National Standards Institute (ANSI)? ✔✔the treatment area where a laser is used
What is an inflammation of the liver that is caused by a viral infection? ✔✔hepatitis
What dosha gives structure to the body, lubricates tissues, provides strength, and supports
immune function? ✔✔kapha
What is a water-soluble, bland emollient ointment? ✔✔Aquaphor
What does the Latin prefix intra mean? ✔✔within
Who was the ancient Egyptian now universally thought to be the "father of medicine"?
✔✔Imhotep
What is effective for removing dirt and most transient microorganisms? ✔✔washing with plain
soap for 20 seconds
What does the immune system send to the site of inflammation? ✔✔white blood cells
What is open rhinoplasty? ✔✔surgery of the nose involving an incision between the nostrils
Exam “Utah Master Esthetician
Exam Companion: Key Concepts,
Laws & Procedures”
What are used to bind water-based and oil-based ingredients together in uniform substances?
✔✔Emulsifiers
What step of the scientific method involves presenting an explanation that documents the
results of testing? ✔✔conclusion
What term refers to plant extracts from which colors, odors, or other naturally occurring
compounds have been removed? ✔✔refined
What is a steroid made from the hormone estrogen? ✔✔estirol
What ingredients do formulators use for softness, smoothness, and lubrication? ✔✔emolliants
What seaweed group is a highly nutritional group that stimulates cell metabolic rate?
✔✔cyanophyta
What should be multifunctional and adjust to any height for the technician's convenience?
✔✔treatment tables
What is the gentlest enzyme used in enzyme peels? ✔✔papain
,What is one of the best ways to deal with premenstrual syndrome (PMS)? ✔✔controlling stress
What term refers to one's individual or natal constitution (literally, one's "nature"). ✔✔prakruti
What laser and wavelength would be used for vascular and pigmented lesions? ✔✔pulsed dye
at 585 nm
Why does decreased estrogen production during menopause result in skin damage?
✔✔estrogen sends many hormonal messages to the skin
What effect of laser treatment is used primarily for tattoo removal? ✔✔photomechanical tissue
response
What term refers to a person's cognitive intelligence, which is related to rational, concrete,
learned knowledge? ✔✔mental body
What endocrine gland is little understood but thought to be related to the sex hormones?
✔✔pineal
What is the classification for the deepest wounds, those involving bone and muscle exposure?
✔✔stage 4
What condition is a form of hyperthyroidism? ✔✔Graves' disease
What term refers to the target in the body, such as blood or collagen, that absorbs the laser
beam's thermal injury, causing the desired treatment effect? ✔✔chromophore
, What skin condition can women taking birth-control pills experience in addition to acne
breakouts? ✔✔hyperpigmentation
What is a compound taken from a plant extract for its active therapeutic property? ✔✔isolate
What is the nominal hazard zone (NHZ), according to guidelines established by the American
National Standards Institute (ANSI)? ✔✔the treatment area where a laser is used
What is an inflammation of the liver that is caused by a viral infection? ✔✔hepatitis
What dosha gives structure to the body, lubricates tissues, provides strength, and supports
immune function? ✔✔kapha
What is a water-soluble, bland emollient ointment? ✔✔Aquaphor
What does the Latin prefix intra mean? ✔✔within
Who was the ancient Egyptian now universally thought to be the "father of medicine"?
✔✔Imhotep
What is effective for removing dirt and most transient microorganisms? ✔✔washing with plain
soap for 20 seconds
What does the immune system send to the site of inflammation? ✔✔white blood cells
What is open rhinoplasty? ✔✔surgery of the nose involving an incision between the nostrils
