Aromatherapy Certification Exam: Key
Concepts & Safety UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Exam format - CORRECT ANSWER - 250 multiple-choice questions, 4 hours, weighted:
Basic Concepts (20%), Scientific Principles (30%), Administration (30%), Professional Issues
(20%).
Key historical figures in aromatherapy - CORRECT ANSWER - Hippocrates, Avicenna
(distillation), René-Maurice Gattefossé (coined 'aromatherapy'), Jean Valnet, Marguerite Maury.
Major aromatic materials - CORRECT ANSWER - Essential oils, CO₂ extracts, hydrolats.
Consider quality, purity, GC/MS testing, materia medica, oxidation & shelf life.
Client assessment components - CORRECT ANSWER - Observation, interviewing,
evaluation; current condition; medical history; medications; lifestyle (nutrition, exercise,
elimination, emotional status, smoking, alcohol).
General contraindications - CORRECT ANSWER - Pregnancy, children, elderly,
immunocompromised, oil-specific toxicity.
Taxonomy hierarchy - CORRECT ANSWER - Family → Genus → Species →
Chemotype.
Extraction methods - CORRECT ANSWER - Distillation (steam, hydrolats), solvent
(concretes, absolutes), CO₂ extraction, expression (cold-pressed citrus oils).
Functional groups - Monoterpenes - CORRECT ANSWER - Uplifting, antiviral; oxidize
easily; examples: limonene, α-pinene.
Concepts & Safety UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Exam format - CORRECT ANSWER - 250 multiple-choice questions, 4 hours, weighted:
Basic Concepts (20%), Scientific Principles (30%), Administration (30%), Professional Issues
(20%).
Key historical figures in aromatherapy - CORRECT ANSWER - Hippocrates, Avicenna
(distillation), René-Maurice Gattefossé (coined 'aromatherapy'), Jean Valnet, Marguerite Maury.
Major aromatic materials - CORRECT ANSWER - Essential oils, CO₂ extracts, hydrolats.
Consider quality, purity, GC/MS testing, materia medica, oxidation & shelf life.
Client assessment components - CORRECT ANSWER - Observation, interviewing,
evaluation; current condition; medical history; medications; lifestyle (nutrition, exercise,
elimination, emotional status, smoking, alcohol).
General contraindications - CORRECT ANSWER - Pregnancy, children, elderly,
immunocompromised, oil-specific toxicity.
Taxonomy hierarchy - CORRECT ANSWER - Family → Genus → Species →
Chemotype.
Extraction methods - CORRECT ANSWER - Distillation (steam, hydrolats), solvent
(concretes, absolutes), CO₂ extraction, expression (cold-pressed citrus oils).
Functional groups - Monoterpenes - CORRECT ANSWER - Uplifting, antiviral; oxidize
easily; examples: limonene, α-pinene.
