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PA ESTHETICIAN STATE BOARD EXAM VERSION 2 NEWEST
2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
Nonpathogenic bacteria may perform useful functions and _____
- answer-not cause disease, break down food, protect against
infection.
Pathogenic bacteria that grow, feed, and shelter on or in another
organism are known as ________. - answer-parasites
Bacteria are one-celled microorganisms also known as microbes
or - answer-germs
The division of a bacterial cell into two new cells is called -
answer-binary fission
The bacteria responsible for food poisoning and toxic shock
syndrome are ___ - answer-staphylocci
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Submicroscopic particles that infect cells of a biological organism
are known as - answer-viruses
Pus-forming bacteria that grow in bunches or clusters are -
answer-staphylococci
Nonpathogenic bacteria are: - answer-harmless
An infectious agent smaller than bacteria and capable of
replication through taking over the host cell's reproduction
machinery is known as? - answer-a virus
Pathogenic bacteria may produce - answer-disease
An example of a local infection is - answer-an abscess
The ability to destroy and resist infection is called - answer-
immunity
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The condition that is developed after the body has over come a
disease or has been inoculated for the disease is known as____ -
answer-acquired immunity
A contagious skin disease caused by the itch mite is called -
answer-scabies
The acquired immune deficiency syndrome is caused by -
answer-hiv
Hiv is spread mainly through ? - answer-sharing needles by
intravenous drug uses
The process that eliminates most, but no necessarily all,
microorganisms on non-living surfaces is called ? - answer-
disinfection
Skin care was practiced in early times for _____. - answer-self-
preservation
PA ESTHETICIAN STATE BOARD EXAM VERSION 2 NEWEST
2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
Nonpathogenic bacteria may perform useful functions and _____
- answer-not cause disease, break down food, protect against
infection.
Pathogenic bacteria that grow, feed, and shelter on or in another
organism are known as ________. - answer-parasites
Bacteria are one-celled microorganisms also known as microbes
or - answer-germs
The division of a bacterial cell into two new cells is called -
answer-binary fission
The bacteria responsible for food poisoning and toxic shock
syndrome are ___ - answer-staphylocci
,2|Page
Submicroscopic particles that infect cells of a biological organism
are known as - answer-viruses
Pus-forming bacteria that grow in bunches or clusters are -
answer-staphylococci
Nonpathogenic bacteria are: - answer-harmless
An infectious agent smaller than bacteria and capable of
replication through taking over the host cell's reproduction
machinery is known as? - answer-a virus
Pathogenic bacteria may produce - answer-disease
An example of a local infection is - answer-an abscess
The ability to destroy and resist infection is called - answer-
immunity
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The condition that is developed after the body has over come a
disease or has been inoculated for the disease is known as____ -
answer-acquired immunity
A contagious skin disease caused by the itch mite is called -
answer-scabies
The acquired immune deficiency syndrome is caused by -
answer-hiv
Hiv is spread mainly through ? - answer-sharing needles by
intravenous drug uses
The process that eliminates most, but no necessarily all,
microorganisms on non-living surfaces is called ? - answer-
disinfection
Skin care was practiced in early times for _____. - answer-self-
preservation
