NAIL TECHNICIAN UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Answer: OSHA
●● A mechanical process using soap and water or detergent and water to
remove all visible dirt debris and many disease causing germs.
Answer: Cleaning
●● A disease caused by bacteria that are transmitted through coughing or
sneezing.
Answer: Tuberculosis
●● a chemical process used to reduce the number of disease causing
germs on surfaces to a safe level.
Answer: Sanitizing
●● Prior to 2012, chemical manufacturers and importers were required
to assess the potential hazards associated with their products by
publishing _______.
Answer: Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
,●● OSHA was created as part of the _________ to regulate and enforce
standards to protect employees in the workplace.
Answer: U.S. Department of Labor
●● Regulations prohibit nail technicians from ________ the living skin
and from removing callused skin, warts, corns, and in-grown toenails.
Answer: Cutting or puncturing
●● The SDS contains ____ categories of information.
Answer: 16
●● As part of the SDS categories, first-aid measures include important
symptoms/effects as well as __________.
Answer: Required treatment
●● As part of the SDS 16 categories, handling and storage lists
precautions for safe handling and storage, including _____.
Answer: Incompatibilities
●● As part of the SDS 16 categories, toxicology information includes
routes of exposure, related symptoms, and ___________.
Answer: acute and chronic effects
, ●● Either OSHA or, in some cases, state board inspectors can
_________ if SDSs are not available during regular business hours.
Answer: Issue a fine to the salon
●● it is against federal law to use any disinfecting product contrary to its
_____.
Answer: labeling
●● a microscopic organism that normally exists in low concentrations in
tap water that has been known to cause serious skin infections on legs
after pedicures.
Answer: Mycobacterium fortuitum
●● laws are written by both federal and state legislatures to determine
the ____ for a license holder to and to establish guidelines for regulatory
agencies to make rules.
Answer: scope of practice
●● The invasion of body tissues by disease-causing pathogens.
Answer: an infection
●● The methods used to eliminate or reduce the transmission of
infectious organisms.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Answer: OSHA
●● A mechanical process using soap and water or detergent and water to
remove all visible dirt debris and many disease causing germs.
Answer: Cleaning
●● A disease caused by bacteria that are transmitted through coughing or
sneezing.
Answer: Tuberculosis
●● a chemical process used to reduce the number of disease causing
germs on surfaces to a safe level.
Answer: Sanitizing
●● Prior to 2012, chemical manufacturers and importers were required
to assess the potential hazards associated with their products by
publishing _______.
Answer: Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
,●● OSHA was created as part of the _________ to regulate and enforce
standards to protect employees in the workplace.
Answer: U.S. Department of Labor
●● Regulations prohibit nail technicians from ________ the living skin
and from removing callused skin, warts, corns, and in-grown toenails.
Answer: Cutting or puncturing
●● The SDS contains ____ categories of information.
Answer: 16
●● As part of the SDS categories, first-aid measures include important
symptoms/effects as well as __________.
Answer: Required treatment
●● As part of the SDS 16 categories, handling and storage lists
precautions for safe handling and storage, including _____.
Answer: Incompatibilities
●● As part of the SDS 16 categories, toxicology information includes
routes of exposure, related symptoms, and ___________.
Answer: acute and chronic effects
, ●● Either OSHA or, in some cases, state board inspectors can
_________ if SDSs are not available during regular business hours.
Answer: Issue a fine to the salon
●● it is against federal law to use any disinfecting product contrary to its
_____.
Answer: labeling
●● a microscopic organism that normally exists in low concentrations in
tap water that has been known to cause serious skin infections on legs
after pedicures.
Answer: Mycobacterium fortuitum
●● laws are written by both federal and state legislatures to determine
the ____ for a license holder to and to establish guidelines for regulatory
agencies to make rules.
Answer: scope of practice
●● The invasion of body tissues by disease-causing pathogens.
Answer: an infection
●● The methods used to eliminate or reduce the transmission of
infectious organisms.
