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1
According to International Spa Association figures, about what percentage of the U.S. population visits spas regularly?
10
50
25
75
2
When Moorish influence rose in southern Europe during the 13th century, what was the primary purpose of bathing?
Relaxation
Socialization
Therapeutic Benefit
Cleanliness
3
What is a greater threat to the esthetics industry than the medical profession?
baby boomers’ desire to lengthen good health
poorly trained or misinformed estheticians
technological advances within the esthetics industry
baby boomers’ desire to lengthen youthfulness
4
What governmental agency oversees the safety of employees in the workplace?
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Professional Beauty Association (PBA)
5
What term refers to the size and width of a laser beam used to effect treatment?
Light Size
Laser Size
Spot Size
Beam Size
6
What document provides a financial overview of a business at given point in time in terms of its assets and liabilities?
Cash Flow Statement
Break-even analysis
Balance Sheet
Income Statement
7
What is the term for the vaporization, cutting, or removal of skin that, in general, can only be performed by physicians
Absorption
Adduction
Attenuation
Ablation
8
What type of professional embellishes and enhances facial features?
makeup artist
manufacturer’s representative
state licensing inspector
esthetician
9
What is the common thread among all possible origins of the word “spa”?
all origins mention health benefits but not all mention water
all origins communicate the use of water and the implication of healing
all origins mention water but not all mention health benefits
every possible origin relates to the French language
10
What is a legal document that defines the terms of a loan agreement between two parties?
Receipt
I.O.U.
Promissory Note
Work Order
11
What is a characteristic of an esthetician who settles for a bare minimum of training and education?
some who learns how to solve complex skin-care problems
someone who uses research to study available methods
someone who merely learns how to sell the products in a given salon
someone who understands the science behind a procedure
12
What quality of laser light keeps it from dispersing the way normal white light does?
the fact that light waves are traveling in different directions
the fact that it is “in phase”
the presence of invisible wavelengths
the presence of visible wavelengths
13
What term refers to the point at which all costs are covered and your business begins to earn a profit?
Balance Sheet
Break-even analysis
Income Statement
Cash Flow Statement
14
What is the real income of a business after all of the expenses associated with operation are subtracted?
Gross Income
Assests
Net Profit
Capital
15
What ancient culture developed enormous bathhouses that are considered the historical beginning of spa treatments?
Rome
Japan
Egypt
China
16
What term refers to anything your business owns?
Risk
Assests
Capital
Liabilities
17
What maps out a strategy for understanding key elements in developing business?
business plan
Gross Profit
cost of goods sold
Insurance
18
Why is laser light referred to as monochromatic?
each laser has only one color at a time, and the color regularly shifts
each laser has only one color, which defines its clinical effect
all colors in the rainbow are visible in laser light
no colors are visible in laser light
19
What term refers to the methods used to safeguard your business against loss or damage?
Liability
Risk Management
Venture Capital
Owner's equity
20
What is true of long-term exposure to ultraviolet wavelengths?
it is hazardous to living tissue
it has no effect on living tissue
it rejuvenates living tissue
it strengthens living tissue
21
What type of professional specializes in the care of the skin?
manufacturer’s representative
state licensing inspector
esthetician
makeup artist
22
What is one benefit for estheticians of extensive education and training?
obtaining basic certification for working as an esthetician
acquiring a simple cosmetology-school degree
knowing where to turn whatever the circumstances
meeting the job requirements in an undemanding salon environment
23
What governmental agency promotes and facilitates assessment systems?
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Professional Beauty Association (PBA)
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
24
What term refers to a profit and loss statement?
balance sheet
break-even analysis
cash flow statement
income statement
25
What term can be used interchangeably with the term “spa therapy”?
IPL therapy
aromatherapy
balneotherapy
reflexology
26
What muscle receives microcurrent treatment for reduction of marionette lines?
Risorius
Corrugator
Masseter
Orbicularis Oculi
27
What is NOT one of the reasons the use of public baths declined during the Renaissance?
Fears of Leprosy
Lack of firewood to heat water
Fears of syphilis
A fashion trend favoring dirty skin
28
What is an important reason for estheticians to study changes in esthetics?
clients have no interest in therapies that come from the past
the only way to move forward is to abandon the old for the new
“new” ideas are often revisions of things from the past
it is not important to do so, since all esthetic therapies are ancient
29
What is a social security number (SSN)?
number used to identify a business that maintains employees
number used to identify an individual taxpayer
procedure established by the accounting profession
proprietor’s interest in the assets of a company
30
What is a low-level electrical current that mimics the body’s own natural electrical rhythms?
Microcurrent
Galvanic Current
Alternating Current
Direct Current
31
What term refers to what it costs to provide the products and services that you sell?
Gross profit
Cost of goods sold
business plan
insurance
32
What term refers to lasers’ ability to bounce off shiny surfaces?
Absorption
Scatter
Reflection
Transmission
33
What muscle receives microcurrent treatment for reduction of jawline laxity and skin drooping?
Risorius
Oribiculari Oculi
Corrugator
Masseter
34
What muscle receives microcurrent treatment for reduction of eyelid hooding and brow drooping?
Risorius
Corrugator
Orbicularis Oculi
Masseter
35
What is owner's equality?
number used to identify an individual taxpayer
procedure established by the accounting profession
number used to identify a business that maintains employees
proprietor’s interest in the assets of a company
36
What term refers to small particles of electromagnetic energy that travel at the speed of light in the form of a wave?
Photons
Ions
Neutrons
Electrons
37
What happens during absorption?
moisture cools down the skin to allow for application of laser light
heat is transferred from the photon to the target in the body
the client receives a dangerous overexposure to radiation
laser energy cuts through the skin to reach underlying bone or muscle
38
What type of professional explains, demonstrates, and sells products?
makeup artist
manufacturer’s representative
state licensing inspector
esthetician
39
What is the dangerous diffusion of laser light that happens when some laser wavelengths transmit deep into the skin
Reflection
Transmission
Absorption
Scatter
40
What term refers to lasers’ ability to move through tissue, fluid, and even glass?
Transmission
Reflection
Scatter
Absorption
41
What muscle receives microcurrent treatment for reduction of furrowing and lines between brows?
Corrugator
Masseter
Risorius
Orbicularis Oculi
42
What type of professional enforces rules and regulations?
manufacturer’s representative
state licensing inspector
makeup artist
esthetician
43
What is composed of infrared light, ultraviolet light, and visible light?
bipolar radiofrequency (RF) energy
dispersing electrode
electromagnetic spectrum
microthermal zone (MTZ)
44
What does self-employment tax allow those who work for themselves to receive?
Free Government Healthcare
Government work contracts
The Right to Incorporate
Benefits
45
What is a policy that provides protection against business casualties?
Cost of Goods Sold
Gross Profit
Insurance
Business Plan
46
Who controls the means and methods by which an individual contractor accomplishes his or her work?
the contractor
the contractor’s clients
venture capitalists
stockholders
47
What is NOT true of laser photons?
they can travel long distances
they move in the same direction
they are incoherent
they are parallel to each other
48
What component of every laser device is responsible for the creation of light?
Cryogen
Nevus of Ota
Microthermal Zone MTZ
Optical Resonator
49
Who is NOT among the professionals to whom you should turn for assistance when developing a business plan?
marketing specialist
potential competitor
small-business consultant
accountant
50
Type of business arose in the USA during the 19th century based on the idea of therapeutic benefits related to springs?
Water Parks
Roman Baths
Hydrotherapy Centers
Spa Resorts
