Colorado Esthetician Written Exam Study Guide 2026 with complete solution

Colorado Esthetician Written Exam Study Guide 2026

with complete solution

Colorado Esthetician Written Exam Study Guide 2026

with complete solution

Patch test ✔Ans✔ Inside of arm, elbow, small area of face and wait 24 hours

Allergy Test ✔Ans✔ Predisposition Test

Occupational Safety and Health Agency (OSHA) ✔Ans✔ Regulates employee safety

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ✔Ans✔ Testing and approving drugs sold

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ✔Ans✔ Registers all types of disinfectants sold and used

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) ✔Ans✔ Protective clothing and devices to protect individuals from

blood born pathogens

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) ✔Ans✔ Studying diseases and prevent spread

Universal Precautions (UP) ✔Ans✔ Employer and employee to assume that there are pathogens

present in human blood that can spread disease in humans

Standard Precautions ✔Ans✔ Introduced by the CDC in 1996, Workers must assume all blood and

bodily fluids are potential risks of infection

Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) ✔Ans✔ Contains information on product safety and possible

hazards (calling poison control or 911)

Infection Control ✔Ans✔ Methods to reduce transmission of infectious organisms

Bacteria ✔Ans✔ Single cell microorganisms

Nonpathogenic ✔Ans✔ Harmless organisms that may preform useful functions

Pathogenic ✔Ans✔ Harmful organisms that cause disease and infection

Cocci ✔Ans✔ Round shaped bacteria (self-movement)

Staphylococci ✔Ans✔ Pus-forming bacteria that grow in clusters like grapes

Streptococci ✔Ans✔ Pus-forming bacteria that curve like a string of beads

Diplococci ✔Ans✔ Spherical bacteria that grow in pairs (DI=2) causes pneumonia

Bacilli ✔Ans✔ Short rod-shaped bacteria

Spirilla ✔Ans✔ Spiral or corkscrew shaped bacteria

Flagella ✔Ans✔ Slender, hair like extensions used by parasites for locomotion (moving about) snake like

motion

Cilia ✔Ans✔ Hair like extensions, but shorter and and move in a rowing-like motion

Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ✔Ans✔ infectious bacteria that is high resistant to

conventional treatments such as antibiotics

Viruses ✔Ans✔ Parasitic submicroscopic particles that infects and resides in cells, Does not have a cell

or nucleus, it is a protein. ex. Common colds, measles, mumps, chicken pox, smallpox, HIV/AIDS

Fungi ✔Ans✔ Microscopic plant parasites that include mold, mildew, and yeast