pg. 1 Electrolysis IBEC+ Laser STATE BOARD Practice Test 2025/2026 Complete 500 Frequently Tested Exam Questions and Correct Verified Answers/ Graded A+
What percentage of follicles are damaged with each laser treatment? - Correct Answer - 15%
What is a long-term stable reduction of the growing hairs after a treatment regime? - Correct Answer - Laser Hair Removal (LHR)
What does the FDA call laser hair removal? - Correct Answer - Permanent hair reduction
What is the highest setting the skin can tolerate without damage called? - Correct Answer - Fluence Threshold
What is the highest setting the patient can tolerate without the treatment becoming impossible called? - Correct Answer - Patient Threshold
The amount of hair per one square centimeter is known as? - Correct Answer - Hair density
The higher the hair density, the _______ fluence? - Correct Answer - Lower
What percentage of overlapping do you want when doing LHR? - Correct Answer - 30%
Darker/tanned skin requires what kind of fluence? - Correct Answer - Lower
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pg. 2 What should you never use to clean a patient's skin prior to LHR? - Correct Answer - Alcohol
Pulse duration is measured in what unit? - Correct Answer - milliseconds (ms)
Spot size is measured in what unit? - Correct Answer - millimeters (mm)
Repetition rate is measured in what unit? - Correct Answer - hertz (Hz)
Who is the grandfather of laser and was the first person to use water to cool the skin during laser? - Correct Answer - Rox Anderson
The formula for fluence is? - Correct Answer - Joules = J/cm2
What kind of lasers allow for selective heating of specific targets? - Correct Answer - Selective photo thermolysis
For deeper laser penetration what should the practitioner do to the laser? - Correct Answer - Change to a bigger spot size
The primary reason for using cooling devices during laser hair removal is? - Correct Answer - Allows for higher and more effective fluences to be used while sparing the epidermis
During the initial consultation, the patient should be informed that the process will take how long for laser hair removal? - Correct Answer - A series of treatments
The principle that says energy must be absorbed by an object in order to produce an effect is called? - Correct Answer - Grothaus-Draper law
What is laser light? - Correct Answer - Monochromatic light 2 / 4
pg. 3 Laser is equivalent to which of the following modalities? - Correct Answer - Thermolysis
An element has the ability to produce laser when it is in which state? - Correct Answer - Metastable state
What are the positive reactions to the skin indicating a successful LHR treatment? - Correct Answer - Perifollicular erythema, perifollicular edema
Incandescent light is an example of? - Correct Answer - Incoherent light
A requirement for foot switches that directly pulse the laser is that they be? - Correct Answer - Hooded
The effect of skin turning red after treatment is referred to as? - Correct Answer - Erythema
An over treatment of the skin characterized by blistering or epidermal separation, caused by lateral pressure on the skin is known as? - Correct Answer - Nikol ski Sign
When tissue has been injured, fluid escapes the blood vessels to surround the damaged tissue. This is referred to as? - Correct Answer - Edema
The common type of laser used for hair removal is? - Correct Answer - Pulsed
Total destruction of tissue using laser energy is known as? - Correct Answer - photoablation
Laser is ineffective on hair that has? - Correct Answer - Little to no pigment
The energy level of a laser, measured in joules is known as? - Correct Answer - Energy fluence 3 / 4
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Lightwave’s that travel in perfect unison, parallel and in the same direction are known as? - Correct Answer - Coherent light
Optical density labeling on laser safety eyewear refers to? - Correct Answer - the degree to which a refractive medium retard transmitted rays of light
An allergic phototoxic reaction can occur up to how many hours post-treatment? - Correct Answer - 24
Which part of the body is most vulnerable to laser light? - Correct Answer - Eyes (cornea, retina, and lens)
What is used to cool the inside of most pulsed lasers during operation? - Correct Answer - Distilled water
What is the chromophore when using the Nd: YAG laser for hair removal? - Correct Answer - Melanin in the hair shaft and bulb
What is the FDA class that presents both a direct and reflected hazard? - Correct Answer - Class IV
What is considered a natural chromophore for hair removal lasers? - Correct Answer - melanin in the hair shaft and bulb
Hair removal lasers are effective on which types of hair follicles? - Correct Answer - Curved Distorted Straight
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