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82 Cards in this Set
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A volt is a unit of electric |
Pressure |
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A material such as glass, rubber or paper around a conductor that does not allow current to pass through is called an |
Insulator |
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A High frequency and alternating current are characteristics of which type of electricrotherapy |
Tesla |
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Materials that best transport electricity is an |
Conductor |
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Longest wavelength in the visible Spectrum are |
Red ray |
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When performing an electricrotherapy procedure, what apparatus or conductor is used to bring the current from the appliance to the client skin |
Electrode |
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If the client is holding the active electrode while the salon professional manually stimulates the area being treated with method of Tesla current is being used |
Interact application |
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Since silver and copper transmit electricity they are called |
Conductors |
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The application of special current or modalities that have a Variety of effect on the skin is called |
Electricrotherapy |
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Which of the following devices break the flow of current when an overload occur |
Circuit breaker |
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The average distance of infrared lamp should be placed during a facial is about |
30 inches |
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An alternating current which can be adjusted to different voltages to produce heat is |
High frequency |
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An ampere is a unit of electricity |
Strength |
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Which of the following benefits is derived from UV lights |
Small doses tan the skin |
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Pure heat rays are produced by |
Infrared rays |
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Faradic current is used chiefly to cause |
Muscle contractions |
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Small dose of ultraviolet light may help the body produce |
Vitamin D |
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Which type of current is a alternating current witch mechanical effect to help the body muscle contractions |
Sinusoidal |
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A constant electric current flowing in One Direction is called an |
Direct current |
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How many milliamperes equal one ampere |
1000 |
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The process of forcing an acid or alkaline into the skin by applying current to the chemical is called |
Phoresid |
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Which of the following are also known as actinic rays |
Ultraviolet |
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Treatment with light rays is called |
Light therapy |
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A unit of electrical resistance is called an |
Ohm |
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Which of the following is not a way for heat to be transfer from one object to another |
Phoresis |
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Which of the following steps should not be followed to break the current when a person comes in contact with an electrical current A) unplugging the appliance B) turn off all circuit breaker C) touch the person to ground the circuit D) not the person out of the circuit using an insulator |
C touch the person to ground the circuit |
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Which of the following will produce a mild, simulating sensation while using high-frequency current |
Silently separating the electrode from the skin |
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Light Heat chemical and magnetic changes are all produced by |
Electricity |
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When using ultraviolet rays make sure you and your client wears |
Protective eyewear |
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What temporary effect will a negative electrode pole produce when applying golvanic current during an electricrotherapy treatment |
Increase in blood flow |
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Before using ultraviolet light on a client the skin or scalp must be |
Cleansed |
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A measure of how much electric energy is being used is known as a |
Watt |
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A salon owner wants to mimic natural sunlight as closely as possible in the salon reception area which type of lighting would most likely be used to accomplish this requirement |
Incandescent |
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Electrode that is negatively charged during electrotherapy treatment is known as an |
Cathode |
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Tesla a high-frequency current is known as |
Violet Ray |
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Which type of light can be broken into an is individual wavelength by a prism |
Combination |
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Material that do not allow electricity to flow through them are called |
Insulator |
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Which of the following is benefit of using infrared light during a facial |
Increases circulation |
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the direct current use Electrotherapy treatment is |
Galvanci |
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Which of the following materials does not allow current to pass through it |
Alcohol |
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When using galvanic current on clients in a salon what precaution must a salon professional take in order to prevent injury in the clients |
Do not use over an area having broken caillaries |
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Any electrical Appliance activated by the flow of electric current such as a blow dryer is known as |
Load |
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Which of the following is not a temporary effect of the possible of Galvanic current |
Softens tissue |
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Bacteria that cause skin infection can be killed by |
Ultraviolet light |
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Which electrotherapy treatment can cause sebum to be broken down or blackheads to be liquefied, as in deep pore cleansing |
Desincrustation |
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The four types of current used in electrotherapy are galvanic, faradic, sinusoidal and direct |
False |
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If a fire result from a overload of an electric current it is recommended that water is put on the current |
False |
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If fire can occur in four or five applicants are plugged into the extension cord |
True |
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Human contact with an electric current does not cause a shock |
False |
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Two common source of electric current are batteries and volts |
False |
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Cataphoresis introduces water-soluble treatment products into the skin |
False |
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When using Tessa current electrodes can touch each other during the procedure |
False |
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Galvanic current has chemical effect that are caused by passing the current through a saline solution then through buy tissue and fluids |
False |
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Before resetting a current breaker it is recommended that you turn off all appliances connected to the circuit |
True |
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Incandescent light normally produce redder tones or warmer cast in the object it light |
True |
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Any client with a medical condition should always consult with his or her physician first before receiving electrotherapy |
True |
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30% of sunlight is composed of invisible Rays Beyond red which are call fluorescence |
False |
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Two kinds of light in the salon produce white light fluorescence light and prism light |
False |
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A general shock pass through a small part of the body causing Burns and muscle contraction |
False |
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when the lines of the circuit heat up from too many appliances operating at the same time then a circuit can occur |
False |
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One way to prevent electric shock in the salon is to make sure all electrical cords are free of Tangles and knots |
True |
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The wavelength that produce violet or the shortest in the visible spectrum |
True |
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When a blow dryer is on and air begins to flow you have an example of closed circuit to |
True |
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Three kinds of effects can be created by an electric current during a salon service and electrochemical effect and a _______ effect |
Mechanical |
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What's the weather and unit of electricity pressure is ________ |
Volt |
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The protection of the electromagnetic spectrum humans can see is known as ________ light |
Visible |
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A shock that pass through the nervous system is a _________ shock |
General |
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An electric current travels on a closed path called a __________ through which the electrons travel |
Circuit |
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The recent to the motion of the electrons through a conductor is the ohm ___________ |
Rating |
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An machine that supplies energy to produce a flow of electrons to electrical Appliance is the __________ |
Generator |
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If a cream is used during scalp or other high frequency treatments it is required that cream does not contain any ______________ |
Alcohol |
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The current that produced chemical change by passing through acid or alkaline solution or by passing through by tissue and fluids is the ____________ current |
Galvanic |
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Curling iron heat lamps and facial Steamers are known as _____________ equipment because they generate Heat |
Thermal |
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The type of light that is economical and long-lasting but can cast a blue tone in the objects it like is __________ light |
Fluorescence |
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When using ultraviolet light or light therapy on the scalp Lacey lamps ______ to ________ inches from the area |
20 30 |
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In order to apply special current to the skin a device call and ________ _________ is used to reduce the current from a typical 120 volts power source to a safer level |
Wall plate |
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When an electric current travels through a water-based solution in order to produce a relaxing or stimulating result and ___________ effect is being used |
Electrochemical |
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Most of the electricity you use constant of a flow of tiny negative charge particles called |
Electrons |
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The more commonly use appliances of the Faradic current is in which a salon professional usually wears a wrist band with a moistened electrode is known as the __________ method |
indirect |
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And I could go back to the type of electrical current in which electron flows first and One Direction then in the other is ____________ current |
Alternating |
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A small dose of ultraviolet like antenna skin and may help the body produce vitamin |
D |
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80% of natural sunlight is composed of invisible rays call ___________ rays
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Ultraviolet
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