PMU EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What are some other names for Permanent Makeup? - Answers-
Microdermapigmentation, Micropigmentation, and Dermal Graphics
An alternative to permanent makeup that is removable is known as: - Answers-Applied
Cosmetics
Who is credited for inventing the process of distillation? - Answers-Egyptians
What did the Egyptians use to enhance the skin's appearance? - Answers-Animal oils,
alabaster, salts, and sour milk
What is Ayurveda? - Answers-The Indian concept of the science of living
What salve or ointment did the Egyptians use to promote healing? - Answers-Unguent
Otzi - Answers-An early record of tattooing was found on this 5300 year old cave
dweller from the Austrian Alps
What group of people are credited with introducing the craft of tattooing to the Western
Civilization? - Answers-The Polynesians
What is the Polynesian word that means "to mark something"? - Answers-Tatau
Which English explorer discovered the practice of tattooing while exploring the Pacific
ocean and shared the knowledge to the Western world? - Answers-James Cook
The Samoans used the following items to implant pigment into the skin: - Answers-
Tortoise shell and boar's teeth
Who established the world's first tattoo shop in New York City in 1846? - Answers-Martin
Hilderbrandt
Who invented the electronic tattooing machine? - Answers-Samuel O' Reilly
Permanent makeup is the introduction of pigments into which layer of skin? - Answers-
The papillary dermis
What 4 components make a successful outcome for permanent makeup? - Answers-
Skill of the technician, type of machine or device used, type of pigments used, and the
integrity of the client's skin
What is Alopecia? - Answers-People who suffer from a disorder that creates permanent
hair loss all over the body
, Paramedical tattoo - Answers-Permanent makeup artists who work in a medical office or
with a plastic surgeon
Malpractice Insurance covers the technician when: - Answers-The client is unhappy with
the technician's work
Primary colors - Answers-The 3 basic colors of the color wheel; blue, red, yellow. They
are considered primary because they cannot be made from any other color
combinations.
What are the strongest to least strong primary colors? - Answers-Blue, Red, and Yellow
What are some secondary colors? - Answers-Orange, green, and violet
This type of color has no covering power- - Answers-Transparent Colors
What color does red brown make? - Answers-Auburn
Pheomelanin produces what color skin? - Answers-Red to yellow tones of melanin
Eumelanin produces what color skin? - Answers-Brown to black tones of melanin
apparent in skin and hair
What are the Fitzpatrick I characteristics? - Answers-White Skin, Blond hair, green eyes,
always burns and freckles (English, Scottish)
What are the Fitzpatrick II characteristics? - Answers-White Skin, blonde hair, green or
blue eyes, always burns and freckles; difficulty tanning (Northern European)
What are the Fitzpatrick III characteristics? - Answers-White Skin, blonde or brown hair
and blue or brown eyes, tans after several burns; may freckle (German)
What are the Fitzpatrick IV (4) characteristics? - Answers-Brown skin, brown hair, brown
eyes, tans more than average, rarely burns and rarely has freckles (Mediterranean,
Southern European, Hispanic)
What are the Fitzpatrick V (5) characteristics? - Answers-Dark brown skin, brown or
black hair and brown eyes, tans with ease, rarely burns; no freckles (Asian, Indian,
some Africans)
What are the Fitzpatrick VI (6) characteristics? - Answers-Black skin, Black Hair, Brown
or black eyes, tans and never burns, deeply pigmented, and never freckles (Africans)
Warm, neutral, and cool are classifications of: - Answers-Undertones
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