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What can you add to a facial massage to promote mental relaxation?
1. heat
2. ice
3. essential oils
4. warm towels
essential oils
What improves overall metabolism and activates sluggish skin?
1. massage
2. sun exposure
3. caffeine
4. sugar
massage
What part of the body should you avoid tapping because tapping in that area will feel unpleasant to the client?
1. cheeks
2. neck
3. jawbone
4. forehead
jawbone
What type of movements are used in pétrissage?
1. tapping
2. poking
3. kneading
4. chopping
kneading
What is true of tapotement?
1. It is the least stimulating form of massage.
2. It is not a stimulating form of massage.
3. Only licensed massage technicians can perform tapotement.
4. It is the most stimulating form of massage.
It is the most stimulating form of massage.
What technique uses rolling?
1. petrissage
2. manual lymph drainage
3. vibration
4. tapotement
petrissage
What contraindications can now receive facial massage without concern, especially if the condition is being treated by a physician?
1. skin disorders
2. diabetes
3. inflamed acne
4. sunburn
diabetes
What action should you not use on the center of the neck?
1. touching
2. pressing down
3. stroking gently
4. applying lotion
pressing down
What type of movements are appropriate when massaging the area of beard growth on male clients?
1. downward
2. diagonal
3. upward
4. sideways
downward
What is a type of movement characteristic of tapotement?
1. kneading
2. hacking
3. tapping
4. slapping
tapping
What is not a place where circulation friction movements are used?
1. shoulders
2. arms
3. scalp
4. hands
shoulders
What does the central nervous system trigger when affected by massage?
1. "fight-or-flight" reaction
2. rapid heartbeat
3. relaxation
4. stress
relaxation
What part of the esthetician’s body must be kept flexible during effleurage?
1. wrists
2. elbows
3. shoulders
4. hips
wrists
What is a form of acupressure?
1. shiatsu
2. Dr. Jacquet movement
3. effleurage
4. petrissage
shiatsu
When do the body’s reflex receptors increase blood and lymph flow, resulting in a state of relaxation?
1. when cold is sensed by the body
2. when moisture is sensed by the body
3. when touch is sensed by the body
4. when heat is sensed by the body
when touch is sensed by the body
What is feathering?
1. practice of resting a client on a feather pillow during a massage
2. use of quick, bird-like movements during a massage
3. term for the slowing-down movements at the end of a massage
4. use of feathers for soft touching during a massage
term for the slowing-down movements at the end of a massage
What is true about the décolleté?
1. That is where you end your massage procedure.
2. This area of the body should be avoided during massage.
3. That is where you begin your massage procedure.
4. This is the single most important area during a massage.
That is where you begin your massage procedure.
What movement is sometimes referred to as a piano movement?
1. vibration
2. effleurage
3. tapotement
4. feathering
tapotement
What should be performed for approximately 10 to 20 minutes during a facial?
1. facial massage
2. steaming
3. manicure/pedicure
4. extractions
facial massage
What is a characteristic of manual lymph drainage?
1. hard kneading movements
2. strong chopping motions
3. aggressive, irregular pressure
4. gentle, rhythmic pressure
gentle, rhythmic pressure
What is the term for the manual or mechanical manipulation of the body by using movements to increase metabolism and circulation, among other effects?
1. acupuncture
2. reconditioning
3. massage
4. physical therapy
massage
What must estheticians be in order to perform deep tissue work?
1. emergency medical technicians (EMTs)
2. emergency massage technicians (EMTs)
3. licensed massage therapists (LMTs)
4. licensed medical technicians (LMTs)
licensed massage therapists (LMTs)
What is friction?
1. invigorating rubbing movement
2. light, continuous stroking movement
3. use of needles on pressure points
4. movement involving grasping flesh firmly with one hand
invigorating rubbing movement
What is effleurage?
1. deep rubbing movement
2. movement involving grasping flesh firmly with one hand
3. use of needles on pressure points
4. light, continuous stroking movement
light, continuous stroking movement
What should you do during effleurage in order to avoid scratching the client?
1. avoid using lotions that might make the work surface slippery
2. avoid working in a warmth that might induce client perspiration
3. wear thick gloves to ensure your skin doesn’t touch the client’s skin
4. avoid using the ends of your fingertips
avoid using the ends of your fingertips
What is acupressure?
1. Chinese technique of applying pressure to specific body points
2. use of needles to stimulate parts of the body
3. use of a blood-pressure gauge during massage to monitor health
4. use of measuring tools to ensure precise massage movements
Chinese technique of applying pressure to specific body points
What do inflamed acne, open lesions, and sunburn have in common?
1. Clients with these conditions should receive only vigorous massage.
2. Massage is contraindicated for clients with these conditions.
3. Clients with these conditions should receive only gentle massage.
4. Clients with these conditions are badly in need of massage.
Massage is contraindicated for clients with these conditions.
Where should massage movements begin?
1. insertion
2. any point along the muscle
3. joint
4. origin
insertion
How many milliliters of product should you use on the facial area?
1. 5
2. 15
3. 10
4. 25
5
What information can be found by referring to licensing regulations?
1. customer demographics
2. scope of practice
3. pricing scales
4. product ingredients
scope of practice
What technique is accomplished by rapid muscular contractions in the arms?
1. vibration
2. tapotement
3. effleurage
4. friction
vibration
When should you avoid vigorous massage?
1. when a client has oily skin
2. when you don’t feel a client deserves vigorous massage
3. when a client has sensitive or redness-prone skin
4. when you are too tired to perform vigorous massage
when a client has sensitive or redness-prone skin
What is vibration?
1. a percussive stroke in which the fingertips strike the skin in fast tapping movements
2. invigorating, rubbing technique that stimulates the circulation and glandular activity of the skin
3. rapid, shaking movement in which the esthetician uses their body and shoulders
4. a compression technique that includes kneading, squeezing, and pinching
rapid, shaking movement in which the esthetician uses their body and shoulders
What is true of the left and right sides of the areas being massaged?
1. The left side should receive more vigorous massage.
2. Movements should be duplicated on both the right and left sides.
3. Both sides of the body should be massaged simultaneously.
4. The right side should receive more vigorous massage.
Movements should be duplicated on both the right and left sides.
When should you advise a client with reservations about facial massage to speak with a physician?
1. after the first massage session
2. after a month of regular massage
3. before performing massage
4. after a year of regular massage
before performing massage
What type of movements are used in vibration?
1. slow striking
2. rapid striking
3. rapid shaking
4. slow shaking
rapid shaking
What massage method stimulates sebum production and activates circulation?
1. tapotement
2. petrissage
3. friction
4. effleurage
petrissage