Alaska Esthetician Practice Test

All 78 answers rest on Alaska's own text, 50 of them on the sanitation chapter, 18 AAC 23.

How often must a spore destruction test show that an Alaska shop's sterilizer is capable of sterilizing?

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Scientific concepts: infection control and sterilization 34

  • A client asks an Alaska shop to keep her own tweezers on hand for future visits. After they are used on her, what does the rule require? 18 AAC 23.220(a)(7)
  • A cosmetic pencil is used on an Alaska client's brows. What must be done before it touches the next client? 18 AAC 23.240(a)(5)
  • A cotton round has been used on an Alaska client's face. What does the equipment rule say happens to it straight away? 18 AAC 23.220(a)(2)
  • A dry heat sterilizer's spore destruction test cultures for which organism under Alaska's rule? 18 AAC 23.050(c)(1)
  • A spore destruction test comes back positive. What does Alaska require of the sterilizer? 18 AAC 23.050(e)
  • Alaska defines 'disinfect' as destroying disease-causing microorganisms, and says where. Where? 18 AAC 23.990(12)
  • Alaska's chapter has a word for a process that leaves no microbial life at all, highly resistant bacterial spores included. Which word? 18 AAC 23.990(47)
  • Alaska's equipment rule lists a few things an esthetics shop may not use. Which of these is on the list? 18 AAC 23.220(b)
  • Alaska's sanitary practices rule covers electrolysis needles too. To what level is each needle processed between clients? 18 AAC 23.240(a)(2)
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Scientific concepts: infection control and sterilization, continued

  • Alaska's sterilization procedure begins with cleaning, by hand or by machine. Either way, what is the first step? 18 AAC 23.050(a)(1)
  • Alaska's sterilization rule names one case in which a shop need not sterilize in a sterilizer. Which? 18 AAC 23.050(b)
  • An Alaska esthetician needs a spoonful of mask from a large tub. What does the sanitary practices rule ask of the way she takes it? 18 AAC 23.240(a)(6)
  • An Alaska shop launders its own towels in a mechanical washing machine. What is the lowest water temperature the rule allows? 18 AAC 23.240(a)(3)
  • An employee of an Alaska shop finds she has a disease communicable by touch. To whom does she report it, and when? 18 AAC 23.230(a)
  • An employee of an Alaska shop has an infected wound. What must the owner or operator ensure? 18 AAC 23.230(a)
  • An independent laboratory conducts an Alaska shop's spore destruction test. Within what time after performing the test must the owner or operator obtain the results? 18 AAC 23.050(d)
  • An instrument is cleaned in an ultrasonic cleaner before it is sterilized. How long is the cycle, unless the manufacturer recommends another? 18 AAC 23.050(a)(1)(B)
  • Before an instrument that will be sterilized is cleaned, what does Alaska's procedure have it soak in? 18 AAC 23.050(a)(1)
  • How often must a spore destruction test show that an Alaska shop's sterilizer is capable of sterilizing? 18 AAC 23.050(c)
  • In Alaska's sanitation chapter for shops, what does it mean to sanitize? 18 AAC 23.990(41)
  • Once it is cleaned and dried, what is an instrument placed in before it is sterilized in Alaska? 18 AAC 23.050(a)(2)
  • The package seal on a sterilization pouch has been broken. What must happen before the instrument inside may be used in Alaska? 18 AAC 23.050(a)(3)
  • What counts as a 'sterilizer' in Alaska's sanitation chapter? 18 AAC 23.990(48)
  • What does 'single-use' mean in Alaska's sanitation chapter? 18 AAC 23.990(46)
  • What does Alaska's equipment rule require of each product used or sold in a shop? 18 AAC 23.220(a)(6)
  • What does Alaska's rule have done with a towel between its use on one client and its next laundering? 18 AAC 23.240(a)(3)
  • What is 'protected storage' in Alaska's sanitation chapter? 18 AAC 23.990(40)
  • What must a practitioner wear while serving a client in Alaska? 18 AAC 23.230(c)
  • What must an Alaska esthetics shop provide for storing clean linen and cleaned and sanitized equipment? 18 AAC 23.210(a)(1)
  • What must be true of each sanitizer used in an Alaska esthetics shop? 18 AAC 23.220(a)(1)
  • When must an Alaska practitioner wash hands thoroughly with soap and warm water? 18 AAC 23.230(b)
  • Where water can be used on it, how is a piece of equipment made 'clean' under Alaska's definition? 18 AAC 23.990(8)
  • Which receptacles must an Alaska esthetics shop provide for dirty linen and for waste? 18 AAC 23.210(a)(2)
  • Which sign on a client's skin does Alaska's sanitary practices rule name as a reason not to perform a procedure? 18 AAC 23.240(b)

Scientific concepts: safety and the shop 17

  • A service animal comes into an Alaska shop with a client who has a disability. Besides being under her control, what does the rule require of the animal? 18 AAC 23.040(15)
  • An Alaska esthetician wants to open a shop in her private residence. Under the Board's regulation, where must the shop be? 12 AAC 09.905(a)
  • As which class of FDA medical device must gloves be labeled to meet the definition in Alaska's chapter? 18 AAC 23.990(23)
  • Besides a service animal and a police patrol dog, which animals may be in an Alaska shop? 18 AAC 23.040(15)
  • Besides keeping the air fresh, what is the ventilation in an Alaska shop there to prevent? 18 AAC 23.040(5)
  • The hot and cold running water in an Alaska shop must be able to be tempered, by a mixing valve or combination faucet, to what range? 18 AAC 23.040(7)
  • How does Alaska's chapter define a sharps container? 18 AAC 23.990(44)
  • How much light must an Alaska shop provide at the task level where esthetics is performed? 18 AAC 23.210(a)(3)
  • In which procedure area may an Alaska shop use carpet? 18 AAC 23.040(3)
  • What may a handsink be used for, under Alaska's definition? 18 AAC 23.990(25)
  • What must an Alaska shop keep on the premises for the equipment, supplies and products it uses? 18 AAC 23.040(17)
  • What must cover each floor and wall in the room where an Alaska esthetician gives facials? 18 AAC 23.040(3)
  • Where does Alaska's rule put a shop's janitorial equipment and cleaning supplies? 18 AAC 23.040(6)
  • Which document must an Alaska shop keep available for review by its practitioners and employees? 18 AAC 23.040(16)
  • Which of these counts as 'sharps' under Alaska's definition? 18 AAC 23.990(43)
  • Which of these is a 'critical violation' under Alaska's sanitation chapter? 18 AAC 23.990(9)(I)
  • With what must each handsink in an Alaska shop's toilet room be equipped? 18 AAC 23.040(8)(D)

Skin care and services: appliances and scope 9

  • Alaska's definition of esthetics covers work done 'for a fee'. Whose pay does the Board's regulation leave out of that phrase? 12 AAC 09.990(b)(2)
  • Alaska's statute defines esthetics as massaging, cleansing, stimulating or similar work. Where on a client? AS 08.13.220(5)
  • Alaska's statutory definition of esthetics names skin care, make-up and one hair service. Which? AS 08.13.220(5)
  • At a charitable event held outside a shop, which esthetics services may an Alaska licensee provide? 12 AAC 09.920(b)
  • For a device to count as an esthetics appliance in Alaska, how deep may any incision into the skin go? 12 AAC 09.990(b)(1)(C)
  • Under which practice does Alaska's statute place microblading and microneedling? AS 08.13.220(16)
  • What are the 'appliances' of esthetics limited to under the Board's regulation? 12 AAC 09.990(b)(1)
  • Which laser devices are shut out of Alaska's definition of an esthetics appliance? 12 AAC 09.990(b)(1)(D)
  • Which service falls under 'limited esthetics' as Alaska's statute defines it? AS 08.13.220(9)

Alaska license law (extra) 18

  • A graduate who has applied for examination may be temporarily licensed in Alaska. For how many days is that temporary license valid? AS 08.13.175
  • Alaska's licensing provisions do not apply to esthetics practiced in certain small communities by a person who uses no chemicals, or only chemicals available to the general public. How small? AS 08.13.160(d)(1)
  • An Alaska applicant has failed the written examination three times. What must come before a reexamination is scheduled? 12 AAC 09.075(c)
  • An Alaska applicant never sits the examination. After how long from the date of the initial application is the application considered abandoned? 12 AAC 09.005(e)
  • An Alaska esthetician license has been lapsed for more than three years. Besides applying and paying fees, what must the applicant do to have it reinstated? 12 AAC 09.930(b)
  • An Alaska esthetician's license has been issued but the original has not reached her. What does she display until it does? 12 AAC 09.950
  • An Alaska shop owner is not a practitioner. What does the statute require before the shop may conduct business? AS 08.13.120(a)
  • An esthetician licensed in another state applies for an Alaska license by waiver of examination. What must her documents show about that state? 12 AAC 09.105(4)
  • An esthetician licensed in another state is issued an Alaska temporary permit when she applies. Within what time must the Board act on her application? AS 08.13.170
  • AS 08.13.090 says what a written licensing examination has to cover. Which of these is it? AS 08.13.090(b)
  • Before conducting business, what must the buyer of an Alaska shop do? 12 AAC 09.110(b)
  • For how long is an Alaska student permit to practice esthetics valid? AS 08.13.180
  • How many hours of esthetics training must an applicant verify for an Alaska esthetician license by examination? 12 AAC 09.100
  • Practicing esthetics in Alaska without a license or permit, and without an exemption, is what offense? AS 08.13.190(a)
  • What is the most the Board may levy as a civil penalty for each offense of practicing without a license in Alaska? AS 08.13.195(b)
  • Where must an Alaska practitioner display the license? AS 08.13.130(a)
  • Who supervises health and sanitary conditions in Alaska's esthetics shops under the statute? AS 08.13.210(a)
  • Within what span must an Alaska esthetics apprenticeship be served? AS 08.13.082(c)

How this list was compiled: Examination: 12 AAC 09.065 says the examination for an esthetician consists of the written examination entitled the National Esthetician Test, sponsored by the National Interstate Council of State Boards of Cosmetology, with a passing grade of 75 percent or above, and 12 AAC 09.005 names the examination service that gives it (https://www.akleg.gov/basis/aac.asp#12.09.065). That service's candidate bulletin for the Alaska Board of Barbers and Hairdressers (https://provexam.com/test-information/alaska-board-of-barbers-and-hairdressers) lists Esthetics at 110 questions, 10 of them unscored pilot questions, 90 minutes, passing score 75, and no practical examination. Outline of the examination: the National Esthetics Theory Examination bulletin of the National-Interstate Council of State Boards of Cosmetology (NIC), effective September 1, 2025 (https://prov-testing.github.io/nic_cib/esthetics_national_theory_english_2025.html): Scientific Concepts 55 percent, Skin Care and Services 45 percent. Facts: 18 AAC 23 (the sanitation requirements for schools and shops), 12 AAC 09 (the Board's regulations) and AS 08.13, as published by the Alaska Legislature on akleg.gov. Each question names its section and links to it. Read 2026-10-16. Licence: Own work. Every question, wrong choice and explanation was written for this site from the public texts named. Nothing comes from a real examination, the sample questions in a bulletin, a practice product, a textbook or a prep course.

How it works

This unofficial Alaska esthetician practice test asks what Alaska's sanitation chapter, regulations and statute say. It is not affiliated with the Alaska Board of Barbers and Hairdressers, the National-Interstate Council of State Boards of Cosmetology (NIC) or its test administrator.

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How Alaska's written exam is weighted

Alaska's regulation makes NIC's national written test the esthetician examination. In NIC's bulletin effective September 1, 2025, Scientific Concepts take 55 percent of the items and Skin Care and Services 45 percent.

Where the 78 questions sit

Thirty-four are on infection control and sterilization and 17 on safety and the shop, both Scientific Concepts lines. Nine are on appliances and the scope of esthetics. The last 18 are Alaska license law, which NIC's outline leaves out.

  • A sterilizer has to pass a spore destruction test every 30 days (18 AAC 23.050).
  • A needle-like instrument for extracting skin blemishes is prohibited in a shop (18 AAC 23.220).
  • An esthetics appliance makes no incision beyond the epidermis and is not a Class III or IV laser (12 AAC 09.990).

Questions and answers

How many questions are on the Alaska esthetician exam?

The examiner's bulletin for the Board lists 110 questions, 10 of them unscored pilot questions, in 90 minutes. Alaska's regulation puts the passing grade at 75 percent or above (12 AAC 09.065).

Does Alaska have a practical exam for estheticians?

None is listed. Under 12 AAC 09.065 the examination for an esthetician consists of the written national test, and the examiner's bulletin for the Board shows one Esthetics examination, with no hands-on test and no state law test.

What does this Alaska esthetician practice test leave out?

The anatomy, skin disorder, chemistry, facial and makeup lines of NIC's outline, since no Alaska regulation states them. The Washington esthetics test on this site runs through that outline from start to finish.

Are these real Alaska esthetician test questions?

No. Each was written for this site from 18 AAC 23, 12 AAC 09 and Alaska Statutes 08.13 and links to its section on the Legislature's website. None comes from NIC's examination or the samples in its bulletin.

How many hours do you need for an esthetician license in Alaska?

At least 350 hours of esthetics training in an approved school or apprenticeship program, or a mix of the two (12 AAC 09.100). An apprenticeship lasts no less than six months and no more than one year (AS 08.13.082).

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