Arkansas Esthetician Practice Test

All 57 answers rest on 17 CAR Part 54, the Rules for Cosmetology and Body Art in Arkansas.

Which part of a facial or shampoo chair does 17 CAR § 54-205(n) single out to be kept clean?

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Scientific concepts: infection control and safety 19

  • A client with a disability comes to an Arkansas salon with a trained animal. How does 17 CAR § 54-205(k) treat it? 17 CAR § 54-205(k)(2)(A)
  • A facial is booked on a treatment table in an Arkansas salon. What must be done to the table before each service? 17 CAR § 54-205(n)(3)
  • A new Arkansas studio buys its trash containers. Which kind does 17 CAR § 54-205(d) call for? 17 CAR § 54-205(d)(1)
  • A sink is being fitted in a new Arkansas skin care room. What must go with it under 17 CAR § 54-205(c)(2)? 17 CAR § 54-205(c)(2)
  • A student aesthetician in Arkansas has an infestation of animal parasites. What does 17 CAR § 54-205(l) say? 17 CAR § 54-205(l)(1)
  • A towel has been used once on a client in Arkansas. What does 17 CAR § 54-205(o) say about using it again? 17 CAR § 54-205(o)(1)
  • According to what must a disinfectant be used in an Arkansas salon to be safe and effective? 17 CAR § 54-205(j)(1)(B)
  • An Arkansas aesthetician says her tweezers are sterilized. By the definition in 17 CAR § 54-201, what must have been used? 17 CAR § 54-201(27)
  • An Arkansas mobile salon runs out of hot water by midafternoon. What supply does 17 CAR § 54-205(a) require? 17 CAR § 54-205(a)(1)
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Scientific concepts: infection control and safety, continued

  • An Arkansas salon has no autoclave. How does 17 CAR § 54-205 have an instrument that cannot be autoclaved treated? 17 CAR § 54-205 (Sterilizing instruments)
  • How does 17 CAR § 54-201 define the word clean? 17 CAR § 54-201(6)
  • How often must garbage and refuse be removed from an Arkansas salon, under 17 CAR § 54-205(d)? 17 CAR § 54-205(d)(3)
  • In what order does the Arkansas rule have a nonelectrical instrument such as a comedone extractor made ready before use upon a client? 17 CAR § 54-205 (Nonelectrical instruments)
  • Of what must the floor of the working or clinical area of an Arkansas establishment be made? 17 CAR § 54-205(g)
  • What does the Arkansas rule on sterilizing instruments require of every needle and lancet? 17 CAR § 54-205 (Sterilizing instruments)
  • What kind of lighting does 17 CAR § 54-205(h) require over the working area of an Arkansas salon? 17 CAR § 54-205(h)
  • What must lie between the client and an Arkansas treatment table before each service? 17 CAR § 54-205(n)(3)
  • What standard does 17 CAR § 54-205(m) set for the body and the clothing of whoever serves a client in Arkansas? 17 CAR § 54-205(m)(1)
  • Which part of a facial or shampoo chair does 17 CAR § 54-205(n) single out to be kept clean? 17 CAR § 54-205(n)(1)

Skin care and services: wax, exfoliation and devices 20

  • A roll-on wax cartridge is warming in a heater in an Arkansas salon. What must the cartridge have? 17 CAR § 54-205(n)(5)(C)
  • After a roll-on cartridge service in Arkansas, what is done to the heating unit? 17 CAR § 54-205(n)(5)(C)
  • An Arkansas aesthetician leaves for the day and no other licensee is expected. What does 17 CAR § 54-205 say of her wax pot? 17 CAR § 54-205(n)(5)(D)
  • An Arkansas aesthetician shops for a light-based device. Which laser classes does 17 CAR § 54-207 rule out? 17 CAR § 54-207 (Equipment and chemical use)
  • An Arkansas salon collects private medical information as part of the client history. What must it have in place? 17 CAR § 54-207 (Equipment and chemical use)
  • Arkansas aestheticians take a client history and perform a skin analysis. What are the two meant to ensure? 17 CAR § 54-207 (Equipment and chemical use)
  • Below which pH may an alpha hydroxy acid used by an Arkansas aesthetician not fall? 17 CAR § 54-207 (Equipment and chemical use)
  • Besides hydroxy acids, which acid may an Arkansas aesthetician use for exfoliation at no more than twenty percent? 17 CAR § 54-207 (Equipment and chemical use)
  • How deep may a device used by an Arkansas aesthetician remove or destroy a client's skin? 17 CAR § 54-207 (Equipment and chemical use)
  • How many times may one applicator be submerged in waxing product in Arkansas before it is disposed of? 17 CAR § 54-205(n)(5)(A)
  • How must a wax heater be kept in an Arkansas salon when it is not in use? 17 CAR § 54-205(n)(5)(A)
  • Roll-on wax applicators are not permitted in Arkansas, with exceptions. Which roll-on product is acceptable? 17 CAR § 54-205(n)(5)(C)
  • Salicylic acid is a beta hydroxy acid. What is the most an Arkansas aesthetician may use? 17 CAR § 54-207 (Equipment and chemical use)
  • To what is the piercing activity of an Arkansas aesthetician limited? 17 CAR § 54-207 (Equipment and chemical use)
  • What is the strongest alpha hydroxy acid an Arkansas aesthetician may use for chemical exfoliation? 17 CAR § 54-207 (Equipment and chemical use)
  • When must a pencil cosmetic be sharpened in an Arkansas salon? 17 CAR § 54-205(t)(3)
  • Where may a used wax applicator never be left in Arkansas? 17 CAR § 54-205(n)(5)(A)
  • Which proteolytic enzymes does the Arkansas rule name for chemical exfoliation, when used with an accelerator? 17 CAR § 54-207 (Equipment and chemical use)
  • Which retinoid may an Arkansas aesthetician use as a chemical exfoliation substance? 17 CAR § 54-207 (Equipment and chemical use)
  • Which substance may no person performing cosmetology services in Arkansas use for a peel? 17 CAR § 54-207 (Equipment and chemical use)

Arkansas state law 18

  • A client asks an Arkansas aesthetician to remove hair permanently with an electric needle. Whose work is that under 17 CAR § 54-201? 17 CAR § 54-201(15)
  • An aesthetician from Tennessee files for Arkansas reciprocity and then does nothing more. When does her application lapse under 17 CAR § 54-204? 17 CAR § 54-204(a)(1)
  • An aesthetician licensed in another state is granted an Arkansas license by reciprocity. What scope may it have? 17 CAR § 54-204(a)(2)
  • An Arkansas aesthetician's license expired last month and still hangs at her station. What does 17 CAR § 54-107(c) say? 17 CAR § 54-107(c)
  • An Arkansas salon owner turns a Department inspector away at the door during business hours. What does 17 CAR § 54-105 call a refusal to permit an inspection? 17 CAR § 54-105(b)
  • An Arkansas school lists its aesthetician course in clock hours. What total does 17 CAR § 54-207 set? 17 CAR § 54-207 (Aesthetic curriculum)
  • An Arkansas skin care studio changes its name. Within how many days must the owner apply to the Department for approval? 17 CAR § 54-111(a)
  • An out-of-state aesthetician takes the Arkansas state law examination on its own. What grade does 17 CAR § 54-203 require? 17 CAR § 54-203(g)(2)
  • The Arkansas art of cosmetology includes temporary hair removal by tweezers, depilatories and devices. Which means does the definition except? 17 CAR § 54-201(2)(D)
  • Arkansas reciprocity asks most applicants to be at least 18. Which applicants must be at least 21? 17 CAR § 54-204(a)(2)(A)
  • For which purpose may a room where aesthetics is practiced in Arkansas not be used? 17 CAR § 54-103(b)
  • How long must a self-contained unit be to meet the Arkansas definition of a mobile salon? 17 CAR § 54-201(20)
  • When may the Department of Health's representatives enter an Arkansas establishment to inspect it? 17 CAR § 54-105(a)(1)
  • Where may an Arkansas aesthetician's license be posted, under 17 CAR § 54-107? 17 CAR § 54-107(b)
  • Which of these is a practitioner as 17 CAR § 54-201 defines the word? 17 CAR § 54-201(23)
  • Which practice is in the Arkansas definition of an aesthetician? 17 CAR § 54-201(1)
  • Who appoints the eleven members of the Arkansas Cosmetology Technical Advisory Committee? 17 CAR § 54-201(11)
  • Who is liable for carrying out the Arkansas rules in a salon, under 17 CAR § 54-104? 17 CAR § 54-104(a)

How this list was compiled: Outline: the Candidate Information Bulletin posted for the Arkansas Board of Cosmetology by the examination administrator (https://provexam.com/test-information/arkansas-board-of-cosmetology/bulletin.pdf, read 2026-10-16): Esthetics and State Law 2025, 125 questions, of which 10 are unscored, passing score 70; Scientific Concepts 48 percent, Skin Care and Services 39 percent, Arkansas State Law 13 percent. 17 CAR § 54-203 asks for a grade of 70 on the written examination, state law included, and 75 on the practical. Facts: 17 CAR Part 54, Rules for Cosmetology and Body Art in Arkansas, Subparts 1 and 2, in the official Code of Arkansas Rules (https://codeofarrules.arkansas.gov, last updated there 10/12/2026). 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 Arkansas esthetician practice test asks what the State's cosmetology rules say; Arkansas spells the license aesthetician. It is not affiliated with the Arkansas Department of Health, the National-Interstate Council of State Boards of Cosmetology (NIC) or its test administrator.

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What the written exam weighs

The bulletin for Arkansas lists Esthetics and State Law 2025 in three areas: Scientific Concepts 48 percent, Skin Care and Services 39 percent, Arkansas state law 13 percent.

How the 57 questions divide

Nineteen are on infection control, safety and the work area, 20 on wax, chemical exfoliation, devices and client history, and 18 on state law.

  • An applicator goes into the wax one time, then it is disposed of (17 CAR § 54-205(n)(5)).
  • Alpha hydroxy acids stop at 50 percent and may not be lower than a pH of 2 (17 CAR § 54-207).
  • No device may remove or destroy skin beyond the epidermis (17 CAR § 54-207).

Questions and answers

What score passes the Arkansas esthetician exam?

17 CAR § 54-203 asks for a grade of 70 on the written examination, state law included, and 75 on the practical examination, which schools of cosmetology administer.

How many questions are on the Arkansas esthetician written exam?

The examiner's bulletin lists Esthetics and State Law 2025 at 125 questions, 10 of them unscored pilot questions. It prints no time limit for this examination.

How many hours is esthetician school in Arkansas?

The aesthetician course totals 600 hours, 150 of them skin care, 40 hair removal and 10 state laws and rules (17 CAR § 54-207). A student may work on paying clients in the school after 60 hours of instruction.

Are these the real Arkansas esthetician exam questions?

No. Every question is our own, written from the Code of Arkansas Rules and linked to its section. Anatomy, skin disorders, chemistry and facial procedures are on the real examination and not here; the Washington esthetics test on this site follows the whole NIC outline.

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