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Minnesota Esthetician Practice Test

Sixty questions on the statute sections and rule parts that the Esthetician State Examination outline names, area by area.

Which tools turn an extraction into an advanced extraction under Minnesota's definitions?

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Unofficial practice questions, not affiliated with the Minnesota Board of Cosmetologist Examiners or PSI Services LLC. Bank checked October 16, 2026.

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General information 9

  • A client asks a Minnesota esthetician for dermaplaning. Under which license does the scope rule place that service? Minn. R. 2105.0105, subp. 5(A)
  • Before appointment to Minnesota's Board of Cosmetologist Examiners, how long must its esthetician member have practiced in the licensed occupation? Minn. Stat. 155A.20(b)
  • In Minnesota's rules, by which means does basic exfoliation remove dead skin cells? Minn. R. 2105.0010, subp. 2b
  • Minnesota's scope rule calls esthiology the cosmetic treatment of which part of the skin? Minn. R. 2105.0105, subp. 2
  • What must a sharps container be labeled with, as Minnesota's rules define one? Minn. R. 2105.0010, subp. 11i
  • Which line is the definition of an esthetician in Minnesota Statutes section 155A.23? Minn. Stat. 155A.23, subd. 5
  • Which list gives the ways a Minnesota esthetician removes hair from a person's body under the scope rule? Minn. R. 2105.0105, subp. 2(D)
  • Which tools turn an extraction into an advanced extraction under Minnesota's definitions? Minn. R. 2105.0010, subp. 1c
  • Which treatment is left out of advanced practice esthetic services in Minnesota because the statutes treat it as the practice of medicine? Minn. R. 2105.0105, subp. 5(B)
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Licensing 15

  • A Board inspector comes to a Minnesota salon in a private residence. The owner is home, but the salon is closed that day. What does the rule require? Minn. R. 2105.0393(G)
  • A business leases suites to Minnesota estheticians and holds the one salon license itself. What kind of salon license goes up at each entrance customers use? Minn. R. 2105.0397, subp. 3
  • A Minnesota esthetician begins using a device that is new to her. For how long must she keep a record of the training she received on it? Minn. R. 2105.0190, subp. 1a(C)
  • A Minnesota salon changes its name and nothing else, and the owner files the name change papers within 60 days. What does the Board do? Minn. R. 2105.0322, subp. 7
  • A Minnesota salon's completed renewal application reaches the Board seven months after the salon license expired. What follows? Minn. R. 2105.0330, subp. 7(C)
  • An esthetician with a manager's license works a bridal event under Minnesota's permit for special events. Which service may she provide there? Minn. R. 2105.0410, subp. 2(B)(3)
  • The designated licensed salon manager of a Minnesota skin care salon resigns. How soon must the owner inform the Board in writing? Minn. R. 2105.0322, subp. 10
  • For how long after its expiration date does a Minnesota esthetician license stay eligible for renewal under the ordinary renewal rule? Minn. R. 2105.0200, subp. 1
  • How far ahead must each event be registered online with the Minnesota Board by the holder of a special events permit? Minn. R. 2105.0410, subp. 2(C)(3)
  • Minnesota practitioners sit in a class approved for renewal credit. Which of these may not take place during it? Minn. Stat. 155A.271, subd. 1a
  • On what date does the permit for special events run out in Minnesota? Minn. R. 2105.0410, subp. 2(C)(1)
  • Three of a Minnesota esthetician's four core continuing education hours must be on which subject? Minn. R. 2105.0200, subp. 2(A)(1)
  • Where must a Minnesota salon keep proof of current professional liability insurance for the salon and everyone practicing under its license? Minn. R. 2105.0322, subp. 4(C)
  • Which space may one licensed Minnesota salon business share with another licensed salon business? Minn. R. 2105.0310, subp. 1
  • Whom may a Minnesota salon allow to provide a regulated service, such as a facial, without compensation? Minn. R. 2105.0322, subp. 2

Practice requirements 27

  • A client's skin bleeds during an extraction. To complete the service under Minnesota's blood exposure steps, what must the esthetician wear? Minn. R. 2105.0375, subp. 5(D)
  • A Minnesota esthetician notices bits of debris in her disinfectant container at midday. What does the infection control rule require? Minn. R. 2105.0375, subp. 4(D)
  • A Minnesota esthetician sets out her tools before the client arrives. How must the tools be kept until the service begins? Minn. R. 2105.0375, subp. 6(E)
  • A Minnesota salon keeps safety data sheets where everyone working there can reach them at all times. Which products must the sheets cover? Minn. R. 2105.0370(B)(1)
  • A treatment room in a Minnesota salon has no sink of its own. With what must that work area be continuously equipped? Minn. R. 2105.0360, subp. 6(F)
  • A used applicator is dipped a second time into a pot of wax. What does Minnesota's rule require next? Minn. R. 2105.0375, subp. 14(A)
  • A wooden stick has been dipped into the wax once. What may be done with its other, clean end in a Minnesota salon? Minn. R. 2105.0375, subp. 14(B)
  • After each use, which parts of a steamer or high frequency wand must be cleaned and disinfected or sterilized in Minnesota? Minn. R. 2105.0375, subp. 11
  • An autoclave's spore test comes back positive. When may the Minnesota salon use the autoclave again? Minn. R. 2105.0375, subp. 4a(C)
  • At closing, a Minnesota salon's towel warmer still holds steamed towels that no client used. What does the rule require? Minn. R. 2105.0375, subp. 15(G)(3)
  • During an inspection, used wax strips are lying in a Minnesota esthetician's work area. How does section 155A.355 treat the presence of used single-use articles there? Minn. Stat. 155A.355, subd. 1
  • Eyelash extensions are taken from their package for one client's service, and some are left over. What happens to them in Minnesota? Minn. R. 2105.0375, subp. 16(C)
  • For how long must a Minnesota salon keep an autoclave's spore-testing results and maintenance records on site? Minn. R. 2105.0375, subp. 4a(C)
  • For which of these services does Minnesota's rule require the licensee to wear gloves? Minn. R. 2105.0375, subp. 7(O)(1)
  • How is a towel that covered a client laundered under Minnesota's rule? Minn. R. 2105.0375, subp. 8
  • How often must the containers that store disinfected tools be cleaned and disinfected in a Minnesota salon? Minn. R. 2105.0375, subp. 6(B)
  • On which clients must a Minnesota licensee not perform services, under the safety and infection-control practices? Minn. R. 2105.0375, subp. 7(G)
  • The paper sheet slips and a client's bare skin touches the surface of a facial bed. When must the surface be cleaned and disinfected? Minn. R. 2105.0375, subp. 15(B)
  • Roll-on wax is prohibited in Minnesota salons. Which roll-on product does the same rule accept? Minn. R. 2105.0377(C)
  • What does Minnesota's rule on wax services require of the pot itself, day to day? Minn. R. 2105.0375, subp. 14
  • When is a brow or lip pencil sharpened under Minnesota's infection control rule? Minn. R. 2105.0375, subp. 7(E)
  • When may a bleach product be used as a disinfectant in a Minnesota salon? Minn. R. 2105.0375, subp. 4(A)
  • Where does blood-stained cotton go under Minnesota's blood and body fluid exposure rule? Minn. R. 2105.0375, subp. 5(E)
  • Where may the spatula used to take cream from a jar not be stored in a Minnesota salon? Minn. R. 2105.0375, subp. 7(C)(1)
  • Which item must each Minnesota salon keep readily accessible, built to a national ANSI standard? Minn. R. 2105.0370(A)
  • Which of these does Minnesota's hand washing rule name as not an acceptable substitute for washing the hands? Minn. R. 2105.0375, subp. 2
  • Which tools must be cleaned and then sterilized, not only disinfected, before they are reused in a Minnesota salon? Minn. R. 2105.0375, subp. 4a(A)

Enforcement 9

  • A Minnesota esthetician license was issued by the Board yesterday, and the paper license has not arrived. What may be posted in the meantime? Minn. R. 2105.0190, subp. 4(C)
  • A Minnesota esthetician owes penalties from a Board inspection. What must happen before her license is renewed? Minn. R. 2105.0115, subp. 4(B)
  • For how long must a Minnesota salon's inspection report stay posted? Minn. R. 2105.0115, subp. 3
  • How much of a suspension period must be completed before the Minnesota Board may reinstate a suspended license? Minn. Stat. 155A.33, subd. 7
  • The Minnesota Board serves a cease and desist order on a licensee, and no hearing is requested. After how long does the order become final? Minn. Stat. 155A.33, subd. 3(d)
  • Minnesota's advertising rule bars adding a qualifying term to a Board license title. Which three terms does it give as examples? Minn. R. 2105.0110(E)
  • Under section 155A.33, how large a civil penalty may a single violation bring a Minnesota esthetician? Minn. Stat. 155A.33, subd. 6(a)
  • Up to what amount does Minnesota's penalty schedule allow for performing nail services in an esthetician salon? Minn. Stat. 155A.25, subd. 1a(c)(9)
  • What must a Minnesota Board inspector carry and produce on request? Minn. R. 2105.0115, subp. 1(E)

How this list was compiled: Outline: the Esthetician State Examination content outline in the Candidate Information Bulletin for the Minnesota Board of Cosmetology, published by PSI Services LLC (effective 6/5/26; https://test-takers.psiexams.com/api/content/bulletin/3917): 35 questions (30 scored, 5 experimental), 1 hour, 75 percent to pass, in four areas of 15, 25, 45 and 15 percent, each with the statute sections and rule parts it is written from. Minn. R. 2105.0145 asks an esthetician applicant for passing results on a general theory test, a written practical test and a test on Minnesota laws and rules. Facts: Minnesota Statutes chapter 155A (https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/155A) and Minnesota Rules chapter 2105 (https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/2105/) on the Office of the Revisor of Statutes' site. Each question names its section or part 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 of a bulletin, a practice product, a textbook or a prep course.

How it works

This unofficial Minnesota esthetician practice test is for the state examination on laws and rules, one of three written tests the license asks for. It is not affiliated with the Minnesota Board of Cosmetologist Examiners or PSI Services LLC.

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How the 60 questions divide

The bulletin's outline gives general information 15 percent, licensing 25, practice requirements 45 and enforcement 15, and names the sections of Minnesota Statutes chapter 155A and the parts of Minnesota Rules chapter 2105 behind each line. The bank holds 9, 15, 27 and 9 questions in that order.

What the general theory and written practical ask

Both are written from textbooks, so neither is practiced here. For skin science, facials and hair removal theory, the Washington and California esthetician tests on this site follow published national outlines.

  • Dermaplaning, microdermabrasion and extractions with lancets belong to the advanced practice license, not the esthetician license (Minn. R. 2105.0105).
  • Alcohol is not a disinfecting agent in a Minnesota salon, and UV sterilizers may not be present (Minn. R. 2105.0375, 2105.0377).
  • Only single-use sterile lancets may be used, and they go into a sharps container (Minn. R. 2105.0377, 2105.0375).

Questions and answers

How many questions are on the Minnesota esthetician state exam?

Thirty scored questions and five experimental ones in one hour, with 75 percent to pass, by the bulletin effective 6/5/26. The general theory examination has 85 questions and the written practical 55, each in 1.5 hours at the same pass mark.

How many hours is esthetician school in Minnesota?

600 hours at a Minnesota-licensed cosmetology school, shown on the course completion certificate, and the applicant must be at least 17 years old (Minn. R. 2105.0145). Test results may be no more than one year old when the application goes in.

What is the difference between an esthetician and an advanced practice esthetician in Minnesota?

An esthetician treats the stratum corneum. The advanced practice license reaches the epidermal layer and adds advanced exfoliation, electrical energy treatments, lymphatic drainage, advanced extractions and skin needling (Minn. R. 2105.0105). It needs its own course and two more tests.

Are these the real Minnesota esthetician exam questions?

No. Each was written for this site from a statute section or rule part that the outline lists, and links to the Revisor's text. The examination, practice products and textbooks were not used.

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