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Test Yourself: Are UV Lamps Dangerous?

 

Earn Certificates of Achievement as you test your skills with NAILPRO’s Professional Participation Program. In each issue, you’ll find a multiple-choice test that will allow you to demonstrate what you’ve learned from one or more articles in the issue.

 

Answers to May Test:
1.B 2.B 3.B 4.D 5.A 6.C 7.C 8.D 9.A 10.D

 

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The deadline for taking this month’s quiz is July 31, 2010.


Read the complete Are UV Lamps Dangerous? article

 

Please be sure to select an answer for each question and fill out all required fields.

     

1 No direct link has been established between UV lights used in nail salons and skin cancer.


A. True
B. False

 

 

2 Dermatologists published a report about the possible link between salon UV lights and cancer because two women developed _____ on their hands.


A. Basal cell carcinoma
B. Squamous cell carcinoma

C. Melanoma
D. None of the above

 

 

3 UV lights that are used in nail salon lamps are as dangerous as those used in tanning beds.


A. True
B. False

 

4 One risk factor for developing skin cancer involves ______.

 

A. Exposure to UV radiation
B. Anemia

C. Beau’s lines
D. None of the above

 

 

5 Which of the following statements is true?


A. High-wattage lamps emit the same amount of UV light as low-wattage lamps
B. Low-wattage lamps emit more UV light than high-wattage lamps

C. High-wattage lamps emit more UV light than low-wattage lamps
D. There has been no link made between wattage level and amount of UV exposure

 


  

6 UV lights used in nail salons do not emit any amount of UVA rays.


A. True
B. False

 

7 Why is UV light not considered dangerous to nails?


A. Polish and enhancements do not allow UV light to penetrate
B. Cuticles protect the base of nails
C. Nails are composed of keratin
D. All of the above

 

8 The intensity of gel-curing UV lights is so low and the exposure so little that the chances of risk are miniscule.


A. True
B. False

 

 

9 About _______ of nonmelanoma skin cancers are associated with exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun.

A. 50%
B. 75%
C. 20%
D. 90%

 

 

10 How should you respond to
the concerns raised about UV light exposure?

 

A. Confront the source of the accusation
B. Educate clients based on available research
C. Apply sunscreen to clients’ hands
D. Both A and B
     

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