Final Exam

Question 1

What 3 precautions do you take if working with essential oils daily?

Answer 1

Adequate ventilation
Frequent breaks
Vary essential oils

Question 2

What caution applies to all Citrus Esssential Oils?

Answer 2

Photoxic

Question 3

Photoxic means:

Answer 3

Avoid exposure to sun/tanning beds (UV rays) for 12 hours post application.

Question 4

What cautions are advised during first trimester of pregnancy?

Answer 4

Most EOs should be avoided during first trimester.

Question 5

What % dilution can be used during 2nd and 3rd trimesters?

Answer 5

1%

Question 6

Which three EOs can be used during second and third trimester?

Answer 6

Ginger
Lemon
Mandarin

Question 7

What EO should be avoided if person has high blood pressure but does not take medication for this issue?

Answer 7

Rosemary (very stimulating)

Question 8

If a person has LOW blood pressure, avoid which essential oil?

Answer 8

Sweet Marjoram

Question 9

Never use the following three toxic oils?

Answer 9

Cassia - sensitizer
Sassafras - possibly carcinogenic
Thuja

Question 10

In our final choice of blend, BH recommends we use how many top notes and base notes.

Answer 10

No more than two of each.

Question 11

What is the easiest (simplest) way to blend EOs?

Answer 11

Equal number of drops.

Question 12

What is the alcohol concentration of perfume?

Answer 12

5-30%

Question 13

What is the alcohol percentage of Eau de Toilette?

Answer 13

4-8%

Question 14

What is the alcohol percentage of splash cologne?

Answer 14

1-3%

Question 15

Does flammable and inflammable mean the same thing?

Answer 15

Yes.

Question 16

EOs can be easily set on fire? Yes or no.

Answer 16

Yes

Question 17

Essential oils do not dissolve in?

Answer 17

Water

Question 18

Top notes do what two things?

Answer 18

Evaporate into air quickly and are usually uplifting

Question 19

Middle notes can be both what:

Answer 19

Uplifting or relaxing

Question 20

Base notes are what?

Answer 20

Usually more relaxing

Question 21

What is the most common method used in extraction of essential oils?

Answer 21

Steam Distillation

Question 22

What is the most common method of distillation?

Answer 22

Steam distillation.

Question 23

Describe Steam Distillation?

Answer 23

• water heated
• high pressure steam passes through plant material
• oils are evaporated
• steam is collected
• sent through coil cooled by running water
• steam condensed
• essential oil and condensed water separate with oil rising to top

Question 24

What are a byproduct of the distillation process?

Answer 24

Floral waters

Question 25

Three things to know about Enfleurage?

Answer 25

- an extraction by fats - oldest method of obtaining essential oils - method no longer commercially viable

Question 26

What process is used to extract essential oils from citrus oils?

Answer 26

Cold expression.

Question 27

Why is the Solvent Extraction Process not suitable for some people and why?

Answer 27

They still retain a good amount of non-volatile substances and residues of solvent. These could provoke an allergic reaction in people with sensitive skin.

Question 28

The process whereby a potential unwanted side-effect of one chemical component can be nullified by the presence of other chemical components.

Answer 28

Quenching

Question 29

What is the only difference between plant an animal cells?

Answer 29

Have extra set of organelles called chloroplasts.

Question 30

Essential oils occur during the what metabolism in the plant?

Answer 30

Secondary

Question 31

David Williams says that there are very few essential oils that do what?

Answer 31

Do not change their odour during the period of their evaporation.

Question 32

On first smelling the fresh dip of an essential oil, what is perceived and what does it consist of?

Answer 32

The Top Note - consists of combined odours of the most volatile constituents

Question 33

On smelling the same dip of an essential oil a second time (after an interval of time) what is noticed?

Answer 33

The Middle Notes (the body) may be noticed although there will always be lingering traces of the top note complex.

Question 34

Smell that same fresh dip of essential oil a third time (after a second interval of time), what happens?

Answer 34

The Middle Notes (body) will have evaporating leaving a residual odour known as the DRY OUT.

Question 35

In order to get an odour profile description for as many oils as possible from what two books:

Answer 35

Essential Oil Chemistry by David Williams And, Natural Aromatic Materials - Odours & Origins by Tony Burfield (2 volume materials index)

Question 36

In Ayurveda, describe the Vata Dominant Type?

Answer 36

- thin framed body - tall or short - joints crack easily - irregularity is the rule - appetite often variable or low - when unwell, likely to suffer from pain and nervous disorders

Question 37

In Ayurveda, Pitta Dominant types have:

Answer 37

- a moderate shape with good proportions - they can gain and lose weight relatively easily - eyes are sharp and penetrating

Question 38

Ayurveda Kapha Dominant Types are:

Answer 38

- large bodies, large frames - hair is thick and wavy - peaceful and content - move slowly - waste little energy

Question 39

The first chakra

Answer 39

Base or root

Question 40

What is the first chakra’s energy colour

Answer 40

Red

Question 41

Second chakra

Answer 41

Sacral

Question 42

Third Chakra

Answer 42

Solar plexus

Question 43

Third Chakra energy colour

Answer 43

Yellow

Question 44

Fourth chakra

Answer 44

Heart chakra

Question 45

Fifth chakra

Answer 45

Throat chakra

Question 46

Sixth Chakra

Answer 46

Brow or Third Eye Chakra

Question 47

Seventh Chakra

Answer 47

Crown Chakra