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Cosmetology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The temperature of the pressing comb can be tested by...
Placing it against a paper towel and looking for a change of color.
On base
Hair that has been pre-lightened (bleached)
Stratum Germinativum
2. A high alkaline shampoo used to remove residue and dirt build up is an example of this type of shampoo...
Scalp toner
The acid mantle
Clarifying
Inventory control system
3. The projection used to create the arrangement of hair lengths that are the same throughout the head form is...
90 degree angle cut
Peptide bonds
On pre-lightened hair
Scalp toner
4. If a client has 25% to 30% gray hair - what level should hair coloring be in comparison to the desired shade?
Assets
Closed circle
Not rinsed out
1 level lighter
5. If a client has a skin diseases - the cosmetologist should...
Orange
Base Control
Refer the client to a physician
Itching
6. What do ordinary soaps do?
7. A bleeding wound should be treated by...
Applying pressure with gauze and a gloved hand
Disease and medication
Density
Wigs
8. Warts are the most common...
Faradic
Color
Resealable plastic bag inside a waste can liner for disposal
Skin tumors
9. A sodium hydroxide relaxer service should not be performed on...
Slightly acid
6
Orange
Hair that has been pre-lightened (bleached)
10. Equal mixtures of inorganic and organic substances that do not dissolve in water and are sifted and perfumed are called...
Clarifying
Measures how hard the electrons are being forced or pushed by a source.
Powders
Public Hygiene
11. Do not perform skin services when this type of lesion is present on the client's skin...
Cataphoresis
Fever Blisters
Undulating
MSDS
12. Disinfecting can only be practiced on...
Placing it against a paper towel and looking for a change of color.
Nonporous surfaces
Fever Blisters
Lunula
13. What is the most commonly used developer or oxidizing agent?
Hydrogen Peroxide
Size of the circle
Axon
Backcombing
14. Fires in electrical circuits occur if...
Toupee
Incandescent light
Form
Too many appliances use the same wall socket and overload the circuit.
15. In order to achieve the desired style and you client have in mind - begin with a good...
Skin
Haircut
Base Control
Reception area
16. What should be followed for any cut that may occur during a manicure?
Blood spill procedure
Stratum Germinativum
1 level lighter
The acid mantle
17. What maintains the acid balance of the hair and skin?
The Acid Mantle
Slightly acid
Cuticle
Nail matrix and nail bed meet
18. Where would you record vital client information such as the name - address and the condition of a client's hair and scalp?
Record cards
Stratum Germinativum
Antibacterial soap
Strip the skin of it's acid mantle
19. Which of the fallowing is part of the excretory system?
Disease and medication
Skin
Powders
Resealable plastic bag inside a waste can liner for disposal
20. Nail growth originates from active tissue known as the matrix located in the...
The acid mantle
Density
Human Hepatitis B
Mantle
21. Which of the following terms defines the art and science of beauty care?
Square
Cosmetology
Wigs
No stem
22. The ph of the acid mantle will normally be...
A mild form of ammonium thioglycolate
4.5 to 5.5
Peptide bonds
Assets
23. Alkaline waves carry a pH of...
8.0 to 9.5
Refer the client to a physician
Change furnace filters regularly
Keratin
24. What is the device used to protect a circuit from being overloaded?
Circuit breaker
The acid mantle
Faradic
Clarifying
25. After applying the dehydrant and prior to applying the primer when doing a sculptured nail service - you should...
Hair that has been pre-lightened (bleached)
Avoid touching the nail
90
Axon
26. In order to maintain fresh air in a salon - it is important to...
Using a thioglycolate-based product
Refer the client to a physician
MSDS
Change furnace filters regularly
27. Which of the fallowing is vital in order to allow close management of products purchased for retailing in the salon?
Protective base cream
Inventory control system
Measures how hard the electrons are being forced or pushed by a source.
May cause the peroxide to become weak
28. Bone is the hardest structure in the body and is composed of 1/3 organic matter and...
2/3 mineral matter
All
Maxillae
Small diameter rods
29. The thickness of the hair covering the scalp is its...
Maxillae
Scalp toner
Density
Lunula
30. The lunula is the half-moon shape at the base of the nail that appears white due to a reflection of light at the point where the...
1 level lighter
Keratin
The texture - elasticity and porosity of the clients hair
Nail matrix and nail bed meet
31. The outer covering of the hair fiber is called the...
No stem
Disease
Cuticle
2 1/2 times
32. What protects the scalpand hairline from caustic chemicals?
Powders
Protective base cream
Wigs
Red hair
33. Hair is made up primarily of...
Electricity
Keratin
Complementary colors
Semi-permanent coloring
34. Mixing peroxide in a metal bowl...
May cause the peroxide to become weak
Shape or pattern
Record cards
Scalp toner
35. The term texture character refers to the...
Shape or pattern
90
Placing it against a paper towel and looking for a change of color.
Resealable plastic bag inside a waste can liner for disposal
36. Amino acids that create protiens are linked together end to end by...
Maxillae
90 degree angle cut
Peptide bonds
Conditioning
37. A term applied to matting of the hair is...
Pilica Polonica
90 degree angle cut
Cosmetology
Nonporous surfaces
38. What type of rods produce small firm curls?
Color
Small diameter rods
Semi-permanent coloring
Sanitation
39. The purposeof a waving lotion is to...
Joint
Density
2/3 mineral matter
Break disulfide bonds
40. A nonoxidative process that uses large and small color molecules and allows the small color molecules to penetrate the cuticle and enter the cortex would be...
Semi-permanent coloring
Left & Right Atrium
MSDS
Small diameter rods
41. A highly infectious disease against which personal service working such as nurses - doctors - teachers and cosmetologist may be inoculated is known as...
Orange
A mild form of ammonium thioglycolate
Scalp abrasions
Human Hepatitis B
42. A three-wire system safety device with a grounding wire...
Perm rod
Measures how hard the electrons are being forced or pushed by a source.
Requires a wall receptacle containing 3 holes.
On pre-lightened hair
43. The circular motion used to massage the finger is called what type of movement
Circle
Protective base cream
A commitment to constatly improve yourself
Joint
44. What means that all becteria is killed or destroyed?
Sterilization
Skin tumors
Pattern
The texture - elasticity and porosity of the clients hair
45. Keeping your lower abdomen flat - your chin level and your head up are key parts in having...
Under-bevel
Good posture
Cataphoresis
Complementary colors
46. Health Hazards such as impure air and the inproper storage and use of food fall under the category of...
Temporary color procedures
Public Hygiene
Soothe and stimulate nerve and muscles
Supplying stypic powder os spray and dressing to injury.
47. A soft pern curl loosens the texture of overly curly hair by...
Clarifying
Using a thioglycolate-based product
Sterilization
8.0 to 9.5
48. What will produce a small and strong pincurl?
Closed circle
Vibration
Solid
Axon
49. An inflammation of the nail matrix is a/an...
Using a thioglycolate-based product
Neutralizer or neutralizing shampoo
8.0 to 9.5
Onychia
50. You should wash and sanitize hands with a liquid...
Cause cosmetologist to be insecure about their abilities
Hardens tissues - closing pores after a facial treatment
Antibacterial soap
The acid mantle