Test your basic knowledge |

Cosmetology

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. What type of face is characterized by a broad - straight forehead and hairline - with a broad jaw line?
Trapezius
Electricity
Square
Pectoralis Major & Pectoralis Minor

2. The Three major layers of the hair are the medulla - cortex and the...
Follicle
Axon
Cuticle
Color

3. 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...
Slightly acid
Density
Passes through a small part of the body
Nail matrix and nail bed meet

4. To achieve maximum volume - which tool position should be used?
On base
2 1/2 times
Cuticle
Fever Blisters

5. What means that all becteria is killed or destroyed?
Small diameter rods
Sterilization
The Acid Mantle
Elasticity

6. A sodium hydroxide relaxer service should not be performed on...
Hair that has been pre-lightened (bleached)
On pre-lightened hair
Antibacterial Soap
A commitment to constatly improve yourself

7. The temperature of the pressing comb can be tested by...
Measures how hard the electrons are being forced or pushed by a source.
Loose and pliable overlapping skin around the nail
Vibration
Placing it against a paper towel and looking for a change of color.

8. The physical phase of a chemical relaxing treatment includes; smoothing the hair - rinsing the product from the hair and applying...
Protective base cream
Onychia
Base Control
Neutralizer or neutralizing shampoo

9. Color found opposite each other on the color wheel are called...
Public Hygiene
Toupee
Complementary colors
Pectoralis Major & Pectoralis Minor

10. Which of the fallowing describes voltage?
Refer the client to a physician
On base
Axon
Measures how hard the electrons are being forced or pushed by a source.

11. Your arms shake as you touch the client with the fingertips or palms in this type of message...
Vibration
It is the toughest layer of the skin
Clarifying
Small diameter rods

12. These muscles extend across the front of the chest...
Solid
Hydrogen Peroxide
Pectoralis Major & Pectoralis Minor
On pre-lightened hair

13. In order to achieve the desired style and you client have in mind - begin with a good...
Human Hepatitis B
Haircut
Hair that has been pre-lightened (bleached)
Backcombing

14. An equal mixture of red and yellow creates what color?
4.5 to 5.5
Measures how hard the electrons are being forced or pushed by a source.
Orange
Public Hygiene

15. The lowermost part of the epidermis is the...
Blow dryer
Loose and pliable overlapping skin around the nail
Stratum Germinativum
Passes through a small part of the body

16. Which of the following is not a part of a muscle cell?
Axon
Mantle
Cortex
Supplying stypic powder os spray and dressing to injury.

17. Which light generally makes the hair appear warmer than it actually is?
Resealable plastic bag inside a waste can liner for disposal
Strip the skin of it's acid mantle
Incandescent light
Color

18. Which of the fallowing can affect hair growth by either stimulating the onset of the telogen phase or by causing the production of abnormal - brittle hair?
Human Hepatitis B
Disease and medication
Requires a wall receptacle containing 3 holes.
Acid-balanced

19. If you cut the hair in a forward head position with the client's neck stretched - when the head is returned to an upright position what effect is achieved?
Cataphoresis
Under-bevel
Break disulfide bonds
Cause cosmetologist to be insecure about their abilities

20. Which of the fallowing conditions would prevent you from going ahead with a chemical relaxing service?
Communicable diseases
Wigs
Scalp abrasions
Too many appliances use the same wall socket and overload the circuit.

21. Hue is another term for...
Mantle
Protective base cream
Color
Perm rod

22. The upper chambers of the heart include the...
Left & Right Atrium
Passes through a small part of the body
Stratum Germinativum
Return the the salon for conditioning treatments

23. To achieve the desired curl formation - hair should wrap around the rod at least how many times?
Soothe and stimulate nerve and muscles
2 1/2 times
24
Strip the skin of it's acid mantle

24. Warts are the most common...
Small diameter rods
Peptide bonds
Skin tumors
It is the toughest layer of the skin

25. Universal precautions require you to preform infection control procedures with which clients?
All
A mild form of ammonium thioglycolate
Shape or pattern
Density

26. Amino acids that create protiens are linked together end to end by...
Dandruff
Red hair
Peptide bonds
Hydrogen Peroxide

27. The ability of hair to stretch and then return to its natural shape without breaking is refered to as...
Perm rod
Refer the client to a physician
Elasticity
Soothe and stimulate nerve and muscles

28. Derm Means...
Circle
Left & Right Atrium
Medium
Skin

29. Nail services must not be performed on clients with a nail...
Onychia
Axon
Scalp abrasions
Disease

30. Blood spill procedures require you to react to a client's injury by...
90 degree angle cut
Acid-balanced
Supplying stypic powder os spray and dressing to injury.
Blow dryer

31. Permanent hair removal requires the use of...
Loose and pliable overlapping skin around the nail
Electricity
Oxygen
MSDS

32. In a well-organized salon the client should be greeted in the...
Ranges from 0 to 14 with 7 being neutral
Reception area
Good posture
90 degree angle cut

33. Fallowing a acrylic nail service - brushes should be cleaned...
Veins
Backcombing
Inventory control system
In a brush cleaner

34. The circular motion used to massage the finger is called what type of movement
Good posture
Joint
Be written in a short and concise manner
Toupee

35. What type of rinse is used after a color service to prevent the color from fading?
Acid-balanced
Base Control
Semi-permanent coloring
Color

36. A predominant amount of pheomelanin will produce...
Orange
Red hair
Record cards
Refer the client to a physician

37. Applying pressure to motor points will have which of the fallowing effects?
Red hair
Soothe and stimulate nerve and muscles
Faradic
Itching

38. What is the most commonly used developer or oxidizing agent?
Fluorescent
Temporary color procedures
A commitment to constatly improve yourself
Hydrogen Peroxide

39. AIDS is a disease spread by...
A mild form of ammonium thioglycolate
Generator
The HIV Virus
Hair that has been pre-lightened (bleached)

40. What type of thermal iron will produce an S pattern?
Human Hepatitis B
Undulating
The texture - elasticity and porosity of the clients hair
Not rinsed out

41. Hair is made up primarily of...
On pre-lightened hair
Refer the client to a physician
Medium
Keratin

42. A three-wire system safety device with a grounding wire...
Cataphoresis
6
Change furnace filters regularly
Requires a wall receptacle containing 3 holes.

43. Key information on a specific product reguarding ingredients - assiciated hazards - combustion levels - storage requirements is provided by...
Brain
MSDS
Pectoralis Major & Pectoralis Minor
Base Control

44. Which type of light can create blue or cool tones?
Blocking
Backcombing
Avoid touching the nail
Fluorescent

45. A piece of equipment used to air form wet hair using brushes - combs and fingers to create temporary direction and texture changes is called a...
Return the the salon for conditioning treatments
Blow dryer
Strip the skin of it's acid mantle
Cuticle

46. Professional development is...
Density
A commitment to constatly improve yourself
Joint
Avoid touching the nail

47. What quality is notable about the stratum corneum?
It is the toughest layer of the skin
Assets
Public Hygiene
1 level lighter

48. Theae are designed to cover the entire head and are worn for specific purposes...
Hydrogen Peroxide
It is the toughest layer of the skin
Wigs
Avoid touching the nail

49. A soft pern curl loosens the texture of overly curly hair by...
Conditioning
Using a thioglycolate-based product
Measures how hard the electrons are being forced or pushed by a source.
Size of the circle

50. What adds a refreshing - stimulating feeling to the scalp and may have mild antiseptic properties?
Using a thioglycolate-based product
May cause the peroxide to become weak
Refer the client to a physician
Scalp toner