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Cosmetology

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1. Key information on a specific product reguarding ingredients - assiciated hazards - combustion levels - storage requirements is provided by...
Neutralizer or neutralizing shampoo
Red hair
Reception area
MSDS

2. The ph of the acid mantle will normally be...
Pilica Polonica
Fever Blisters
Pectoralis Major & Pectoralis Minor
4.5 to 5.5

3. Warts are the most common...
24
The acid mantle
Color
Skin tumors

4. Do not perform skin services when this type of lesion is present on the client's skin...
Reception area
Complementary colors
Fever Blisters
2 1/2 times

5. All impliments must be thoroughly cleaned before...
Small diameter rods
Immersion
Size of the circle
Elasticity

6. Which type of hair is the least difficult to press?
Medium
Strip the skin of it's acid mantle
Complementary colors
Backcombing

7. Where would you record vital client information such as the name - address and the condition of a client's hair and scalp?
Joint
Record cards
Itching
Fever Blisters

8. The purposeof a waving lotion is to...
The HIV Virus
Shape or pattern
Cataphoresis
Break disulfide bonds

9. Derm Means...
Trapezius
Pattern
Skin
Hydrogen Peroxide

10. What do ordinary soaps do?

11. What may affect the porosity of hair?
Products used on the hair
Blocking
Supplying stypic powder os spray and dressing to injury.
Peptide bonds

12. Which of the fallowing is vital in order to allow close management of products purchased for retailing in the salon?
Nail matrix and nail bed meet
Loose and pliable overlapping skin around the nail
Scalp toner
Inventory control system

13. What determines the size and shape of the new curl configuration?
Record cards
Perm rod
Acid-balanced
8.0 to 9.5

14. What does a local shock do?
Passes through a small part of the body
Density
Orange
Cuticle

15. A soft pern curl loosens the texture of overly curly hair by...
Peptide bonds
Density
90
Using a thioglycolate-based product

16. In a well-organized salon the client should be greeted in the...
Closed circle
Cortex
Antibacterial soap
Reception area

17. Applying pressure to motor points will have which of the fallowing effects?
Powders
Scalp abrasions
Using a thioglycolate-based product
Soothe and stimulate nerve and muscles

18. The upper chambers of the heart include the...
May cause the peroxide to become weak
Left & Right Atrium
Under-bevel
Generator

19. Mixing peroxide in a metal bowl...
Base Control
May cause the peroxide to become weak
Conditioning
Ranges from 0 to 14 with 7 being neutral

20. What organ controls all body functions?
The acid mantle
Brain
Square
Hydrogen Peroxide

21. A skin patch test must be done at least how many hours before the actual procedure that requires thepredisposition test?
Circuit breaker
Size of the circle
Passes through a small part of the body
24

22. What are the two bones of th upper jaw?
Dandruff
90
Vibration
Maxillae

23. Because of a tendency toward brittleness - every wig-cleaning should be followed by...
Joint
Avoid touching the nail
Conditioning
Requires a wall receptacle containing 3 holes.

24. What determines the width and strength of the wave?
Slightly acid
1 level lighter
Size of the circle
Vibration

25. 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...
All
Electricity
Orange
Semi-permanent coloring

26. In order to maintain fresh air in a salon - it is important to...
Blocking
Placing it against a paper towel and looking for a change of color.
Change furnace filters regularly
Complementary colors

27. What maintains the acid balance of the hair and skin?
Backcombing
retailing
The Acid Mantle
Trapezius

28. If appliances are causing more current to flow than what the circuit is designed for - a problem called what could occur?
Overloading
Stratum Germinativum
Fluorescent
Itching

29. Professional development is...
Skin
A commitment to constatly improve yourself
Mantle
Wigs

30. The physical phase of a chemical relaxing treatment includes; smoothing the hair - rinsing the product from the hair and applying...
8.0 to 9.5
Skin
Passes through a small part of the body
Neutralizer or neutralizing shampoo

31. Equal mixtures of inorganic and organic substances that do not dissolve in water and are sifted and perfumed are called...
Powders
Itching
24
Size of the circle

32. What should be followed for any cut that may occur during a manicure?
Blood spill procedure
Placing it against a paper towel and looking for a change of color.
Mantle
Immersion

33. What means that all becteria is killed or destroyed?
Record cards
Sterilization
Skin tumors
Slightly acid

34. A resume should describe your attributes and...
Circuit breaker
Too many appliances use the same wall socket and overload the circuit.
Maxillae
Be written in a short and concise manner

35. Blood spill procedures require you to react to a client's injury by...
Supplying stypic powder os spray and dressing to injury.
Circuit breaker
Faradic
Pattern

36. 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...
Peptide bonds
2/3 mineral matter
Refer the client to a physician
Nail matrix and nail bed meet

37. The shape and location of hair loss is referredbto as...
Generator
Scalp toner
Skin
Pattern

38. Which vessels are dark in color because they carry oxygeen-poor blood?
Brain
The HIV Virus
Veins
Nonporous surfaces

39. Which of the fallowing is part of the excretory system?
Generator
Skin
Cortex
8.0 to 9.5

40. Acid balance is important to the cosmetologist because...
Pilica Polonica
Size of the circle
2 1/2 times
Acid balance of the hair and skin should be maintained at the 4.5 to 5.5 range level

41. Alkaline waves carry a pH of...
Skin
8.0 to 9.5
Break disulfide bonds
Itching

42. What are the effects of cataphoresis?
Solid
Hardens tissues - closing pores after a facial treatment
Nonporous surfaces
Cause cosmetologist to be insecure about their abilities

43. What type of thermal iron will produce an S pattern?
Passes through a small part of the body
Acid balance of the hair and skin should be maintained at the 4.5 to 5.5 range level
Disease
Undulating

44. If a client has a skin diseases - the cosmetologist should...
Refer the client to a physician
Blocking
Skin tumors
Supplying stypic powder os spray and dressing to injury.

45. The length of a section to be placed on a roller should be...
Loose and pliable overlapping skin around the nail
Complementary colors
Itching
The same as the length of the roller

46. The Three major layers of the hair are the medulla - cortex and the...
Veins
Incandescent light
Cuticle
6

47. Amino acids that create protiens are linked together end to end by...
Nonporous surfaces
Peptide bonds
The same as the length of the roller
No stem

48. Bone is the hardest structure in the body and is composed of 1/3 organic matter and...
Break disulfide bonds
Return the the salon for conditioning treatments
2/3 mineral matter
Maxillae

49. Your finger bowls should contain warm water and...
Undulating
Skin
Antibacterial Soap
Orange

50. Which layer is the top - or uppermost - layer of the epidermis?
Cause cosmetologist to be insecure about their abilities
Protective base cream
The skin and it's layers
Stratum corneum