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Cosmetology

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1. Acid balance is important to the cosmetologist because...
Vibration
Acid balance of the hair and skin should be maintained at the 4.5 to 5.5 range level
Immersion
Measures how hard the electrons are being forced or pushed by a source.

2. Fallowing a acrylic nail service - brushes should be cleaned...
Immersion
A commitment to constatly improve yourself
In a brush cleaner
Refer the client to a physician

3. The technical term for sizing a wig is...
Trapezius
Placing it against a paper towel and looking for a change of color.
Sanitation
Blocking

4. The cuticle is the...
Cataphoresis
Loose and pliable overlapping skin around the nail
Brain
Solid

5. A sodium hydroxide relaxer service should not be performed on...
Electricity
Color
Semi-permanent coloring
Hair that has been pre-lightened (bleached)

6. After applying the dehydrant and prior to applying the primer when doing a sculptured nail service - you should...
Resealable plastic bag inside a waste can liner for disposal
Conditioning
Applying pressure with gauze and a gloved hand
Avoid touching the nail

7. 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?
Communicable diseases
Cataphoresis
Disease and medication
Circle

8. Which of the fallowing is vital in order to allow close management of products purchased for retailing in the salon?
Follicle
Oxygen
Inventory control system
Shape or pattern

9. A skin patch test must be done at least how many hours before the actual procedure that requires thepredisposition test?
Hydrogen Peroxide
In a brush cleaner
24
Overloading

10. Health Hazards such as impure air and the inproper storage and use of food fall under the category of...
Placing it against a paper towel and looking for a change of color.
Public Hygiene
Refer the client to a physician
Based on how well a substance combines with another

11. The first design element - which describes the outline or silhouette of an object - is...
The skin and it's layers
Form
Maxillae
Cataphoresis

12. Weekly rinses are applied and...
Pectoralis Major & Pectoralis Minor
Record cards
Public Hygiene
Not rinsed out

13. The ability of hair to stretch and then return to its natural shape without breaking is refered to as...
Cosmetology
Brain
Lunula
Elasticity

14. A high alkaline shampoo used to remove residue and dirt build up is an example of this type of shampoo...
Maxillae
Human Hepatitis B
Semi-permanent coloring
Clarifying

15. If a client has a skin diseases - the cosmetologist should...
Refer the client to a physician
Form
Sterilization
Red hair

16. In order to achieve the desired style and you client have in mind - begin with a good...
Small diameter rods
Skin
Haircut
Elasticity

17. The most common oxidizing agent used in hair coloring and in hair lightening is...
At the free edge
Faradic
The acid mantle
Hydrogen Peroxide

18. The upper chambers of the heart include the...
Passes through a small part of the body
Blow dryer
Wigs
Left & Right Atrium

19. Dispose of any material coming in contact with blood or body fluids in a...
Skin
Reception area
Resealable plastic bag inside a waste can liner for disposal
90

20. What type of face is characterized by a broad - straight forehead and hairline - with a broad jaw line?
No stem
Electricity
Avoid touching the nail
Square

21. Hair grows from a tube-like 'pocket' called a root sheath or a/an...
All
Incandescent light
Skin
Follicle

22. The six general cosmetic classifacations used in the cosmetology industry are...
Stratum Germinativum
Be written in a short and concise manner
Applying pressure with gauze and a gloved hand
Based on how well a substance combines with another

23. Hair additions are an appropriate choice for clients who want to add length - density - texture and /or...
Form
90 degree angle cut
Color
It is the toughest layer of the skin

24. Which light generally makes the hair appear warmer than it actually is?
Return the the salon for conditioning treatments
Hardens tissues - closing pores after a facial treatment
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Incandescent light

25. Fires in electrical circuits occur if...
Electricity
2/3 mineral matter
Strip the skin of it's acid mantle
Too many appliances use the same wall socket and overload the circuit.

26. Which vessels are dark in color because they carry oxygeen-poor blood?
2 1/2 times
Under-bevel
Veins
Red hair

27. Do not perform skin services when this type of lesion is present on the client's skin...
Color
Semi-permanent coloring
Fever Blisters
Toupee

28. Toners are pastl color used...
On pre-lightened hair
Color
Medium
Hardens tissues - closing pores after a facial treatment

29. An example of a subjective symptom would be...
Measures how hard the electrons are being forced or pushed by a source.
Itching
1 level lighter
At the free edge

30. The temperature of the pressing comb can be tested by...
90
Cataphoresis
8.0 to 9.5
Placing it against a paper towel and looking for a change of color.

31. Healthy skin's pH level of 4.5 to 5.5 is...
Slightly acid
Red hair
Supplying stypic powder os spray and dressing to injury.
Be written in a short and concise manner

32. The mixture of oil and sweat on the skin called...
Good posture
The acid mantle
Circle
Left & Right Atrium

33. Derm Means...
Skin
Circuit breaker
Conditioning
Fever Blisters

34. Warts are the most common...
Skin tumors
90
Supplying stypic powder os spray and dressing to injury.
Cuticle

35. An overabundance of epithelial cells that accumulate on the scalp or fall to the shoulders is...
Overloading
Dandruff
Based on how well a substance combines with another
Strip the skin of it's acid mantle

36. To achieve the desired curl formation - hair should wrap around the rod at least how many times?
Color
Incandescent light
The texture - elasticity and porosity of the clients hair
2 1/2 times

37. What type of manufacturersn require a plastic impression of the client's head?
Toupee
Medium
Return the the salon for conditioning treatments
Shape or pattern

38. These muscles extend across the front of the chest...
Pectoralis Major & Pectoralis Minor
The same as the length of the roller
retailing
Maxillae

39. An inflammation of the nail matrix is a/an...
Veins
Onychia
Immersion
Stratum Germinativum

40. The physical phase of a chemical relaxing treatment includes; smoothing the hair - rinsing the product from the hair and applying...
Semi-permanent coloring
Closed circle
Neutralizer or neutralizing shampoo
Refer the client to a physician

41. What are the two bones of th upper jaw?
Acid-balanced
Immersion
Maxillae
Scalp abrasions

42. Which type of light can create blue or cool tones?
Sterilization
Fluorescent
Stratum corneum
Veins

43. Amino acids that create protiens are linked together end to end by...
Applying pressure with gauze and a gloved hand
Peptide bonds
Lunula
The texture - elasticity and porosity of the clients hair

44. Hue is another term for...
Resealable plastic bag inside a waste can liner for disposal
Strip the skin of it's acid mantle
Blow dryer
Color

45. What form of matter is hair?
Undulating
Solid
Mantle
Strip the skin of it's acid mantle

46. A skin patch test is not required for...
Temporary color procedures
Mantle
Communicable diseases
Placing it against a paper towel and looking for a change of color.

47. What will produce a small and strong pincurl?
Joint
Nail matrix and nail bed meet
Closed circle
Resealable plastic bag inside a waste can liner for disposal

48. What maintains the acid balance of the hair and skin?
The Acid Mantle
Overloading
Cause cosmetologist to be insecure about their abilities
Square

49. A three-wire system safety device with a grounding wire...
A mild form of ammonium thioglycolate
Toupee
Not rinsed out
Requires a wall receptacle containing 3 holes.

50. Disinfecting can only be practiced on...
Human Hepatitis B
Elasticity
Acid-balanced
Nonporous surfaces

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