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Cosmetology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Acid balance is important to the cosmetologist because...
Avoid touching the nail
Follicle
Acid balance of the hair and skin should be maintained at the 4.5 to 5.5 range level
Loose and pliable overlapping skin around the nail
2. The length of a section to be placed on a roller should be...
Based on how well a substance combines with another
Cataphoresis
Assets
The same as the length of the roller
3. What determines the width and strength of the wave?
Size of the circle
Axon
No stem
Scalp toner
4. What will produce a small and strong pincurl?
Solid
Closed circle
Skin tumors
Toupee
5. Which type of hair is the least difficult to press?
Wigs
Medium
Acid balance of the hair and skin should be maintained at the 4.5 to 5.5 range level
Maxillae
6. If a client has 25% to 30% gray hair - what level should hair coloring be in comparison to the desired shade?
Color
On base
Antibacterial soap
1 level lighter
7. The technical term for sizing a wig is...
Keratin
Blocking
Using a thioglycolate-based product
Toupee
8. The soles of the feet and the palms of the hand are the only places where which layer is found?
8.0 to 9.5
Stratum Lucidum
Avoid touching the nail
The HIV Virus
9. A predominant amount of pheomelanin will produce...
Axon
Oxygen
The HIV Virus
Red hair
10. The power source used most often in a salon is a...
Sterilization
Disease
2 1/2 times
Generator
11. Which of the fallowing is part of the excretory system?
Neutralizer or neutralizing shampoo
Skin
Antibacterial Soap
8.0 to 9.5
12. Nail growth originates from active tissue known as the matrix located in the...
Itching
Mantle
Loose and pliable overlapping skin around the nail
Form
13. Equal mixtures of inorganic and organic substances that do not dissolve in water and are sifted and perfumed are called...
Temporary color procedures
Powders
Cuticle
Assets
14. Key information on a specific product reguarding ingredients - assiciated hazards - combustion levels - storage requirements is provided by...
Orange
Powders
MSDS
Axon
15. Fallowing a acrylic nail service - brushes should be cleaned...
Stratum Lucidum
In a brush cleaner
6
Mantle
16. What is the whitened - half-moon shaped area at the base of the nail?
The same as the length of the roller
Pectoralis Major & Pectoralis Minor
Lunula
On pre-lightened hair
17. AIDS is a disease spread by...
Disease and medication
Cuticle
Strip the skin of it's acid mantle
The HIV Virus
18. Where should you apply the first bead of nail acrylic?
At the free edge
Color
Lunula
Trapezius
19. Hue is another term for...
2 1/2 times
Color
Cause cosmetologist to be insecure about their abilities
At the free edge
20. What determines the size and shape of the new curl configuration?
Cosmetology
Neutralizer or neutralizing shampoo
Perm rod
Backcombing
21. Fires in electrical circuits occur if...
Blocking
Too many appliances use the same wall socket and overload the circuit.
Cortex
Hardens tissues - closing pores after a facial treatment
22. Professional development is...
Haircut
A commitment to constatly improve yourself
Public Hygiene
Medium
23. You should wash and sanitize hands with a liquid...
Shape or pattern
Antibacterial soap
Square
On base
24. In order to maintain fresh air in a salon - it is important to...
Powders
Small diameter rods
Temporary color procedures
Change furnace filters regularly
25. The integumentary system is made up of...
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26. The upper chambers of the heart include the...
4.5 to 5.5
Generator
Left & Right Atrium
Applying pressure with gauze and a gloved hand
27. 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?
Skin
Perm rod
Disease and medication
Axon
28. Where would you record vital client information such as the name - address and the condition of a client's hair and scalp?
Be written in a short and concise manner
Size of the circle
Record cards
MSDS
29. Drawing the head back - rotating the shoulder blades and controlling the swing of the arm are functions controlled by the latissimus dorsi and the...
Trapezius
Good posture
Brain
Loose and pliable overlapping skin around the nail
30. A high alkaline shampoo used to remove residue and dirt build up is an example of this type of shampoo...
All
Left & Right Atrium
Blood spill procedure
Clarifying
31. What should be dne if a client has an infectious disease or disorder of the scalp?
Disease and medication
Hydrogen Peroxide
Refer the client to a physician
Reception area
32. The fluid part of the blood is what percentage of water?
Trapezius
Refer the client to a physician
90
Orange
33. What type of rinse is used after a color service to prevent the color from fading?
All
Acid-balanced
Backcombing
Medium
34. The purposeof a waving lotion is to...
Passes through a small part of the body
Stratum Germinativum
Human Hepatitis B
Break disulfide bonds
35. Which of the fallowing conditions would prevent you from going ahead with a chemical relaxing service?
Semi-permanent coloring
Red hair
Scalp abrasions
Avoid touching the nail
36. The term given for selling products for client's home care is...
Axon
retailing
All
A commitment to constatly improve yourself
37. If a client has a skin diseases - the cosmetologist should...
Mantle
Cortex
Protective base cream
Refer the client to a physician
38. A skin patch test must be done at least how many hours before the actual procedure that requires thepredisposition test?
Trapezius
24
Conditioning
4.5 to 5.5
39. The projection used to create the arrangement of hair lengths that are the same throughout the head form is...
Form
On pre-lightened hair
90 degree angle cut
Powders
40. Toners are pastl color used...
Sterilization
Passes through a small part of the body
Antibacterial Soap
On pre-lightened hair
41. What type of rods produce small firm curls?
Hardens tissues - closing pores after a facial treatment
Orange
Small diameter rods
Nonporous surfaces
42. Derm Means...
Onychia
Skin
Scalp toner
Sterilization
43. Washing your hands is an example of...
Sanitation
Trapezius
Measures how hard the electrons are being forced or pushed by a source.
Joint
44. 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
Avoid touching the nail
Good posture
Products used on the hair
45. A highly infectious disease against which personal service working such as nurses - doctors - teachers and cosmetologist may be inoculated is known as...
Electricity
Human Hepatitis B
Color
Neutralizer or neutralizing shampoo
46. This element is the most abundant on earth
In a brush cleaner
Oxygen
Color
The skin and it's layers
47. The pH measurement scale has which of the fallowing characteristics?
Orange
Ranges from 0 to 14 with 7 being neutral
8.0 to 9.5
The Acid Mantle
48. Which type of light can create blue or cool tones?
Blow dryer
Perm rod
Blood spill procedure
Fluorescent
49. A term applied to matting of the hair is...
24
Undulating
Pilica Polonica
2 1/2 times
50. Your finger bowls should contain warm water and...
In a brush cleaner
Antibacterial Soap
On pre-lightened hair
Scalp toner