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Cosmetology

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1. 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?
Disease and medication
Onychia
6
Complementary colors

2. The cuticle is the...
Conditioning
It is the toughest layer of the skin
Good posture
Loose and pliable overlapping skin around the nail

3. Benefits derived from what current are believed to be improved blood circulation - improved muscle tone - stimulation of hair growth and increased glandular activity?
Communicable diseases
Haircut
Faradic
May cause the peroxide to become weak

4. A sodium hydroxide relaxer service should not be performed on...
Resealable plastic bag inside a waste can liner for disposal
Cosmetology
Hair that has been pre-lightened (bleached)
Incandescent light

5. Professional development is...
A commitment to constatly improve yourself
On base
Toupee
Loose and pliable overlapping skin around the nail

6. What determines the width and strength of the wave?
Size of the circle
In a brush cleaner
The skin and it's layers
Medium

7. A list of all the property you own is called your...
Antibacterial soap
Skin
Assets
Refer the client to a physician

8. The fluid part of the blood is what percentage of water?
90
Under-bevel
Medium
Maxillae

9. There are how many signs of infection in the nails and hands?
All
90
6
Skin

10. The length of a section to be placed on a roller should be...
Circle
Shape or pattern
Supplying stypic powder os spray and dressing to injury.
The same as the length of the roller

11. Dispose of any material coming in contact with blood or body fluids in a...
Antibacterial soap
Red hair
Keratin
Resealable plastic bag inside a waste can liner for disposal

12. Which of the fallowing is part of the excretory system?
Skin
Cuticle
8.0 to 9.5
Pilica Polonica

13. In order to achieve the desired style and you client have in mind - begin with a good...
Pattern
Haircut
The HIV Virus
Blow dryer

14. What are the two bones of th upper jaw?
Itching
1 level lighter
Maxillae
Antibacterial Soap

15. The term texture character refers to the...
May cause the peroxide to become weak
Shape or pattern
Assets
Peptide bonds

16. Key information on a specific product reguarding ingredients - assiciated hazards - combustion levels - storage requirements is provided by...
Hardens tissues - closing pores after a facial treatment
MSDS
Blood spill procedure
Small diameter rods

17. Fires in electrical circuits occur if...
Disease and medication
At the free edge
Brain
Too many appliances use the same wall socket and overload the circuit.

18. The first design element - which describes the outline or silhouette of an object - is...
Small diameter rods
Form
Conditioning
Cortex

19. These muscles extend across the front of the chest...
Maxillae
Pectoralis Major & Pectoralis Minor
Onychia
Perm rod

20. The combination of the size of th base and the position of the curl in relation to the base is called...
2 1/2 times
Assets
MSDS
Base Control

21. A highly infectious disease against which personal service working such as nurses - doctors - teachers and cosmetologist may be inoculated is known as...
Human Hepatitis B
4.5 to 5.5
Blood spill procedure
Fever Blisters

22. Equal mixtures of inorganic and organic substances that do not dissolve in water and are sifted and perfumed are called...
Orange
Powders
Scalp toner
Under-bevel

23. Do not perform skin services when this type of lesion is present on the client's skin...
Fever Blisters
Slightly acid
In a brush cleaner
4.5 to 5.5

24. Warts are the most common...
Skin
Skin tumors
Sanitation
Fever Blisters

25. A skin patch test is not required for...
Temporary color procedures
Medium
Pectoralis Major & Pectoralis Minor
Maxillae

26. 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
Wigs
Record cards
Onychia

27. A high alkaline shampoo used to remove residue and dirt build up is an example of this type of shampoo...
4.5 to 5.5
Clarifying
It is the toughest layer of the skin
Brain

28. In order to maintain fresh air in a salon - it is important to...
Change furnace filters regularly
Lunula
Immersion
Acid balance of the hair and skin should be maintained at the 4.5 to 5.5 range level

29. Disinfecting can only be practiced on...
Veins
Nonporous surfaces
Wigs
Lunula

30. Derm Means...
Antibacterial soap
Skin
Backcombing
6

31. A resume should describe your attributes and...
In a brush cleaner
Elasticity
Trapezius
Be written in a short and concise manner

32. The power source used most often in a salon is a...
In a brush cleaner
Generator
Cataphoresis
6

33. Where should you apply the first bead of nail acrylic?
Placing it against a paper towel and looking for a change of color.
Semi-permanent coloring
At the free edge
It is the toughest layer of the skin

34. The upper chambers of the heart include the...
Placing it against a paper towel and looking for a change of color.
Sanitation
Vibration
Left & Right Atrium

35. Hair grows from a tube-like 'pocket' called a root sheath or a/an...
Follicle
Resealable plastic bag inside a waste can liner for disposal
Left & Right Atrium
90

36. Bone is the hardest structure in the body and is composed of 1/3 organic matter and...
Toupee
It is the toughest layer of the skin
Maxillae
2/3 mineral matter

37. What organ controls all body functions?
6
Disease and medication
Mantle
Brain

38. To keep the hair in optimal condition after a chemical hair relaxing service you should recommend that you client...
Return the the salon for conditioning treatments
It is the toughest layer of the skin
Cuticle
Human Hepatitis B

39. What adds a refreshing - stimulating feeling to the scalp and may have mild antiseptic properties?
Trapezius
Scalp toner
1 level lighter
Fever Blisters

40. Strong disulfide bonds are found in the which layer of the hair?
Stratum Germinativum
The acid mantle
Orange
Cortex

41. AIDS is a disease spread by...
The same as the length of the roller
Sterilization
Stratum Lucidum
The HIV Virus

42. Blood spill procedures require you to react to a client's injury by...
Wigs
90
Supplying stypic powder os spray and dressing to injury.
Size of the circle

43. The circular motion used to massage the finger is called what type of movement
On base
Joint
Stratum Germinativum
Backcombing

44. Which of the following terms defines the art and science of beauty care?
Fever Blisters
retailing
Skin
Cosmetology

45. Washing your hands is an example of...
All
Reception area
Sanitation
Nail matrix and nail bed meet

46. 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...
Avoid touching the nail
Blow dryer
Under-bevel
Haircut

47. The shape and location of hair loss is referredbto as...
Density
Pattern
Stratum Germinativum
90 degree angle cut

48. After applying the dehydrant and prior to applying the primer when doing a sculptured nail service - you should...
Semi-permanent coloring
Avoid touching the nail
Clarifying
Using a thioglycolate-based product

49. What does a local shock do?
Passes through a small part of the body
Measures how hard the electrons are being forced or pushed by a source.
Veins
The skin and it's layers

50. Which of the following is not a part of a muscle cell?
Axon
Hair that has been pre-lightened (bleached)
Reception area
Acid-balanced