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Cosmetology

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1. The temperature of the pressing comb can be tested by...
Backcombing
Placing it against a paper towel and looking for a change of color.
Disease and medication
1 level lighter

2. A three-wire system safety device with a grounding wire...
Requires a wall receptacle containing 3 holes.
Skin tumors
Itching
Under-bevel

3. What is a technique used to push back the shorter lengths of hair toward the base to create a cushion and add volume to the hairatyle?
Placing it against a paper towel and looking for a change of color.
Backcombing
A commitment to constatly improve yourself
Cuticle

4. Which of the fallowing describes voltage?
Stratum corneum
Measures how hard the electrons are being forced or pushed by a source.
May cause the peroxide to become weak
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5. Which of the fallowing will help a Stylist determine the proper perm solution for a client?
Square
The texture - elasticity and porosity of the clients hair
Backcombing
Cataphoresis

6. Which of the fallowing is vital in order to allow close management of products purchased for retailing in the salon?
Color
Fluorescent
Veins
Inventory control system

7. Nail growth originates from active tissue known as the matrix located in the...
Good posture
Mantle
Change furnace filters regularly
Nail matrix and nail bed meet

8. Because of a tendency toward brittleness - every wig-cleaning should be followed by...
Hair that has been pre-lightened (bleached)
Backcombing
Conditioning
Electricity

9. Disinfecting can only be practiced on...
Acid balance of the hair and skin should be maintained at the 4.5 to 5.5 range level
1 level lighter
90
Nonporous surfaces

10. The most common oxidizing agent used in hair coloring and in hair lightening is...
Sanitation
Cuticle
Backcombing
Hydrogen Peroxide

11. The pH measurement scale has which of the fallowing characteristics?
Solid
Ranges from 0 to 14 with 7 being neutral
Perm rod
Products used on the hair

12. The six general cosmetic classifacations used in the cosmetology industry are...
Based on how well a substance combines with another
Color
The same as the length of the roller
Refer the client to a physician

13. The term given for selling products for client's home care is...
Hair that has been pre-lightened (bleached)
Red hair
retailing
Base Control

14. Derm Means...
Skin
Ranges from 0 to 14 with 7 being neutral
Cataphoresis
Wigs

15. What does a local shock do?
Sterilization
Passes through a small part of the body
Stratum Lucidum
Under-bevel

16. The cuticle is the...
Loose and pliable overlapping skin around the nail
Color
Clarifying
Peptide bonds

17. A bleeding wound should be treated by...
Applying pressure with gauze and a gloved hand
On pre-lightened hair
retailing
Small diameter rods

18. Applying pressure to motor points will have which of the fallowing effects?
Not rinsed out
Skin
Public Hygiene
Soothe and stimulate nerve and muscles

19. If appliances are causing more current to flow than what the circuit is designed for - a problem called what could occur?
Form
Overloading
Based on how well a substance combines with another
2 1/2 times

20. A resume should describe your attributes and...
Be written in a short and concise manner
Perm rod
Color
The acid mantle

21. Which layer is the top - or uppermost - layer of the epidermis?
Oxygen
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Stratum corneum
2/3 mineral matter

22. The upper chambers of the heart include the...
Electricity
Disease and medication
No stem
Left & Right Atrium

23. The first design element - which describes the outline or silhouette of an object - is...
Density
Faradic
Hardens tissues - closing pores after a facial treatment
Form

24. The physical phase of a chemical relaxing treatment includes; smoothing the hair - rinsing the product from the hair and applying...
Neutralizer or neutralizing shampoo
A commitment to constatly improve yourself
Elasticity
Oxygen

25. The outer covering of the hair fiber is called the...
Human Hepatitis B
Cuticle
Hydrogen Peroxide
Requires a wall receptacle containing 3 holes.

26. The projection used to create the arrangement of hair lengths that are the same throughout the head form is...
Stratum Germinativum
Axon
90 degree angle cut
Follicle

27. The main ingredient found in a booster is...
8.0 to 9.5
A mild form of ammonium thioglycolate
Skin tumors
Not rinsed out

28. The technical term for sizing a wig is...
Protective base cream
90 degree angle cut
Blocking
Blood spill procedure

29. In order to maintain fresh air in a salon - it is important to...
Measures how hard the electrons are being forced or pushed by a source.
Hardens tissues - closing pores after a facial treatment
Change furnace filters regularly
Sterilization

30. Healthy skin's pH level of 4.5 to 5.5 is...
Slightly acid
Maxillae
Size of the circle
Skin

31. To achieve the desired curl formation - hair should wrap around the rod at least how many times?
Ranges from 0 to 14 with 7 being neutral
2 1/2 times
Change furnace filters regularly
Placing it against a paper towel and looking for a change of color.

32. What is the whitened - half-moon shaped area at the base of the nail?
90
Color
Elasticity
Lunula

33. What should be followed for any cut that may occur during a manicure?
Stratum corneum
Blood spill procedure
The skin and it's layers
Stratum Germinativum

34. What may affect the porosity of hair?
Antibacterial Soap
Hardens tissues - closing pores after a facial treatment
Products used on the hair
Loose and pliable overlapping skin around the nail

35. Amino acids that create protiens are linked together end to end by...
Peptide bonds
Good posture
Medium
1 level lighter

36. What type of rods produce small firm curls?
Measures how hard the electrons are being forced or pushed by a source.
Small diameter rods
Pilica Polonica
May cause the peroxide to become weak

37. Where should you apply the first bead of nail acrylic?
Pilica Polonica
At the free edge
Oxygen
Applying pressure with gauze and a gloved hand

38. What do ordinary soaps do?

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39. An inflammation of the nail matrix is a/an...
Change furnace filters regularly
Passes through a small part of the body
Onychia
Temporary color procedures

40. Blood spill procedures require you to react to a client's injury by...
Using a thioglycolate-based product
Cause cosmetologist to be insecure about their abilities
Blow dryer
Supplying stypic powder os spray and dressing to injury.

41. The term texture character refers to the...
The same as the length of the roller
Hair that has been pre-lightened (bleached)
Shape or pattern
Conditioning

42. Dispose of any material coming in contact with blood or body fluids in a...
Resealable plastic bag inside a waste can liner for disposal
Assets
2/3 mineral matter
Based on how well a substance combines with another

43. A soft pern curl loosens the texture of overly curly hair by...
Loose and pliable overlapping skin around the nail
Joint
4.5 to 5.5
Using a thioglycolate-based product

44. Which vessels are dark in color because they carry oxygeen-poor blood?
retailing
Be written in a short and concise manner
Veins
Requires a wall receptacle containing 3 holes.

45. What protects the scalpand hairline from caustic chemicals?
Protective base cream
Dandruff
In a brush cleaner
Resealable plastic bag inside a waste can liner for disposal

46. Warts are the most common...
Applying pressure with gauze and a gloved hand
Lunula
Pattern
Skin tumors

47. Fires in electrical circuits occur if...
2 1/2 times
Too many appliances use the same wall socket and overload the circuit.
Measures how hard the electrons are being forced or pushed by a source.
Skin

48. The length of a section to be placed on a roller should be...
Generator
Supplying stypic powder os spray and dressing to injury.
The same as the length of the roller
Strip the skin of it's acid mantle

49. Weekly rinses are applied and...
Peptide bonds
Passes through a small part of the body
Not rinsed out
Fluorescent

50. The circular motion used to massage the finger is called what type of movement
Joint
Nonporous surfaces
Pectoralis Major & Pectoralis Minor
Color