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Cosmetology

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1. Dispose of any material coming in contact with blood or body fluids in a...
90 degree angle cut
Brain
Resealable plastic bag inside a waste can liner for disposal
Cuticle

2. Key information on a specific product reguarding ingredients - assiciated hazards - combustion levels - storage requirements is provided by...
Complementary colors
MSDS
Powders
Temporary color procedures

3. Nail services must not be performed on clients with a nail...
Applying pressure with gauze and a gloved hand
Scalp abrasions
Conditioning
Disease

4. In a well-organized salon the client should be greeted in the...
Using a thioglycolate-based product
Reception area
MSDS
Stratum Lucidum

5. What means that all becteria is killed or destroyed?
retailing
Form
Sterilization
On pre-lightened hair

6. Which type of hair is the least difficult to press?
Public Hygiene
Complementary colors
Medium
Acid balance of the hair and skin should be maintained at the 4.5 to 5.5 range level

7. Which of the fallowing conditions would prevent you from going ahead with a chemical relaxing service?
Disease
Elasticity
Scalp abrasions
Red hair

8. Cosmetology Codes of Ethics are designed to do all of the fallowing - EXCEPT...
Red hair
A mild form of ammonium thioglycolate
Shape or pattern
Cause cosmetologist to be insecure about their abilities

9. Disinfecting can only be practiced on...
No stem
2/3 mineral matter
Assets
Nonporous surfaces

10. What type of rods produce small firm curls?
Ranges from 0 to 14 with 7 being neutral
Shape or pattern
Skin tumors
Small diameter rods

11. Hair grows from a tube-like 'pocket' called a root sheath or a/an...
Follicle
Keratin
Requires a wall receptacle containing 3 holes.
90

12. Theae are designed to cover the entire head and are worn for specific purposes...
Return the the salon for conditioning treatments
Orange
Not rinsed out
Wigs

13. The cuticle is the...
Red hair
Keratin
Loose and pliable overlapping skin around the nail
2/3 mineral matter

14. 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
retailing
Size of the circle
8.0 to 9.5

15. What type of manufacturersn require a plastic impression of the client's head?
MSDS
Red hair
Toupee
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16. Benefits derived from what current are believed to be improved blood circulation - improved muscle tone - stimulation of hair growth and increased glandular activity?
Refer the client to a physician
Neutralizer or neutralizing shampoo
Immersion
Faradic

17. To achieve maximum volume - which tool position should be used?
Faradic
Peptide bonds
On base
Orange

18. Because of a tendency toward brittleness - every wig-cleaning should be followed by...
Sterilization
Soothe and stimulate nerve and muscles
Cuticle
Conditioning

19. A skin patch test must be done at least how many hours before the actual procedure that requires thepredisposition test?
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Clarifying
Pilica Polonica
Immersion

20. 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
Strip the skin of it's acid mantle
8.0 to 9.5
Based on how well a substance combines with another

21. A skin patch test is not required for...
Itching
Skin tumors
Human Hepatitis B
Temporary color procedures

22. The purposeof a waving lotion is to...
Break disulfide bonds
Small diameter rods
Electricity
Medium

23. A predominant amount of pheomelanin will produce...
Skin
Supplying stypic powder os spray and dressing to injury.
Red hair
Ranges from 0 to 14 with 7 being neutral

24. What quality is notable about the stratum corneum?
4.5 to 5.5
Skin
Hydrogen Peroxide
It is the toughest layer of the skin

25. The temperature of the pressing comb can be tested by...
6
1 level lighter
Vibration
Placing it against a paper towel and looking for a change of color.

26. 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.
Return the the salon for conditioning treatments
Communicable diseases

27. What base control for pincurls requires that the entire circle of the curl be positioned on the base?
8.0 to 9.5
Dandruff
Public Hygiene
No stem

28. The first design element - which describes the outline or silhouette of an object - is...
Toupee
4.5 to 5.5
A mild form of ammonium thioglycolate
Form

29. What will produce a small and strong pincurl?
The HIV Virus
Small diameter rods
Hair that has been pre-lightened (bleached)
Closed circle

30. These muscles extend across the front of the chest...
Lunula
Pectoralis Major & Pectoralis Minor
Applying pressure with gauze and a gloved hand
Stratum Lucidum

31. A term applied to matting of the hair is...
A mild form of ammonium thioglycolate
Oxygen
Scalp toner
Pilica Polonica

32. What is the whitened - half-moon shaped area at the base of the nail?
Lunula
Protective base cream
Base Control
Pattern

33. 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
Avoid touching the nail
Circle
Assets

34. A sodium hydroxide relaxer service should not be performed on...
Color
Onychia
Hair that has been pre-lightened (bleached)
Fluorescent

35. Where should you apply the first bead of nail acrylic?
Assets
Antibacterial soap
Disease
At the free edge

36. The soles of the feet and the palms of the hand are the only places where which layer is found?
Scalp abrasions
Stratum Lucidum
Good posture
Hair that has been pre-lightened (bleached)

37. Which of the following is not a part of a muscle cell?
Axon
Medium
Slightly acid
Reception area

38. Color found opposite each other on the color wheel are called...
Change furnace filters regularly
The acid mantle
Form
Complementary colors

39. Bone is the hardest structure in the body and is composed of 1/3 organic matter and...
Not rinsed out
Scalp toner
Nonporous surfaces
2/3 mineral matter

40. Warts are the most common...
The skin and it's layers
2/3 mineral matter
Complementary colors
Skin tumors

41. An example of a subjective symptom would be...
Itching
Protective base cream
The Acid Mantle
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42. Hair is made up primarily of...
Sanitation
Cuticle
Acid balance of the hair and skin should be maintained at the 4.5 to 5.5 range level
Keratin

43. The main ingredient found in a booster is...
A mild form of ammonium thioglycolate
Size of the circle
Supplying stypic powder os spray and dressing to injury.
6

44. Fires in electrical circuits occur if...
Too many appliances use the same wall socket and overload the circuit.
Temporary color procedures
Acid balance of the hair and skin should be maintained at the 4.5 to 5.5 range level
Blocking

45. An overabundance of epithelial cells that accumulate on the scalp or fall to the shoulders is...
Square
Under-bevel
Dandruff
Vibration

46. Blood spill procedures require you to react to a client's injury by...
Supplying stypic powder os spray and dressing to injury.
retailing
Antibacterial Soap
On pre-lightened hair

47. What are the two bones of th upper jaw?
Placing it against a paper towel and looking for a change of color.
Maxillae
Good posture
Immersion

48. What is the device used to protect a circuit from being overloaded?
Circuit breaker
The texture - elasticity and porosity of the clients hair
Pectoralis Major & Pectoralis Minor
Antibacterial soap

49. A three-wire system safety device with a grounding wire...
The same as the length of the roller
Requires a wall receptacle containing 3 holes.
Closed circle
Hydrogen Peroxide

50. The outer covering of the hair fiber is called the...
Pectoralis Major & Pectoralis Minor
Generator
Cuticle
Perm rod