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Cosmetology

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1. Warts are the most common...
Vibration
Sterilization
Change furnace filters regularly
Skin tumors

2. 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
It is the toughest layer of the skin
Mantle
Reception area

3. The temperature of the pressing comb can be tested by...
Placing it against a paper towel and looking for a change of color.
Overloading
Hardens tissues - closing pores after a facial treatment
Semi-permanent coloring

4. What type of thermal iron will produce an S pattern?
Orange
Stratum corneum
Undulating
Not rinsed out

5. The power source used most often in a salon is a...
On pre-lightened hair
Powders
Applying pressure with gauze and a gloved hand
Generator

6. Hair additions are an appropriate choice for clients who want to add length - density - texture and /or...
Requires a wall receptacle containing 3 holes.
Color
Electricity
Skin

7. Drawing the head back - rotating the shoulder blades and controlling the swing of the arm are functions controlled by the latissimus dorsi and the...
Blow dryer
24
Sanitation
Trapezius

8. The shape and location of hair loss is referredbto as...
Electricity
Small diameter rods
Pattern
In a brush cleaner

9. If a client has a skin diseases - the cosmetologist should...
6
Refer the client to a physician
Skin
90

10. Permanent hair removal requires the use of...
Electricity
Stratum Lucidum
Passes through a small part of the body
Hydrogen Peroxide

11. What type of manufacturersn require a plastic impression of the client's head?
Cuticle
Circle
Toupee
Orange

12. What may affect the porosity of hair?
Products used on the hair
Cataphoresis
Break disulfide bonds
Public Hygiene

13. Bone is the hardest structure in the body and is composed of 1/3 organic matter and...
2/3 mineral matter
Wigs
Oxygen
Toupee

14. The cuticle is the...
Complementary colors
Strip the skin of it's acid mantle
Loose and pliable overlapping skin around the nail
Record cards

15. 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?
Soothe and stimulate nerve and muscles
Joint
Disease and medication
24

16. The fluid part of the blood is what percentage of water?
Under-bevel
8.0 to 9.5
Stratum Germinativum
90

17. Toners are pastl color used...
Incandescent light
Cortex
On pre-lightened hair
Faradic

18. The lowermost part of the epidermis is the...
Stratum Germinativum
Skin
Square
May cause the peroxide to become weak

19. Where should you apply the first bead of nail acrylic?
Nail matrix and nail bed meet
At the free edge
Cuticle
Solid

20. Which of the fallowing is part of the excretory system?
Skin
Soothe and stimulate nerve and muscles
Maxillae
MSDS

21. What is the whitened - half-moon shaped area at the base of the nail?
Mantle
Lunula
Sanitation
Fever Blisters

22. What are the two bones of th upper jaw?
Maxillae
Circuit breaker
Placing it against a paper towel and looking for a change of color.
Return the the salon for conditioning treatments

23. Which of the fallowing is vital in order to allow close management of products purchased for retailing in the salon?
Inventory control system
The Acid Mantle
Mantle
Break disulfide bonds

24. Health Hazards such as impure air and the inproper storage and use of food fall under the category of...
The Acid Mantle
Public Hygiene
Stratum Lucidum
Cuticle

25. A predominant amount of pheomelanin will produce...
Trapezius
Communicable diseases
8.0 to 9.5
Red hair

26. Amino acids that create protiens are linked together end to end by...
Medium
Passes through a small part of the body
Supplying stypic powder os spray and dressing to injury.
Peptide bonds

27. Nail growth originates from active tissue known as the matrix located in the...
Public Hygiene
Mantle
Measures how hard the electrons are being forced or pushed by a source.
Dandruff

28. Benefits derived from what current are believed to be improved blood circulation - improved muscle tone - stimulation of hair growth and increased glandular activity?
Semi-permanent coloring
Density
Hair that has been pre-lightened (bleached)
Faradic

29. Which vessels are dark in color because they carry oxygeen-poor blood?
Antibacterial Soap
Veins
Overloading
Break disulfide bonds

30. What means that all becteria is killed or destroyed?
Measures how hard the electrons are being forced or pushed by a source.
retailing
Pectoralis Major & Pectoralis Minor
Sterilization

31. Which of the fallowing conditions would prevent you from going ahead with a chemical relaxing service?
Scalp abrasions
Products used on the hair
Placing it against a paper towel and looking for a change of color.
Scalp toner

32. There are how many signs of infection in the nails and hands?
6
2/3 mineral matter
Mantle
Applying pressure with gauze and a gloved hand

33. What organ controls all body functions?
Base Control
Brain
May cause the peroxide to become weak
Veins

34. What type of rods produce small firm curls?
Small diameter rods
On base
4.5 to 5.5
Scalp toner

35. What form of matter is hair?
Solid
Veins
2/3 mineral matter
Break disulfide bonds

36. What is the most commonly used developer or oxidizing agent?
Refer the client to a physician
Red hair
Clarifying
Hydrogen Peroxide

37. Which of the fallowing describes voltage?
6
Measures how hard the electrons are being forced or pushed by a source.
Change furnace filters regularly
Cosmetology

38. The term texture character refers to the...
Dandruff
8.0 to 9.5
At the free edge
Shape or pattern

39. In order to achieve the desired style and you client have in mind - begin with a good...
Haircut
90 degree angle cut
Soothe and stimulate nerve and muscles
Nonporous surfaces

40. Dispose of any material coming in contact with blood or body fluids in a...
Stratum corneum
Haircut
Resealable plastic bag inside a waste can liner for disposal
Good posture

41. What is the device used to protect a circuit from being overloaded?
Circuit breaker
Conditioning
Break disulfide bonds
Keratin

42. Where would you record vital client information such as the name - address and the condition of a client's hair and scalp?
Record cards
On pre-lightened hair
Wigs
Shape or pattern

43. The circular motion used to massage the finger is called what type of movement
Sterilization
Joint
Hydrogen Peroxide
Communicable diseases

44. In a well-organized salon the client should be greeted in the...
Haircut
Cause cosmetologist to be insecure about their abilities
Generator
Reception area

45. Strong disulfide bonds are found in the which layer of the hair?
The acid mantle
Passes through a small part of the body
Cortex
Applying pressure with gauze and a gloved hand

46. This element is the most abundant on earth
Density
Good posture
90 degree angle cut
Oxygen

47. Which of the fallowing will help a Stylist determine the proper perm solution for a client?
The texture - elasticity and porosity of the clients hair
Circuit breaker
Record cards
May cause the peroxide to become weak

48. Hair is made up primarily of...
Break disulfide bonds
Keratin
Medium
On pre-lightened hair

49. After applying the dehydrant and prior to applying the primer when doing a sculptured nail service - you should...
Color
Circuit breaker
Avoid touching the nail
Skin

50. The integumentary system is made up of...

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