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Cosmetology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Healthy skin's pH level of 4.5 to 5.5 is...
Slightly acid
Generator
Pectoralis Major & Pectoralis Minor
Form
2. What maintains the acid balance of the hair and skin?
The Acid Mantle
Stratum Lucidum
Color
Form
3. Weekly rinses are applied and...
Not rinsed out
A mild form of ammonium thioglycolate
Acid balance of the hair and skin should be maintained at the 4.5 to 5.5 range level
Using a thioglycolate-based product
4. Bone is the hardest structure in the body and is composed of 1/3 organic matter and...
Blood spill procedure
2/3 mineral matter
Elasticity
Nonporous surfaces
5. Which process uses the positive electrode to force acidic solution into the skin without breaking the skin?
Cataphoresis
Scalp abrasions
Acid-balanced
Communicable diseases
6. A bleeding wound should be treated by...
Public Hygiene
Applying pressure with gauze and a gloved hand
Toupee
4.5 to 5.5
7. The outer covering of the hair fiber is called the...
Good posture
Axon
Semi-permanent coloring
Cuticle
8. 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
Small diameter rods
Conditioning
Inventory control system
9. Where would you record vital client information such as the name - address and the condition of a client's hair and scalp?
MSDS
Reception area
Record cards
Assets
10. 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?
Shape or pattern
Cuticle
Backcombing
Hair that has been pre-lightened (bleached)
11. What means that all becteria is killed or destroyed?
In a brush cleaner
Avoid touching the nail
Sterilization
Incandescent light
12. Your finger bowls should contain warm water and...
Antibacterial Soap
MSDS
24
Stratum corneum
13. What is the most commonly used developer or oxidizing agent?
Pattern
The texture - elasticity and porosity of the clients hair
Acid-balanced
Hydrogen Peroxide
14. A highly infectious disease against which personal service working such as nurses - doctors - teachers and cosmetologist may be inoculated is known as...
Itching
Human Hepatitis B
Requires a wall receptacle containing 3 holes.
Antibacterial soap
15. Hair grows from a tube-like 'pocket' called a root sheath or a/an...
Trapezius
Pattern
Immersion
Follicle
16. A three-wire system safety device with a grounding wire...
Human Hepatitis B
Requires a wall receptacle containing 3 holes.
Medium
The HIV Virus
17. If a client has a skin diseases - the cosmetologist should...
Semi-permanent coloring
Wigs
Refer the client to a physician
Strip the skin of it's acid mantle
18. Which of the following terms defines the art and science of beauty care?
In a brush cleaner
Cosmetology
It is the toughest layer of the skin
6
19. All impliments must be thoroughly cleaned before...
Powders
Supplying stypic powder os spray and dressing to injury.
90 degree angle cut
Immersion
20. Blood spill procedures require you to react to a client's injury by...
2/3 mineral matter
On base
Color
Supplying stypic powder os spray and dressing to injury.
21. The thickness of the hair covering the scalp is its...
Density
Clarifying
Protective base cream
Supplying stypic powder os spray and dressing to injury.
22. There are how many signs of infection in the nails and hands?
90
6
Maxillae
Strip the skin of it's acid mantle
23. Your arms shake as you touch the client with the fingertips or palms in this type of message...
Vibration
Hydrogen Peroxide
Cataphoresis
Human Hepatitis B
24. What will produce a small and strong pincurl?
Cortex
Toupee
Closed circle
Keratin
25. The pH measurement scale has which of the fallowing characteristics?
Ranges from 0 to 14 with 7 being neutral
Stratum Lucidum
Fluorescent
Follicle
26. Alkaline waves carry a pH of...
Cuticle
8.0 to 9.5
Stratum Lucidum
Slightly acid
27. 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...
Blow dryer
Nail matrix and nail bed meet
Incandescent light
Good posture
28. If a client has 25% to 30% gray hair - what level should hair coloring be in comparison to the desired shade?
1 level lighter
Joint
Hair that has been pre-lightened (bleached)
Pilica Polonica
29. What does a local shock do?
Blood spill procedure
Passes through a small part of the body
Oxygen
Axon
30. The technical term for sizing a wig is...
Blocking
Powders
Axon
Base Control
31. The lunula is the half-moon shape at the base of the nail that appears white due to a reflection of light at the point where the...
Assets
Nail matrix and nail bed meet
Circuit breaker
Joint
32. What quality is notable about the stratum corneum?
Clarifying
MSDS
It is the toughest layer of the skin
Stratum Lucidum
33. The circular motion used to massage the finger is called what type of movement
Joint
Return the the salon for conditioning treatments
Pilica Polonica
Reception area
34. Which of the fallowing conditions would prevent you from going ahead with a chemical relaxing service?
Hydrogen Peroxide
Assets
Scalp abrasions
MSDS
35. The length of a section to be placed on a roller should be...
Stratum Lucidum
The same as the length of the roller
Refer the client to a physician
Cortex
36. The term texture character refers to the...
May cause the peroxide to become weak
Shape or pattern
Nonporous surfaces
Brain
37. The main ingredient found in a booster is...
A mild form of ammonium thioglycolate
Under-bevel
Follicle
Skin
38. Which light generally makes the hair appear warmer than it actually is?
It is the toughest layer of the skin
Incandescent light
Axon
Nail matrix and nail bed meet
39. Equal mixtures of inorganic and organic substances that do not dissolve in water and are sifted and perfumed are called...
Stratum Germinativum
Powders
Too many appliances use the same wall socket and overload the circuit.
Base Control
40. Because of a tendency toward brittleness - every wig-cleaning should be followed by...
Powders
Follicle
Conditioning
Resealable plastic bag inside a waste can liner for disposal
41. Amino acids that create protiens are linked together end to end by...
Change furnace filters regularly
Peptide bonds
Inventory control system
Perm rod
42. Washing your hands is an example of...
Undulating
Cortex
Red hair
Sanitation
43. The six general cosmetic classifacations used in the cosmetology industry are...
Supplying stypic powder os spray and dressing to injury.
Haircut
Based on how well a substance combines with another
MSDS
44. A term applied to matting of the hair is...
Haircut
Disease
Pilica Polonica
Sanitation
45. Universal precautions require you to preform infection control procedures with which clients?
Veins
Hydrogen Peroxide
All
Skin
46. The soles of the feet and the palms of the hand are the only places where which layer is found?
Keratin
Faradic
Stratum Lucidum
8.0 to 9.5
47. Hair additions are an appropriate choice for clients who want to add length - density - texture and /or...
Cortex
Color
Blow dryer
Circuit breaker
48. In a well-organized salon the client should be greeted in the...
Reception area
Too many appliances use the same wall socket and overload the circuit.
Stratum corneum
It is the toughest layer of the skin
49. What are the effects of cataphoresis?
Too many appliances use the same wall socket and overload the circuit.
Semi-permanent coloring
2 1/2 times
Hardens tissues - closing pores after a facial treatment
50. Which of the fallowing is part of the excretory system?
2/3 mineral matter
Toupee
Incandescent light
Skin