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Cosmetology

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1. A skin patch test must be done at least how many hours before the actual procedure that requires thepredisposition test?
Hydrogen Peroxide
Disease and medication
24
Red hair

2. In order to maintain fresh air in a salon - it is important to...
Change furnace filters regularly
Cuticle
Pilica Polonica
Overloading

3. Which light generally makes the hair appear warmer than it actually is?
Joint
Incandescent light
No stem
Fever Blisters

4. A bleeding wound should be treated by...
Soothe and stimulate nerve and muscles
Applying pressure with gauze and a gloved hand
Skin
Cuticle

5. What type of face is characterized by a broad - straight forehead and hairline - with a broad jaw line?
Square
No stem
Orange
Strip the skin of it's acid mantle

6. What means that all becteria is killed or destroyed?
Sterilization
Semi-permanent coloring
6
Backcombing

7. An example of a subjective symptom would be...
Wigs
Shape or pattern
2 1/2 times
Itching

8. An inflammation of the nail matrix is a/an...
Passes through a small part of the body
Disease and medication
Skin tumors
Onychia

9. The main ingredient found in a booster is...
A mild form of ammonium thioglycolate
Placing it against a paper towel and looking for a change of color.
Strip the skin of it's acid mantle
Resealable plastic bag inside a waste can liner for disposal

10. Theae are designed to cover the entire head and are worn for specific purposes...
Wigs
2 1/2 times
Faradic
Dandruff

11. The temperature of the pressing comb can be tested by...
Measures how hard the electrons are being forced or pushed by a source.
Peptide bonds
Size of the circle
Placing it against a paper towel and looking for a change of color.

12. 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...
Scalp toner
Mantle
Pectoralis Major & Pectoralis Minor
Blow dryer

13. The lowermost part of the epidermis is the...
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Pattern
Stratum Germinativum
Temporary color procedures

14. Disinfecting can only be practiced on...
Disease and medication
Avoid touching the nail
Reception area
Nonporous surfaces

15. Which of the fallowing describes voltage?
Protective base cream
Cosmetology
Measures how hard the electrons are being forced or pushed by a source.
Solid

16. The first design element - which describes the outline or silhouette of an object - is...
90 degree angle cut
Form
Joint
Refer the client to a physician

17. You should wash and sanitize hands with a liquid...
Applying pressure with gauze and a gloved hand
Antibacterial soap
Circuit breaker
Avoid touching the nail

18. Where should you apply the first bead of nail acrylic?
At the free edge
Stratum corneum
Slightly acid
Size of the circle

19. If a client has a skin diseases - the cosmetologist should...
Mantle
Refer the client to a physician
Sanitation
At the free edge

20. The combination of the size of th base and the position of the curl in relation to the base is called...
Peptide bonds
No stem
Base Control
Based on how well a substance combines with another

21. What do ordinary soaps do?

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22. The purposeof a waving lotion is to...
Break disulfide bonds
Antibacterial soap
Fever Blisters
Immersion

23. Which type of hair is the least difficult to press?
Size of the circle
Lunula
Medium
Base Control

24. Mixing peroxide in a metal bowl...
Blood spill procedure
All
May cause the peroxide to become weak
Overloading

25. The thickness of the hair covering the scalp is its...
Density
The acid mantle
A mild form of ammonium thioglycolate
Base Control

26. The physical phase of a chemical relaxing treatment includes; smoothing the hair - rinsing the product from the hair and applying...
Closed circle
Neutralizer or neutralizing shampoo
A commitment to constatly improve yourself
Change furnace filters regularly

27. What are the two bones of th upper jaw?
Maxillae
Stratum Germinativum
Veins
Soothe and stimulate nerve and muscles

28. Which of the following is not a part of a muscle cell?
A mild form of ammonium thioglycolate
Axon
Nonporous surfaces
1 level lighter

29. The six general cosmetic classifacations used in the cosmetology industry are...
Ranges from 0 to 14 with 7 being neutral
Keratin
Based on how well a substance combines with another
Reception area

30. This element is the most abundant on earth
Oxygen
Fever Blisters
Skin
Nail matrix and nail bed meet

31. What should be dne if a client has an infectious disease or disorder of the scalp?
Refer the client to a physician
Protective base cream
Be written in a short and concise manner
Closed circle

32. Which of the following terms defines the art and science of beauty care?
Requires a wall receptacle containing 3 holes.
Cosmetology
Blow dryer
Red hair

33. A term applied to matting of the hair is...
Cosmetology
Pilica Polonica
Assets
6

34. Hair is made up primarily of...
Immersion
Sterilization
Keratin
Nonporous surfaces

35. What determines the width and strength of the wave?
Size of the circle
The Acid Mantle
Antibacterial soap
Wigs

36. What form of matter is hair?
Solid
Base Control
90 degree angle cut
Strip the skin of it's acid mantle

37. Which layer is the top - or uppermost - layer of the epidermis?
Conditioning
Skin
Size of the circle
Stratum corneum

38. Dispose of any material coming in contact with blood or body fluids in a...
Cortex
Left & Right Atrium
Return the the salon for conditioning treatments
Resealable plastic bag inside a waste can liner for disposal

39. Amino acids that create protiens are linked together end to end by...
Peptide bonds
Elasticity
Protective base cream
On base

40. What base control for pincurls requires that the entire circle of the curl be positioned on the base?
No stem
Hydrogen Peroxide
Lunula
The Acid Mantle

41. The pH measurement scale has which of the fallowing characteristics?
Neutralizer or neutralizing shampoo
Ranges from 0 to 14 with 7 being neutral
2 1/2 times
Strip the skin of it's acid mantle

42. What does a local shock do?
Blocking
A commitment to constatly improve yourself
Passes through a small part of the body
Immersion

43. The term given for selling products for client's home care is...
Brain
Solid
retailing
Follicle

44. Washing your hands is an example of...
6
Reception area
Sanitation
Disease and medication

45. These muscles extend across the front of the chest...
Color
Skin tumors
Color
Pectoralis Major & Pectoralis Minor

46. The power source used most often in a salon is a...
Brain
Toupee
Red hair
Generator

47. A three-wire system safety device with a grounding wire...
Form
Communicable diseases
Requires a wall receptacle containing 3 holes.
Hydrogen Peroxide

48. What organ controls all body functions?
Brain
Good posture
Haircut
Fluorescent

49. The shape and location of hair loss is referredbto as...
Pattern
Sanitation
Hydrogen Peroxide
Inventory control system

50. What may affect the porosity of hair?
Communicable diseases
Cataphoresis
Base Control
Products used on the hair