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Cosmetology

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1. What should be followed for any cut that may occur during a manicure?
Blood spill procedure
Circuit breaker
Veins
Assets

2. To achieve the desired curl formation - hair should wrap around the rod at least how many times?
Cuticle
2 1/2 times
Mantle
The skin and it's layers

3. Bone is the hardest structure in the body and is composed of 1/3 organic matter and...
90 degree angle cut
2/3 mineral matter
The same as the length of the roller
Break disulfide bonds

4. The soles of the feet and the palms of the hand are the only places where which layer is found?
Stratum Lucidum
Trapezius
At the free edge
Immersion

5. Disinfecting can only be practiced on...
Stratum corneum
Nonporous surfaces
Slightly acid
Hair that has been pre-lightened (bleached)

6. Blood spill procedures require you to react to a client's injury by...
Red hair
Follicle
Supplying stypic powder os spray and dressing to injury.
Record cards

7. Which type of hair is the least difficult to press?
Medium
Refer the client to a physician
Small diameter rods
Stratum Lucidum

8. An equal mixture of red and yellow creates what color?
Orange
Semi-permanent coloring
Hair that has been pre-lightened (bleached)
Change furnace filters regularly

9. Which type of light can create blue or cool tones?
Square
Fluorescent
Nail matrix and nail bed meet
Electricity

10. Equal mixtures of inorganic and organic substances that do not dissolve in water and are sifted and perfumed are called...
Square
Generator
Powders
Be written in a short and concise manner

11. What form of matter is hair?
6
The skin and it's layers
Refer the client to a physician
Solid

12. A bleeding wound should be treated by...
Skin
Powders
Applying pressure with gauze and a gloved hand
Inventory control system

13. The first design element - which describes the outline or silhouette of an object - is...
Strip the skin of it's acid mantle
Refer the client to a physician
Cortex
Form

14. The cuticle is the...
Loose and pliable overlapping skin around the nail
May cause the peroxide to become weak
Left & Right Atrium
Red hair

15. Washing your hands is an example of...
Strip the skin of it's acid mantle
Sanitation
Protective base cream
Refer the client to a physician

16. An overabundance of epithelial cells that accumulate on the scalp or fall to the shoulders is...
Disease
Dandruff
Blow dryer
Brain

17. What type of thermal iron will produce an S pattern?
Solid
Communicable diseases
Cataphoresis
Undulating

18. This element is the most abundant on earth
Shape or pattern
Oxygen
Placing it against a paper towel and looking for a change of color.
Form

19. To keep the hair in optimal condition after a chemical hair relaxing service you should recommend that you client...
Slightly acid
Return the the salon for conditioning treatments
Inventory control system
Protective base cream

20. Strong disulfide bonds are found in the which layer of the hair?
Electricity
Base Control
Incandescent light
Cortex

21. In order to achieve the desired style and you client have in mind - begin with a good...
Haircut
Toupee
Return the the salon for conditioning treatments
Skin

22. If a client has 25% to 30% gray hair - what level should hair coloring be in comparison to the desired shade?
Onychia
8.0 to 9.5
1 level lighter
Square

23. Nail services must not be performed on clients with a nail...
Powders
Human Hepatitis B
Disease
Maxillae

24. What will produce a small and strong pincurl?
4.5 to 5.5
Disease
Perm rod
Closed circle

25. Amino acids that create protiens are linked together end to end by...
Resealable plastic bag inside a waste can liner for disposal
Clarifying
Break disulfide bonds
Peptide bonds

26. What type of face is characterized by a broad - straight forehead and hairline - with a broad jaw line?
2 1/2 times
Dandruff
Soothe and stimulate nerve and muscles
Square

27. Because of a tendency toward brittleness - every wig-cleaning should be followed by...
Onychia
Elasticity
The texture - elasticity and porosity of the clients hair
Conditioning

28. Color found opposite each other on the color wheel are called...
Scalp toner
Complementary colors
A mild form of ammonium thioglycolate
Hydrogen Peroxide

29. Which of the fallowing conditions would prevent you from going ahead with a chemical relaxing service?
2/3 mineral matter
The Acid Mantle
Scalp abrasions
Under-bevel

30. The pH measurement scale has which of the fallowing characteristics?
Assets
Ranges from 0 to 14 with 7 being neutral
Veins
1 level lighter

31. You should wash and sanitize hands with a liquid...
Antibacterial soap
Supplying stypic powder os spray and dressing to injury.
Haircut
Wigs

32. Acid balance is important to the cosmetologist because...
Soothe and stimulate nerve and muscles
It is the toughest layer of the skin
Vibration
Acid balance of the hair and skin should be maintained at the 4.5 to 5.5 range level

33. If appliances are causing more current to flow than what the circuit is designed for - a problem called what could occur?
Protective base cream
Break disulfide bonds
Overloading
Scalp toner

34. What type of rods produce small firm curls?
Blow dryer
Small diameter rods
Conditioning
Solid

35. The common cold - hepatitis and measles are examples of...
6
90
Communicable diseases
Neutralizer or neutralizing shampoo

36. What maintains the acid balance of the hair and skin?
Small diameter rods
The Acid Mantle
The skin and it's layers
Avoid touching the nail

37. The term texture character refers to the...
Neutralizer or neutralizing shampoo
Shape or pattern
Maxillae
4.5 to 5.5

38. An inflammation of the nail matrix is a/an...
Onychia
Scalp toner
Hair that has been pre-lightened (bleached)
MSDS

39. What quality is notable about the stratum corneum?
Acid balance of the hair and skin should be maintained at the 4.5 to 5.5 range level
Oxygen
It is the toughest layer of the skin
Circuit breaker

40. Derm Means...
Skin
Not rinsed out
Hardens tissues - closing pores after a facial treatment
Disease and medication

41. The technical term for sizing a wig is...
Overloading
Blocking
Toupee
Human Hepatitis B

42. Health Hazards such as impure air and the inproper storage and use of food fall under the category of...
Dandruff
No stem
Human Hepatitis B
Public Hygiene

43. 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...
Color
Sterilization
Overloading
Blow dryer

44. The upper chambers of the heart include the...
1 level lighter
Left & Right Atrium
Red hair
Stratum Lucidum

45. A term applied to matting of the hair is...
Be written in a short and concise manner
Size of the circle
Pilica Polonica
Ranges from 0 to 14 with 7 being neutral

46. What is the whitened - half-moon shaped area at the base of the nail?
Itching
Lunula
Cuticle
24

47. The combination of the size of th base and the position of the curl in relation to the base is called...
Base Control
Too many appliances use the same wall socket and overload the circuit.
Under-bevel
Fluorescent

48. Universal precautions require you to preform infection control procedures with which clients?
All
Vibration
Faradic
Color

49. All impliments must be thoroughly cleaned before...
Square
Immersion
All
Protective base cream

50. What is the most commonly used developer or oxidizing agent?
Circuit breaker
Hydrogen Peroxide
Blocking
Fever Blisters