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Cosmetology

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1. What is the most commonly used developer or oxidizing agent?
Cosmetology
Hydrogen Peroxide
6
At the free edge

2. Fires in electrical circuits occur if...
Antibacterial soap
Too many appliances use the same wall socket and overload the circuit.
Generator
24

3. A bleeding wound should be treated by...
Applying pressure with gauze and a gloved hand
8.0 to 9.5
It is the toughest layer of the skin
Supplying stypic powder os spray and dressing to injury.

4. What is the whitened - half-moon shaped area at the base of the nail?
Clarifying
Itching
Orange
Lunula

5. If a client has a skin diseases - the cosmetologist should...
Refer the client to a physician
Oxygen
Ranges from 0 to 14 with 7 being neutral
Protective base cream

6. The thickness of the hair covering the scalp is its...
Oxygen
Veins
At the free edge
Density

7. Nail services must not be performed on clients with a nail...
Faradic
Disease
A mild form of ammonium thioglycolate
Solid

8. Applying pressure to motor points will have which of the fallowing effects?
Pattern
Soothe and stimulate nerve and muscles
Placing it against a paper towel and looking for a change of color.
Lunula

9. Warts are the most common...
Elasticity
No stem
Skin tumors
Blocking

10. What part of a curl is the hair that is positioned around the roller?
Circle
Axon
Veins
Good posture

11. To achieve the desired curl formation - hair should wrap around the rod at least how many times?
Pilica Polonica
2 1/2 times
Cuticle
Circuit breaker

12. These muscles extend across the front of the chest...
Immersion
Stratum corneum
Base Control
Pectoralis Major & Pectoralis Minor

13. After applying the dehydrant and prior to applying the primer when doing a sculptured nail service - you should...
Ranges from 0 to 14 with 7 being neutral
Avoid touching the nail
The HIV Virus
Color

14. The term texture character refers to the...
Sterilization
No stem
Joint
Shape or pattern

15. What base control for pincurls requires that the entire circle of the curl be positioned on the base?
On pre-lightened hair
Disease and medication
No stem
The same as the length of the roller

16. What does a local shock do?
Be written in a short and concise manner
Passes through a small part of the body
Measures how hard the electrons are being forced or pushed by a source.
Semi-permanent coloring

17. An equal mixture of red and yellow creates what color?
Faradic
Inventory control system
MSDS
Orange

18. 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?
Acid-balanced
Nail matrix and nail bed meet
Backcombing
Complementary colors

19. The main ingredient found in a booster is...
retailing
Axon
The HIV Virus
A mild form of ammonium thioglycolate

20. Which of the fallowing conditions would prevent you from going ahead with a chemical relaxing service?
Scalp abrasions
A commitment to constatly improve yourself
Density
No stem

21. Because of a tendency toward brittleness - every wig-cleaning should be followed by...
Fever Blisters
Red hair
Not rinsed out
Conditioning

22. A sodium hydroxide relaxer service should not be performed on...
Faradic
Solid
Avoid touching the nail
Hair that has been pre-lightened (bleached)

23. Which of the fallowing describes voltage?
Be written in a short and concise manner
Onychia
Powders
Measures how hard the electrons are being forced or pushed by a source.

24. Cosmetology Codes of Ethics are designed to do all of the fallowing - EXCEPT...
Cause cosmetologist to be insecure about their abilities
Communicable diseases
Requires a wall receptacle containing 3 holes.
Peptide bonds

25. Dispose of any material coming in contact with blood or body fluids in a...
Based on how well a substance combines with another
Resealable plastic bag inside a waste can liner for disposal
Cuticle
Passes through a small part of the body

26. Drawing the head back - rotating the shoulder blades and controlling the swing of the arm are functions controlled by the latissimus dorsi and the...
The Acid Mantle
Trapezius
Antibacterial Soap
Antibacterial soap

27. Nail growth originates from active tissue known as the matrix located in the...
Mantle
The HIV Virus
Slightly acid
Stratum Lucidum

28. Which of the following is not a part of a muscle cell?
Axon
24
Toupee
Lunula

29. The term given for selling products for client's home care is...
Semi-permanent coloring
Perm rod
retailing
Sanitation

30. Equal mixtures of inorganic and organic substances that do not dissolve in water and are sifted and perfumed are called...
Soothe and stimulate nerve and muscles
Powders
Pilica Polonica
Shape or pattern

31. What should be dne if a client has an infectious disease or disorder of the scalp?
MSDS
Refer the client to a physician
Lunula
The texture - elasticity and porosity of the clients hair

32. Which layer is the top - or uppermost - layer of the epidermis?
Soothe and stimulate nerve and muscles
Stratum corneum
Placing it against a paper towel and looking for a change of color.
8.0 to 9.5

33. What maintains the acid balance of the hair and skin?
Refer the client to a physician
Cause cosmetologist to be insecure about their abilities
The Acid Mantle
Antibacterial soap

34. A term applied to matting of the hair is...
Pilica Polonica
Acid balance of the hair and skin should be maintained at the 4.5 to 5.5 range level
Mantle
Backcombing

35. Which vessels are dark in color because they carry oxygeen-poor blood?
Complementary colors
Soothe and stimulate nerve and muscles
Veins
90

36. What form of matter is hair?
The HIV Virus
Solid
Lunula
A commitment to constatly improve yourself

37. Hue is another term for...
Stratum corneum
Color
Base Control
Elasticity

38. Do not perform skin services when this type of lesion is present on the client's skin...
Passes through a small part of the body
Fever Blisters
May cause the peroxide to become weak
Refer the client to a physician

39. What is the device used to protect a circuit from being overloaded?
Circuit breaker
Overloading
Soothe and stimulate nerve and muscles
1 level lighter

40. Derm Means...
Skin
Vibration
A commitment to constatly improve yourself
Assets

41. The upper chambers of the heart include the...
Change furnace filters regularly
Left & Right Atrium
No stem
Be written in a short and concise manner

42. Fallowing a acrylic nail service - brushes should be cleaned...
Complementary colors
Undulating
Closed circle
In a brush cleaner

43. What means that all becteria is killed or destroyed?
Sterilization
Generator
Skin
Stratum Germinativum

44. Benefits derived from what current are believed to be improved blood circulation - improved muscle tone - stimulation of hair growth and increased glandular activity?
Cuticle
Disease and medication
Faradic
retailing

45. The mixture of oil and sweat on the skin called...
Color
Faradic
The acid mantle
Red hair

46. Hair grows from a tube-like 'pocket' called a root sheath or a/an...
Conditioning
Follicle
2 1/2 times
Veins

47. Alkaline waves carry a pH of...
Generator
Avoid touching the nail
8.0 to 9.5
Hair that has been pre-lightened (bleached)

48. A resume should describe your attributes and...
Be written in a short and concise manner
Density
Complementary colors
Trapezius

49. The fluid part of the blood is what percentage of water?
90
Refer the client to a physician
Hydrogen Peroxide
Strip the skin of it's acid mantle

50. There are how many signs of infection in the nails and hands?
Backcombing
Measures how hard the electrons are being forced or pushed by a source.
6
Skin