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Cosmetology

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In order to maintain fresh air in a salon - it is important to...
Good posture
Toupee
Change furnace filters regularly
2/3 mineral matter

2. The soles of the feet and the palms of the hand are the only places where which layer is found?
Stratum Lucidum
Refer the client to a physician
Backcombing
Circuit breaker

3. What is the most commonly used developer or oxidizing agent?
Blow dryer
Peptide bonds
Fever Blisters
Hydrogen Peroxide

4. Nail services must not be performed on clients with a nail...
Disease
Under-bevel
Complementary colors
Veins

5. After applying the dehydrant and prior to applying the primer when doing a sculptured nail service - you should...
Avoid touching the nail
Scalp abrasions
On pre-lightened hair
Applying pressure with gauze and a gloved hand

6. Cosmetology Codes of Ethics are designed to do all of the fallowing - EXCEPT...
The same as the length of the roller
Cause cosmetologist to be insecure about their abilities
Scalp abrasions
Axon

7. Fallowing a acrylic nail service - brushes should be cleaned...
Sterilization
In a brush cleaner
Measures how hard the electrons are being forced or pushed by a source.
Disease and medication

8. Which of the fallowing conditions would prevent you from going ahead with a chemical relaxing service?
Scalp abrasions
On base
Toupee
The same as the length of the roller

9. The first design element - which describes the outline or silhouette of an object - is...
Electricity
Incandescent light
Form
Size of the circle

10. Benefits derived from what current are believed to be improved blood circulation - improved muscle tone - stimulation of hair growth and increased glandular activity?
Not rinsed out
The texture - elasticity and porosity of the clients hair
Faradic
The HIV Virus

11. What may affect the porosity of hair?
Products used on the hair
Refer the client to a physician
The skin and it's layers
Skin

12. Hair grows from a tube-like 'pocket' called a root sheath or a/an...
Follicle
Mantle
Record cards
Undulating

13. What are the two bones of th upper jaw?
Density
retailing
Placing it against a paper towel and looking for a change of color.
Maxillae

14. Which of the following terms defines the art and science of beauty care?
Cosmetology
1 level lighter
Fluorescent
Undulating

15. Keeping your lower abdomen flat - your chin level and your head up are key parts in having...
90
Resealable plastic bag inside a waste can liner for disposal
Good posture
2 1/2 times

16. Amino acids that create protiens are linked together end to end by...
Red hair
Public Hygiene
Peptide bonds
Inventory control system

17. Hair is made up primarily of...
Onychia
Mantle
Skin
Keratin

18. Weekly rinses are applied and...
May cause the peroxide to become weak
Pilica Polonica
Not rinsed out
Immersion

19. What type of manufacturersn require a plastic impression of the client's head?
On pre-lightened hair
Sanitation
Toupee
The Acid Mantle

20. A skin patch test is not required for...
Temporary color procedures
Circle
Size of the circle
Record cards

21. What does a local shock do?
Soothe and stimulate nerve and muscles
Cuticle
Passes through a small part of the body
90 degree angle cut

22. The cuticle is the...
Protective base cream
Pectoralis Major & Pectoralis Minor
Fluorescent
Loose and pliable overlapping skin around the nail

23. If a client has a skin diseases - the cosmetologist should...
Refer the client to a physician
MSDS
Skin
4.5 to 5.5

24. What adds a refreshing - stimulating feeling to the scalp and may have mild antiseptic properties?
Follicle
Disease and medication
Hydrogen Peroxide
Scalp toner

25. A bleeding wound should be treated by...
MSDS
Applying pressure with gauze and a gloved hand
Clarifying
Under-bevel

26. Which light generally makes the hair appear warmer than it actually is?
Joint
2 1/2 times
Products used on the hair
Incandescent light

27. There are how many signs of infection in the nails and hands?
Communicable diseases
A commitment to constatly improve yourself
6
Peptide bonds

28. Hue is another term for...
Based on how well a substance combines with another
Refer the client to a physician
Color
Resealable plastic bag inside a waste can liner for disposal

29. Washing your hands is an example of...
All
Antibacterial Soap
Sanitation
Closed circle

30. 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...
Complementary colors
A mild form of ammonium thioglycolate
Semi-permanent coloring
Axon

31. 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...
Trapezius
Blow dryer
Pectoralis Major & Pectoralis Minor
Dandruff

32. Alkaline waves carry a pH of...
Cause cosmetologist to be insecure about their abilities
8.0 to 9.5
Strip the skin of it's acid mantle
Not rinsed out

33. To achieve the desired curl formation - hair should wrap around the rod at least how many times?
Follicle
2 1/2 times
retailing
Overloading

34. Which of the fallowing is vital in order to allow close management of products purchased for retailing in the salon?
Blood spill procedure
In a brush cleaner
Placing it against a paper towel and looking for a change of color.
Inventory control system

35. The most common oxidizing agent used in hair coloring and in hair lightening is...
Fever Blisters
Color
Hydrogen Peroxide
Avoid touching the nail

36. Healthy skin's pH level of 4.5 to 5.5 is...
Slightly acid
Stratum Germinativum
The acid mantle
Toupee

37. What determines the width and strength of the wave?
Overloading
Size of the circle
Hydrogen Peroxide
Reception area

38. The term texture character refers to the...
Square
Axon
Complementary colors
Shape or pattern

39. Nail growth originates from active tissue known as the matrix located in the...
Blocking
8.0 to 9.5
Backcombing
Mantle

40. Which of the fallowing is part of the excretory system?
Applying pressure with gauze and a gloved hand
Skin
The texture - elasticity and porosity of the clients hair
Pattern

41. Equal mixtures of inorganic and organic substances that do not dissolve in water and are sifted and perfumed are called...
The HIV Virus
Powders
Nail matrix and nail bed meet
Hydrogen Peroxide

42. The outer covering of the hair fiber is called the...
No stem
Cuticle
Maxillae
Measures how hard the electrons are being forced or pushed by a source.

43. What part of a curl is the hair that is positioned around the roller?
Circle
Resealable plastic bag inside a waste can liner for disposal
Elasticity
Pectoralis Major & Pectoralis Minor

44. Derm Means...
The Acid Mantle
Cortex
Skin
Sanitation

45. The common cold - hepatitis and measles are examples of...
It is the toughest layer of the skin
Perm rod
Left & Right Atrium
Communicable diseases

46. Applying pressure to motor points will have which of the fallowing effects?
Elasticity
Soothe and stimulate nerve and muscles
Nonporous surfaces
Cuticle

47. An equal mixture of red and yellow creates what color?
Public Hygiene
Circuit breaker
Orange
Elasticity

48. Toners are pastl color used...
On pre-lightened hair
A commitment to constatly improve yourself
Brain
Stratum corneum

49. Disinfecting can only be practiced on...
Break disulfide bonds
Requires a wall receptacle containing 3 holes.
Color
Nonporous surfaces

50. What protects the scalpand hairline from caustic chemicals?
Toupee
Shape or pattern
Protective base cream
The same as the length of the roller