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Cosmetology

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Fallowing a acrylic nail service - brushes should be cleaned...
In a brush cleaner
Cosmetology
Onychia
Protective base cream

2. A highly infectious disease against which personal service working such as nurses - doctors - teachers and cosmetologist may be inoculated is known as...
Human Hepatitis B
Fever Blisters
Follicle
Dandruff

3. What may affect the porosity of hair?
Skin
Sterilization
Scalp abrasions
Products used on the hair

4. Hair grows from a tube-like 'pocket' called a root sheath or a/an...
Follicle
Record cards
Hardens tissues - closing pores after a facial treatment
On pre-lightened hair

5. Amino acids that create protiens are linked together end to end by...
Disease and medication
Cortex
Peptide bonds
Blocking

6. What protects the scalpand hairline from caustic chemicals?
Protective base cream
Cortex
Supplying stypic powder os spray and dressing to injury.
Oxygen

7. What is the most commonly used developer or oxidizing agent?
Hydrogen Peroxide
Acid balance of the hair and skin should be maintained at the 4.5 to 5.5 range level
2/3 mineral matter
4.5 to 5.5

8. Nail services must not be performed on clients with a nail...
Blood spill procedure
Return the the salon for conditioning treatments
Disease
Peptide bonds

9. Mixing peroxide in a metal bowl...
In a brush cleaner
Incandescent light
Skin
May cause the peroxide to become weak

10. Hair is made up primarily of...
Loose and pliable overlapping skin around the nail
Small diameter rods
Placing it against a paper towel and looking for a change of color.
Keratin

11. What type of rinse is used after a color service to prevent the color from fading?
Base Control
Measures how hard the electrons are being forced or pushed by a source.
Acid-balanced
Brain

12. The ph of the acid mantle will normally be...
Peptide bonds
In a brush cleaner
4.5 to 5.5
90

13. Blood spill procedures require you to react to a client's injury by...
Supplying stypic powder os spray and dressing to injury.
Cataphoresis
2 1/2 times
Veins

14. Which of the fallowing can affect hair growth by either stimulating the onset of the telogen phase or by causing the production of abnormal - brittle hair?
Veins
Refer the client to a physician
The Acid Mantle
Disease and medication

15. Which of the fallowing is part of the excretory system?
Skin
Nonporous surfaces
Acid balance of the hair and skin should be maintained at the 4.5 to 5.5 range level
Generator

16. A sodium hydroxide relaxer service should not be performed on...
Break disulfide bonds
Hair that has been pre-lightened (bleached)
Haircut
Ranges from 0 to 14 with 7 being neutral

17. Hair additions are an appropriate choice for clients who want to add length - density - texture and /or...
Axon
Color
Electricity
Based on how well a substance combines with another

18. The mixture of oil and sweat on the skin called...
The acid mantle
Incandescent light
Refer the client to a physician
4.5 to 5.5

19. What are the two bones of th upper jaw?
90 degree angle cut
Square
Brain
Maxillae

20. The thickness of the hair covering the scalp is its...
Hydrogen Peroxide
Onychia
Density
Communicable diseases

21. A bleeding wound should be treated by...
In a brush cleaner
Applying pressure with gauze and a gloved hand
Return the the salon for conditioning treatments
Under-bevel

22. An overabundance of epithelial cells that accumulate on the scalp or fall to the shoulders is...
The acid mantle
Dandruff
Peptide bonds
Based on how well a substance combines with another

23. The ability of hair to stretch and then return to its natural shape without breaking is refered to as...
4.5 to 5.5
Under-bevel
Oxygen
Elasticity

24. You should wash and sanitize hands with a liquid...
Stratum corneum
Antibacterial soap
Fever Blisters
Circle

25. The most common oxidizing agent used in hair coloring and in hair lightening is...
Acid-balanced
Stratum Germinativum
Hydrogen Peroxide
Supplying stypic powder os spray and dressing to injury.

26. Healthy skin's pH level of 4.5 to 5.5 is...
Refer the client to a physician
Density
Slightly acid
Brain

27. Permanent hair removal requires the use of...
Passes through a small part of the body
Conditioning
2/3 mineral matter
Electricity

28. Warts are the most common...
Blow dryer
Skin tumors
Ranges from 0 to 14 with 7 being neutral
Mantle

29. In a well-organized salon the client should be greeted in the...
Reception area
6
Follicle
Cortex

30. Which of the fallowing describes voltage?
Backcombing
Hair that has been pre-lightened (bleached)
Products used on the hair
Measures how hard the electrons are being forced or pushed by a source.

31. Which process uses the positive electrode to force acidic solution into the skin without breaking the skin?
Circuit breaker
Hair that has been pre-lightened (bleached)
Cataphoresis
Disease and medication

32. Weekly rinses are applied and...
Refer the client to a physician
8.0 to 9.5
Not rinsed out
Refer the client to a physician

33. Professional development is...
A commitment to constatly improve yourself
Skin
Keratin
Overloading

34. Derm Means...
Strip the skin of it's acid mantle
Skin
Inventory control system
Base Control

35. What will produce a small and strong pincurl?
Closed circle
Soothe and stimulate nerve and muscles
Powders
Return the the salon for conditioning treatments

36. Dispose of any material coming in contact with blood or body fluids in a...
Resealable plastic bag inside a waste can liner for disposal
Based on how well a substance combines with another
Semi-permanent coloring
Powders

37. What quality is notable about the stratum corneum?
A commitment to constatly improve yourself
Hardens tissues - closing pores after a facial treatment
Left & Right Atrium
It is the toughest layer of the skin

38. What maintains the acid balance of the hair and skin?
Record cards
The Acid Mantle
Soothe and stimulate nerve and muscles
Sanitation

39. What type of rods produce small firm curls?
Small diameter rods
Left & Right Atrium
Circuit breaker
Human Hepatitis B

40. What are the effects of cataphoresis?
Hardens tissues - closing pores after a facial treatment
Refer the client to a physician
Itching
Supplying stypic powder os spray and dressing to injury.

41. Which type of hair is the least difficult to press?
The texture - elasticity and porosity of the clients hair
Medium
Hydrogen Peroxide
Requires a wall receptacle containing 3 holes.

42. What form of matter is hair?
Color
On base
Strip the skin of it's acid mantle
Solid

43. The Three major layers of the hair are the medulla - cortex and the...
The texture - elasticity and porosity of the clients hair
Sanitation
Human Hepatitis B
Cuticle

44. A term applied to matting of the hair is...
Pilica Polonica
Conditioning
Refer the client to a physician
Joint

45. Which vessels are dark in color because they carry oxygeen-poor blood?
Veins
Electricity
The HIV Virus
Disease and medication

46. The common cold - hepatitis and measles are examples of...
Skin
Communicable diseases
Generator
Square

47. Because of a tendency toward brittleness - every wig-cleaning should be followed by...
Conditioning
Vibration
Dandruff
Color

48. Keeping your lower abdomen flat - your chin level and your head up are key parts in having...
Avoid touching the nail
The HIV Virus
Good posture
Requires a wall receptacle containing 3 holes.

49. 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...
The texture - elasticity and porosity of the clients hair
Semi-permanent coloring
Pilica Polonica
retailing

50. An equal mixture of red and yellow creates what color?
Faradic
Orange
Acid-balanced
Inventory control system