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Hair Design Certification

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. When consulting with male client - recommend stles that are...
Horizontal lines
Space
A round head shape
Flattering and appropriate

2. The element of form describes...
Relationship between hair - face - and body type
Space
Diagonal
Overall outline of a hairstyle

3. The most versatile hair type for styling is...
Enhance positive features
Contrasting lines
A lighter color
Wavy - medium

4. A balding male client may look good with a...
Develop height on top
Curved
1.5
Closely groomed beard and mustache

5. The most important art principle that holds a design together is...
Design
Creates more interest in the design
Proportion
Harmony

6. Ornamentation is an exciting method of creating...
Line
Hard to curl
emphasis
Volume

7. There are three basic profile types: straight - convex - and...
Concave
A lighter color
Take calculated risks
Oval face

8. The use of repeating lines - whether straight or curved...
Creates more interest in the design
Eyebrows to end of nose
Closely groomed beard and mustache
creat volume between the temples and jaw

9. In the hair design process - when deciding to take calculated risks - it is important to have a strong foundation in...
small and narrow
Style hair away from the forehead
Proportion
Techniques and skills

10. The face shape that is considered to be ideal is the...
1.5
Form and space
Oval
Proportion

11. An important factor in being a good hair designer is...
emphasis
Soften a design
A strong visual sense
Techniques and skills

12. When stlyling hair for a wide face with a round hairline and round chin - the aim is to...
Line
Style hair away from the forehead
Curved
Create the illusion of lenght

13. The area of a design where the eye is drawn to first before traveling to the rest of the design is called the...
Wavy and coarse
Emphasis
Contrasting lines
Proportion

14. One of the principles of hair design - proportion - refers to the...
Horizontal
Creates more interest in the design
Relationship between hair - face - and body type
Above or below the chin line

15. To offset or round out the features of a square facial shape - the aim would be to...
A lighter color
creat volume between the temples and jaw
Overly busy
Symmetrical balance

16. When opposite sides of the hair style are different lenght or have a different volume - it is known to have...
Asymmetrical balance
Full and falls below the jaw
side view
Convex

17. The face shape with a narrow forehead and wide jaw and chin line is considered to be...
Develop height on top
Convex
Coarse
Triangular

18. The comparative relationship between object relative to their size is know as...
Convex
Concave
Form
Proportion

19. A recurrent pattern of movement in design is referred to as...
Rhythm
Slightly darker at the sides than top
Proportion
Style hair away from the forehead

20. The there-dimensional mass or general outline of a hairstyle is referred to as its...
Form
Proportion -balance -rhythum -emhasis -harmony
Convex
Rhythm

21. When clients wears glasses - it will affect how you design the hair...
Analyzing the whole person
Eyebrows to end of nose
Develop height on top
Around the ears

22. When you analyze your client's features - you can style your design to...
Contrasting lines
Play up strengths and minimize weaknesses
Form
Concave

23. Designing the right hairstyle for your client begins with...
Analyzing the whole person
Contrasting lines
Move forward
The client's skin tone

24. You can draw a line in a hairstyle in the direction you want the eye to travel by using...
Bang area
Curl -fine
A lighter color
Line

25. Lines that extend in the same direction and maintain a constant distance apart are...
Curly and fine
Horizontal lines
Oval
Triangular

26. Lines poitioned between horizontal and vertical - used to emphasize or minmize facial features - are...
Longer and fuller
Closely groomed beard and mustache
Diagonal lines
Transitional lines

27. The foundation of all artistic applications is...
Flattering and appropriate
Form
Analyzing the whole person
Design

28. Directing the bangs over the forehead with an outwardly directed volume will benfit a...
Create the illusion of width at the forehead
Receding forehead
Proportion
symmetry

29. Hairstyles using _______are best on clients who require the minimum of care when styling their hair
Receding forehead
Emphasis
close-set eyes
A single line

30. In the principles of art and dsign - the comparative relationship of one thing to another is called...
Proportion
Harmony
Proportion -balance -rhythum -emhasis -harmony
Rhythm

31. The three basic part for bangs are triangular - curved - and...
Wavy - medium
Diagonal
Texture and lines
Line

32. Smooth wave patterns accent the face and can be used to narrow...
A round head shape
Bang area
Enhance positive features
Rhythm

33. If your client has a large chin - be sure the hair is...
Curl -fine
Wavy - medium
Above or below the chin line
Volume

34. The mass or silhouette of the hairstyle is known as which element of design?
Form
Texture and lines
1.5
Diagonal

35. In the principles of design - line defines...
Form and space
Wavy and coarse
Unity
Symmetrical balance

36. The use of curved lines in a hair design can be used to...
Unity
Overall outline of a hairstyle
Soften a design
Darker and cooler

37. Illusions of dimension or depth are created when lighter and warmer colors are alternated with colors that are...
Darker and cooler
Wavy - medium
Harmony
Wavy and coarse

38. To give the illusion of proportional eyes to a client with wide-set eyes - the hair should be...
Darker and cooler
Extremely curly and mediun
Slightly darker at the sides than top
proportionate

39. When both sides of a hair style are the same distance from the center - the same length - and have the same volume when viewed from the front - it is known to have...
Symmetrical balance
Receding forehead
Hair texture
Rhythm

40. Designing the right hairstyle for your client begins with...
Analyzing the whole person
Concave
Slightly darker at the sides than top
Transitional lines

41. A slight lighttening of the hair at the corner of the eye will give the illusion of width for...
Analyzing the whole person
close-set eyes
Play up strengths and minimize weaknesses
Chemicals

42. The degins by analyzing the entire person and using the design elements and principles to...
Enhance positive features
curved-line style
Overall outline of a hairstyle
Convex

43. The generally recognized ideal facial type is considered to be...
Form
Oval
A round head shape
symmetry

44. When styling for a client with a large forehead...
A round head shape
Space
Hair texture
Use bangs with no volume

45. The face profile with a receding forehead and chin is generally referred to as...
Position and prominence of facial bones
Convex
Enhance positive features
Hair texture

46. In hairstyling - the area that surrounds the form is the...
Rhythm
Asymmetrical balance
Space
Emphasis

47. Natural waves patterns are described as straight - wavy - curly - and...
Triangular
Eyebrows to end of nose
Extremely curly
Asymmetrical balance

48. Lines that are parallel to the floor are called...
Transitional lines
Horizontal
Emphasis
Line

49. You can comouflage a receding chin in a male client - with...
Overly busy
A single line of color
Style hair away from the forehead
A full beard and mustache

50. Fine - medium and coarse are qualities that refer to...
Curly and fine
Extremely curly and mediun
Around the ears
Hair texture