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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. The face shape with a narrow forehead and wide jaw and chin line is considered to be...
Position and prominence of facial bones
Triangular
Coarse
Create the illusion of lenght

2. When opposite sides of the hair style are different lenght or have a different volume - it is known to have...
Contrasting lines
Asymmetrical balance
Unusual
Concave

3. A balding male client may look good with a...
Closely groomed beard and mustache
Chemicals
Form and space
Around the ears

4. Harmony is the creation of _______ in a design and holds all the elements together.
The client's skin tone
Closely groomed beard and mustache
symmetry
Unity

5. If your client has a convex profile - the hair in the chin area should...
Move forward
Hard to curl
A strong visual sense
Create the illusion of lenght

6. The term space in hair design refers to...
Form and space
Design
Volume
Overall outline of a hairstyle

7. Straight coarse hair has some volume but is...
Curly and fine
Hard to curl
symmetrical
Oval

8. If your client has a narrow forehead - it is recommended that you...
Less volume
A strong visual sense
Style hair away from the forehead
Diagonal

9. Curly and overly curly hair does not reflect much light and could be _______ to the touch.
The client's skin tone
Bang area
Concave
Coarse

10. In the principles of art and dsign - the comparative relationship of one thing to another is called...
Oval
Oval face
Overly busy
Proportion

11. For a client with gold skin tones - a flattering hair color tone would be...
Style hair away from the forehead
Overly busy
Warm
Oval

12. What are the five art princples import for hair design?
Proportion -balance -rhythum -emhasis -harmony
symmetrical
Closely groomed beard and mustache
Analyzing the whole person

13. When stlyling for a triangular-shape face - the aim is to...
Relationship between hair - face - and body type
Transitional lines
Create the illusion of width at the forehead
Form

14. When you analyze your client's features - you can style your design to...
symmetry
Inverted Triangle
Extremely curly
Play up strengths and minimize weaknesses

15. Illusions of dimension or depth are created when lighter and warmer colors are alternated with colors that are...
Triangular
Darker and cooler
symmetrical
Chemicals

16. In hair design - with every movement - the relationship of form and what other design element chenge?
Closely groomed beard and mustache
Oval
Coarse
Space

17. When choosing a now haircolor - one of the considerations is...

18. In designing for clients with large or broad shoulders - the stylist would create styles with...
Analyzing the whole person
Volume
Convex
Enhance positive features

19. You can draw a line in a hairstyle in the direction you want the eye to travel by using...
Wave pattern
Overall outline of a hairstyle
Above or below the chin line
A lighter color

20. Fine - medium and coarse are qualities that refer to...
Emphasis
Hair texture
Oval
Style hair away from the forehead

21. When clients wears glasses - it will affect how you design the hair...
Diagonal lines
Around the ears
emphasis
asymmetrical balance

22. 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...
Diagonal
Symmetrical balance
Play up strengths and minimize weaknesses
The client's skin tone

23. When consulting with male client - recommend stles that are...
Flattering and appropriate
curved-line style
Enhance positive features
small and narrow

24. To give height to round or square face and width to a long - thin face - use what type of part?
Proportion
Chemicals
Harmony
Diagonal

25. The use of repeating lines - whether straight or curved...
Curl -fine
Space
Space
Creates more interest in the design

26. The place that eyes sees first in a hair style is known is...
Overly busy
1.5
Horizontal lines
Emphasis

27. Among the face shapes is...
A full beard and mustache
Overall outline of a hairstyle
Inverted Triangle
Chemicals

28. The most versatile hair type for styling is...
Move forward
Wavy - medium
Hair texture
Concave

29. Lines that are parallel to the floor are called...
Horizontal
Overall outline of a hairstyle
Analyzing the whole person
Space

30. An example of a hairstyle created using a single line is a...
Space
curved-line style
Position and prominence of facial bones
Form

31. The triangular section that begins at the apex or high point of the head and ends at the front corners is called the...
Diagonal
Bang area
Create the illusion of width at the forehead
Use bangs with no volume

32. The area surrounding the mass or general outline of a style is...
Position and prominence of facial bones
Move forward
Closely groomed beard and mustache
Space

33. When styling for a client with a large forehead...
Use bangs with no volume
Triangular
small and narrow
The illusion of more or less volume

34. There are three basic profile types: straight - convex - and...
Concave
A single line of color
Develop height on top
Oval

35. Lines poitioned between horizontal and vertical - used to emphasize or minmize facial features - are...
side view
Diagonal lines
Flattering and appropriate
Take calculated risks

36. Hairstyles using _______are best on clients who require the minimum of care when styling their hair
proportionate
Chemicals
A single line
small and narrow

37. An important factor in being a good hair designer is...
Unusual
Rhythm
A strong visual sense
Horizontal

38. If _______ hair is left to long - it could separate and reveal too much of the client's scalp unless the hair is thick
Rhythm
Curl -fine
Form and space
A strong visual sense

39. Using too many wavey-pattern combinations together could creat a look that is...
Overly busy
Asymmetrical balance
Wavy and coarse
Unity

40. If your client has a large chin - be sure the hair is...
1.5
Line
Form
Above or below the chin line

41. Lines that extend in the same direction and maintain a constant distance apart are...
close-set eyes
Transitional lines
Diagonal
Horizontal lines

42. Wwhat type of profile is considered to be ideal?
Unity
Wave pattern
Straight
Oval

43. The fast or slow pattern that creates movement a hairstyle is called...
Rhythm
Form and space
Line
Chemicals

44. The generally recognized ideal facial type is considered to be...
Position and prominence of facial bones
Enhance positive features
Oval
Convex

45. The foundation of all artistic applications is...
A strong visual sense
Design
Rhythm
A lighter color

46. The facial type that is about one and a half times longer than its width across the brow is the...
Convex
The client's skin tone
Creates more interest in the design
Oval face

47. The use of curved lines in a hair design can be used to...
Hair texture
Soften a design
Play up strengths and minimize weaknesses
Overly busy

48. Hair texture changes can be created or changed temporarily with styling tools and permanently with...
Horizontal lines
Chemicals
A single line of color
Triangular

49. Curved lines that are used to blend and soften horizontal or vertical lines are...
Around the ears
Position and prominence of facial bones
Transitional lines
symmetry

50. Color can help define...
Above or below the chin line
Texture and lines
Asymmetrical balance
Emphasis