Test your basic knowledge |

Hair Design Certification

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. If your client has a convex profile - the hair in the chin area should...
A single line
Contrasting lines
Move forward
emphasis

2. In the hair design process - when deciding to take calculated risks - it is important to have a strong foundation in...
The illusion of more or less volume
Techniques and skills
A single line
Style hair away from the forehead

3. A balding male client may look good with a...
A full beard and mustache
Develop height on top
Closely groomed beard and mustache
Extremely curly

4. A harmontations style creates a look that is...
A single line of color
Oval
proportionate
Form

5. Which type of lines will soften a design?
small and narrow
Above or below the chin line
Position and prominence of facial bones
Curved

6. Curly and overly curly hair does not reflect much light and could be _______ to the touch.
Triangular
Take calculated risks
Oval
Coarse

7. Color can be used to make all or part of a hair design appear...
Horizontal
Chemicals
Longer and fuller
Volume

8. The term space in hair design refers to...
Analyzing the whole person
Volume
Wavy and coarse
curved-line style

9. Curved lines that are used to blend and soften horizontal or vertical lines are...
A round head shape
Transitional lines
emphasis
Volume

10. When stlyling hair for a wide face with a round hairline and round chin - the aim is to...
Coarse
Parallel lines
Create the illusion of lenght
Proportion

11. Wwhat type of profile is considered to be ideal?
Overall outline of a hairstyle
Straight
Rhythm
Extremely curly

12. The face profile with a receding forehead and chin is generally referred to as...
Convex
proportionate
A full beard and mustache
Horizontal lines

13. There are three basic profile types: straight - convex - and...
Rhythm
close-set eyes
Concave
Flattering and appropriate

14. In the principles of design - line defines...
Wave pattern
Harmony
Less volume
Form and space

15. Once you have a strong foundation in both technique and styling skills - you can...
Concave
small and narrow
Convex
Take calculated risks

16. Harmony is the creation of _______ in a design and holds all the elements together.
Unity
Form
Proportion
Horizontal lines

17. Hairstyles using _______are best on clients who require the minimum of care when styling their hair
Emphasis
emphasis
Full and falls below the jaw
A single line

18. The oval face shape is about _____ times longer than its across the bow.
Analyzing the whole person
Symmetrical balance
Extremely curly and mediun
1.5

19. An example of a hairstyle created using a single line is a...
Play up strengths and minimize weaknesses
curved-line style
creat volume between the temples and jaw
Less volume

20. A slight lighttening of the hair at the corner of the eye will give the illusion of width for...
Space
Parallel lines
close-set eyes
Closely groomed beard and mustache

21. Smooth wave patterns accent the face and can be used to narrow...
creat volume between the temples and jaw
A round head shape
Proportion -balance -rhythum -emhasis -harmony
close-set eyes

22. Designing the right hairstyle for your client begins with...
Concave
Design
Curly and fine
Analyzing the whole person

23. Illusions of dimension or depth are created when lighter and warmer colors are alternated with colors that are...
Horizontal lines
Play up strengths and minimize weaknesses
A single line
Darker and cooler

24. The use of a side part helps to...
Flattering and appropriate
Develop height on top
Relationship between hair - face - and body type
Longer and fuller

25. The face shape with a narrow forehead and wide jaw and chin line is considered to be...
Triangular
Inverted Triangle
Around the ears
Harmony

26. The element of form describes...
Overall outline of a hairstyle
Around the ears
Harmony
Create the illusion of lenght

27. If not properly shaped - a very wide silhouette could appear with hair that is...
A strong visual sense
Wavy and coarse
side view
Diagonal

28. The terms straight - wavy - and curl describe...
Above or below the chin line
Use bangs with no volume
Space
Wave pattern

29. The mass or silhouette of the hairstyle is known as which element of design?
Form
Relationship between hair - face - and body type
Unity
The illusion of more or less volume

30. In designing for clients with large or broad shoulders - the stylist would create styles with...
Transitional lines
Chemicals
Creates more interest in the design
Volume

31. The principle of design which holds all the elements of design togather is know as...
Inverted Triangle
Harmony
Move forward
Extremely curly

32. The place that eyes sees first in a hair style is known is...
proportionate
Emphasis
Rhythm
Take calculated risks

33. Through the use of color in design - you can create...
Form and space
A full beard and mustache
Analyzing the whole person
The illusion of more or less volume

34. In hair design - with every movement - the relationship of form and what other design element chenge?
Space
Harmony
Soften a design
Create the illusion of width at the forehead

35. The use of curved lines in a hair design can be used to...
Diagonal
Above or below the chin line
Soften a design
Around the ears

36. Natural waves patterns are described as straight - wavy - curly - and...
Proportion
Extremely curly
Emphasis
Volume

37. The generally recognized ideal facial type is considered to be...
Oval
Flattering and appropriate
Eyebrows to end of nose
close-set eyes

38. Crimping irons are used to create interesting _______ wave patterns like zigzags.
Unusual
Space
Overall outline of a hairstyle
Triangular

39. Lines that extend in the same direction and maintain a constant distance apart are...
Curl -fine
Above or below the chin line
Form and space
Horizontal lines

40. The triangular section that begins at the apex or high point of the head and ends at the front corners is called the...
Bang area
Slightly darker at the sides than top
Style hair away from the forehead
Closely groomed beard and mustache

41. The area of a design where the eye is drawn to first before traveling to the rest of the design is called the...
Emphasis
Take calculated risks
Wavy - medium
Creates more interest in the design

42. In hair that is too long - separation can occur and reveal too much scalp if the hair is...
Unity
Curly and fine
Concave
A full beard and mustache

43. A recurrent pattern of movement in design is referred to as...
Contrasting lines
Triangular
Closely groomed beard and mustache
Rhythm

44. Horizontal and vertical lines that meet at a 90-degree angle are called...
Transitional lines
proportionate
Chemicals
Contrasting lines

45. The fast or slow pattern that creates movement a hairstyle is called...
Harmony
Horizontal lines
Flattering and appropriate
Rhythm

46. Straight coarse hair has some volume but is...
Position and prominence of facial bones
Full and falls below the jaw
Hard to curl
1.5

47. A profile is the outline of a face or figure as seen in a...
Develop height on top
Warm
side view
Horizontal

48. 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...
The illusion of more or less volume
Space
Symmetrical balance
Line

49. When clients wears glasses - it will affect how you design the hair...
Symmetrical balance
Design
Extremely curly
Around the ears

50. Designing the right hairstyle for your client begins with...
Oval
Analyzing the whole person
Flattering and appropriate
Hair texture