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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 term space in hair design refers to...
Volume
Space
A round head shape
Convex

2. Fine - straight hair creates a silhouette that is...
small and narrow
Create the illusion of lenght
Unusual
Parallel lines

3. Using too many wavey-pattern combinations together could creat a look that is...
Overly busy
Move forward
Contrasting lines
Techniques and skills

4. When clients wears glasses - it will affect how you design the hair...
Around the ears
Hair texture
Texture and lines
Diagonal

5. The most important art principle that holds a design together is...
Develop height on top
Harmony
Horizontal lines
Create the illusion of width at the forehead

6. Finger waves are exmple of a style using what type of lines?
Above or below the chin line
Proportion
Parallel lines
Analyzing the whole person

7. Straight coarse hair has some volume but is...
Hard to curl
Overall outline of a hairstyle
small and narrow
Harmony

8. The widest silhouette is found in...
Extremely curly and mediun
Techniques and skills
Form
Hard to curl

9. The degins by analyzing the entire person and using the design elements and principles to...
Full and falls below the jaw
Wave pattern
Design
Enhance positive features

10. In designing - when the two sides are the same distance from the center - have the same length and volume - the balance is considered to be...
symmetrical
Take calculated risks
Chemicals
Extremely curly and mediun

11. You can comouflage a receding chin in a male client - with...
Concave
Above or below the chin line
Receding forehead
A full beard and mustache

12. The face profile with a receding forehead and chin is generally referred to as...
Play up strengths and minimize weaknesses
Convex
Rhythm
Less volume

13. Smooth wave patterns accent the face and can be used to narrow...
Slightly darker at the sides than top
A round head shape
Analyzing the whole person
Design

14. In hairstyling - the area that surrounds the form is the...
Form
A single line of color
Space
Transitional lines

15. Lines that extend in the same direction and maintain a constant distance apart are...
Darker and cooler
Concave
Extremely curly
Horizontal lines

16. If not properly shaped - a very wide silhouette could appear with hair that is...
Chemicals
Wavy and coarse
Darker and cooler
A round head shape

17. Color can help define...
A strong visual sense
Space
Texture and lines
small and narrow

18. The principle of design which holds all the elements of design togather is know as...
Harmony
Move forward
Form
A lighter color

19. Crimping irons are used to create interesting _______ wave patterns like zigzags.
Unusual
Proportion
curved-line style
Create the illusion of width at the forehead

20. To offset or round out the features of a square facial shape - the aim would be to...
Curved
curved-line style
Parallel lines
creat volume between the temples and jaw

21. The element of form describes...
Overall outline of a hairstyle
side view
Move forward
A round head shape

22. If _______ hair is left to long - it could separate and reveal too much of the client's scalp unless the hair is thick
Curl -fine
Emphasis
Coarse
Form

23. Ornamentation is an exciting method of creating...
emphasis
symmetrical
Oval face
Transitional lines

24. One of the principles of hair design - proportion - refers to the...
Above or below the chin line
Parallel lines
Diagonal
Relationship between hair - face - and body type

25. The most versatile hair type for styling is...
Closely groomed beard and mustache
Emphasis
Wavy - medium
Curved

26. An example of a hairstyle created using a single line is a...
Develop height on top
Move forward
The illusion of more or less volume
curved-line style

27. A profile is the outline of a face or figure as seen in a...
Diagonal
side view
Curly and fine
Warm

28. When stlyling for a triangular-shape face - the aim is to...
Curved
Contrasting lines
Create the illusion of width at the forehead
Symmetrical balance

29. The there-dimensional mass or general outline of a hairstyle is referred to as its...
Form
Above or below the chin line
The illusion of more or less volume
close-set eyes

30. When opposite sides of the hair style are different lenght or have a different volume - it is known to have...
Take calculated risks
Darker and cooler
Hard to curl
Asymmetrical balance

31. The place that eyes sees first in a hair style is known is...
Above or below the chin line
Wave pattern
Emphasis
A lighter color

32. Balance is described as creating equal or appropriate proportions to create...
Rhythm
side view
Horizontal lines
symmetry

33. Curly and overly curly hair does not reflect much light and could be _______ to the touch.
Overly busy
Coarse
Take calculated risks
Move forward

34. A slight lighttening of the hair at the corner of the eye will give the illusion of width for...
Harmony
Analyzing the whole person
close-set eyes
Creates more interest in the design

35. Once you have a strong foundation in both technique and styling skills - you can...
Eyebrows to end of nose
Take calculated risks
Diagonal
Diagonal

36. For design purposes - the three zones of the face are forehead eyebrows - end of the nose to bottom of the chin - and...
Closely groomed beard and mustache
Eyebrows to end of nose
small and narrow
Proportion

37. When stlyling hair for a wide face with a round hairline and round chin - the aim is to...
Space
Asymmetrical balance
Create the illusion of lenght
Darker and cooler

38. When you analyze your client's features - you can style your design to...
Play up strengths and minimize weaknesses
Enhance positive features
proportionate
Warm

39. Which element of hair design defines the form and space of a hairstyle?
symmetry
Extremely curly and mediun
Line
Bang area

40. A harmontations style creates a look that is...
A full beard and mustache
proportionate
Warm
A lighter color

41. Curved lines that are used to blend and soften horizontal or vertical lines are...
close-set eyes
Transitional lines
Line
creat volume between the temples and jaw

42. The fast or slow pattern that creates movement a hairstyle is called...
The client's skin tone
Emphasis
Rhythm
A strong visual sense

43. An important factor in being a good hair designer is...
Bang area
A strong visual sense
Wavy and coarse
The client's skin tone

44. The oval face shape is about _____ times longer than its across the bow.
Analyzing the whole person
The illusion of more or less volume
symmetrical
1.5

45. The facial type that is about one and a half times longer than its width across the brow is the...
Oval face
Unusual
Space
Space

46. The use of repeating lines - whether straight or curved...
Creates more interest in the design
Design
A lighter color
Unity

47. The triangular section that begins at the apex or high point of the head and ends at the front corners is called the...
1.5
Asymmetrical balance
Use bangs with no volume
Bang area

48. Designing the right hairstyle for your client begins with...
Analyzing the whole person
Convex
Rhythm
Techniques and skills

49. The foundation of all artistic applications is...
Flattering and appropriate
A round head shape
Design
Oval

50. The use of curved lines in a hair design can be used to...
Techniques and skills
A round head shape
Soften a design
Create the illusion of width at the forehead