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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. Horizontal and vertical lines that meet at a 90-degree angle are called...
Texture and lines
proportionate
Contrasting lines
Hard to curl

2. An important factor in being a good hair designer is...
Parallel lines
Chemicals
A strong visual sense
Diagonal

3. Curly and overly curly hair does not reflect much light and could be _______ to the touch.
A strong visual sense
Coarse
Straight
asymmetrical balance

4. The comparative relationship between object relative to their size is know as...
Move forward
Proportion
Relationship between hair - face - and body type
proportionate

5. Hairstyles using _______are best on clients who require the minimum of care when styling their hair
A single line
Line
Receding forehead
The client's skin tone

6. The foundation of all artistic applications is...
Diagonal
Form
Curly and fine
Design

7. If your client has a convex profile - the hair in the chin area should...
Curly and fine
Move forward
Inverted Triangle
A single line of color

8. An example of a hairstyle created using a single line is a...
curved-line style
Space
Hard to curl
Proportion

9. There are three basic profile types: straight - convex - and...
Contrasting lines
Harmony
A full beard and mustache
Concave

10. Hair texture changes can be created or changed temporarily with styling tools and permanently with...
Unity
Chemicals
Contrasting lines
Darker and cooler

11. You can comouflage a receding chin in a male client - with...
Contrasting lines
Flattering and appropriate
A full beard and mustache
close-set eyes

12. If your client has a narrow forehead - it is recommended that you...
Transitional lines
Style hair away from the forehead
asymmetrical balance
side view

13. When you analyze your client's features - you can style your design to...
Volume
Play up strengths and minimize weaknesses
Around the ears
Texture and lines

14. Straight coarse hair has some volume but is...
Use bangs with no volume
Proportion
Oval face
Hard to curl

15. If _______ hair is left to long - it could separate and reveal too much of the client's scalp unless the hair is thick
Enhance positive features
side view
Curl -fine
Create the illusion of lenght

16. Ornamentation is an exciting method of creating...
Space
A round head shape
emphasis
Space

17. The facial type that is about one and a half times longer than its width across the brow is the...
Around the ears
Diagonal lines
Volume
Oval face

18. The term space in hair design refers to...
Play up strengths and minimize weaknesses
Volume
Coarse
Overall outline of a hairstyle

19. In hairstyling - the area that surrounds the form is the...
Space
Line
Wave pattern
Analyzing the whole person

20. Facial shape is determined by the...
Position and prominence of facial bones
Enhance positive features
Extremely curly and mediun
Chemicals

21. Dark and cool colors recede or move in toward the head - creating the illusion of...
Chemicals
Less volume
Space
Space

22. Finger waves are exmple of a style using what type of lines?
Parallel lines
A lighter color
Extremely curly
Oval

23. The terms straight - wavy - and curl describe...
Inverted Triangle
Wave pattern
Texture and lines
Coarse

24. One of the principles of hair design - proportion - refers to the...
Emphasis
Horizontal lines
Relationship between hair - face - and body type
Closely groomed beard and mustache

25. 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...
Less volume
symmetrical
Curved
Hair texture

26. Balance is described as creating equal or appropriate proportions to create...
A full beard and mustache
Line
symmetry
Above or below the chin line

27. In the principles of design - line defines...
close-set eyes
A round head shape
Harmony
Form and space

28. Fine - straight hair creates a silhouette that is...
Volume
Curly and fine
Creates more interest in the design
small and narrow

29. Directing the bangs over the forehead with an outwardly directed volume will benfit a...
Receding forehead
curved-line style
Volume
A single line

30. If not properly shaped - a very wide silhouette could appear with hair that is...
Wavy and coarse
Contrasting lines
1.5
Space

31. The fast or slow pattern that creates movement a hairstyle is called...
Space
Rhythm
Unusual
A lighter color

32. The element of form describes...
Horizontal lines
Around the ears
Overall outline of a hairstyle
Concave

33. Color can help define...
Rhythm
Harmony
Wavy - medium
Texture and lines

34. When stlyling for a triangular-shape face - the aim is to...
symmetrical
Create the illusion of width at the forehead
Volume
Receding forehead

35. Designing the right hairstyle for your client begins with...
Analyzing the whole person
Proportion
Flattering and appropriate
Less volume

36. To give the illusion of proportional eyes to a client with wide-set eyes - the hair should be...
Space
Slightly darker at the sides than top
Diagonal lines
1.5

37. When opposite sides of the hair style are different lenght or have a different volume - it is known to have...
Harmony
Create the illusion of width at the forehead
Create the illusion of lenght
Asymmetrical balance

38. You can draw a line in a hairstyle in the direction you want the eye to travel by using...
A lighter color
The client's skin tone
asymmetrical balance
Proportion -balance -rhythum -emhasis -harmony

39. Waven patterns can be altered by the use of...
symmetrical
Chemicals
Straight
A strong visual sense

40. A recurrent pattern of movement in design is referred to as...
symmetry
Rhythm
Chemicals
A single line of color

41. In designing for clients with large or broad shoulders - the stylist would create styles with...
Volume
Space
creat volume between the temples and jaw
Analyzing the whole person

42. The use of repeating lines - whether straight or curved...
Harmony
Curl -fine
Coarse
Creates more interest in the design

43. What can create a bold and dramatic accent to a design?
Unusual
Closely groomed beard and mustache
A single line of color
Symmetrical balance

44. In designing - when opposite side have different lenghts or different volume and appear to have equal weight - it is referred to as ...
Slightly darker at the sides than top
asymmetrical balance
Horizontal
Diagonal

45. For a client with gold skin tones - a flattering hair color tone would be...
Warm
Inverted Triangle
Volume
Chemicals

46. The there-dimensional mass or general outline of a hairstyle is referred to as its...
Curved
A round head shape
Form
Straight

47. The use of a side part helps to...
A round head shape
Emphasis
Develop height on top
Space

48. A profile is the outline of a face or figure as seen in a...
Curly and fine
Extremely curly and mediun
side view
Horizontal

49. Natural waves patterns are described as straight - wavy - curly - and...
Extremely curly
Diagonal
Emphasis
Analyzing the whole person

50. The generally recognized ideal facial type is considered to be...
Space
Chemicals
Oval
Creates more interest in the design