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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 styling for a client with a large forehead...
Use bangs with no volume
Asymmetrical balance
Create the illusion of width at the forehead
Creates more interest in the design

2. Which element of hair design defines the form and space of a hairstyle?
Line
Techniques and skills
curved-line style
Convex

3. The most versatile hair type for styling is...
The illusion of more or less volume
Wavy - medium
A single line
asymmetrical balance

4. When styling for a client with a long jaw - the hair should be...
Full and falls below the jaw
Design
The illusion of more or less volume
Emphasis

5. Straight coarse hair has some volume but is...
Hair texture
Style hair away from the forehead
Receding forehead
Hard to curl

6. An example of a hairstyle created using a single line is a...
Analyzing the whole person
Take calculated risks
curved-line style
Line

7. Color can be used to make all or part of a hair design appear...
Longer and fuller
Analyzing the whole person
Emphasis
A strong visual sense

8. The use of curved lines in a hair design can be used to...
Soften a design
Diagonal lines
curved-line style
Move forward

9. To give height to round or square face and width to a long - thin face - use what type of part?
Line
Oval
Diagonal
Enhance positive features

10. Through the use of color in design - you can create...
Volume
Receding forehead
Triangular
The illusion of more or less volume

11. Balance is described as creating equal or appropriate proportions to create...
Overly busy
Full and falls below the jaw
symmetry
A single line of color

12. Color can help define...
Rhythm
small and narrow
Texture and lines
Extremely curly

13. If your client has a convex profile - the hair in the chin area should...
side view
Move forward
Parallel lines
Create the illusion of lenght

14. A profile is the outline of a face or figure as seen in a...
Straight
Curl -fine
Volume
side view

15. In designing - when opposite side have different lenghts or different volume and appear to have equal weight - it is referred to as ...
Rhythm
close-set eyes
asymmetrical balance
Warm

16. The fast or slow pattern that creates movement a hairstyle is called...
Rhythm
Concave
Hair texture
small and narrow

17. Horizontal and vertical lines that meet at a 90-degree angle are called...
Form and space
Line
The illusion of more or less volume
Contrasting lines

18. Harmony is the creation of _______ in a design and holds all the elements together.
Space
Unity
Design
Play up strengths and minimize weaknesses

19. The facial type that is about one and a half times longer than its width across the brow is the...
Oval face
Position and prominence of facial bones
small and narrow
Wave pattern

20. The face shape that is considered to be ideal is the...
Oval
Slightly darker at the sides than top
Chemicals
Curly and fine

21. The mass or silhouette of the hairstyle is known as which element of design?
1.5
Overall outline of a hairstyle
Form
Curly and fine

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...
Wave pattern
Symmetrical balance
Hard to curl
close-set eyes

23. In hairstyling - the area that surrounds the form is the...
Straight
Harmony
Space
Texture and lines

24. The use of a side part helps to...
Emphasis
A round head shape
Play up strengths and minimize weaknesses
Develop height on top

25. Ornamentation is an exciting method of creating...
Wavy and coarse
Curly and fine
Closely groomed beard and mustache
emphasis

26. Directing the bangs over the forehead with an outwardly directed volume will benfit a...
Rhythm
Oval
Receding forehead
Position and prominence of facial bones

27. A slight lighttening of the hair at the corner of the eye will give the illusion of width for...
Wavy and coarse
A strong visual sense
Curl -fine
close-set eyes

28. The area surrounding the mass or general outline of a style is...
Harmony
Diagonal lines
The client's skin tone
Space

29. When stlyling for a triangular-shape face - the aim is to...
Oval
Techniques and skills
Proportion
Create the illusion of width at the forehead

30. When consulting with male client - recommend stles that are...
Concave
Wave pattern
Rhythm
Flattering and appropriate

31. A balding male client may look good with a...
Longer and fuller
Chemicals
Rhythm
Closely groomed beard and mustache

32. Facial shape is determined by the...
Position and prominence of facial bones
Chemicals
Oval
Develop height on top

33. Curved lines that are used to blend and soften horizontal or vertical lines are...
Develop height on top
Horizontal
Transitional lines
Hair texture

34. When you analyze your client's features - you can style your design to...
creat volume between the temples and jaw
Analyzing the whole person
Play up strengths and minimize weaknesses
A full beard and mustache

35. In hair design - with every movement - the relationship of form and what other design element chenge?
Harmony
Space
Extremely curly and mediun
Create the illusion of lenght

36. Designing the right hairstyle for your client begins with...
Analyzing the whole person
Wavy - medium
Overall outline of a hairstyle
Style hair away from the forehead

37. Designing the right hairstyle for your client begins with...
Analyzing the whole person
close-set eyes
symmetry
A strong visual sense

38. The widest silhouette is found in...
Around the ears
Full and falls below the jaw
Extremely curly and mediun
Texture and lines

39. Wwhat type of profile is considered to be ideal?
Straight
Rhythm
A full beard and mustache
Hard to curl

40. The face shape with a narrow forehead and wide jaw and chin line is considered to be...
Triangular
The illusion of more or less volume
Space
Rhythm

41. If not properly shaped - a very wide silhouette could appear with hair that is...
The illusion of more or less volume
Unity
Wavy and coarse
Inverted Triangle

42. The degins by analyzing the entire person and using the design elements and principles to...
Position and prominence of facial bones
Emphasis
asymmetrical balance
Enhance positive features

43. For design purposes - the three zones of the face are forehead eyebrows - end of the nose to bottom of the chin - and...
Techniques and skills
Relationship between hair - face - and body type
Eyebrows to end of nose
Horizontal

44. There are three basic profile types: straight - convex - and...
Design
Concave
The client's skin tone
Develop height on top

45. The generally recognized ideal facial type is considered to be...
Above or below the chin line
Oval
Soften a design
Line

46. In the principles of design - line defines...
Develop height on top
Form and space
Above or below the chin line
Chemicals

47. The foundation of all artistic applications is...
Symmetrical balance
Design
Coarse
Proportion -balance -rhythum -emhasis -harmony

48. Using too many wavey-pattern combinations together could creat a look that is...
Overly busy
Transitional lines
Horizontal lines
Analyzing the whole person

49. When opposite sides of the hair style are different lenght or have a different volume - it is known to have...
Flattering and appropriate
Volume
Asymmetrical balance
Analyzing the whole person

50. One of the principles of hair design - proportion - refers to the...
Curved
symmetry
Eyebrows to end of nose
Relationship between hair - face - and body type