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Hair Design Certification

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. If your client has a large chin - be sure the hair is...
Move forward
Above or below the chin line
Unusual
Line

2. The use of repeating lines - whether straight or curved...
Straight
Creates more interest in the design
Less volume
Slightly darker at the sides than top

3. Hair texture changes can be created or changed temporarily with styling tools and permanently with...
Less volume
The illusion of more or less volume
Analyzing the whole person
Chemicals

4. Straight coarse hair has some volume but is...
Line
Oval
Hair texture
Hard to curl

5. Color can be used to make all or part of a hair design appear...
Play up strengths and minimize weaknesses
Oval
Longer and fuller
Move forward

6. In designing - when opposite side have different lenghts or different volume and appear to have equal weight - it is referred to as ...
Space
A strong visual sense
asymmetrical balance
Chemicals

7. There are three basic profile types: straight - convex - and...
Wavy - medium
Concave
Slightly darker at the sides than top
Form

8. The element of form describes...
Emphasis
Overall outline of a hairstyle
Oval
Play up strengths and minimize weaknesses

9. 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...
asymmetrical balance
Emphasis
symmetrical
Form

10. When styling for a client with a large forehead...
Warm
Asymmetrical balance
Use bangs with no volume
Create the illusion of lenght

11. Lines poitioned between horizontal and vertical - used to emphasize or minmize facial features - are...
Diagonal lines
Rhythm
small and narrow
Create the illusion of lenght

12. 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...
Extremely curly and mediun
Wave pattern
Symmetrical balance
proportionate

13. If your client has a narrow forehead - it is recommended that you...
Darker and cooler
Chemicals
Wavy and coarse
Style hair away from the forehead

14. The there-dimensional mass or general outline of a hairstyle is referred to as its...
Form
asymmetrical balance
Oval face
Hair texture

15. Curly and overly curly hair does not reflect much light and could be _______ to the touch.
Horizontal lines
The client's skin tone
Rhythm
Coarse

16. Curved lines that are used to blend and soften horizontal or vertical lines are...
Slightly darker at the sides than top
A strong visual sense
Around the ears
Transitional lines

17. The principle of design which holds all the elements of design togather is know as...
A lighter color
Harmony
Creates more interest in the design
Flattering and appropriate

18. Illusions of dimension or depth are created when lighter and warmer colors are alternated with colors that are...
Oval
The client's skin tone
Darker and cooler
Position and prominence of facial bones

19. In hairstyling - the area that surrounds the form is the...
Unusual
asymmetrical balance
The illusion of more or less volume
Space

20. Through the use of color in design - you can create...
Relationship between hair - face - and body type
Warm
The illusion of more or less volume
Slightly darker at the sides than top

21. Using too many wavey-pattern combinations together could creat a look that is...
Overly busy
Hard to curl
symmetry
Full and falls below the jaw

22. Directing the bangs over the forehead with an outwardly directed volume will benfit a...
1.5
Space
Receding forehead
Techniques and skills

23. The most important art principle that holds a design together is...
Creates more interest in the design
Texture and lines
Analyzing the whole person
Harmony

24. Fine - straight hair creates a silhouette that is...
Design
small and narrow
Analyzing the whole person
Full and falls below the jaw

25. Hairstyles using _______are best on clients who require the minimum of care when styling their hair
symmetrical
Curl -fine
A single line
Horizontal lines

26. The area surrounding the mass or general outline of a style is...
Style hair away from the forehead
Space
Rhythm
Diagonal

27. The degins by analyzing the entire person and using the design elements and principles to...
side view
Harmony
Enhance positive features
Unity

28. The place that eyes sees first in a hair style is known is...
Overly busy
The client's skin tone
Transitional lines
Emphasis

29. The oval face shape is about _____ times longer than its across the bow.
Unity
Volume
1.5
symmetry

30. In designing for clients with large or broad shoulders - the stylist would create styles with...
Volume
A strong visual sense
Take calculated risks
Analyzing the whole person

31. The three basic part for bangs are triangular - curved - and...
Curved
Inverted Triangle
Diagonal
Relationship between hair - face - and body type

32. Which element of hair design defines the form and space of a hairstyle?
Less volume
Line
Space
The client's skin tone

33. Designing the right hairstyle for your client begins with...
Develop height on top
Create the illusion of width at the forehead
Rhythm
Analyzing the whole person

34. Once you have a strong foundation in both technique and styling skills - you can...
Take calculated risks
Diagonal
Transitional lines
Diagonal

35. When you analyze your client's features - you can style your design to...
Play up strengths and minimize weaknesses
Warm
curved-line style
Emphasis

36. A balding male client may look good with a...
small and narrow
Form
Closely groomed beard and mustache
Harmony

37. You can draw a line in a hairstyle in the direction you want the eye to travel by using...
asymmetrical balance
A lighter color
Space
Create the illusion of width at the forehead

38. Lines that extend in the same direction and maintain a constant distance apart are...
Wave pattern
curved-line style
Horizontal lines
emphasis

39. The use of curved lines in a hair design can be used to...
Wave pattern
Soften a design
Harmony
A single line

40. For design purposes - the three zones of the face are forehead eyebrows - end of the nose to bottom of the chin - and...
Bang area
Oval
Use bangs with no volume
Eyebrows to end of nose

41. Harmony is the creation of _______ in a design and holds all the elements together.
Space
Unity
The illusion of more or less volume
symmetry

42. When stlyling for a triangular-shape face - the aim is to...
Bang area
Wavy - medium
Diagonal
Create the illusion of width at the forehead

43. When opposite sides of the hair style are different lenght or have a different volume - it is known to have...
Analyzing the whole person
Asymmetrical balance
Wavy and coarse
The illusion of more or less volume

44. For a client with gold skin tones - a flattering hair color tone would be...
Emphasis
asymmetrical balance
Transitional lines
Warm

45. Fine - medium and coarse are qualities that refer to...
Design
Less volume
Oval
Hair texture

46. To give the illusion of proportional eyes to a client with wide-set eyes - the hair should be...
symmetry
Slightly darker at the sides than top
Closely groomed beard and mustache
A round head shape

47. An important factor in being a good hair designer is...
Design
A strong visual sense
The illusion of more or less volume
Bang area

48. The foundation of all artistic applications is...
Design
Rhythm
Bang area
Form and space

49. The face shape with a narrow forehead and wide jaw and chin line is considered to be...
Triangular
Diagonal lines
The illusion of more or less volume
close-set eyes

50. When stlyling hair for a wide face with a round hairline and round chin - the aim is to...
A single line
Create the illusion of lenght
A round head shape
Hair texture