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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. Color can be used to make all or part of a hair design appear...
Longer and fuller
Parallel lines
Analyzing the whole person
Receding forehead

2. The place that eyes sees first in a hair style is known is...
Emphasis
Enhance positive features
Slightly darker at the sides than top
Diagonal

3. Waven patterns can be altered by the use of...
A full beard and mustache
Volume
Chemicals
Space

4. The area of a design where the eye is drawn to first before traveling to the rest of the design is called the...
Rhythm
Emphasis
Hair texture
Volume

5. Facial shape is determined by the...
Position and prominence of facial bones
Rhythm
Soften a design
Hair texture

6. Among the face shapes is...
Convex
Rhythm
Inverted Triangle
Form

7. Dark and cool colors recede or move in toward the head - creating the illusion of...
Space
Less volume
Form and space
asymmetrical balance

8. A harmontations style creates a look that is...
Develop height on top
Receding forehead
proportionate
The illusion of more or less volume

9. What can create a bold and dramatic accent to a design?
A single line of color
Contrasting lines
Relationship between hair - face - and body type
Hard to curl

10. An important factor in being a good hair designer is...
Design
Emphasis
Triangular
A strong visual sense

11. The use of repeating lines - whether straight or curved...
Use bangs with no volume
Position and prominence of facial bones
Diagonal
Creates more interest in the design

12. When consulting with male client - recommend stles that are...
Extremely curly and mediun
Flattering and appropriate
symmetry
Less volume

13. The area surrounding the mass or general outline of a style is...
Unusual
close-set eyes
Space
Convex

14. When stlyling hair for a wide face with a round hairline and round chin - the aim is to...
close-set eyes
Texture and lines
Create the illusion of lenght
Extremely curly

15. In hairstyling - the area that surrounds the form is the...
Space
proportionate
Emphasis
Oval face

16. Lines poitioned between horizontal and vertical - used to emphasize or minmize facial features - are...
Diagonal lines
Extremely curly
Contrasting lines
side view

17. The terms straight - wavy - and curl describe...
Wave pattern
Convex
The illusion of more or less volume
Curly and fine

18. When clients wears glasses - it will affect how you design the hair...
Emphasis
Chemicals
Coarse
Around the ears

19. There are three basic profile types: straight - convex - and...
small and narrow
Use bangs with no volume
Concave
Emphasis

20. The fast or slow pattern that creates movement a hairstyle is called...
Rhythm
Hard to curl
Space
Horizontal lines

21. To give height to round or square face and width to a long - thin face - use what type of part?
Closely groomed beard and mustache
The illusion of more or less volume
Unity
Diagonal

22. The three basic part for bangs are triangular - curved - and...
Horizontal lines
Diagonal
side view
Warm

23. Finger waves are exmple of a style using what type of lines?
Receding forehead
Parallel lines
A full beard and mustache
Space

24. 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...
Space
Triangular
symmetrical
asymmetrical balance

25. For a client with gold skin tones - a flattering hair color tone would be...
Warm
asymmetrical balance
Coarse
Overall outline of a hairstyle

26. The oval face shape is about _____ times longer than its across the bow.
Triangular
Diagonal lines
1.5
Curly and fine

27. A recurrent pattern of movement in design is referred to as...
Move forward
A round head shape
Around the ears
Rhythm

28. Which element of hair design defines the form and space of a hairstyle?
The client's skin tone
Diagonal lines
Diagonal
Line

29. The facial type that is about one and a half times longer than its width across the brow is the...
Unusual
Create the illusion of lenght
Oval face
Coarse

30. You can draw a line in a hairstyle in the direction you want the eye to travel by using...
A lighter color
Oval
curved-line style
Wavy and coarse

31. If your client has a convex profile - the hair in the chin area should...
Extremely curly
Move forward
Inverted Triangle
1.5

32. The triangular section that begins at the apex or high point of the head and ends at the front corners is called the...
Move forward
Overly busy
Asymmetrical balance
Bang area

33. Designing the right hairstyle for your client begins with...
symmetrical
Diagonal
Analyzing the whole person
Coarse

34. Curved lines that are used to blend and soften horizontal or vertical lines are...
Volume
Transitional lines
Coarse
Symmetrical balance

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

36. Horizontal and vertical lines that meet at a 90-degree angle are called...
Analyzing the whole person
Extremely curly
Contrasting lines
Darker and cooler

37. When opposite sides of the hair style are different lenght or have a different volume - it is known to have...
Receding forehead
Volume
proportionate
Asymmetrical balance

38. The face shape that is considered to be ideal is the...
Line
Create the illusion of lenght
Oval
Contrasting lines

39. If not properly shaped - a very wide silhouette could appear with hair that is...
A full beard and mustache
Wavy and coarse
A single line of color
Transitional lines

40. To give the illusion of proportional eyes to a client with wide-set eyes - the hair should be...
proportionate
Move forward
Slightly darker at the sides than top
Wavy and coarse

41. Wwhat type of profile is considered to be ideal?
The illusion of more or less volume
Design
Straight
A lighter color

42. In designing - when opposite side have different lenghts or different volume and appear to have equal weight - it is referred to as ...
proportionate
Oval face
Harmony
asymmetrical balance

43. The generally recognized ideal facial type is considered to be...
small and narrow
Creates more interest in the design
Oval
asymmetrical balance

44. The face shape with a narrow forehead and wide jaw and chin line is considered to be...
Triangular
Full and falls below the jaw
Darker and cooler
symmetry

45. When styling for a client with a long jaw - the hair should be...
emphasis
Less volume
Full and falls below the jaw
Use bangs with no volume

46. The comparative relationship between object relative to their size is know as...
A full beard and mustache
Form and space
Proportion
Curly and fine

47. In the principles of art and dsign - the comparative relationship of one thing to another is called...
Above or below the chin line
Proportion
Diagonal
A round head shape

48. In designing for clients with large or broad shoulders - the stylist would create styles with...
Form
Extremely curly and mediun
Receding forehead
Volume

49. Lines that are parallel to the floor are called...
Coarse
Straight
Texture and lines
Horizontal

50. Ornamentation is an exciting method of creating...
emphasis
Diagonal
Extremely curly and mediun
Parallel lines