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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. You can draw a line in a hairstyle in the direction you want the eye to travel by using...
Hard to curl
Position and prominence of facial bones
Curl -fine
A lighter color

2. If your client has a convex profile - the hair in the chin area should...
Move forward
Inverted Triangle
Design
Darker and cooler

3. The fast or slow pattern that creates movement a hairstyle is called...
Slightly darker at the sides than top
Extremely curly and mediun
Rhythm
Overly busy

4. The term space in hair design refers to...
Volume
Take calculated risks
Develop height on top
A lighter color

5. In hairstyling - the area that surrounds the form is the...
Straight
Space
Above or below the chin line
symmetry

6. Facial shape is determined by the...
Position and prominence of facial bones
Diagonal
Transitional lines
Warm

7. In designing for clients with large or broad shoulders - the stylist would create styles with...
Above or below the chin line
Volume
Darker and cooler
close-set eyes

8. Balance is described as creating equal or appropriate proportions to create...
Curly and fine
Diagonal
symmetry
Coarse

9. If _______ hair is left to long - it could separate and reveal too much of the client's scalp unless the hair is thick
Inverted Triangle
Curl -fine
Use bangs with no volume
Develop height on top

10. The generally recognized ideal facial type is considered to be...
Closely groomed beard and mustache
Oval
Unity
Hard to curl

11. The most important art principle that holds a design together is...
Hair texture
Harmony
Emphasis
Convex

12. Once you have a strong foundation in both technique and styling skills - you can...
Take calculated risks
Hard to curl
Eyebrows to end of nose
Form

13. An example of a hairstyle created using a single line is a...
Harmony
Contrasting lines
curved-line style
Convex

14. Which type of lines will soften a design?
Techniques and skills
Around the ears
Curved
Volume

15. The oval face shape is about _____ times longer than its across the bow.
Chemicals
Volume
1.5
Relationship between hair - face - and body type

16. When clients wears glasses - it will affect how you design the hair...
Creates more interest in the design
Around the ears
Proportion
Emphasis

17. In hair design - with every movement - the relationship of form and what other design element chenge?
Position and prominence of facial bones
Space
Chemicals
A lighter color

18. A harmontations style creates a look that is...
proportionate
Volume
Asymmetrical balance
Diagonal

19. Crimping irons are used to create interesting _______ wave patterns like zigzags.
A strong visual sense
Emphasis
Create the illusion of width at the forehead
Unusual

20. 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...
Creates more interest in the design
Design
symmetrical
Symmetrical balance

21. A recurrent pattern of movement in design is referred to as...
Flattering and appropriate
Rhythm
Hard to curl
Horizontal lines

22. The face shape with a narrow forehead and wide jaw and chin line is considered to be...
A single line of color
Proportion
Triangular
Form and space

23. A slight lighttening of the hair at the corner of the eye will give the illusion of width for...
Curl -fine
close-set eyes
Proportion
Transitional lines

24. When opposite sides of the hair style are different lenght or have a different volume - it is known to have...
Analyzing the whole person
Curly and fine
Inverted Triangle
Asymmetrical balance

25. Using too many wavey-pattern combinations together could creat a look that is...
Receding forehead
Overly busy
Creates more interest in the design
A single line of color

26. Designing the right hairstyle for your client begins with...
Analyzing the whole person
Slightly darker at the sides than top
asymmetrical balance
A lighter color

27. Hair texture changes can be created or changed temporarily with styling tools and permanently with...
Eyebrows to end of nose
Symmetrical balance
Convex
Chemicals

28. Horizontal and vertical lines that meet at a 90-degree angle are called...
Curved
close-set eyes
Contrasting lines
Symmetrical balance

29. The face profile with a receding forehead and chin is generally referred to as...
Longer and fuller
Convex
small and narrow
emphasis

30. Which element of hair design defines the form and space of a hairstyle?
curved-line style
Contrasting lines
Line
Move forward

31. In hair that is too long - separation can occur and reveal too much scalp if the hair is...
A single line of color
The client's skin tone
Curly and fine
Space

32. The use of repeating lines - whether straight or curved...
Full and falls below the jaw
Creates more interest in the design
Unity
Rhythm

33. There are three basic profile types: straight - convex - and...
Concave
Slightly darker at the sides than top
Chemicals
Oval

34. The three basic part for bangs are triangular - curved - and...
close-set eyes
Diagonal
Darker and cooler
Harmony

35. The use of a side part helps to...
Space
Style hair away from the forehead
Diagonal lines
Develop height on top

36. The face shape that is considered to be ideal is the...
Warm
symmetrical
Space
Oval

37. For design purposes - the three zones of the face are forehead eyebrows - end of the nose to bottom of the chin - and...
Soften a design
Eyebrows to end of nose
Extremely curly and mediun
Emphasis

38. The place that eyes sees first in a hair style is known is...
The client's skin tone
Emphasis
Play up strengths and minimize weaknesses
Hard to curl

39. 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...
Symmetrical balance
Above or below the chin line
Volume
Harmony

40. The widest silhouette is found in...
Use bangs with no volume
Diagonal
Oval
Extremely curly and mediun

41. An important factor in being a good hair designer is...
A strong visual sense
1.5
Asymmetrical balance
Move forward

42. Lines that are parallel to the floor are called...
Hard to curl
Slightly darker at the sides than top
Curl -fine
Horizontal

43. Straight coarse hair has some volume but is...
Develop height on top
Horizontal
Hard to curl
Darker and cooler

44. The facial type that is about one and a half times longer than its width across the brow is the...
Oval face
Volume
Curved
Position and prominence of facial bones

45. When you analyze your client's features - you can style your design to...
Receding forehead
Style hair away from the forehead
proportionate
Play up strengths and minimize weaknesses

46. Hairstyles using _______are best on clients who require the minimum of care when styling their hair
A single line
Texture and lines
Volume
Proportion

47. The there-dimensional mass or general outline of a hairstyle is referred to as its...
Use bangs with no volume
Form
Coarse
Rhythm

48. The area surrounding the mass or general outline of a style is...
Creates more interest in the design
Space
Parallel lines
Wavy and coarse

49. Ornamentation is an exciting method of creating...
1.5
Triangular
emphasis
Asymmetrical balance

50. The element of form describes...
Wave pattern
Receding forehead
Overall outline of a hairstyle
Curly and fine