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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. The foundation of all artistic applications is...
Convex
Design
Proportion
creat volume between the temples and jaw

2. A profile is the outline of a face or figure as seen in a...
Hair texture
close-set eyes
side view
Wavy and coarse

3. When clients wears glasses - it will affect how you design the hair...
Straight
Around the ears
Analyzing the whole person
Use bangs with no volume

4. To give the illusion of proportional eyes to a client with wide-set eyes - the hair should be...
Slightly darker at the sides than top
Unity
Wavy and coarse
creat volume between the temples and jaw

5. The comparative relationship between object relative to their size is know as...
Design
Slightly darker at the sides than top
Curl -fine
Proportion

6. A balding male client may look good with a...
creat volume between the temples and jaw
Closely groomed beard and mustache
Oval face
Line

7. Lines poitioned between horizontal and vertical - used to emphasize or minmize facial features - are...
Diagonal lines
Proportion -balance -rhythum -emhasis -harmony
Oval
Overall outline of a hairstyle

8. Which type of lines will soften a design?
Curl -fine
Curved
Oval
Analyzing the whole person

9. The face shape that is considered to be ideal is the...
Curl -fine
creat volume between the temples and jaw
Coarse
Oval

10. A slight lighttening of the hair at the corner of the eye will give the illusion of width for...
close-set eyes
Less volume
Parallel lines
Relationship between hair - face - and body type

11. Fine - straight hair creates a silhouette that is...
Overly busy
small and narrow
A single line of color
Create the illusion of width at the forehead

12. The terms straight - wavy - and curl describe...
Wave pattern
asymmetrical balance
Coarse
Triangular

13. Finger waves are exmple of a style using what type of lines?
symmetrical
Parallel lines
Analyzing the whole person
emphasis

14. The most versatile hair type for styling is...
Create the illusion of lenght
Wavy - medium
Use bangs with no volume
Concave

15. The use of a side part helps to...
Develop height on top
The client's skin tone
Inverted Triangle
Texture and lines

16. Lines that are parallel to the floor are called...
Create the illusion of width at the forehead
Harmony
Horizontal
Unity

17. What are the five art princples import for hair design?
symmetry
Design
Proportion -balance -rhythum -emhasis -harmony
Full and falls below the jaw

18. If your client has a large chin - be sure the hair is...
small and narrow
Longer and fuller
Above or below the chin line
Create the illusion of width at the forehead

19. Color can be used to make all or part of a hair design appear...
Harmony
Horizontal
Longer and fuller
side view

20. The term space in hair design refers to...
Emphasis
Volume
Analyzing the whole person
Closely groomed beard and mustache

21. The triangular section that begins at the apex or high point of the head and ends at the front corners is called the...
Extremely curly and mediun
Bang area
Soften a design
Form

22. The oval face shape is about _____ times longer than its across the bow.
1.5
Triangular
Soften a design
Proportion

23. The place that eyes sees first in a hair style is known is...
Contrasting lines
Analyzing the whole person
Around the ears
Emphasis

24. In the principles of design - line defines...
Form
Less volume
Form and space
Asymmetrical balance

25. The mass or silhouette of the hairstyle is known as which element of design?
Triangular
Texture and lines
Form
close-set eyes

26. Hair texture changes can be created or changed temporarily with styling tools and permanently with...
The illusion of more or less volume
Curly and fine
Oval
Chemicals

27. Curved lines that are used to blend and soften horizontal or vertical lines are...
Symmetrical balance
Use bangs with no volume
Relationship between hair - face - and body type
Transitional lines

28. You can comouflage a receding chin in a male client - with...
Full and falls below the jaw
A full beard and mustache
Chemicals
The client's skin tone

29. Among the face shapes is...
side view
Use bangs with no volume
close-set eyes
Inverted Triangle

30. If your client has a narrow forehead - it is recommended that you...
Receding forehead
Unusual
Triangular
Style hair away from the forehead

31. The use of repeating lines - whether straight or curved...
Techniques and skills
Contrasting lines
Creates more interest in the design
side view

32. In designing - when opposite side have different lenghts or different volume and appear to have equal weight - it is referred to as ...
asymmetrical balance
A lighter color
Extremely curly
Bang area

33. An important factor in being a good hair designer is...
A strong visual sense
Oval
side view
Warm

34. Straight coarse hair has some volume but is...
Develop height on top
Eyebrows to end of nose
Hard to curl
Concave

35. Designing the right hairstyle for your client begins with...
Chemicals
Analyzing the whole person
Coarse
Wavy - medium

36. Ornamentation is an exciting method of creating...
Harmony
Above or below the chin line
emphasis
Diagonal lines

37. If not properly shaped - a very wide silhouette could appear with hair that is...
Hard to curl
Hair texture
Parallel lines
Wavy and coarse

38. For design purposes - the three zones of the face are forehead eyebrows - end of the nose to bottom of the chin - and...
Chemicals
Eyebrows to end of nose
Curl -fine
Harmony

39. There are three basic profile types: straight - convex - and...
Parallel lines
close-set eyes
Form
Concave

40. Facial shape is determined by the...
Volume
Position and prominence of facial bones
Relationship between hair - face - and body type
Wavy - medium

41. The fast or slow pattern that creates movement a hairstyle is called...
asymmetrical balance
Oval face
Rhythm
Unusual

42. Color can help define...
Texture and lines
Oval face
Enhance positive features
Oval

43. What can create a bold and dramatic accent to a design?
emphasis
Style hair away from the forehead
A single line of color
Flattering and appropriate

44. In designing for clients with large or broad shoulders - the stylist would create styles with...
Diagonal
Volume
Curved
Straight

45. You can draw a line in a hairstyle in the direction you want the eye to travel by using...
Chemicals
A single line of color
A lighter color
Harmony

46. In the principles of art and dsign - the comparative relationship of one thing to another is called...
Coarse
Chemicals
Proportion
Convex

47. Directing the bangs over the forehead with an outwardly directed volume will benfit a...
Analyzing the whole person
Eyebrows to end of nose
Receding forehead
A single line

48. An example of a hairstyle created using a single line is a...
Wavy and coarse
Oval
Create the illusion of lenght
curved-line style

49. To give height to round or square face and width to a long - thin face - use what type of part?
symmetry
Diagonal
Take calculated risks
Analyzing the whole person

50. The area surrounding the mass or general outline of a style is...
side view
Overly busy
Darker and cooler
Space