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Cosmetology State Board Practice Test: Questions and Answers, Exams of Cosmetology

A comprehensive set of questions and answers related to the cosmetology state board exam. It covers a wide range of topics, including nail disorders, hair coloring techniques, hair relaxing methods, hair cutting techniques, skin anatomy and physiology, infection control, and more. Designed to help students prepare for the exam by providing them with a thorough understanding of the subject matter.

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Cosmetology State Board Practice Test
Questions and Answers Latest
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Corrugations ✔✔Nail disorder - Horizontal wavy ridges caused by uneven growth due to illness
or injuries.
Furrows ✔✔Nail disorder - vertical lines down the nail plate caused by nutrition, injury or illness.
Leuconchia ✔✔White spots on the nail caused by injury to the base of the nail
Onychorrhexis ✔✔Split or brittle nails caused by injury, careless filing, vitamin deficiencies,
illness, and frequent exposure to strong chemicals.
Hang Nails ✔✔Caused by dry cuticle and carlessness in removing the cuticle
Onychomycosis Unguium ✔✔Nail fungus caused by a parasite. very contagious
Onychocryptosis ✔✔Ingrown nail caused by filing the nail too much, or tight fitting shoes.
Verruca ✔✔Warts caused by infectious virus
Onycholysis ✔✔lifting of the nail without shedding
5 Basic Nail Shapes ✔✔squoval, round, oval, pointed, square
Toner ✔✔used on pre-lightened hair to achieve pale and delicate colors after decoloring
Conditioning filler ✔✔protein conditioner that will equalize porosity and fill the holes
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Corrugations ✔✔Nail disorder - Horizontal wavy ridges caused by uneven growth due to illness or injuries. Furrows ✔✔Nail disorder - vertical lines down the nail plate caused by nutrition, injury or illness. Leuconchia ✔✔White spots on the nail caused by injury to the base of the nail Onychorrhexis ✔✔Split or brittle nails caused by injury, careless filing, vitamin deficiencies, illness, and frequent exposure to strong chemicals. Hang Nails ✔✔Caused by dry cuticle and carlessness in removing the cuticle Onychomycosis Unguium ✔✔Nail fungus caused by a parasite. very contagious Onychocryptosis ✔✔Ingrown nail caused by filing the nail too much, or tight fitting shoes. Verruca ✔✔Warts caused by infectious virus Onycholysis ✔✔lifting of the nail without shedding 5 Basic Nail Shapes ✔✔squoval, round, oval, pointed, square Toner ✔✔used on pre-lightened hair to achieve pale and delicate colors after decoloring Conditioning filler ✔✔protein conditioner that will equalize porosity and fill the holes

Color filler ✔✔used to replace the missing primary colors Oxidative ✔✔Demi- permenant and permenant color Non-oxidative color ✔✔temporary - physical change only. Semi-permanent. Double process blonde ✔✔decolorizing and toning What affects lightener working time? ✔✔Melanin - the more there is the longer the process. Scalp processes faster because of body heat Lift ✔✔lightening by breaking up the melanin to decolorize hair Deposit ✔✔means that product only deposits color because it does not contain ammonia or high alkalinity necessary to lift developer ✔✔oxidizing agent H2O2 when mixed with ammonia it will break up the melanin and give ability to lift or lighten Semi-permanent color ✔✔non-oxidative, temporary color, stains cuticle, fades in each shampoo. Demi-permanent color ✔✔oxidative, deposit only, deepens or changes the tone Permanent color ✔✔lightens and deposits at the same time. more alkaline ingredients, penetrates the cortex, can't shampoo out Primary colors ✔✔Red, Blue, Yellow

Exothermic ✔✔self heating Croguiqnole ✔✔Wrapping technique from ends to scalp, causes tighter curls on ends. also referred to as "overlapping method" Spiral ✔✔hair is not perpendicular to rod - spiraled from top-bottom of rod On base placement ✔✔hair is held 45* forward 1/2 off base placement ✔✔hair is held 90* straight up Off base placement ✔✔hair is held 45* down End paper techniques ✔✔double flat, bookend, cushion wrap Lanthionization ✔✔hydroxide relaxer removes 1 of the sulfer atoms converting from a disulfide bond converting it into a lanthionine bond, which is only 1 sulfur atom. can never be reformed Sodium relaxers are not compatible with : ✔✔Thio relaxers Elasticity ✔✔ability to stretch and return to original length without breaking. wet - 50%, dry - 20% Melanin ✔✔color pigment. eumelanin, and pheomelanin Hair layers ✔✔medulla, cuticle, and cortex Medulla ✔✔center core of hair, does nothing

Cuticle ✔✔ 7 - 14 scale like layers, outer layer of hair Cortex ✔✔has hair pigment (melanin), 90% of hair weight, elasticity, strength, all chemical changes Skin Layers ✔✔Epidermis, Dermis, Subcutaneous tissue Epidermis ✔✔Outer layer of skin, protective/water proof, contains keratin and fats, stratum germinativum Stratum Germinativum ✔✔basal cell layer of epidermis that produces melanin that protects from uv rays Dermis ✔✔"True skin" sensitive layer of connective tissue, 25x thicker than the epidermis, 70% of layer is made of collagen protein, elastin, and blood vessels Sebaceous glands ✔✔oil/sebum glands Sudoriferous glands ✔✔sweat glands subcutaneous tissue ✔✔fatty layer, below the dermis acid mantle ✔✔4.5-5. Muscle massage ✔✔massage from insertion to origin insertion ✔✔attached end to another muscle or movable bone origin ✔✔fixed attachment to a bone or tissue

Sterilization ✔✔kills all microbial life Marvacide ✔✔hospital grade, EPA registered, effective against HIV, tuberculosis and hepatitis Hypertrichosis ✔✔unsusal amount of hair growth Terminal hair ✔✔very dark visible hair Vellus hair ✔✔baby fine hair hyper ✔✔more than normal trich ✔✔hair ology ✔✔the study of something osis ✔✔condition invisible braid ✔✔over technique visible braid ✔✔under technique corrective base to use for yellow ✔✔violet corrective base to use for orange ✔✔blue corrective base to use for red ✔✔green in a test curl you look for what shaped pattern? ✔✔"S" pattern

Bloodborne pathogens ✔✔disease causing bacteria or viruses carried through the body in blood or body fluids OSHA ✔✔occupational safety and health administrations EPA ✔✔environmental protection agency Where should you test foundation? ✔✔jawline What are complimentary colors? ✔✔colors on opposite sides of the color wheel: red & green, blue & orange, and yellow & violet Another name for strip lashes ✔✔band lashes Corrective make up is used to do what to the face ✔✔hide imperfections What are MSDS Sheets? ✔✔Material Safety Data Sheet What do MSDS Sheets list? ✔✔Chemical safety info for a product What are the hazards categorized as on MSDS sheets? ✔✔Physical and health Builds weight in a hair cut ✔✔Horizontal line Reduces weight in a hair cut ✔✔Vertical line Weight distributed on top or bottom, used for blending ✔✔Diagonal line

Elasticity ✔✔Hairs ability to stretch Growth Direction ✔✔whirls, callics 3 types of bonds ✔✔hydrogen bond, salt bond, disulfide bond Hydrogen bond ✔✔broken by water or heat, weak bond, 1/3 of hair strength Salt bond ✔✔affected by ph. 1/3 of hair strength Disulfide bond ✔✔strong chemical bonds, can be broken and reformed with perm solution. bleaching and coloring hair can weaken bond as well. 1/3 of hair strength Perm papers ✔✔absorbant papers that control ends of hair Acid on ph does what to cuticle ✔✔closes cuticle Alkaline on ph does what to cuticle? ✔✔Swells the cuticle , blows it open Anatomy ✔✔the study of the structure of the organs and systems of the human body Physiology ✔✔the study of the functions and activities performed by body structures Cells ✔✔the basic units of living matter The cells of living things are composed of a substance called what? ✔✔protoplasm

Histology ✔✔AKA microscope anatomy, the study of tiny structures only visible through microscope Chemistry ✔✔the science that deals with structures and properties of matter and how it changes under different conditions Organic Chemistry ✔✔Stustances that contain carbon and were alive Inorganic Chemistry ✔✔study of substances that do not contain carbon Matter ✔✔anything that takes of space and has mass 3 types of matter ✔✔solid, liquid, gas Solid ✔✔definite shape and volume Liquid ✔✔Definite volume no definite shape Gas ✔✔No definite volume or shape Element ✔✔simpilest form of matter and cannot be broken down COHNS ✔✔elements found in the hair Atoms ✔✔Particles from which all matter is composed Molecule ✔✔Chemical compound of 2 or more atoms Compound ✔✔chemical combo of 2 or more atoms of different elements