Download Cosmetology State Board Practice Test and more Exams Nursing in PDF only on Docsity! Cosmetology State Board Practice Test (146 questions) Cosmetology State Board Practice Test 146 Questions & Answers/ A+ Score Solutions 2024. Corrugations - Answer: Nail disorder - Horizontal wavy ridges caused by uneven growth due to illness or injuries. Furrows - Answer: Nail disorder - vertical lines down the nail plate caused by nutrition, injury or illness. Cosmetology State Board Practice Test (146 questions) Leukonychia - Answer: White spots on the nail caused by injury to the base of the nail Onychorrhexis - Answer: Split or brittle nails caused by injury, careless filing, vitamin deficiencies, illness, and frequent exposure to strong chemicals. Hang Nails - Answer: Caused by dry cuticle and carelessness’ in removing the cuticle Onychomycosis Unguium - Answer: Nail fungus caused by a parasite. very contagious Onychocryptosis - Answer: Ingrown nail caused by filing the nail too much, or tight-fitting shoes. Verruca - Answer: Warts caused by infectious virus Onycholysis - Answer: lifting of the nail without shedding 5 Basic Nail Shapes - Answer: squoval, round, oval, pointed, square Toner - Answer: used on pre-lightened hair to achieve pale and delicate colors after decoloring Cosmetology State Board Practice Test (146 questions) medium texture - Answer: has a balance of melanin, typically no problems Fine texture - Answer: smallest diameter, least amount of melanin, more susceptible to darker drabber results, more prone to damage Alkaline Wave - Answer: AKA cold waves - ammonium thioglycolate (thio and ammonia). ph - 9.0-9.6, no tension, solution causes hair to swell, processes at RT Acid Wave - Answer: AKA heat waves- glycerol monothioglycolate. ph - 7.8-8.2. will require heat to speed processing Endothermic - Answer: required added heat source Exothermic - Answer: self heating Croguiqnole - Answer: Wrapping technique from ends to scalp, causes tighter curls on ends. also referred to as "overlapping method" Spiral - Answer: hair is not perpendicular to rod - spiraled from top-bottom of rod On base placement - Answer: hair is held 45* forward 1/2 off base placement - Answer: hair is held 90* straight up Off base placement - Answer: hair is held 45* down Cosmetology State Board Practice Test (146 questions) End paper techniques - Answer: double flat, bookend, cushion wrap Lanthionization - Answer: 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 : - Answer: Thio relaxers Elasticity - Answer: ability to stretch and return to original length without breaking. wet - 50%, dry - 20% Melanin - Answer: color pigment. eumelanin, and pheomelanin Hair layers - Answer: medulla, cuticle, and cortex Medulla - Answer: center core of hair, does nothing Cuticle - Answer: 7-14 scale like layers, outer layer of hair Cortex - Answer: has hair pigment (melanin), 90% of hair weight, elasticity, strength, all chemical changes Skin Layers - Answer: Epidermis, Dermis, Subcutaneous tissue Cosmetology State Board Practice Test (146 questions) Epidermis - Answer: Outer layer of skin, protective/water proof, contains keratin and fats, stratum germinativum Stratum Germinativum - Answer: basal cell layer of epidermis that produces melanin that protects from uv rays Dermis - Answer: "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 - Answer: oil/sebum glands Sudoriferous glands - Answer: sweat glands subcutaneous tissue - Answer: fatty layer, below the dermis acid mantle - Answer: 4.5-5.5 Muscle massage - Answer: massage from insertion to origin insertion - Answer: attached end to another muscle or movable bone origin - Answer: fixed attachment to a bone or tissue Efflerage - Answer: light continuous stroking/no pressure, soothing/relaxing Cosmetology State Board Practice Test (146 questions) visible braid - Answer: under technique corrective base to use for yellow - Answer: violet corrective base to use for orange - Answer: blue corrective base to use for red - Answer: green in a test curl you look for what shaped pattern? - Answer: "S" pattern Bloodborne pathogens - Answer: disease causing bacteria or viruses carried through the body in blood or body fluids OSHA - Answer: occupational safety and health administrations EPA - Answer: environmental protection agency Where should you test foundation? - Answer: jawline What are complimentary colors? - Answer: colors on opposite sides of the color wheel: red & green, blue & orange, and yellow & violet Another name for strip lashes - Answer: band lashes Corrective make up is used to do what to the face - Answer: hide imperfections Cosmetology State Board Practice Test (146 questions) What are MSDS Sheets? - Answer: Material Safety Data Sheet What do MSDS Sheets list? - Answer: Chemical safety info for a product What are the hazards categorized as on MSDS sheets? - Answer: Physical and health Builds weight in a hair cut - Answer: Horizontal line Reduces weight in a hair cut - Answer: Vertical line Weight distributed on top or bottom, used for blending - Answer: Diagonal line 4 Basic Hair cuts - Answer: 180*, 90*, 45*, 0* Over direction - Answer: pulling hair away from its natural fall Head shape changes how often? - Answer: every half inch Fingerwaves - Answer: the process of shaping and directing hair into a pattern of "s" shaped waves throughout the use of fingers, combs, and waving lotion or gel Pin curls - Answer: serve as the basis for patterns, lines, waves, curls and rolls that are used in a wide range of hair styles Cosmetology State Board Practice Test (146 questions) Roller set - Answer: used to create many of the same effects as stand up pin curls Parts of a pin curl - Answer: base, stem, circle Ammonium Sulfate relaxer - Answer: classified as "low ph" or "no lye", will not relax extremely curly hair Quanidine hydroxide - Answer: known as "no lye" always has to be mixed with an activator, less scalp irritation, more drying to hair, swells hair more Characteristics of hair - Answer: density, texture, elasticity, porosity, growth direction, length Texture - Answer: diameter of the hair, fine - medium - coarse Density - Answer: hairs per square inch - thick or thin Porosity - Answer: How well hair absorbs moisture - non porous, normal anor over porous Elasticity - Answer: Hairs ability to stretch Growth Direction - Answer: whirls, callics