Cosmetology State Board Practice Test, Exams of Nursing

Download Cosmetology State Board Practice Test and more Exams Nursing in PDF only on Docsity! Cosmetology State Board Practice Test (146 questions) with correct answers Corrugations - Ans - Nail disorder - Horizontal wavy ridges caused by uneven growth due to illness or injuries. Furrows - Ans - Nail disorder - vertical lines down the nail plate caused by nutrition, injury or illness. Leuconchia - Ans - White spots on the nail caused by injury to the base of the nail Onychorrhexis - Ans - Split or brittle nails caused by injury, careless filing, vitamin deficiencies, illness, and frequent exposure to strong chemicals. Hang Nails - Ans - Caused by dry cuticle and carlessness in removing the cuticle Onychomycosis Unguium - Ans - Nail fungus caused by a parasite. very contagious Onychocryptosis - Ans - Ingrown nail caused by filing the nail too much, or tight fitting shoes. Verruca - Ans - Warts caused by infectious virus Onycholysis - Ans - lifting of the nail without shedding 5 Basic Nail Shapes - Ans - squoval, round, oval, pointed, square Toner - Ans - used on pre-lightened hair to achieve pale and delicate colors after decoloring Conditioning filler - Ans - protein conditioner that will equalize porosity and fill the holes Color filler - Ans - used to replace the missing primary colors Oxidative - Ans - Demi- permenant and permenant color Non-oxidative color - Ans - temporary - physical change only. Semi-permanent. Double process blonde - Ans - decolorizing and toning What affects lightener working time? - Ans - Melanin - the more there is the longer the process. Scalp processes faster because of body heat Lift - Ans - lightening by breaking up the melanin to decolorize hair Deposit - Ans - means that product only deposits color because it does not contain ammonia or high alkalinity necessary to lift developer - Ans - oxidizing agent H2O2 when mixed with ammonia it will break up the melanin and give ability to lift or lighten Semi-permanent color - Ans - non-oxidative, temporary color, stains cuticle, fades in each shampoo. Lanthionization - Ans - 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 : - Ans - Thio relaxers Elasticity - Ans - ability to stretch and return to original length without breaking. wet - 50%, dry - 20% Melanin - Ans - color pigment. eumelanin, and pheomelanin Hair layers - Ans - medulla, cuticle, and cortex Medulla - Ans - center core of hair, does nothing Cuticle - Ans - 7-14 scale like layers, outer layer of hair Cortex - Ans - has hair pigment (melanin), 90% of hair weight, elasticity, strength, all chemical changes Skin Layers - Ans - Epidermis, Dermis, Subcutaneous tissue Epidermis - Ans - Outer layer of skin, protective/water proof, contains keratin and fats, stratum germinativum Stratum Germinativum - Ans - basal cell layer of epidermis that produces melanin that protects from uv rays Dermis - Ans - "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 - Ans - oil/sebum glands Sudoriferous glands - Ans - sweat glands subcutaneous tissue - Ans - fatty layer, below the dermis acid mantle - Ans - 4.5-5.5 Muscle massage - Ans - massage from insertion to origin insertion - Ans - attached end to another muscle or movable bone origin - Ans - fixed attachment to a bone or tissue Efflerage - Ans - light continuous stroking/no pressure, soothing/relaxing Functions of the skin - Ans - protection, sensations, heat regulation, excretion, secreation Skin - Ans - Largest organ of the body, first defense against disease, germs, and environment. Spread wax on in: - Ans - same direction as hair growth Pull wax strip off in: - Ans - opposite direction of hair growth Methods of temporary hair removal - Ans - Shaving, tweezing, electronic tweezers, depilatories (nair) Ph Scale ranges from - Ans - 0-14 Acid ph balance - Ans - 0-7 Neutral ph balance - Ans - 7 Alkaline ph balance - Ans - 7-14 Infection Control - Ans - controlling germs - sanitation 3 Methods of infection control - Ans - sanitation, disinfecting, sterilization Sanitation - Ans - removing visible dirt disinfecting - Ans - kills most bacteria but not all Sterilization - Ans - kills all microbial life Reduces weight in a hair cut - Ans - Vertical line Weight distributed on top or bottom, used for blending - Ans - Diagonal line 4 Basic Hair cuts - Ans - 180*, 90*, 45*, 0* Over direction - Ans - pulling hair away from its natural fall Head shape changes how often? - Ans - every half inch Fingerwaves - Ans - 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 - Ans - serve as the basis for patterns, lines, waves, curls and rolls that are used in a wide range of hair styles Roller set - Ans - used to create many of the same effects as stand up pin curls Parts of a pin curl - Ans - base, stem, circle Ammonium Sulfate relaxer - Ans - classified as "low ph" or "no lye", will not relax extremely curly hair Quanidine hydroxide - Ans - 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 - Ans - density, texture, elasticity, porosity, growth direction, length Texture - Ans - diameter of the hair, fine - medium - coarse Density - Ans - hairs per square inch - thick or thin Porosity - Ans - How well hair absorbs moisture - non porous, normal anor over porous Elasticity - Ans - Hairs ability to stretch Growth Direction - Ans - whirls, callics 3 types of bonds - Ans - hydrogen bond, salt bond, disulfide bond Hydrogen bond - Ans - broken by water or heat, weak bond, 1/3 of hair strength Salt bond - Ans - affected by ph. 1/3 of hair strength Disulfide bond - Ans - 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 - Ans - absorbant papers that control ends of hair Acid on ph does what to cuticle - Ans - closes cuticle Alkaline on ph does what to cuticle? - Ans - Swells the cuticle , blows it open Anatomy - Ans - the study of the structure of the organs and systems of the human body Physiology - Ans - the study of the functions and activities performed by body structures Cells - Ans - the basic units of living matter The cells of living things are composed of a substance called what? - Ans - protoplasm Histology - Ans - AKA microscope anatomy, the study of tiny structures only visible through microscope Chemistry - Ans - the science that deals with structures and properties of matter and how it changes under different conditions Organic Chemistry - Ans - Stustances that contain carbon and were alive Inorganic Chemistry - Ans - study of substances that do not contain carbon Matter - Ans - anything that takes of space and has mass 3 types of matter - Ans - solid, liquid, gas