Cosmetology State Board
Practice Test (146 questions
and answers)
1) Corrugations - (Correct Answer) Nail disorder - Horizontal wavy ridges caused
by uneven growth due to illness or injuries.
2) Furrows - (Correct Answer) Nail disorder - vertical lines down the nail plate
caused by nutrition, injury or illness.
3) Leuconchia - (Correct Answer) White spots on the nail caused by injury to the
base of the nail
4) Onychorrhexis - (Correct Answer) Split or brittle nails caused by injury,
careless filing, vitamin deficiencies, illness, and frequent exposure to strong
chemicals.
5) Hang Nails - (Correct Answer) Caused by dry cuticle and carlessness in
removing the cuticle
6) Onychomycosis Unguium - (Correct Answer) Nail fungus caused by a parasite.
very contagious
7) Onychocryptosis - (Correct Answer) Ingrown nail caused by filing the nail too
much, or tight fitting shoes.
8) Verruca - (Correct Answer) Warts caused by infectious virus
9) Onycholysis - (Correct Answer) lifting of the nail without shedding
10) 5 Basic Nail Shapes - (Correct Answer) squoval, round, oval, pointed, square
11) Toner - (Correct Answer) used on pre-lightened hair to achieve pale and
delicate colors after decoloring
12) Conditioning filler - (Correct Answer) protein conditioner that will equalize
porosity and fill the holes
13) Color filler - (Correct Answer) used to replace the missing primary colors
14) Oxidative - (Correct Answer) Demi- permenant and permenant color
15) Non-oxidative color - (Correct Answer) temporary - physical change only.
Semi-permanent.
16) Double process blonde - (Correct Answer) decolorizing and toning
