CALIFORNIA BARBER 2026 UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔buccinator muscle - ✔✔Thin, flat muscle of the cheek between the upper and lower
jaw that compresses the cheeks and expels air between the lips.
✔✔What bacteria grows in clusters that causes abcesses, pustules, and boils? -
✔✔staphylococci
✔✔Petrissage - ✔✔Kneading movement performed by lifting, squeezing, and pressing
the tissue with a light, firm pressure.
✔✔What tendon connects the epicranius muscle - ✔✔the epicranial aponeurosis
✔✔What is used after a high frequency treatment? - ✔✔Alcohol based toner
✔✔Strand test - ✔✔Determines how the hair will react to the color formula and how long
the formula should be left on the hair.
✔✔patch test - ✔✔a test in which a substance is applied topically to the skin on a small
piece of blotting paper or wet cloth
✔✔How long before applying permanent hair color should you perform a P.D. test -
✔✔24-48 hours
✔✔Name the types of cutting edges of the shears ? - ✔✔Convex and beveled
✔✔Blood spill procedure - ✔✔-Put on gloves
-Clean area with antiseptic
-Apply bandage
-Dispose of everything in double-bagged procedure, and place in trash (or sharps
container if you work at a Dr's office/hospital).
✔✔What do you do if you cut someone during a service? - ✔✔Stop the service, put on
gloves, and treat the cut
✔✔What bacteria causes disease of infection? - ✔✔Pathogenic
✔✔Blood borne pathogens - ✔✔Disease-causing organisms transferred through
contact with blood or other body fluids such as Hepatitis or HIV
✔✔What is required for hospital grade disinfectant? - ✔✔Effective against bacteria,
fungi, and viruses
, ✔✔Two types of immunity - ✔✔natural and acquired
✔✔EPA - ✔✔Environmental Protection Agency
✔✔Evironmental Protection Agency (EPA) - ✔✔a governmental agency with
environmental protection regulatory and enforcement authority
✔✔Who regulates product safety? - ✔✔EPA and state
✔✔What is tinea? - ✔✔Medical term for ringworm
✔✔What chemicals do not mix? - ✔✔Bleach and ammonia
✔✔What is used to clean barber head rests, chairs, and hard surfaces? - ✔✔EPA
registered hospital grade disinfectant
✔✔What happens when you mix aniline derivative and hydrogen peroxide -
✔✔Oxidization
✔✔Galvanic current - ✔✔Constant and direct current, having a positive and negative
pole, that produces chemical changes when it passes through the tissues and fluids of
the body.
✔✔What does galvanic current do for the skin? - ✔✔Creates chemical desincrustation
and ionic iontophoresis. Used to create a chemical reaction that emulsifies or liquefies
sebum and debris
✔✔What are universal precautions? - ✔✔Treat all blood as if it's contaminated
✔✔What do you put on a cut? - ✔✔Styptic powder
✔✔Quatts - ✔✔Quaternary ammonium compounds
✔✔Amp - ✔✔Measures the strength of an electric current
✔✔Volt - ✔✔Unit of electric pressure
✔✔Watt - ✔✔Unit of power
✔✔What is alopecia? - ✔✔Abnormal hair loss
✔✔Ideal face shape - ✔✔oval
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔buccinator muscle - ✔✔Thin, flat muscle of the cheek between the upper and lower
jaw that compresses the cheeks and expels air between the lips.
✔✔What bacteria grows in clusters that causes abcesses, pustules, and boils? -
✔✔staphylococci
✔✔Petrissage - ✔✔Kneading movement performed by lifting, squeezing, and pressing
the tissue with a light, firm pressure.
✔✔What tendon connects the epicranius muscle - ✔✔the epicranial aponeurosis
✔✔What is used after a high frequency treatment? - ✔✔Alcohol based toner
✔✔Strand test - ✔✔Determines how the hair will react to the color formula and how long
the formula should be left on the hair.
✔✔patch test - ✔✔a test in which a substance is applied topically to the skin on a small
piece of blotting paper or wet cloth
✔✔How long before applying permanent hair color should you perform a P.D. test -
✔✔24-48 hours
✔✔Name the types of cutting edges of the shears ? - ✔✔Convex and beveled
✔✔Blood spill procedure - ✔✔-Put on gloves
-Clean area with antiseptic
-Apply bandage
-Dispose of everything in double-bagged procedure, and place in trash (or sharps
container if you work at a Dr's office/hospital).
✔✔What do you do if you cut someone during a service? - ✔✔Stop the service, put on
gloves, and treat the cut
✔✔What bacteria causes disease of infection? - ✔✔Pathogenic
✔✔Blood borne pathogens - ✔✔Disease-causing organisms transferred through
contact with blood or other body fluids such as Hepatitis or HIV
✔✔What is required for hospital grade disinfectant? - ✔✔Effective against bacteria,
fungi, and viruses
, ✔✔Two types of immunity - ✔✔natural and acquired
✔✔EPA - ✔✔Environmental Protection Agency
✔✔Evironmental Protection Agency (EPA) - ✔✔a governmental agency with
environmental protection regulatory and enforcement authority
✔✔Who regulates product safety? - ✔✔EPA and state
✔✔What is tinea? - ✔✔Medical term for ringworm
✔✔What chemicals do not mix? - ✔✔Bleach and ammonia
✔✔What is used to clean barber head rests, chairs, and hard surfaces? - ✔✔EPA
registered hospital grade disinfectant
✔✔What happens when you mix aniline derivative and hydrogen peroxide -
✔✔Oxidization
✔✔Galvanic current - ✔✔Constant and direct current, having a positive and negative
pole, that produces chemical changes when it passes through the tissues and fluids of
the body.
✔✔What does galvanic current do for the skin? - ✔✔Creates chemical desincrustation
and ionic iontophoresis. Used to create a chemical reaction that emulsifies or liquefies
sebum and debris
✔✔What are universal precautions? - ✔✔Treat all blood as if it's contaminated
✔✔What do you put on a cut? - ✔✔Styptic powder
✔✔Quatts - ✔✔Quaternary ammonium compounds
✔✔Amp - ✔✔Measures the strength of an electric current
✔✔Volt - ✔✔Unit of electric pressure
✔✔Watt - ✔✔Unit of power
✔✔What is alopecia? - ✔✔Abnormal hair loss
✔✔Ideal face shape - ✔✔oval
