NC Manicurist State Board Study Guide: Complete North Carolina Nail Technician Exam Prep,
Practice Questions & Review (2026)
What's another name for verruca? - correct answer ✔✔Wart
What should you apply first before removing callus with a drill? - correct answer ✔✔Buffing
Cream
What should you do before disinfecting a pedicure basin? - correct answer ✔✔Clean with soap
and water
What is the position stop? - correct answer ✔✔The point where the free edge of the natural
nail meets the tip.
Where do you apply a nail form on a person with severe onychophagy? - correct answer
✔✔Corner to corner, with nail form resting on the nail bed
When do you apply nail strengthener? - correct answer ✔✔Before the base coat
Where do you blend the tip on a person with onychophagy? - correct answer ✔✔Contact area
What is onycholysis? - correct answer ✔✔loosening or separation of the nail starting at the free
edge and progressing to the lunula; stays attached at the root area
What is myology? - correct answer ✔✔The study of the structures, functions, and diseases of
muscles
What angle do you shorten nails with when using an e-file? - correct answer ✔✔Perpendicular
at a 90-degree angle
, A client slammed a door on their finger, bruising their nail. The client now has a... - correct
answer ✔✔Nail disorder
What protects the nail from bacteria? - correct answer ✔✔hyponychium
What is necessary for a chemical reaction to occur? - correct answer ✔✔An initiator
(i.e. monomer)
What chemical reduces the reaction caused by the catalyst? - correct answer ✔✔An inhibitor
(i.e. the oil in odorless monomer)
What substance controls the speed at which the chemical reaction occurs? - correct answer
✔✔The catalyst
(i.e. monomer)
What causes the gel to cure in the light?
Hint: the flash(light) on your phone helps take ______ in the dark - correct answer ✔✔Photo
initiators
What helps keep skin moisture balanced? - correct answer ✔✔Sweat and sebum (oil) mis
together to help maintain the skin's moisture balance
What layer of the skin produces dead skin cells?
hint: top layer of the skin - correct answer ✔✔Epidermis- stratum corneum
Practice Questions & Review (2026)
What's another name for verruca? - correct answer ✔✔Wart
What should you apply first before removing callus with a drill? - correct answer ✔✔Buffing
Cream
What should you do before disinfecting a pedicure basin? - correct answer ✔✔Clean with soap
and water
What is the position stop? - correct answer ✔✔The point where the free edge of the natural
nail meets the tip.
Where do you apply a nail form on a person with severe onychophagy? - correct answer
✔✔Corner to corner, with nail form resting on the nail bed
When do you apply nail strengthener? - correct answer ✔✔Before the base coat
Where do you blend the tip on a person with onychophagy? - correct answer ✔✔Contact area
What is onycholysis? - correct answer ✔✔loosening or separation of the nail starting at the free
edge and progressing to the lunula; stays attached at the root area
What is myology? - correct answer ✔✔The study of the structures, functions, and diseases of
muscles
What angle do you shorten nails with when using an e-file? - correct answer ✔✔Perpendicular
at a 90-degree angle
, A client slammed a door on their finger, bruising their nail. The client now has a... - correct
answer ✔✔Nail disorder
What protects the nail from bacteria? - correct answer ✔✔hyponychium
What is necessary for a chemical reaction to occur? - correct answer ✔✔An initiator
(i.e. monomer)
What chemical reduces the reaction caused by the catalyst? - correct answer ✔✔An inhibitor
(i.e. the oil in odorless monomer)
What substance controls the speed at which the chemical reaction occurs? - correct answer
✔✔The catalyst
(i.e. monomer)
What causes the gel to cure in the light?
Hint: the flash(light) on your phone helps take ______ in the dark - correct answer ✔✔Photo
initiators
What helps keep skin moisture balanced? - correct answer ✔✔Sweat and sebum (oil) mis
together to help maintain the skin's moisture balance
What layer of the skin produces dead skin cells?
hint: top layer of the skin - correct answer ✔✔Epidermis- stratum corneum
