COSMETOLOGY STATE BOARD
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS RESOURCE
●● After and injury, infection or disease, the natural nail well return to
its healthy growth as the ___ is Healthy and undamaged.
Answer: matrix
●● Replacement of the Natural fingernail usually takes about.
Answer: 4 to 6 months
●● The finger nail on the __ typical growth slowest.
Answer: thumb
●● The nail has a water content between:
Answer: 15 and 25 percent
●● The natural nail is an appendage of the:
Answer: skin
●● the appearance of the nails can reflect the general health of the :
Answer: body
,●● the __ is relatively porous and will allow water to pass through.
Answer: nail plate
●● The Matrix contains:
Answer: nerves, lymph, and blood vessels
●● Tissue that adheres directly to the natural nail plate but which can be
easily removed with gentle scraping is:
Answer: cuticle
●● Cosmetologists are allowed to __ the eponychium
Answer: push back
●● cuticle moisturizers, softeners, and conditioners are not designed to
treat the:
Answer: cuticle
●● Toenails are thicker and harder then fingernails because ___ the of
that toenails is longer than that of that fingernail.
Answer: matrix
●● unlike healthy hair, healthy nails are not ___ periodically.
,Answer: shed
●● It takes about __ for toenails to be fully replace
Answer: Nine months to a year
●● The living skin at the base of the natural nail plate that covers the
matrix area is
the
Answer: eponychium
●● The thin layer of tissue between the nail plate in the nail bed is the
Answer: Bed epithelium
●● The slightly thickened layer of the skin that lies between the
fingertips and free edge of the natural nail plate is the
Answer: hyponychium
●● The dead colorless tissue attached to the natural nail plate is known
as the
Answer: nail cuticle
●● The __ is the area where the nail plate cells are formed
Answer: matrix
, ●● a normal healthy nails is firm and flexible and should be
Answer: Smooth and unspotted
●● If a client has ridges running vertically down the length of the natural
nail plate it is recommended that you
Answer: buff them carefully
●● The medical term for fungal infections associated with the feet is
Answer: tinea pedis
●● A typical bacterial infection on the nail plate can be indentified in the
early
stages as a ___ spots that becomes darker in its advanced stages.
Answer: yellow-green
●● The separation and falling off of a nail from the nail bed is a sign of
Answer: onychomadesis
●● Which of the following this not cause onychorrhexis?
Answer: insufficient use of cuticle removers
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS RESOURCE
●● After and injury, infection or disease, the natural nail well return to
its healthy growth as the ___ is Healthy and undamaged.
Answer: matrix
●● Replacement of the Natural fingernail usually takes about.
Answer: 4 to 6 months
●● The finger nail on the __ typical growth slowest.
Answer: thumb
●● The nail has a water content between:
Answer: 15 and 25 percent
●● The natural nail is an appendage of the:
Answer: skin
●● the appearance of the nails can reflect the general health of the :
Answer: body
,●● the __ is relatively porous and will allow water to pass through.
Answer: nail plate
●● The Matrix contains:
Answer: nerves, lymph, and blood vessels
●● Tissue that adheres directly to the natural nail plate but which can be
easily removed with gentle scraping is:
Answer: cuticle
●● Cosmetologists are allowed to __ the eponychium
Answer: push back
●● cuticle moisturizers, softeners, and conditioners are not designed to
treat the:
Answer: cuticle
●● Toenails are thicker and harder then fingernails because ___ the of
that toenails is longer than that of that fingernail.
Answer: matrix
●● unlike healthy hair, healthy nails are not ___ periodically.
,Answer: shed
●● It takes about __ for toenails to be fully replace
Answer: Nine months to a year
●● The living skin at the base of the natural nail plate that covers the
matrix area is
the
Answer: eponychium
●● The thin layer of tissue between the nail plate in the nail bed is the
Answer: Bed epithelium
●● The slightly thickened layer of the skin that lies between the
fingertips and free edge of the natural nail plate is the
Answer: hyponychium
●● The dead colorless tissue attached to the natural nail plate is known
as the
Answer: nail cuticle
●● The __ is the area where the nail plate cells are formed
Answer: matrix
, ●● a normal healthy nails is firm and flexible and should be
Answer: Smooth and unspotted
●● If a client has ridges running vertically down the length of the natural
nail plate it is recommended that you
Answer: buff them carefully
●● The medical term for fungal infections associated with the feet is
Answer: tinea pedis
●● A typical bacterial infection on the nail plate can be indentified in the
early
stages as a ___ spots that becomes darker in its advanced stages.
Answer: yellow-green
●● The separation and falling off of a nail from the nail bed is a sign of
Answer: onychomadesis
●● Which of the following this not cause onychorrhexis?
Answer: insufficient use of cuticle removers
