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Prepare for your Cosmetology State Board Exam with this comprehensive study guide featuring actual exam-style questions and verified answers. This resource covers essential cosmetology topics, including sanitation and infection control, hair care, skincare, nail technology, chemical services, safety procedures, client consultation, and state board testing concepts. Ideal for effective review, self-assessment, and building confidence before your licensing exam.

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Cosmetology Stateboard exam Latest Update;Actual
Questions and 100% Correct Answers

Being tactful means being straightfoward but not - ANSWERcritical

MSDS sheets are obtained from? - ANSWERproduct manufacturer

Pathogenic bacteria that require living matter for growth - ANSWERparasites

Bacteria in curved lines that ressemble a strand of beads - ANSWERStreptococci

What shape is cocci bacteria - ANSWERround

what bacteria can grow in pairs and cause pneumonia - ANSWERdiplococci

May cause strep throat or blood poisining - ANSWERstreptococci

Spiral or corck screw bacteria - ANSWERspirilla

Transmitted through the air - ANSWERcocci

What are the two distinct phases of bacteria - ANSWERthe active stage, inactive or
spore forming

Pose little/no risk in salons but dangerous in medical setting - ANSWERanthrax and
tetanus bacilli

Commen bacteria transferred through skin to skin contact or by using unclean
impliments - ANSWERstaphylococci

Can effect plants and animals - ANSWERvirus

HIV is the virus that causes - ANSWERAcquired Immune Deficency Syndrome

Draws nourishment from other organisms - ANSWERparasite

Disinfection is extremly effective in controlling - ANSWERmicroorganisms on non-living
surfaces

Used to destroy bacteria and viruses on surfaces - ANSWERdisenfectant

A disenfectant used in the salon should have the right - ANSWERefficacy

,disinfect implements in 10 to 15 minutes that cointain sophisticated blends -
ANSWERquaternary ammonium compounds

Disenfectant that can hurt the skin or eyes with a high PH - ANSWERphenolic
disenfectants

Common household product used effectively as a disenfectant - ANSWERSodium
Hypochlorite

A client that is infected with Hepititas B or bloodborne pathogens but shows no signs is -
ANSWERasymtomatic

Study of the structure of the human body - ANSWERanatomy

Fluid that cells need to grow - ANSWERcytoplasm

Where the cells are nourished - ANSWERmetabolism

The chemical process of cell nourishment has to phases - ANSWERanabolism,
catabolism

Collection of similar cells that perform specific functions - ANSWERtissue

Tissue that protect the skin or lining of the heart - ANSWERepithelial tissue

Scentific name of the study of anatomy, structure and functions of the bone -
ANSWERosteology

The ankle joint is formed by the tibia, fibula and the - ANSWERtalus

Bones of the face are involved in - ANSWERfacial massage

Study to describe the function of diseases of the muscles - ANSWERmyology

Bones that form the upper jaw - ANSWERmaxillae bones

Bones that form the sides and crown of the cranium - ANSWERparietal bones

The foot is made up of how many bones - ANSWER26

Bone that form the leg above the knee - ANSWERFemur

Muscles are three types which are - ANSWERstriated, nonstriated, cardiac

Bones that are voluntary - ANSWERstraited

, Where is the pressure in a massage directed from - ANSWERinsertion to origin

Covers the top of the head - ANSWERepicranius

The front portion of the epicranius - ANSWERfrontalis

Muscle that enables the eye to close - ANSWERorbicularis oculi

Muscles that straighten the rist - ANSWERextensors

Muscles that bring the fingers together - ANSWERadductors

The gastrocnemius muscle is located in - ANSWERlower leg

System of nerves that carry impulses to and from the central nervous system -
ANSWERperipheral nervous system

Portion of the central nervous system that starts at the brain and then extends down the
trunk - ANSWERspinal cord

Bundels of white cords that are held together by connective tissue - ANSWERnerves

Largest of the cranial nerves also known as the trifacial nerve or the trigaminal nerve -
ANSWERfifth cranial nerve

The cheid motor nerve that emerges near the lower part of the ear and extends to the
muscles of the neck - ANSWERseventh cranial nerve

Branches that supply the thumb side of the arm and the back of the hand -
ANSWERradial nerve

The anterior tibial nerve extend to the front of the leg behind the muscle and is reffered
to as - ANSWERdeep peroneal nerve

the blood circulatory system that send blood to the lungs to be purified -
ANSWERpulmonary cirrculation

tubelike structure that include arteries, capillaries and veins - ANSWERblod vessels

Thin-walled blood vessel that is less elastic than an artery - ANSWERvein

the largest artery in the human body is - ANSWERaorta

The artery that supplies blood to the anterior part of the scalp, ear, face, neck and side
of the head - ANSWERexternal carotid artery

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