Massachusetts Cosmetology State
Board Practice Exam Study Guide
Kosmetikos a Greek word meaning - Answer✔️✔️-Skilled in the study of
cosmetics
In ancient cultures practice of self grooming and appearance enhancement
was allied with the practice of - Answer✔️✔️-Medicine
The two types of goals are - Answer✔️✔️-Short-term and long-term
Comfortable well fitted shoes should have - Answer✔️✔️-Low heels
Verbal communication with the client to determine desired results is -
Answer✔️✔️-Client consultation
An agency created as a part of the department of labor to regulate and
enforce safety and health standards to protect the employee in the
workplace is - Answer✔️✔️-OSHA
And infection is microorganism capable of investing almost all plants and
animals is - Answer✔️✔️-Virus
Bacteria that are completely harmless you not cause disease are -
Answer✔️✔️-Nonpathogenic
The virus that causes AIDS is - Answer✔️✔️-HIV
Agents that are formulated for use on skin are - Answer✔️✔️-Antiseptics
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Ask like a balloon to contain the protoplasm - Answer✔️✔️-Cell membrane
The physical foundation of the body is the - Answer✔️✔️-Skeletal system
The sides of the head in the ear region is formed by the - Answer✔️✔️-
Temporal bone
The uppermost in largest bone of the arm is the - Answer✔️✔️-Humerus
The tendon that the occipitalis and the frontalis is the - Answer✔️✔️-
Aponeurosis
The nerve affecting the skin of the forehead scalp eyebrows and upper
eyelid - Answer✔️✔️-Superorbital
also called the gastrointestinal system and is responsible for breaking down
food into nutrients and waste - Answer✔️✔️-Digestive
The basal cell layer composed of several layers of different shapes cells is
the - Answer✔️✔️-Stratum germinativum
What controls the next excretion of sweat - Answer✔️✔️-Nervous system
This vitamin is an Antioxidant that can help prevent certain types of cancer
- Answer✔️✔️-Vitamin A
Supplies nutrients and oxygen to the skin - Answer✔️✔️-Blood
The nail bed is supplied with many nerves and is attached to the nail plate
by a thin layer of tissue called - Answer✔️✔️-Bed epithelium
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The living skin at the base of the nail plate covering the matrix area -
Answer✔️✔️-Epoynichium
The hardened keratin plate covering the nail bed is the - Answer✔️✔️-Nail
plate
A mature strand of human hair is divided into two parts: the route in the -
Answer✔️✔️-Hair shaft
A chemical side bonds that is very different from the physical bond of
hydrogen or salt bonds is a - Answer✔️✔️-Disulfide bond
The growth phase of the hair is be - Answer✔️✔️-Anagen phase
The medical term for dandruff is - Answer✔️✔️-Pityriasis
A condition of abnormal growth of hair - Answer✔️✔️-Hypertrichosis
A stable mixture of two or more mixable substances - Answer✔️✔️-Solution
A sweet colorless oily substance is - Answer✔️✔️-Glycerin
A chemical reaction that easily transmits he is called - Answer✔️✔️-
Exothermic
Any substance that conducts electricity - Answer✔️✔️-Conductor
Unit that measures the strength of an electric current is - Answer✔️✔️-Amp
thermal or heat producing current with a high rate of oscillation or
vibration - Answer✔️✔️-Tesla-high frequency
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