COSMETOLOGY STATE BOARD
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH LATEST
AND UPDATED SCORE.
1. What bonds in the hair are easily broken by heat and water? --
Answer ✔✔ Hydrogen
2. Before placing implements in a disinfecting solution, they should
be -- Answer ✔✔ Cleaned with warm soapy water
3. The best way to avoid back strain while working is to -- Answer
✔✔ Maintain good posture and body alignment
4. Good dental hygiene involves visiting the dentist twice each year
and -- Answer ✔✔ Brushing and flossing regularly
5. Bacteria that do NOT cause disease are referred to as -- Answer
✔✔ Nonpathogenic
6. Disease-causing bacteria can be spread by -- Answer ✔✔
Coughing or spitting
7. The method of cleaning instruments that kill all microorganisms,
including bacterial spores, is -- Answer ✔✔ Sterilization
8. Antiseptics differ from disinfectants because they -- Answer ✔✔
Are safe to use on skin
9. A quaternary ammonium compound is used as -- Answer ✔✔ A
disinfectant
, 10. When using disinfectants, you should remember that they --
Answer ✔✔ Can be dangerous if used incorrectly.
11. Trichology is the study of -- Answer ✔✔ Hair
12. Name the two distinct phases of the life cycle of bacteria --
Answer ✔✔ Vegetative and spore forming
13. Seen in cross section, straight hair would appear to be --
Answer ✔✔ Round
14. Your clients has a bad case of dry dandruff. You should
suggest -- Answer ✔✔ Scalp treatments and frequent mild
shampoos
15. Alopecia areata occurs when the clients hair -- Answer ✔✔
Suddenly falls out in round patches
16. The visible portion of the nail itself is referred to as the --
Answer ✔✔ Nail plate
17. A hangnail can be caused by -- Answer ✔✔ Cutting the
cuticle improperly
18. One way to reassure clients about the cleanliness and
sanitation of your implements is to -- Answer ✔✔ Place
implements into a jar with disinfecting solution in it.
19. The outermost and thinnest layer of the skin is the --
Answer ✔✔ Epidermis
20. The study of the skin and its diseases and treatment is
referred to as -- Answer ✔✔ Dermatology
21. A steatoma, or sebaceous cyst, is -- Answer ✔✔ A
subcutaneous tumor of a sebaceous gland
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH LATEST
AND UPDATED SCORE.
1. What bonds in the hair are easily broken by heat and water? --
Answer ✔✔ Hydrogen
2. Before placing implements in a disinfecting solution, they should
be -- Answer ✔✔ Cleaned with warm soapy water
3. The best way to avoid back strain while working is to -- Answer
✔✔ Maintain good posture and body alignment
4. Good dental hygiene involves visiting the dentist twice each year
and -- Answer ✔✔ Brushing and flossing regularly
5. Bacteria that do NOT cause disease are referred to as -- Answer
✔✔ Nonpathogenic
6. Disease-causing bacteria can be spread by -- Answer ✔✔
Coughing or spitting
7. The method of cleaning instruments that kill all microorganisms,
including bacterial spores, is -- Answer ✔✔ Sterilization
8. Antiseptics differ from disinfectants because they -- Answer ✔✔
Are safe to use on skin
9. A quaternary ammonium compound is used as -- Answer ✔✔ A
disinfectant
, 10. When using disinfectants, you should remember that they --
Answer ✔✔ Can be dangerous if used incorrectly.
11. Trichology is the study of -- Answer ✔✔ Hair
12. Name the two distinct phases of the life cycle of bacteria --
Answer ✔✔ Vegetative and spore forming
13. Seen in cross section, straight hair would appear to be --
Answer ✔✔ Round
14. Your clients has a bad case of dry dandruff. You should
suggest -- Answer ✔✔ Scalp treatments and frequent mild
shampoos
15. Alopecia areata occurs when the clients hair -- Answer ✔✔
Suddenly falls out in round patches
16. The visible portion of the nail itself is referred to as the --
Answer ✔✔ Nail plate
17. A hangnail can be caused by -- Answer ✔✔ Cutting the
cuticle improperly
18. One way to reassure clients about the cleanliness and
sanitation of your implements is to -- Answer ✔✔ Place
implements into a jar with disinfecting solution in it.
19. The outermost and thinnest layer of the skin is the --
Answer ✔✔ Epidermis
20. The study of the skin and its diseases and treatment is
referred to as -- Answer ✔✔ Dermatology
21. A steatoma, or sebaceous cyst, is -- Answer ✔✔ A
subcutaneous tumor of a sebaceous gland
