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Which part includes two basic requirements for a healthy scalp - ✔✔Cleanliness and stimulation
What type of shear is best for cutting large sections of hair - ✔✔Chunking shears
How does shampoo draping differ from chemical draping? - ✔✔They are the same
How can split ends be repaired? - ✔✔cutting
What elevation angle could be used to add weight to a haircut - ✔✔45 degrees
What is not a type of conditioner - ✔✔Dry conditioner
What is not a function of brushing - ✔✔Detangling
What are two types of asymmetrical balance - ✔✔Horizontal and diagonal
What purpose do humectants serve in conditioner - ✔✔Promote moisture retention
Which of the following is safe to perform a service on a client - ✔✔Pityriasis capitis Simplex
Moisturizing conditioners allow the _____ to absorb moisture from the air. - ✔✔cortex
What which two reference points does the comb leave the head - ✔✔Occipital and parietal ridge
What is not a layered haircut - ✔✔Bob
What purpose does silicone serve in conditioners - ✔✔Adds shine
What is the difference between a treatment massage and a relaxation massage - ✔✔The products used
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What is not one of the natural wave patterns - ✔✔Fine
The study of hair and its diseases is called - ✔✔Trichology
The two parts of a mature strand of human hair are the: - ✔✔hair root and hair shaft
The tube-like depression or pocket in the skin or scalp that contains the hair root is the: - ✔✔hair follicle
For chemicals to penetrate a healthy cuticle hair layer, they must have: - ✔✔an alkaline pH
The medulla is composed of ___ cells. - ✔✔Round
During the phase, new hair is produced because new cells are actively manufactured in the hair follicle -
✔✔Anagen
Which type of melanin provides natural colors ranging from red and ginger to yellow and blond tones? -
✔✔Pheomelanin
Wet hair with normal elasticity will stretch up to ___ of its original length. - ✔✔50 percent
During which phase does the follicle canal shrink and detach from the dermal papilla - ✔✔Catagen
The technical term used to describe grey hair - ✔✔Canities
Scalp hair grows ___ on women than on men. - ✔✔Faster
The - phase signals the end of the growth phase - ✔✔Catagen
Scalp massage ___ hair growth. - ✔✔does not affect
Composer to pigmented hair, gray hair is - ✔✔Exactly the same
Bald men are commonly perceived as: - ✔✔less successful
By age 35, almost ___ percent of both men and women show some degree of hair loss. - ✔✔40
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Finasteride is an oral prescription medication for hair loss that is meant for: - ✔✔Men only
congenial canities exists - ✔✔at or before birth
Dandruff can easily be mistaken for:
A. tinea
B. dry scalp
C. pediculosis capitis
D. trichoptilosis - ✔✔Dry scalp
A carbuncle is similar to a furuncle, but is: - ✔✔larger
A- bond is a weak, physical, cross-link side bond easily broken by water or heat - ✔✔Hydrogen
Hair is approximately ___ percent protein. - ✔✔90
Hypertrichosis is also known as: - ✔✔Hirsuties
The - is the lowest part of the hair strand - ✔✔hair bulb
The technical term for beaded hair is - ✔✔Monilethrix
The term for the spiral shape coiled protein is: - ✔✔helix
Shaving, clipping, and cutting the hair on the head: - ✔✔has no effect on hair growth
dry, sulfer-yellow, crust on scalp are called - ✔✔Scutula
The long, coarse, pigmented hair found on the scalp, legs arms, and bodies of males and females is called
___. - ✔✔terminal hair
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Milady cosmetology exam review Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
Which part includes two basic requirements for a healthy scalp - ✔✔Cleanliness and stimulation
What type of shear is best for cutting large sections of hair - ✔✔Chunking shears
How does shampoo draping differ from chemical draping? - ✔✔They are the same
How can split ends be repaired? - ✔✔cutting
What elevation angle could be used to add weight to a haircut - ✔✔45 degrees
What is not a type of conditioner - ✔✔Dry conditioner
What is not a function of brushing - ✔✔Detangling
What are two types of asymmetrical balance - ✔✔Horizontal and diagonal
What purpose do humectants serve in conditioner - ✔✔Promote moisture retention
Which of the following is safe to perform a service on a client - ✔✔Pityriasis capitis Simplex
Moisturizing conditioners allow the _____ to absorb moisture from the air. - ✔✔cortex
What which two reference points does the comb leave the head - ✔✔Occipital and parietal ridge
What is not a layered haircut - ✔✔Bob
What purpose does silicone serve in conditioners - ✔✔Adds shine
What is the difference between a treatment massage and a relaxation massage - ✔✔The products used
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What is not one of the natural wave patterns - ✔✔Fine
The study of hair and its diseases is called - ✔✔Trichology
The two parts of a mature strand of human hair are the: - ✔✔hair root and hair shaft
The tube-like depression or pocket in the skin or scalp that contains the hair root is the: - ✔✔hair follicle
For chemicals to penetrate a healthy cuticle hair layer, they must have: - ✔✔an alkaline pH
The medulla is composed of ___ cells. - ✔✔Round
During the phase, new hair is produced because new cells are actively manufactured in the hair follicle -
✔✔Anagen
Which type of melanin provides natural colors ranging from red and ginger to yellow and blond tones? -
✔✔Pheomelanin
Wet hair with normal elasticity will stretch up to ___ of its original length. - ✔✔50 percent
During which phase does the follicle canal shrink and detach from the dermal papilla - ✔✔Catagen
The technical term used to describe grey hair - ✔✔Canities
Scalp hair grows ___ on women than on men. - ✔✔Faster
The - phase signals the end of the growth phase - ✔✔Catagen
Scalp massage ___ hair growth. - ✔✔does not affect
Composer to pigmented hair, gray hair is - ✔✔Exactly the same
Bald men are commonly perceived as: - ✔✔less successful
By age 35, almost ___ percent of both men and women show some degree of hair loss. - ✔✔40
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Finasteride is an oral prescription medication for hair loss that is meant for: - ✔✔Men only
congenial canities exists - ✔✔at or before birth
Dandruff can easily be mistaken for:
A. tinea
B. dry scalp
C. pediculosis capitis
D. trichoptilosis - ✔✔Dry scalp
A carbuncle is similar to a furuncle, but is: - ✔✔larger
A- bond is a weak, physical, cross-link side bond easily broken by water or heat - ✔✔Hydrogen
Hair is approximately ___ percent protein. - ✔✔90
Hypertrichosis is also known as: - ✔✔Hirsuties
The - is the lowest part of the hair strand - ✔✔hair bulb
The technical term for beaded hair is - ✔✔Monilethrix
The term for the spiral shape coiled protein is: - ✔✔helix
Shaving, clipping, and cutting the hair on the head: - ✔✔has no effect on hair growth
dry, sulfer-yellow, crust on scalp are called - ✔✔Scutula
The long, coarse, pigmented hair found on the scalp, legs arms, and bodies of males and females is called
___. - ✔✔terminal hair
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