FL COSMETOLOGY EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS
If upon examining your client you notice nits or lice, what should be your next step? -
Answer-Refuse service
When using the shear-over-comb technique, you should use sections: - Answer-No
wider than the comb
You lighten your client's hair from Level 5 to 9, then apply a pale blue toner. The
resulting color is: - Answer-Green
Single-notched thinning shears will: - Answer-Remove more hair than "double-notched"
shears
With the scissor-over-comb technique, cutting should be started at the: - Answer-Nape
The best way to determine how a client's hair, skin, or nails will react to a certain
product is to conduct any of the following: - Answer-Patch test, predisposition test, or
sensitivity test.
Which of the following types of haircolor will not penetrate the cuticle into the cortex? -
Answer-Temporary hair color. It acts on the outer cuticle and does not penetrate into the
cortex
Sebaceous glands produce: - Answer-Oil (sebum)
What hair cutting implement must be used on damp hair? - Answer-Razors
Lightening only selected strands of hair is: - Answer-Highlighting
Your client has had her natural blond hair colored to a darker shade, but now wishes to
go lighter again. To achieve this you will need to: - Answer-First remove the existing
pigment
Which of the following products can be used to pre-soften resistant, gray hair: - Answer-
Hydrogen peroxide
A cowlick is a: - Answer-Tuft of hair that stands straight up
The hair that the cosmetologist normally cuts and styles is: - Answer-Terminal hair. The
normal, longer hair found on the head and body
, When tinting virgin hair to a lighter shade, application of the tint should begin: - Answer-
At the region where the hair is the darkest
Aniline derived tints are - Answer-Penetrating, they act on the cortex (middle layer) of
the hair
The health of the hair is affected mostly by: - Answer-Physical and emotional health
In which layer of the hair shaft is melanin located? - Answer-Cortex (the middle layer of
the hair)
Thinning can be accomplished by: - Answer-Slithering (or effilating)
Before a chemical service, have a client remove their: - Answer-Earrings
Demi-Permanent haircolor: - Answer-Deposits or adds pigment and do not lift or lighten
the natural hair color. Like permanent color, it penetrates the cuticle, acts on the cortex,
and requires an oxidizing agent.
When performing a hot wax hair removal on the eyebrow, to remove the wax and fabric
strip: - Answer-Quickly pull the fabric in the opposite direction of the hair growth. Then
apply pressure with fingers to alleviate the pain.
The process by which a hydroxide relaxer removes one atom of sulfur from a disulfide
bond: - Answer-Lanthionization
Iontophoresis, cataphoresis, anaphoresis and desincrustation are terms associated
with: - Answer-Galvanic electrotherapy
When attempting to tint highly resistant hair, you should: - Answer-Pre-soften the hair
During a lightening process, which of the following will lighten the fastest - Answer-Fine,
light hair
Taking a "test curl" means: - Answer-Partially unwinding a rod and examining the curl
pattern, the while the perm is processing
What is a guideline: - Answer-Previously cut hair that is used to measure the next
cutting section
What are cutting lines: - Answer-Direction or angle at which the fingers are held in
relation to the scalp. (I.e: horizontal or vertical)
If your client has dark brown or black hair, what is the maximum numbers of levels the
hair can safely be lightened? - Answer-7
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS
If upon examining your client you notice nits or lice, what should be your next step? -
Answer-Refuse service
When using the shear-over-comb technique, you should use sections: - Answer-No
wider than the comb
You lighten your client's hair from Level 5 to 9, then apply a pale blue toner. The
resulting color is: - Answer-Green
Single-notched thinning shears will: - Answer-Remove more hair than "double-notched"
shears
With the scissor-over-comb technique, cutting should be started at the: - Answer-Nape
The best way to determine how a client's hair, skin, or nails will react to a certain
product is to conduct any of the following: - Answer-Patch test, predisposition test, or
sensitivity test.
Which of the following types of haircolor will not penetrate the cuticle into the cortex? -
Answer-Temporary hair color. It acts on the outer cuticle and does not penetrate into the
cortex
Sebaceous glands produce: - Answer-Oil (sebum)
What hair cutting implement must be used on damp hair? - Answer-Razors
Lightening only selected strands of hair is: - Answer-Highlighting
Your client has had her natural blond hair colored to a darker shade, but now wishes to
go lighter again. To achieve this you will need to: - Answer-First remove the existing
pigment
Which of the following products can be used to pre-soften resistant, gray hair: - Answer-
Hydrogen peroxide
A cowlick is a: - Answer-Tuft of hair that stands straight up
The hair that the cosmetologist normally cuts and styles is: - Answer-Terminal hair. The
normal, longer hair found on the head and body
, When tinting virgin hair to a lighter shade, application of the tint should begin: - Answer-
At the region where the hair is the darkest
Aniline derived tints are - Answer-Penetrating, they act on the cortex (middle layer) of
the hair
The health of the hair is affected mostly by: - Answer-Physical and emotional health
In which layer of the hair shaft is melanin located? - Answer-Cortex (the middle layer of
the hair)
Thinning can be accomplished by: - Answer-Slithering (or effilating)
Before a chemical service, have a client remove their: - Answer-Earrings
Demi-Permanent haircolor: - Answer-Deposits or adds pigment and do not lift or lighten
the natural hair color. Like permanent color, it penetrates the cuticle, acts on the cortex,
and requires an oxidizing agent.
When performing a hot wax hair removal on the eyebrow, to remove the wax and fabric
strip: - Answer-Quickly pull the fabric in the opposite direction of the hair growth. Then
apply pressure with fingers to alleviate the pain.
The process by which a hydroxide relaxer removes one atom of sulfur from a disulfide
bond: - Answer-Lanthionization
Iontophoresis, cataphoresis, anaphoresis and desincrustation are terms associated
with: - Answer-Galvanic electrotherapy
When attempting to tint highly resistant hair, you should: - Answer-Pre-soften the hair
During a lightening process, which of the following will lighten the fastest - Answer-Fine,
light hair
Taking a "test curl" means: - Answer-Partially unwinding a rod and examining the curl
pattern, the while the perm is processing
What is a guideline: - Answer-Previously cut hair that is used to measure the next
cutting section
What are cutting lines: - Answer-Direction or angle at which the fingers are held in
relation to the scalp. (I.e: horizontal or vertical)
If your client has dark brown or black hair, what is the maximum numbers of levels the
hair can safely be lightened? - Answer-7
