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STATE BOARD EXAM STUDY QUESTIONS (NAIL TECHNICIAN) 130 HIGH-YIELD
MCQS WITH 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS | GRADED A+ | GUARANTEED PASS!!

What is the hard protective plate that protects the tips of the finger or toes A) nail plate
B) nail cuticle
C) matrix
D) natural nail
ANS A) nail plate

Which type of disorder has depressions running across the width of the nail plate due to a
slowing production of matrix cells, which causes the nail plate to grow thinner, usually
result of serious illness or injury
A) bruised nail bed
B) beau's lines
C) eggshell nail
D) discolored nail
ANS B) beau's lines

AVOID this treatment on clients who have cuts, burns, rashes, warts, or eczema A)
massage
B) paraffin treatment
C) heated mitts
D) foot mitts
ANS B) paraffin treatment
. Which artery supplies blood to the ankles and the back of the lower leg A) popliteal
B) anterior tibial
C) posterior tibial
D) dorsalis pedis
ANS C) posterior tibial

What disorder is associated with damage to the capillaries under the nail A) Nail psoriasis


,B) Onychophagy
C) Pincer Nail
D) Splinter Hemorrhage
ANS D) Splinter Hemorrhage

Which disorder is associated with whitish spots of discoloration of the nails; usually
caused by minor injury to the nail matrix
A) melanonychia
B) onychorrhexis
C) leukonychia
D) telangiectasias
ANS C) leukonychia

Which disorder is associated with significant darkening of the fingernails or toenails
caused by increased pigment cells. Visible as either a black band
extending from the base to the free edge or the entire nail plate
A) melanonychia
B) splinter hemorrhage
C) infected finger
D) beau's line
ANS A) melanonychia

What disorder is associated with nail surface pitting, roughness, onycholysis, and bed
discoloration either randomly or even spaced.
A) pincer nail
B) plicatured nail
C) nail psoriasis
D) nail pterygium
ANS C) nail psoriasis

Which disorder is associated with abnormal stretching of the eponychium or
hyponychium around the nail plate


, A) onychosis
B) nail pterygium
C) onychia
D) cuticle
ANS B) nail pterygium




What disorder is associated with Onychophagy
A) bitten nails
B) folded nails
C) redness, pain, swelling, broken skin, or pus
D) dark purplish spots
ANS A) bitten nails

What disorder is associated with Onychorrhexis
A) grooves in the nail plate
B) damage to the capillaries under the nail
C) abnormal split or brittle nail
D) fungal infection
ANS C) abnormal split or brittle nail
What disorder is also known as trumpet nail
A) Ingrown
B) microbes
C) free edge folding
D) pincer nail
ANS D) pincer nail



Which is the best filing technique to use on a natural fingernail

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