Cosmetology Florida State Board Clinical
Exam UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
1. In the "scissor over comb" technique, you should work with an area: - Correct answers✔✔No
wider than the comb.
2. An Acid- balance rinse may be used - Correct answers✔✔to preserve the color in tinted hair
3. After a permanent wave what advise should the cosmetologist give to the client for at home
maintenance to help ensure the perm does not quick relax : - Correct answers✔✔*Use an
alkaline shampoo followed by alkaline rinse .
*Brush the hair frequently during the first three days to even out the curl.
*Use a moisturizing conditioner
*Use an acid balance shampoo followed by an acid rinse
4. After applying permanent wave solution , if the cotton turns purple or the hair gets excessively
hot , most likely the client has previous used - Correct answers✔✔Metallic - based hair color
5. After a toner has been rinsed out and the hair gently shampooed and rinsed - Correct
answers✔✔apply an acid conditioner to close the cuticle , lower the ph, and help prevent fading
6. Although somewhat less irritating to the scalp , this type of relaxer is actually harsher to the
hair to than hydroxide relaxers. - Correct answers✔✔Guanidine
7. Always store hydrogen peroxide in: - Correct answers✔✔An opaque container in a dark, cool
location
,8. The angle which you hold the hair out from the scalp for cutting is called - Correct
answers✔✔elevation
9. Aniline derivatives - Correct answers✔✔Contain small, uncolored dyes that combine with
hydrogen peroxide to form larger, permanent dye molecules within the cortex. Oxidants
tints,Certified colors,deposit only tints,progressive tints. Aniline derived tints is :penetrating .
10. Ash, smoky, and drab are terms used to describe: - Correct answers✔✔green, blue, violet
11. Before a chemical service , have the client remove her - Correct answers✔✔jewelry
12. Before placing a hot iron in the hair , Test for temperature by - Correct answers✔✔testing it
on a piece of tissue paper or damp towel
13. Both semi-permanent and demi-permanent color affect the hair by: - Correct
answers✔✔Both colors work by depositing pigment only
14. certificate colors are commonly used in - Correct answers✔✔temporary color rinses
15. A client with extremely curly wiry hair wants it temporarily straightened. Previously , she has
experienced unsatisfactory results from thermal hair straightening. You should attempt the
following treatment - Correct answers✔✔A hard or double press involves two applications of the
pressing combs on each side of the hair and is recommended for extremely curly , wiry hair or
when the results of a soft press are not satisfactory.
16. Soft press - Correct answers✔✔A hair straightening technique using a thermal pressing comb
once on each side of the hair shaft; removes 50 to 60% of curl
, 17. Compound dyes are a combination of metallic salts dyes and: - Correct
answers✔✔vegetables dyes
18. The direction of hair growth results from - Correct answers✔✔The direction of the hair
follicle
19. During a lightening process, which of the following will lighten the fastest - Correct
answers✔✔fine light hair
20. An example of a progressive hair color product is - Correct answers✔✔metallic tints
21. A flexible comb, well suited for closed tapering at the nape using the scissors over comb
technique is a : - Correct answers✔✔Barbering technique. The thin, flexible , and fine tooth
barber comb is ideal for this purpose.
22. The following statement regarding guanidine relaxers is not true - Correct answers✔✔*They
cause less scalp irritation than sodium hydroxide relaxers.
*They contain no lye
*They have a lower ph than thio relaxers
*they are harsher to the hair than sodium hydroxide relaxers.
23. The following type of relaxer is often advertised as a no lye relaxer - Correct
answers✔✔guanidine
24. For a client with an inverted triangle or heart - shaped facial type , a good hairstyling choice
would be - Correct answers✔✔Close at the forehead, gradually increasing around the center,
fullest at the jaw.
Exam UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
1. In the "scissor over comb" technique, you should work with an area: - Correct answers✔✔No
wider than the comb.
2. An Acid- balance rinse may be used - Correct answers✔✔to preserve the color in tinted hair
3. After a permanent wave what advise should the cosmetologist give to the client for at home
maintenance to help ensure the perm does not quick relax : - Correct answers✔✔*Use an
alkaline shampoo followed by alkaline rinse .
*Brush the hair frequently during the first three days to even out the curl.
*Use a moisturizing conditioner
*Use an acid balance shampoo followed by an acid rinse
4. After applying permanent wave solution , if the cotton turns purple or the hair gets excessively
hot , most likely the client has previous used - Correct answers✔✔Metallic - based hair color
5. After a toner has been rinsed out and the hair gently shampooed and rinsed - Correct
answers✔✔apply an acid conditioner to close the cuticle , lower the ph, and help prevent fading
6. Although somewhat less irritating to the scalp , this type of relaxer is actually harsher to the
hair to than hydroxide relaxers. - Correct answers✔✔Guanidine
7. Always store hydrogen peroxide in: - Correct answers✔✔An opaque container in a dark, cool
location
,8. The angle which you hold the hair out from the scalp for cutting is called - Correct
answers✔✔elevation
9. Aniline derivatives - Correct answers✔✔Contain small, uncolored dyes that combine with
hydrogen peroxide to form larger, permanent dye molecules within the cortex. Oxidants
tints,Certified colors,deposit only tints,progressive tints. Aniline derived tints is :penetrating .
10. Ash, smoky, and drab are terms used to describe: - Correct answers✔✔green, blue, violet
11. Before a chemical service , have the client remove her - Correct answers✔✔jewelry
12. Before placing a hot iron in the hair , Test for temperature by - Correct answers✔✔testing it
on a piece of tissue paper or damp towel
13. Both semi-permanent and demi-permanent color affect the hair by: - Correct
answers✔✔Both colors work by depositing pigment only
14. certificate colors are commonly used in - Correct answers✔✔temporary color rinses
15. A client with extremely curly wiry hair wants it temporarily straightened. Previously , she has
experienced unsatisfactory results from thermal hair straightening. You should attempt the
following treatment - Correct answers✔✔A hard or double press involves two applications of the
pressing combs on each side of the hair and is recommended for extremely curly , wiry hair or
when the results of a soft press are not satisfactory.
16. Soft press - Correct answers✔✔A hair straightening technique using a thermal pressing comb
once on each side of the hair shaft; removes 50 to 60% of curl
, 17. Compound dyes are a combination of metallic salts dyes and: - Correct
answers✔✔vegetables dyes
18. The direction of hair growth results from - Correct answers✔✔The direction of the hair
follicle
19. During a lightening process, which of the following will lighten the fastest - Correct
answers✔✔fine light hair
20. An example of a progressive hair color product is - Correct answers✔✔metallic tints
21. A flexible comb, well suited for closed tapering at the nape using the scissors over comb
technique is a : - Correct answers✔✔Barbering technique. The thin, flexible , and fine tooth
barber comb is ideal for this purpose.
22. The following statement regarding guanidine relaxers is not true - Correct answers✔✔*They
cause less scalp irritation than sodium hydroxide relaxers.
*They contain no lye
*They have a lower ph than thio relaxers
*they are harsher to the hair than sodium hydroxide relaxers.
23. The following type of relaxer is often advertised as a no lye relaxer - Correct
answers✔✔guanidine
24. For a client with an inverted triangle or heart - shaped facial type , a good hairstyling choice
would be - Correct answers✔✔Close at the forehead, gradually increasing around the center,
fullest at the jaw.
