Kentucky Barber Instructor Licensing
Examination
1. Which Kentucky agency is responsible for licensing barber instructors?
A) Kentucky State Police
B) Kentucky Board of Barbering
C) Kentucky Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction
D) Kentucky Board of Cosmetology
Answer: B
Rationale: The Kentucky Board of Barbering is responsible for licensing barbers and barber instructors
and regulating the practice of barbering in Kentucky.
2. What is the primary purpose of the Kentucky Board of Barbering?
A) To promote the barbering profession
B) To protect the health and safety of the public
C) To provide continuing education to barbers
D) To accredit barber schools
Answer: B
Rationale: The role of the Board is to protect the health and safety of the public against
misrepresentation, deceit, or fraud in the practice or teaching of barbering.
3. Which Kentucky Revised Statute chapter governs the practice of barbering and barber instruction?
A) KRS Chapter 317
B) KRS Chapter 318
C) KRS Chapter 335
D) KRS Chapter 227A
Answer: A
Rationale: KRS Chapter 317 is the primary statute governing barbering and barber instruction in
Kentucky.
,4. What license must an individual hold to take the barber instructor's examination?
A) An apprentice license
B) A probationary license
C) A barber's license
D) A cosmetology license
Answer: C
Rationale: A barber's license shall be required to take the instructor's examination.
5. What is the minimum passing score required for the barber instructor's examination?
A) 70 percent
B) 75 percent
C) 80 percent
D) 85 percent
Answer: C
Rationale: An applicant for an instructor's license shall score a general average of eighty (80) percent on
the board's examination.
6. What is the minimum passing score for the practical portion of the barber instructor examination?
A) 70 percent
B) 75 percent
C) 80 percent
D) 85 percent
Answer: C
Rationale: An applicant for an instructor's license shall score a general average of eighty (80) percent on
the board's examination.
7. What is the minimum passing score for the theory (written) portion of the barber instructor
examination?
A) 70 percent
, B) 75 percent
C) 80 percent
D) 85 percent
Answer: C
Rationale: An applicant for an instructor's license shall score a general average of eighty (80) percent on
the board's examination.
8. How many hours of instructional experience are required for a barber instructor license in Kentucky?
A) 200 hours
B) 300 hours
C) 400 hours
D) 600 hours
Answer: C
Rationale: An instructor student must complete 400 hours of instructional experience in a barber school
licensed by the board.
9. Under whose supervision must the 400 hours of instructional experience be completed?
A) Any licensed barber
B) A board-licensed instructor with a minimum of three years of experience
C) A school administrator
D) A cosmetology instructor
Answer: B
Rationale: The instructional experience must be completed under the supervision of a board-licensed
instructor with a minimum of three years of experience.
10. How long must a person have been a Kentucky-licensed and practicing barber before applying for an
instructor license?
A) 12 months
B) 18 months
C) 24 months
Examination
1. Which Kentucky agency is responsible for licensing barber instructors?
A) Kentucky State Police
B) Kentucky Board of Barbering
C) Kentucky Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction
D) Kentucky Board of Cosmetology
Answer: B
Rationale: The Kentucky Board of Barbering is responsible for licensing barbers and barber instructors
and regulating the practice of barbering in Kentucky.
2. What is the primary purpose of the Kentucky Board of Barbering?
A) To promote the barbering profession
B) To protect the health and safety of the public
C) To provide continuing education to barbers
D) To accredit barber schools
Answer: B
Rationale: The role of the Board is to protect the health and safety of the public against
misrepresentation, deceit, or fraud in the practice or teaching of barbering.
3. Which Kentucky Revised Statute chapter governs the practice of barbering and barber instruction?
A) KRS Chapter 317
B) KRS Chapter 318
C) KRS Chapter 335
D) KRS Chapter 227A
Answer: A
Rationale: KRS Chapter 317 is the primary statute governing barbering and barber instruction in
Kentucky.
,4. What license must an individual hold to take the barber instructor's examination?
A) An apprentice license
B) A probationary license
C) A barber's license
D) A cosmetology license
Answer: C
Rationale: A barber's license shall be required to take the instructor's examination.
5. What is the minimum passing score required for the barber instructor's examination?
A) 70 percent
B) 75 percent
C) 80 percent
D) 85 percent
Answer: C
Rationale: An applicant for an instructor's license shall score a general average of eighty (80) percent on
the board's examination.
6. What is the minimum passing score for the practical portion of the barber instructor examination?
A) 70 percent
B) 75 percent
C) 80 percent
D) 85 percent
Answer: C
Rationale: An applicant for an instructor's license shall score a general average of eighty (80) percent on
the board's examination.
7. What is the minimum passing score for the theory (written) portion of the barber instructor
examination?
A) 70 percent
, B) 75 percent
C) 80 percent
D) 85 percent
Answer: C
Rationale: An applicant for an instructor's license shall score a general average of eighty (80) percent on
the board's examination.
8. How many hours of instructional experience are required for a barber instructor license in Kentucky?
A) 200 hours
B) 300 hours
C) 400 hours
D) 600 hours
Answer: C
Rationale: An instructor student must complete 400 hours of instructional experience in a barber school
licensed by the board.
9. Under whose supervision must the 400 hours of instructional experience be completed?
A) Any licensed barber
B) A board-licensed instructor with a minimum of three years of experience
C) A school administrator
D) A cosmetology instructor
Answer: B
Rationale: The instructional experience must be completed under the supervision of a board-licensed
instructor with a minimum of three years of experience.
10. How long must a person have been a Kentucky-licensed and practicing barber before applying for an
instructor license?
A) 12 months
B) 18 months
C) 24 months
