Cosmetology State Board Practice Test (146 questions) Already Rated A+
Nail Disorders
1. What type of nail disorder is characterized by horizontal wavy ridges?
Answer: Corrugations.
2. What is a common nail disorder caused by vertical lines down the nail plate?
Answer: Furrows.
3. What type of white spot on the nail is caused by injury to the base of the nail?
Answer: Leuconchia.
4. What type of nail disorder is caused by uneven growth due to illness or injury?
Answer: Corrugations.
Nail Care
5. What causes split or brittle nails?
Answer: Onychorrhexis.
6. What is caused by dry cuticle and neglecting to remove it properly?
Answer: Hang Nails.
7. What is a common cause of ingrown nails?
Answer: Onychocryptosis.
Fungal Infections
8. What type of fungal infection affects the nails?
Answer: Onychomycosis Unguium.
9. What type of fungal infection causes warts?
Answer: Verruca.
, Nail Shapes
10. What are the five basic nail shapes?
Answer: Squoval, round, oval, pointed, and square.
Hair Color
11. What type of toner is used to achieve pale and delicate colors on pre-lightened hair?
Answer: Toner.
12. What type of conditioner fills holes in the hair shaft and equalizes porosity?
Answer: Conditioning filler.
13. What type of color filler replaces missing primary colors?
Answer: Color filler.
Hair Lightening
14. How does melanin affect lightener working time?
Answer: The more melanin present, the longer the process takes.
15. What affects the lifting power of a lightener?
Answer: Melanin and scalp heat.
Hair Color Chemistry
16. What is meant by "lift" in hair coloring?
Answer: Breaking up melanin to decolorize hair.
17. What is meant by "deposit" in hair coloring?
Answer: Adding color without lifting.
18. What is a developer in hair coloring?
Answer: An oxidizing agent that breaks up melanin.
Nail Disorders
1. What type of nail disorder is characterized by horizontal wavy ridges?
Answer: Corrugations.
2. What is a common nail disorder caused by vertical lines down the nail plate?
Answer: Furrows.
3. What type of white spot on the nail is caused by injury to the base of the nail?
Answer: Leuconchia.
4. What type of nail disorder is caused by uneven growth due to illness or injury?
Answer: Corrugations.
Nail Care
5. What causes split or brittle nails?
Answer: Onychorrhexis.
6. What is caused by dry cuticle and neglecting to remove it properly?
Answer: Hang Nails.
7. What is a common cause of ingrown nails?
Answer: Onychocryptosis.
Fungal Infections
8. What type of fungal infection affects the nails?
Answer: Onychomycosis Unguium.
9. What type of fungal infection causes warts?
Answer: Verruca.
, Nail Shapes
10. What are the five basic nail shapes?
Answer: Squoval, round, oval, pointed, and square.
Hair Color
11. What type of toner is used to achieve pale and delicate colors on pre-lightened hair?
Answer: Toner.
12. What type of conditioner fills holes in the hair shaft and equalizes porosity?
Answer: Conditioning filler.
13. What type of color filler replaces missing primary colors?
Answer: Color filler.
Hair Lightening
14. How does melanin affect lightener working time?
Answer: The more melanin present, the longer the process takes.
15. What affects the lifting power of a lightener?
Answer: Melanin and scalp heat.
Hair Color Chemistry
16. What is meant by "lift" in hair coloring?
Answer: Breaking up melanin to decolorize hair.
17. What is meant by "deposit" in hair coloring?
Answer: Adding color without lifting.
18. What is a developer in hair coloring?
Answer: An oxidizing agent that breaks up melanin.
