Cosmetology State Board Examination Review (California) All Answers
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**Nail Anatomy and Physiology**
1. What is the study of the growth and structure of nails called?
Answer: Onyxology.
2. What is the area from the nail root to the free edge, devoid of blood vessels and nerves?
Answer: The nail plate and nail body.
**Nail Conditions**
3. What is the study of the cause of a disease?
Answer: Etiology.
4. What is a condition characterized by inflammation at the base of the nail with pus usually present?
Answer: Onychia.
5. What is a condition where the nail is bitten or chewed?
Answer: Onychophagy.
**Nail Care**
6. What is a product used to smooth out minor depressions in a client's nails?
Answer: Ridge filler.
7. What is the substance that makes up the nail?
Answer: Keratin.
8. What is the area beneath the free edge of the nail known as?
Answer: Hyponychium.
**Nail Growth**
,9. How long does it take for a fingernail to grow back if lost or removed?
Answer: 3-6 months.
10. How long does it take for a toenail to grow back if lost or removed?
Answer: 9-18 months.
**Safety Precautions**
11. What should be used to stop bleeding during a nail service?
Answer: Styptic powder or powdered alum.
12. What should be used to prevent mold and infection when lifting artificial nails?
Answer: Cuticle cream.
**Nail Polish and Application**
13. What is the adhesive coat for nail polish called?
Answer: Base coat.
14. When removing polish from artificial nails, what should be used?
Answer: Non-acetone.
15. When removing artificial nails or nail enhancements, what should be used?
Answer: Acetone.
Before performing any nail service, the nail tech should attempt to find out if the client ✔️Is diabetic
What is the best manner in which to treat agnails ✔️Hot oil manicures
When in use, how should manicuring / pedicuring implements be kept? ✔️On a clean towel
,When not in use, manicure / pedicure implements should be stored in a ✔️Closed container
These warts, caused by the HPV Virus, are flat, hard, thick growths, usually occurring on the soles of the
feet and sometimes look like a circle within a circle ✔️Plantar warts
Nail bleaches and lightners usually contain ✔️Hydrogen peroxide
Thickened white skin and watery blisters between the toes are indications of ✔️Athlete's foot / Tinea
Pedis
Another name for Athlete's foot is ✔️Ringworm of the feet / Tinea Pedis
Watery blisters and thickened whitish skin between the toes, is known as ✔️Tinea Pedis
If your client has brittle / dry nails or dry cuticles, what should you recommend ✔️Hot oil manicures
To avoid ingrown toe-nails (onychocryptosis) do not file or clip ✔️Into the corners of the nails
The instrument used for trimming the cuticle is a ✔️Nipper
A bacterial infection with pus at the nail matrix is known as ✔️Onychia
When giving a pedicure with a foot & leg massage, you should not massage over the ✔️Shin bone
For a natural effect, the shape of the finger nails should conform to the shape of the ✔️Client's fingers
Most nail techs consider the ideal nail shape is ✔️Oval
Onychophagy is the technical term for ✔️Bitten nails
, When pushing back cuticles, how should the nail technician hold the pusher ✔️Angled with medium
pressure
A semicircular fold of skin overlapping the nail plate on either side ✔️Nail wall
To remove your client's acrylic nails, you should ✔️Use nippers to remove unwanted acrylic nail, then
soak off remainder in acetone
Condition describes a forward growth of the cuticle covering most of the nail plate / body ✔️Pterygium
Atrophy or wasting away of the nail plate, may be the result of injury or disease ✔️Onychatrophia
These are the tracks on both sides of the nail, through which it moves as it grows ✔️Grooves / Tracks
This is the cuticle overlapping the lunula at the base of the nail ✔️Eponychium
This is the skin surrounding touching and overlapping the nail on 3 sides ✔️Perionychium
Nail shape recommended for individuals who work on computer keyboards ✔️Square
The field of medicine dealing specifically with the feet and related issues is ✔️Podiatry
Portion of the nail extending beyond the end of the finger / toes, and protecting the tip ✔️Free edge
Crescent shaped witish area of the nail bed (not always visible) ✔️Lunula
this skin surrounds, touches, and overlaps the nail ✔️Perionychium
Correct
**Nail Anatomy and Physiology**
1. What is the study of the growth and structure of nails called?
Answer: Onyxology.
2. What is the area from the nail root to the free edge, devoid of blood vessels and nerves?
Answer: The nail plate and nail body.
**Nail Conditions**
3. What is the study of the cause of a disease?
Answer: Etiology.
4. What is a condition characterized by inflammation at the base of the nail with pus usually present?
Answer: Onychia.
5. What is a condition where the nail is bitten or chewed?
Answer: Onychophagy.
**Nail Care**
6. What is a product used to smooth out minor depressions in a client's nails?
Answer: Ridge filler.
7. What is the substance that makes up the nail?
Answer: Keratin.
8. What is the area beneath the free edge of the nail known as?
Answer: Hyponychium.
**Nail Growth**
,9. How long does it take for a fingernail to grow back if lost or removed?
Answer: 3-6 months.
10. How long does it take for a toenail to grow back if lost or removed?
Answer: 9-18 months.
**Safety Precautions**
11. What should be used to stop bleeding during a nail service?
Answer: Styptic powder or powdered alum.
12. What should be used to prevent mold and infection when lifting artificial nails?
Answer: Cuticle cream.
**Nail Polish and Application**
13. What is the adhesive coat for nail polish called?
Answer: Base coat.
14. When removing polish from artificial nails, what should be used?
Answer: Non-acetone.
15. When removing artificial nails or nail enhancements, what should be used?
Answer: Acetone.
Before performing any nail service, the nail tech should attempt to find out if the client ✔️Is diabetic
What is the best manner in which to treat agnails ✔️Hot oil manicures
When in use, how should manicuring / pedicuring implements be kept? ✔️On a clean towel
,When not in use, manicure / pedicure implements should be stored in a ✔️Closed container
These warts, caused by the HPV Virus, are flat, hard, thick growths, usually occurring on the soles of the
feet and sometimes look like a circle within a circle ✔️Plantar warts
Nail bleaches and lightners usually contain ✔️Hydrogen peroxide
Thickened white skin and watery blisters between the toes are indications of ✔️Athlete's foot / Tinea
Pedis
Another name for Athlete's foot is ✔️Ringworm of the feet / Tinea Pedis
Watery blisters and thickened whitish skin between the toes, is known as ✔️Tinea Pedis
If your client has brittle / dry nails or dry cuticles, what should you recommend ✔️Hot oil manicures
To avoid ingrown toe-nails (onychocryptosis) do not file or clip ✔️Into the corners of the nails
The instrument used for trimming the cuticle is a ✔️Nipper
A bacterial infection with pus at the nail matrix is known as ✔️Onychia
When giving a pedicure with a foot & leg massage, you should not massage over the ✔️Shin bone
For a natural effect, the shape of the finger nails should conform to the shape of the ✔️Client's fingers
Most nail techs consider the ideal nail shape is ✔️Oval
Onychophagy is the technical term for ✔️Bitten nails
, When pushing back cuticles, how should the nail technician hold the pusher ✔️Angled with medium
pressure
A semicircular fold of skin overlapping the nail plate on either side ✔️Nail wall
To remove your client's acrylic nails, you should ✔️Use nippers to remove unwanted acrylic nail, then
soak off remainder in acetone
Condition describes a forward growth of the cuticle covering most of the nail plate / body ✔️Pterygium
Atrophy or wasting away of the nail plate, may be the result of injury or disease ✔️Onychatrophia
These are the tracks on both sides of the nail, through which it moves as it grows ✔️Grooves / Tracks
This is the cuticle overlapping the lunula at the base of the nail ✔️Eponychium
This is the skin surrounding touching and overlapping the nail on 3 sides ✔️Perionychium
Nail shape recommended for individuals who work on computer keyboards ✔️Square
The field of medicine dealing specifically with the feet and related issues is ✔️Podiatry
Portion of the nail extending beyond the end of the finger / toes, and protecting the tip ✔️Free edge
Crescent shaped witish area of the nail bed (not always visible) ✔️Lunula
this skin surrounds, touches, and overlaps the nail ✔️Perionychium
