Cosmetology Texas State Board Written Exam Graded A+
1. When cutting hair with razors, what is recommended?
Answer: Cutting wet hair.
2. What is the best approach when cutting extremely curly hair?
Answer: Cutting dry hair.
3. What is recommended when cutting kinky hair?
Answer: Cutting dry hair after straightening.
4. Which government agency regulates the use of P.D. tests for aniline derivative tints?
Answer: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
5. If a client's hair has lightened to a Level 6, what is the exposed underlying pigment color, and what
toner shade is needed to achieve a neutral color?
Answer: Orange, and blue toner is required.
6. When giving a scissor haircut, what is the general guideline?
Answer: Cutting below your fingers.
7. What term refers to the amount of hair on a person's head?
Answer: Density.
,8. What does it mean when hair has its cuticle in place and tightly closed?
Answer: Poor porosity.
9. What is pediculosis capitis?
Answer: Head lice.
10. In the "shears-over-comb" technique, what happens if the comb is held at an angle?
Answer: The hair will be shorter.
11. What device is used to treat dry skin?
Answer: Red dermal light.
12. When curling hair with a hot iron, what technique involves curling from the ends towards the scalp?
Answer: Croquignole curling.
13. Which type of roller set placement creates the most volume?
Answer: On-base wet set.
14. In a pin-curl set, where are clippies inserted at the open end?
Answer: Open end.
,15. What term refers to the concentration of hydrogen ions in a solution?
Answer: pH.
16. Where is the perimeter of a haircut typically found?
Answer: Outer edge.
17. Which line would be used to add weight or volume in a haircut?
Answer: Horizontal line.
18. Which term is not used to describe human hair wigs?
Answer: Clubbed (this term refers to other types of hairs).
19. What tissue is beneath the free edge of the nail plate?
Answer: Hyponychium.
20. When cutting hair, angles below 90 degrees are used primarily to build weight or volume.
21. What type of guideline is used for creating a gradual increase in weight or length?
Answer: Stationary guideline.
22. Another name for Telsa (high-frequency) current is what?
Answer: Violet Ray.
, 23. When giving a razor haircut, what guideline is generally followed?
Answer: Cutting above your fingers.
24. What type of relaxer is marketed as "No-Lye" and suitable for sensitive scalps?
Answer: Guanidine relaxer.
25. Most relaxers on the market contain what main ingredient?
Answer: Sodium.
26. Eye tabbing involves applying individual lashes in which way?
When cutting hair using "Double-Notched" thinning shears, what will be the result? ✔️Removes less
hair than with "Single-Notch" shears
In hair cutting, the area above the parietal crest is referred to as the? ✔️Interior
A "hand-tied" or "hand-knotted" wig is a? ✔️Cap Wig
Process where the Sodium Hydroxide Relaxer removes one atom of sulphur from the disulphide bond?
✔️Lantionization
The "shear-over-comb" method usually employs this type of comb? ✔️Barber Comb
What is the effect of "Certified Colors" on the hair shaft? ✔️Coat the cuticle
A "weft" will be found in a? ✔️Capless Wig
1. When cutting hair with razors, what is recommended?
Answer: Cutting wet hair.
2. What is the best approach when cutting extremely curly hair?
Answer: Cutting dry hair.
3. What is recommended when cutting kinky hair?
Answer: Cutting dry hair after straightening.
4. Which government agency regulates the use of P.D. tests for aniline derivative tints?
Answer: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
5. If a client's hair has lightened to a Level 6, what is the exposed underlying pigment color, and what
toner shade is needed to achieve a neutral color?
Answer: Orange, and blue toner is required.
6. When giving a scissor haircut, what is the general guideline?
Answer: Cutting below your fingers.
7. What term refers to the amount of hair on a person's head?
Answer: Density.
,8. What does it mean when hair has its cuticle in place and tightly closed?
Answer: Poor porosity.
9. What is pediculosis capitis?
Answer: Head lice.
10. In the "shears-over-comb" technique, what happens if the comb is held at an angle?
Answer: The hair will be shorter.
11. What device is used to treat dry skin?
Answer: Red dermal light.
12. When curling hair with a hot iron, what technique involves curling from the ends towards the scalp?
Answer: Croquignole curling.
13. Which type of roller set placement creates the most volume?
Answer: On-base wet set.
14. In a pin-curl set, where are clippies inserted at the open end?
Answer: Open end.
,15. What term refers to the concentration of hydrogen ions in a solution?
Answer: pH.
16. Where is the perimeter of a haircut typically found?
Answer: Outer edge.
17. Which line would be used to add weight or volume in a haircut?
Answer: Horizontal line.
18. Which term is not used to describe human hair wigs?
Answer: Clubbed (this term refers to other types of hairs).
19. What tissue is beneath the free edge of the nail plate?
Answer: Hyponychium.
20. When cutting hair, angles below 90 degrees are used primarily to build weight or volume.
21. What type of guideline is used for creating a gradual increase in weight or length?
Answer: Stationary guideline.
22. Another name for Telsa (high-frequency) current is what?
Answer: Violet Ray.
, 23. When giving a razor haircut, what guideline is generally followed?
Answer: Cutting above your fingers.
24. What type of relaxer is marketed as "No-Lye" and suitable for sensitive scalps?
Answer: Guanidine relaxer.
25. Most relaxers on the market contain what main ingredient?
Answer: Sodium.
26. Eye tabbing involves applying individual lashes in which way?
When cutting hair using "Double-Notched" thinning shears, what will be the result? ✔️Removes less
hair than with "Single-Notch" shears
In hair cutting, the area above the parietal crest is referred to as the? ✔️Interior
A "hand-tied" or "hand-knotted" wig is a? ✔️Cap Wig
Process where the Sodium Hydroxide Relaxer removes one atom of sulphur from the disulphide bond?
✔️Lantionization
The "shear-over-comb" method usually employs this type of comb? ✔️Barber Comb
What is the effect of "Certified Colors" on the hair shaft? ✔️Coat the cuticle
A "weft" will be found in a? ✔️Capless Wig
