Cosmetology Texas State Board Written Exam All Answers Correct
1. When cutting with a razor, when is it recommended to cut the hair?
Answer: When the hair is wet.
2. When cutting curly hair, when is it recommended to cut the hair?
Answer: When the hair is dry.
3. When cutting kinky hair, what is the recommended condition of the hair before cutting?
Answer: Dry after straightening.
4. Which government agency requires a P.D. Test prior to using 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 should be used to achieve a neutral color?
Answer: The exposed underlying pigment color is orange; blue, and the correct toner shade to achieve a
neutral color is also blue.
6. When giving a scissor haircut, what guideline should be followed?
Answer: The guideline is generally below your fingers.
7. What term refers to the amount of hair on a person's head?
,Answer: Density.
8. What type of hair has its cuticle in place and tightly closed?
Answer: Hair with poor porosity.
9. What is pediculosis capitis also known as?
Answer: Head lice.
10. In the "shears-over-comb" technique, what happens if the comb is held at an angle?
Answer: Hair will be shorter.
11. What type of skin treatment uses red dermal light?
Answer: Dry skin.
12. What technique involves curling hair from the ends towards the scalp using a hot iron?
Answer: Croquignole curling.
13. What type of roller set placement creates the most volume?
Answer: On base.
14. In a pin-curl set, where are clippies inserted at the open end?
15. What term refers to the concentration of hydrogen ions in a solution?
, Answer: pH.
16. What part of the haircut is found at the outer edge?
Answer: The perimeter of the haircut.
17. Which line would be used to add weight or volume in a haircut?
Answer: Horizontal line.
18. Which term is not used when referring to human hair wigs?
Answer: Clubbed.
19. What tissue lies beneath the free edge of the nail?
Answer: Hyponychium.
20. In hair cutting, angles below 90 degrees are used primarily to build weight and length, rather than
create volume or texture.
21. Which guideline is stationary when creating gradual increase in weight or length in a haircut?
Answer: Stationary guideline.
22. Another name for Telsa (high frequency) current is what?
Answer: Violet ray.
1. When cutting with a razor, when is it recommended to cut the hair?
Answer: When the hair is wet.
2. When cutting curly hair, when is it recommended to cut the hair?
Answer: When the hair is dry.
3. When cutting kinky hair, what is the recommended condition of the hair before cutting?
Answer: Dry after straightening.
4. Which government agency requires a P.D. Test prior to using 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 should be used to achieve a neutral color?
Answer: The exposed underlying pigment color is orange; blue, and the correct toner shade to achieve a
neutral color is also blue.
6. When giving a scissor haircut, what guideline should be followed?
Answer: The guideline is generally below your fingers.
7. What term refers to the amount of hair on a person's head?
,Answer: Density.
8. What type of hair has its cuticle in place and tightly closed?
Answer: Hair with poor porosity.
9. What is pediculosis capitis also known as?
Answer: Head lice.
10. In the "shears-over-comb" technique, what happens if the comb is held at an angle?
Answer: Hair will be shorter.
11. What type of skin treatment uses red dermal light?
Answer: Dry skin.
12. What technique involves curling hair from the ends towards the scalp using a hot iron?
Answer: Croquignole curling.
13. What type of roller set placement creates the most volume?
Answer: On base.
14. In a pin-curl set, where are clippies inserted at the open end?
15. What term refers to the concentration of hydrogen ions in a solution?
, Answer: pH.
16. What part of the haircut is found at the outer edge?
Answer: The perimeter of the haircut.
17. Which line would be used to add weight or volume in a haircut?
Answer: Horizontal line.
18. Which term is not used when referring to human hair wigs?
Answer: Clubbed.
19. What tissue lies beneath the free edge of the nail?
Answer: Hyponychium.
20. In hair cutting, angles below 90 degrees are used primarily to build weight and length, rather than
create volume or texture.
21. Which guideline is stationary when creating gradual increase in weight or length in a haircut?
Answer: Stationary guideline.
22. Another name for Telsa (high frequency) current is what?
Answer: Violet ray.
