Massachusetts Cosmetology State Board Practice Graded A+
1. What does the Greek word "kosmetikos" mean?
Answer: Skilled in the study of cosmetics.
2. In ancient cultures, what was the connection between self-grooming and appearance enhancement?
Answer: It was allied with the practice of medicine.
3. What are the two types of goals in cosmetology?
Answer: Short-term and long-term.
4. What type of shoes should be worn for comfort?
Answer: Those with low heels.
5. What is the purpose of a client consultation?
Answer: Verbal communication with the client to determine desired results.
6. What agency was created to regulate and enforce safety and health standards in the workplace?
Answer: OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration).
7. What type of microorganism is capable of infecting almost all plants and animals?
,Answer: Virus.
8. What type of bacteria do not cause disease?
Answer: Nonpathogenic bacteria.
9. What virus causes AIDS?
Answer: HIV.
10. What type of agents are formulated for use on the skin?
Answer: Antiseptics.
11. What is the outermost layer of a cell?
Answer: The cell membrane, which resembles a balloon containing protoplasm.
12. What is the physical foundation of the human body?
Answer: The skeletal system.
13. Which bone forms the sides of the head in the ear region?
Answer: The temporal bone.
14. Which bone is the uppermost and largest bone of the arm?
Answer: The humerus.
, 15. Which tendon connects the occipitalis and frontalis muscles?
Answer: The aponeurosis.
16. Which nerve affects the skin of the forehead, scalp, eyebrows, and upper eyelid?
Answer: The superorbital nerve.
17. What is another name for the gastrointestinal system?
Answer: Digestive system.
18. Which layer of skin is composed of several layers of different-shaped cells?
Answer: Stratum germinativum.
19. What controls the next excretion of sweat?
Answer: The nervous system.
20. Which vitamin is an antioxidant that can help prevent certain types of cancer?
Answer: Vitamin A.
21. What supplies nutrients and oxygen to the skin?
Answer: Blood.
1. What does the Greek word "kosmetikos" mean?
Answer: Skilled in the study of cosmetics.
2. In ancient cultures, what was the connection between self-grooming and appearance enhancement?
Answer: It was allied with the practice of medicine.
3. What are the two types of goals in cosmetology?
Answer: Short-term and long-term.
4. What type of shoes should be worn for comfort?
Answer: Those with low heels.
5. What is the purpose of a client consultation?
Answer: Verbal communication with the client to determine desired results.
6. What agency was created to regulate and enforce safety and health standards in the workplace?
Answer: OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration).
7. What type of microorganism is capable of infecting almost all plants and animals?
,Answer: Virus.
8. What type of bacteria do not cause disease?
Answer: Nonpathogenic bacteria.
9. What virus causes AIDS?
Answer: HIV.
10. What type of agents are formulated for use on the skin?
Answer: Antiseptics.
11. What is the outermost layer of a cell?
Answer: The cell membrane, which resembles a balloon containing protoplasm.
12. What is the physical foundation of the human body?
Answer: The skeletal system.
13. Which bone forms the sides of the head in the ear region?
Answer: The temporal bone.
14. Which bone is the uppermost and largest bone of the arm?
Answer: The humerus.
, 15. Which tendon connects the occipitalis and frontalis muscles?
Answer: The aponeurosis.
16. Which nerve affects the skin of the forehead, scalp, eyebrows, and upper eyelid?
Answer: The superorbital nerve.
17. What is another name for the gastrointestinal system?
Answer: Digestive system.
18. Which layer of skin is composed of several layers of different-shaped cells?
Answer: Stratum germinativum.
19. What controls the next excretion of sweat?
Answer: The nervous system.
20. Which vitamin is an antioxidant that can help prevent certain types of cancer?
Answer: Vitamin A.
21. What supplies nutrients and oxygen to the skin?
Answer: Blood.
