Barber State Board
Barber practice questions and verified answers
1st edition 2025
1. Headrest covers and neck strips must be changed for each ________. - ✔✔✔Client
2. Healthy skin is considered to be ________. - ✔✔✔Elastic
3. The heart, arteries, capillaries and veins comprise the ______________ system. -
✔✔✔Blood-vascular
4. A honed razor is tested by passing it light over a moistened _____________. -
✔✔✔Thumbnail
5. Horizontal cutting lines are used to create a __________________. - ✔✔✔one
length look
6. The human eyes only see _____ basic colors. - ✔✔✔6
7. Hydrogen peroxide used with most high-lift color to provide maximum lift in one
step is _________ volume. - ✔✔✔40
8. The hypertrophy known as verruca is caused by ________. - ✔✔✔Virus
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9. If you cut or nick a client with a razor, pat the area dry and apply _____________.
- ✔✔✔Styptic powder
10.If you have a client with an infection in the beard area, you should: - ✔✔✔Not
shave the client
11.Improved blood circulation and organ function are two of the benefits of
________. - ✔✔✔Exercise
12.In s sole proprietorship the owner receives all ________. - ✔✔✔profit
13.A.B Moller is important in the history of barbering because he: - ✔✔✔Published
the first barbering textbook
14.According to current trends, barbers must be prepared to meet a variety of
_________ preferences. - ✔✔✔Male
15.Acids and alkalis mixed together in equal proportions do what? - ✔✔✔Neutralize
each other
16.The adjustable lamp on a manicuring table should have a _______ watt bulb. -
✔✔✔40
17.After tools are sanitized, they should be stored in: - ✔✔✔a clean and closed
container
18.Alkalis have a pH of about 7.00 and they _______ and _________ the hair. -
✔✔✔Soften and swell
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19.An altering and interrupted current that proceeds a mechanical reaction with no
chemical effect is the _____________. - ✔✔✔Faradic Current
20.Amino acids are joined end-to-end by ______________. - ✔✔✔Peptide Bonds
21.Amino acids are joined together by end bonds form a _____________. -
✔✔✔Polypeptide Chain
22.Ammonia is a colorless gas composed of __________ and _____________. -
✔✔✔Hydrogen and Nitrogen
23.Ammonia- free waves are NOT characterized by - ✔✔✔Rapid Evaporation
24.Among the hair color categories, the one with the largest molecules is -
✔✔✔Temporary hair color
25.Anaphoresis is a process that involves - ✔✔✔A negative pole and al alkaline
product
26.Androgenic alopecia does NOT occur as a result of - ✔✔✔Autoimmune disorder
27.The appendages of the skin are __________. - ✔✔✔Nails
28.The applied science of healthful living is called: - ✔✔✔Hygiene
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Barber practice questions and verified answers
1st edition 2025
1. Headrest covers and neck strips must be changed for each ________. - ✔✔✔Client
2. Healthy skin is considered to be ________. - ✔✔✔Elastic
3. The heart, arteries, capillaries and veins comprise the ______________ system. -
✔✔✔Blood-vascular
4. A honed razor is tested by passing it light over a moistened _____________. -
✔✔✔Thumbnail
5. Horizontal cutting lines are used to create a __________________. - ✔✔✔one
length look
6. The human eyes only see _____ basic colors. - ✔✔✔6
7. Hydrogen peroxide used with most high-lift color to provide maximum lift in one
step is _________ volume. - ✔✔✔40
8. The hypertrophy known as verruca is caused by ________. - ✔✔✔Virus
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9. If you cut or nick a client with a razor, pat the area dry and apply _____________.
- ✔✔✔Styptic powder
10.If you have a client with an infection in the beard area, you should: - ✔✔✔Not
shave the client
11.Improved blood circulation and organ function are two of the benefits of
________. - ✔✔✔Exercise
12.In s sole proprietorship the owner receives all ________. - ✔✔✔profit
13.A.B Moller is important in the history of barbering because he: - ✔✔✔Published
the first barbering textbook
14.According to current trends, barbers must be prepared to meet a variety of
_________ preferences. - ✔✔✔Male
15.Acids and alkalis mixed together in equal proportions do what? - ✔✔✔Neutralize
each other
16.The adjustable lamp on a manicuring table should have a _______ watt bulb. -
✔✔✔40
17.After tools are sanitized, they should be stored in: - ✔✔✔a clean and closed
container
18.Alkalis have a pH of about 7.00 and they _______ and _________ the hair. -
✔✔✔Soften and swell
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19.An altering and interrupted current that proceeds a mechanical reaction with no
chemical effect is the _____________. - ✔✔✔Faradic Current
20.Amino acids are joined end-to-end by ______________. - ✔✔✔Peptide Bonds
21.Amino acids are joined together by end bonds form a _____________. -
✔✔✔Polypeptide Chain
22.Ammonia is a colorless gas composed of __________ and _____________. -
✔✔✔Hydrogen and Nitrogen
23.Ammonia- free waves are NOT characterized by - ✔✔✔Rapid Evaporation
24.Among the hair color categories, the one with the largest molecules is -
✔✔✔Temporary hair color
25.Anaphoresis is a process that involves - ✔✔✔A negative pole and al alkaline
product
26.Androgenic alopecia does NOT occur as a result of - ✔✔✔Autoimmune disorder
27.The appendages of the skin are __________. - ✔✔✔Nails
28.The applied science of healthful living is called: - ✔✔✔Hygiene
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