BARBERS STATE BOARD CERTIFICATION EXAM
2026 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉ Instant Condtioners. Answer: Treatment used to add moisture
and protein to hair.
◉ Tissues. Answer: Made of cells similar in shape, size, structure,
and function.
◉ Freeform Blowdrying. Answer: Quick and easy hair drying
method commonly used technique at home.
◉ Freeform Drying Acheievement. Answer: Build fullness into the
style allowing hair to fall in nature lines of the cut.
◉ Blowdryer Distance from Head. Answer: 6 to 10 inches.
◉ Pediculosis Capitis. Answer: Head Lice
◉ Alopecia. Answer: Technical term for hair loss.
◉ Shaving Movements. Answer: 14.
,◉ Backhand Shaving Strokes. Answer: 2, 6,9, and 12 (optional).
◉ Reverse Freehand Strokes. Answer: 5,10,13, and 14.
◉ Reverse Backhand Strokes. Answer: Neck shave and sideburns.
◉ Straight Razor Balance. Answer: Weight and length of blade
relative to the handle.
◉ Grind of Razor. Answer: Shape of Razor after ground; concave and
wedge.
◉ Grind of Shear. Answer: Flat grind of associated with German
shears: Hollow ground blades seen in convex shear styles.
◉ Hot Towel Prohibition. Answer: Chapped, blistered, thin, sensitive,
pustuled, abrasive, and lesioned skin.
◉ Acne. Answer: Skin disorder; chronic inflammation of sebaceous
glands; commonly occur on face, back, and chest.
, ◉ Primary Colors. Answer: Basic or true colors that can't be created
by mixing; red, yellow, and blue.
◉ Secondary colors. Answer: Created by mixing equal amounts of
primary colors; orange, green, and violet.
◉ Epicranius. Answer: Broad muscle consisting of occipitalis and
frontalis; cover top of skull.
◉ Buccinator. Answer: Muscle between upper and lower jaw
compressing the cheeks which expel air through the lips.
◉ Pathogen. Answer: Harmful bacteria.
◉ Bloodborne pathogens. Answer: Disease causing bacteria or
viruses that's carried through the body in blood or bodily fluids.
◉ 3 levels of decontamination. Answer: Sanitation, disinfection, and
sterilization.
◉ sanitation and disinfection. Answer: Most used in the barbershop.
◉ Percentage of alcohol used to disinfect.. Answer: 70%.
2026 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉ Instant Condtioners. Answer: Treatment used to add moisture
and protein to hair.
◉ Tissues. Answer: Made of cells similar in shape, size, structure,
and function.
◉ Freeform Blowdrying. Answer: Quick and easy hair drying
method commonly used technique at home.
◉ Freeform Drying Acheievement. Answer: Build fullness into the
style allowing hair to fall in nature lines of the cut.
◉ Blowdryer Distance from Head. Answer: 6 to 10 inches.
◉ Pediculosis Capitis. Answer: Head Lice
◉ Alopecia. Answer: Technical term for hair loss.
◉ Shaving Movements. Answer: 14.
,◉ Backhand Shaving Strokes. Answer: 2, 6,9, and 12 (optional).
◉ Reverse Freehand Strokes. Answer: 5,10,13, and 14.
◉ Reverse Backhand Strokes. Answer: Neck shave and sideburns.
◉ Straight Razor Balance. Answer: Weight and length of blade
relative to the handle.
◉ Grind of Razor. Answer: Shape of Razor after ground; concave and
wedge.
◉ Grind of Shear. Answer: Flat grind of associated with German
shears: Hollow ground blades seen in convex shear styles.
◉ Hot Towel Prohibition. Answer: Chapped, blistered, thin, sensitive,
pustuled, abrasive, and lesioned skin.
◉ Acne. Answer: Skin disorder; chronic inflammation of sebaceous
glands; commonly occur on face, back, and chest.
, ◉ Primary Colors. Answer: Basic or true colors that can't be created
by mixing; red, yellow, and blue.
◉ Secondary colors. Answer: Created by mixing equal amounts of
primary colors; orange, green, and violet.
◉ Epicranius. Answer: Broad muscle consisting of occipitalis and
frontalis; cover top of skull.
◉ Buccinator. Answer: Muscle between upper and lower jaw
compressing the cheeks which expel air through the lips.
◉ Pathogen. Answer: Harmful bacteria.
◉ Bloodborne pathogens. Answer: Disease causing bacteria or
viruses that's carried through the body in blood or bodily fluids.
◉ 3 levels of decontamination. Answer: Sanitation, disinfection, and
sterilization.
◉ sanitation and disinfection. Answer: Most used in the barbershop.
◉ Percentage of alcohol used to disinfect.. Answer: 70%.
