NEW JERSEY PROMETRIC STATE BOARD EXAM
PREP 2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ What kind of shoes should you wear to work in the salon. Answer:
Low heel closed toe
◉ What is the second towel used for in a shave? Answer: Wiping the
razor.
◉ Where do you apply a color for a retouch. Answer: up to the line of
demarcation
◉ What is it called when you twist and pull the hair from the root to
remove it. Answer: threading
◉ What should the Cape not touch? Answer: the skin
◉ If the hair is dry and brittle, what kind of porosity does it have?
Answer: High porosity
, ◉ What does it mean if there are bumps on the face when you're
shaving? Answer: ingrown hairs
◉ What should you do if there is blistered and chapped skin on the face
for a client who wants a shave? Answer: Do not shave the face until the
skin is healed.
◉ What test is performed during a relaxing service? Answer: a curl test
◉ What service would be performed for hard cuticles? Answer: An oil
Manicure
◉ What would be done for someone with Onychophagy? Answer:
Frequent manicures.
◉ What should the position be of the practitioner when shampooing?
Answer: shoulders back
◉ What would have been affected if the density of the hair if it is
destroyed? Answer: The papilla.
◉ What is the cone shape projection at the base of the hair? Answer: The
papilla
PREP 2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ What kind of shoes should you wear to work in the salon. Answer:
Low heel closed toe
◉ What is the second towel used for in a shave? Answer: Wiping the
razor.
◉ Where do you apply a color for a retouch. Answer: up to the line of
demarcation
◉ What is it called when you twist and pull the hair from the root to
remove it. Answer: threading
◉ What should the Cape not touch? Answer: the skin
◉ If the hair is dry and brittle, what kind of porosity does it have?
Answer: High porosity
, ◉ What does it mean if there are bumps on the face when you're
shaving? Answer: ingrown hairs
◉ What should you do if there is blistered and chapped skin on the face
for a client who wants a shave? Answer: Do not shave the face until the
skin is healed.
◉ What test is performed during a relaxing service? Answer: a curl test
◉ What service would be performed for hard cuticles? Answer: An oil
Manicure
◉ What would be done for someone with Onychophagy? Answer:
Frequent manicures.
◉ What should the position be of the practitioner when shampooing?
Answer: shoulders back
◉ What would have been affected if the density of the hair if it is
destroyed? Answer: The papilla.
◉ What is the cone shape projection at the base of the hair? Answer: The
papilla
