CALIFORNIA BARBER CORE EXAM 2026 TEST QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔The best choice for a hairpiece generally is: - ✔✔Human hair
✔✔The best choice of tonic lotion for mature or sensitive skins is a/an ___________
. - ✔✔Freshener
✔✔The best form of advertising is: - ✔✔Clients speaking well of you
✔✔The best shampoo for freshly permed hair is: - ✔✔Acid-Balanced Shampoo
✔✔The best way to ascertain your clients expectations of a service is to : - ✔✔Organize
your thoughts, clarify the clients wishes and repeat
✔✔The blood circulation system that goes from the heart to the lungs and all the way
back to the heart is - ✔✔The pulmonary circulation system
✔✔The blood system that specifically defends against infection is the - ✔✔Immune
system
✔✔The bone that form the sides and top of the cranium, are the - ✔✔Parietal Bones
✔✔The branches of the fifth cranial nerve affected by massage include the supraorbital
nerve, zygomatic nerve and the - ✔✔Infraorbital nerve
✔✔A business does not qualify as an established barbershop if - ✔✔It was in existence
for less than a few years
✔✔Certain chemical preparations can be absorbed into the skin through hair follicles
and - ✔✔Sweat pores
✔✔Chemical compounds that absorb and promote the retention of moisture in the hair
are - ✔✔Humectants
✔✔Chemical reactions that five off heat are called - ✔✔Exothermic
✔✔Cleansing cream should be removed from the clients face with a - ✔✔Warm/Damp
towel
✔✔A clients total exposure to infrared rays should not last longer then - ✔✔5 minutes
, ✔✔Clipper or trimmer blades should never be adjusted flush to each other because
doing can can cause - ✔✔Cause irritations, cut and ingrown hairs
✔✔The cocci bacteria that causes abscesses, pustules, pimples and boils are -
✔✔Staphylococci
✔✔A color change occurs in the hair when an oxidizer combines with the __________. -
✔✔Melanin
✔✔The color of the skin depends on the melanin and - ✔✔Blood supply
✔✔The condition in which the cuticle sticks to the nail and may grow over the nail to the
free edge is called ______________. - ✔✔Pterygium
✔✔The connection between two or more skeletal bones is called ______________. -
✔✔Joint
✔✔A contagious disease is - ✔✔Transmitted from one person to another
✔✔Corrective hair treatments deal with the - ✔✔Hair shaft
✔✔The cortex accounts for about - ✔✔90% of the hair's weight
✔✔Cranial nerves are all connected to a part of the - ✔✔Brain surface
✔✔Crew cuts include - ✔✔Include a variation called the brush cut
✔✔The deep layer of the dermis is the - ✔✔Reticular layer
✔✔The deepest feelings and thought you have about yourself and your life are your
____________. - ✔✔Values
✔✔Depilatories remove superflous hair by - ✔✔Dissolving it at the skin line
✔✔Direct current flows in - ✔✔One direction
✔✔During the catagen phase - ✔✔the hair bulbs disappear
✔✔The effects of high frequency current are antiseptic and _____________. -
✔✔Thermal
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔The best choice for a hairpiece generally is: - ✔✔Human hair
✔✔The best choice of tonic lotion for mature or sensitive skins is a/an ___________
. - ✔✔Freshener
✔✔The best form of advertising is: - ✔✔Clients speaking well of you
✔✔The best shampoo for freshly permed hair is: - ✔✔Acid-Balanced Shampoo
✔✔The best way to ascertain your clients expectations of a service is to : - ✔✔Organize
your thoughts, clarify the clients wishes and repeat
✔✔The blood circulation system that goes from the heart to the lungs and all the way
back to the heart is - ✔✔The pulmonary circulation system
✔✔The blood system that specifically defends against infection is the - ✔✔Immune
system
✔✔The bone that form the sides and top of the cranium, are the - ✔✔Parietal Bones
✔✔The branches of the fifth cranial nerve affected by massage include the supraorbital
nerve, zygomatic nerve and the - ✔✔Infraorbital nerve
✔✔A business does not qualify as an established barbershop if - ✔✔It was in existence
for less than a few years
✔✔Certain chemical preparations can be absorbed into the skin through hair follicles
and - ✔✔Sweat pores
✔✔Chemical compounds that absorb and promote the retention of moisture in the hair
are - ✔✔Humectants
✔✔Chemical reactions that five off heat are called - ✔✔Exothermic
✔✔Cleansing cream should be removed from the clients face with a - ✔✔Warm/Damp
towel
✔✔A clients total exposure to infrared rays should not last longer then - ✔✔5 minutes
, ✔✔Clipper or trimmer blades should never be adjusted flush to each other because
doing can can cause - ✔✔Cause irritations, cut and ingrown hairs
✔✔The cocci bacteria that causes abscesses, pustules, pimples and boils are -
✔✔Staphylococci
✔✔A color change occurs in the hair when an oxidizer combines with the __________. -
✔✔Melanin
✔✔The color of the skin depends on the melanin and - ✔✔Blood supply
✔✔The condition in which the cuticle sticks to the nail and may grow over the nail to the
free edge is called ______________. - ✔✔Pterygium
✔✔The connection between two or more skeletal bones is called ______________. -
✔✔Joint
✔✔A contagious disease is - ✔✔Transmitted from one person to another
✔✔Corrective hair treatments deal with the - ✔✔Hair shaft
✔✔The cortex accounts for about - ✔✔90% of the hair's weight
✔✔Cranial nerves are all connected to a part of the - ✔✔Brain surface
✔✔Crew cuts include - ✔✔Include a variation called the brush cut
✔✔The deep layer of the dermis is the - ✔✔Reticular layer
✔✔The deepest feelings and thought you have about yourself and your life are your
____________. - ✔✔Values
✔✔Depilatories remove superflous hair by - ✔✔Dissolving it at the skin line
✔✔Direct current flows in - ✔✔One direction
✔✔During the catagen phase - ✔✔the hair bulbs disappear
✔✔The effects of high frequency current are antiseptic and _____________. -
✔✔Thermal
