CALIFORNIA BARBER LATEST 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔How many sections do you section the hair for hair color ? - ✔✔4
✔✔Spiral or corkscrew-shaped bacteria that cause sexually transmitted diseases ? -
✔✔Spirilla
✔✔What layer of the the skin have glands and hair follicles ? - ✔✔The reticular layer
✔✔The diameter of a single hair strand is called ? - ✔✔Hair texture
✔✔Penicillin was invented in ? - ✔✔1928
✔✔What is a conductor ? - ✔✔Any substance, material, or medium that conducts
electricity
✔✔Direct current ? - ✔✔Constant, even-flowing current that travels in one direction only
✔✔Alternating current ? - ✔✔Rapid, interrupted current traveling in apposite direction
and then another
✔✔Volt ? - ✔✔Measures pressure and pushes the flow of electrons
✔✔Amp ? - ✔✔Measures strength or rate of current
✔✔Watt ? - ✔✔Is the unit of power
✔✔Inoculation can help give what kind of immunity ? - ✔✔Acquired
✔✔Hair cutting involves individualized and precise ? - ✔✔Designing, cutting and
shaping
✔✔How do you apply color to a mustache? - ✔✔From the nostrils down
✔✔How do you prepair for a scalp treatment ? - ✔✔Towel, waterproof cape and second
towel
✔✔What is the PH level of the hair and skin ? - ✔✔4.5 to 5.5
✔✔When bacteria that cause tetanus and botulism coat themselves in wax like spores
is called ? - ✔✔Inactive stage
, ✔✔What are three levels of decontamination ? - ✔✔Sanitation, disinfection and
sterilization
✔✔How many freehand strokes are there ? - ✔✔6
✔✔What is alopecia senilis ? - ✔✔Loss of hair at old age
✔✔How many bones in the human body ? - ✔✔206
✔✔Hair is composed of ? - ✔✔90% protein
✔✔What size measurement for a subsection in hair coloring ? - ✔✔1/4
✔✔alopecia areata ? - ✔✔Autoimmune system disorder that causes affected hair
follicles to be attacked by immune system resulting in bald circles
✔✔A.B moler ? - ✔✔Wrote the first barber book, opens first school in 1893
✔✔AMBBA ? - ✔✔Associated master barbers and beauticians of America
✔✔Journeymen barbers ? - ✔✔Barber employee union
✔✔NABBA - ✔✔National association of barber boards of America
✔✔Tonsorial ? - ✔✔Related to cutting or trimming hair with shears or a razor
✔✔Tonsure ? - ✔✔A shaved patch on the crown of the head
✔✔Cocci ? - ✔✔Round shaped bacteria that appear singly or in groups
✔✔Diplococci ? - ✔✔Round shaped bacteria that cause disease such as pneumonia
✔✔Fungi ? - ✔✔Plant parasite such as mold can cause ringworm
✔✔Human disease carrier ? - ✔✔Person that is immune to disease but carries diseases
that can harm others
✔✔Mitosis ? - ✔✔Division of a cell resulting in two daughter cells
✔✔MRSA ? - ✔✔Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus/staph infection
✔✔Parasites ? - ✔✔Plant or animal organisms living on other organisms without giving
anything in return
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔How many sections do you section the hair for hair color ? - ✔✔4
✔✔Spiral or corkscrew-shaped bacteria that cause sexually transmitted diseases ? -
✔✔Spirilla
✔✔What layer of the the skin have glands and hair follicles ? - ✔✔The reticular layer
✔✔The diameter of a single hair strand is called ? - ✔✔Hair texture
✔✔Penicillin was invented in ? - ✔✔1928
✔✔What is a conductor ? - ✔✔Any substance, material, or medium that conducts
electricity
✔✔Direct current ? - ✔✔Constant, even-flowing current that travels in one direction only
✔✔Alternating current ? - ✔✔Rapid, interrupted current traveling in apposite direction
and then another
✔✔Volt ? - ✔✔Measures pressure and pushes the flow of electrons
✔✔Amp ? - ✔✔Measures strength or rate of current
✔✔Watt ? - ✔✔Is the unit of power
✔✔Inoculation can help give what kind of immunity ? - ✔✔Acquired
✔✔Hair cutting involves individualized and precise ? - ✔✔Designing, cutting and
shaping
✔✔How do you apply color to a mustache? - ✔✔From the nostrils down
✔✔How do you prepair for a scalp treatment ? - ✔✔Towel, waterproof cape and second
towel
✔✔What is the PH level of the hair and skin ? - ✔✔4.5 to 5.5
✔✔When bacteria that cause tetanus and botulism coat themselves in wax like spores
is called ? - ✔✔Inactive stage
, ✔✔What are three levels of decontamination ? - ✔✔Sanitation, disinfection and
sterilization
✔✔How many freehand strokes are there ? - ✔✔6
✔✔What is alopecia senilis ? - ✔✔Loss of hair at old age
✔✔How many bones in the human body ? - ✔✔206
✔✔Hair is composed of ? - ✔✔90% protein
✔✔What size measurement for a subsection in hair coloring ? - ✔✔1/4
✔✔alopecia areata ? - ✔✔Autoimmune system disorder that causes affected hair
follicles to be attacked by immune system resulting in bald circles
✔✔A.B moler ? - ✔✔Wrote the first barber book, opens first school in 1893
✔✔AMBBA ? - ✔✔Associated master barbers and beauticians of America
✔✔Journeymen barbers ? - ✔✔Barber employee union
✔✔NABBA - ✔✔National association of barber boards of America
✔✔Tonsorial ? - ✔✔Related to cutting or trimming hair with shears or a razor
✔✔Tonsure ? - ✔✔A shaved patch on the crown of the head
✔✔Cocci ? - ✔✔Round shaped bacteria that appear singly or in groups
✔✔Diplococci ? - ✔✔Round shaped bacteria that cause disease such as pneumonia
✔✔Fungi ? - ✔✔Plant parasite such as mold can cause ringworm
✔✔Human disease carrier ? - ✔✔Person that is immune to disease but carries diseases
that can harm others
✔✔Mitosis ? - ✔✔Division of a cell resulting in two daughter cells
✔✔MRSA ? - ✔✔Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus/staph infection
✔✔Parasites ? - ✔✔Plant or animal organisms living on other organisms without giving
anything in return
