CALIFORNIA BARBER EVALUATION EXAM 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔The application of hair color to the hair that has not been previously colored ? -
✔✔Virgin application/ tint
✔✔What is required from hospital grade disinfectant ? - ✔✔Effective against bacteria,
fungi and viruses
✔✔What are two types of immunity ? - ✔✔Natural and acquired
✔✔Who regulates product safety ? - ✔✔EPA and state
✔✔What is tinea ? - ✔✔The medical term for ringworm
✔✔What chemicals do not mix ? - ✔✔Bleach and ammonia
✔✔What is used to clean barber chairs, head rests, and hard surfaces ? - ✔✔EPA
registered hospital grade disinfectant
✔✔What happens when you mix aniline derivative with a hydrogen peroxide ? -
✔✔Oxidation
✔✔All bottles, creams liquids should be ? - ✔✔Labeled
✔✔What does a galvanic current accomplish ? - ✔✔Desincrustation and iontophoresis
✔✔What are universal precautions ? - ✔✔Treat all blood as if it's contaminated
✔✔Quatts - ✔✔Quaternary ammonium compounds
✔✔What do you put on a cut ? - ✔✔Styptic powder
✔✔What is alopecia ? - ✔✔Abnormal hair loss
✔✔How many face shapes are there ? - ✔✔7
✔✔What is used to measure a hair piece ? - ✔✔Grease pencil
✔✔What shave stroke is 14 ? - ✔✔Reverse free hand
✔✔Hair pigment is called ? - ✔✔Melanin
, ✔✔Cant be made by mixing colors ? - ✔✔Primary colors
✔✔pityriasis capitis simplex ? - ✔✔The technical term for classic dandruff
✔✔Large blister containing watery fluid ? - ✔✔Bulla
✔✔Never use a thioglycolate solution on what type of hair ? - ✔✔Hair treated with
sodium hydroxide relaxer
✔✔Layer of the skin that has numerous blood vessels, nerves and glands ? -
✔✔Reticular layer
✔✔Poison state caused by the absorption of pathogenic organisms in the blood stream
? - ✔✔Sepsis
✔✔What do the colors of the barber pole represent ? - ✔✔Red-blood, blue-veins, white-
bandages silver pan-catch blood
✔✔How do you catch Hep-C ? - ✔✔Contact with blood and body fluids
✔✔What kind of shampoo is used for colored treated hair ? - ✔✔Acid balanced
shampoo
✔✔What does and alkaline do ? - ✔✔An alkaline opens the hair
✔✔What does an acid do ? - ✔✔An acid closes the hair
✔✔What is the sudoriferous gland ? - ✔✔Sweat gland
✔✔What are three stages of matter ? - ✔✔Liquid, solid and gas
✔✔What are the three hair growth phases ? - ✔✔Anagen-growth phase
Catagen-transition phase(bulb shrink, so does the follicle)
Telogen-the resting phase(shedding)
✔✔Before sodium hydroxide processing hair should be analyzed for ? - ✔✔Texture,
elasticity and porosity
✔✔What strength alcohol is used to sanitize shears - ✔✔70% ethyl
99% isopropril
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔The application of hair color to the hair that has not been previously colored ? -
✔✔Virgin application/ tint
✔✔What is required from hospital grade disinfectant ? - ✔✔Effective against bacteria,
fungi and viruses
✔✔What are two types of immunity ? - ✔✔Natural and acquired
✔✔Who regulates product safety ? - ✔✔EPA and state
✔✔What is tinea ? - ✔✔The medical term for ringworm
✔✔What chemicals do not mix ? - ✔✔Bleach and ammonia
✔✔What is used to clean barber chairs, head rests, and hard surfaces ? - ✔✔EPA
registered hospital grade disinfectant
✔✔What happens when you mix aniline derivative with a hydrogen peroxide ? -
✔✔Oxidation
✔✔All bottles, creams liquids should be ? - ✔✔Labeled
✔✔What does a galvanic current accomplish ? - ✔✔Desincrustation and iontophoresis
✔✔What are universal precautions ? - ✔✔Treat all blood as if it's contaminated
✔✔Quatts - ✔✔Quaternary ammonium compounds
✔✔What do you put on a cut ? - ✔✔Styptic powder
✔✔What is alopecia ? - ✔✔Abnormal hair loss
✔✔How many face shapes are there ? - ✔✔7
✔✔What is used to measure a hair piece ? - ✔✔Grease pencil
✔✔What shave stroke is 14 ? - ✔✔Reverse free hand
✔✔Hair pigment is called ? - ✔✔Melanin
, ✔✔Cant be made by mixing colors ? - ✔✔Primary colors
✔✔pityriasis capitis simplex ? - ✔✔The technical term for classic dandruff
✔✔Large blister containing watery fluid ? - ✔✔Bulla
✔✔Never use a thioglycolate solution on what type of hair ? - ✔✔Hair treated with
sodium hydroxide relaxer
✔✔Layer of the skin that has numerous blood vessels, nerves and glands ? -
✔✔Reticular layer
✔✔Poison state caused by the absorption of pathogenic organisms in the blood stream
? - ✔✔Sepsis
✔✔What do the colors of the barber pole represent ? - ✔✔Red-blood, blue-veins, white-
bandages silver pan-catch blood
✔✔How do you catch Hep-C ? - ✔✔Contact with blood and body fluids
✔✔What kind of shampoo is used for colored treated hair ? - ✔✔Acid balanced
shampoo
✔✔What does and alkaline do ? - ✔✔An alkaline opens the hair
✔✔What does an acid do ? - ✔✔An acid closes the hair
✔✔What is the sudoriferous gland ? - ✔✔Sweat gland
✔✔What are three stages of matter ? - ✔✔Liquid, solid and gas
✔✔What are the three hair growth phases ? - ✔✔Anagen-growth phase
Catagen-transition phase(bulb shrink, so does the follicle)
Telogen-the resting phase(shedding)
✔✔Before sodium hydroxide processing hair should be analyzed for ? - ✔✔Texture,
elasticity and porosity
✔✔What strength alcohol is used to sanitize shears - ✔✔70% ethyl
99% isopropril
