CALIFORNIA BARBER COMPREHENSIVE 2026 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Three levels of decontamination - ✔✔Sanitation, disinfection, sterilization
✔✔What is alopecia senilis? - ✔✔Loss of hair at old age
✔✔How many bones are in the human body? - ✔✔206
✔✔Hair is composed of - ✔✔90% protein
✔✔A.B. Moler - ✔✔wrote the first barbering textbook; opened the first barber school in
Chicago in 1893
✔✔Journeymen Barbers - ✔✔Barber employee union
✔✔tonsure - ✔✔A shaved patch on the crown of the head
✔✔Cocci - ✔✔Round shaped bacteria that appear singly or in groups
✔✔Dipolcocci - ✔✔Round shaped that cause disease such as pneumonia
✔✔Fungi - ✔✔Plant-like organisms (molds and yeasts) that can cause infection such as
ringworm
✔✔Human disease carrier - ✔✔A person who is immune to a disease, but harbors
germs that can infect other people
✔✔Parasites - ✔✔An organism that lives in or on another organism, deriving
nourishment at the expense of its host, usually without killing it
✔✔Pus - ✔✔A fluid that contains white blood cells
✔✔Scabies - ✔✔Contagious skin disease transmitted by the itch mite
✔✔Solute - ✔✔A substance that is dissolved in a solvent
✔✔Orbicularis - ✔✔Muscle surrounding the eye
✔✔Corrugator - ✔✔a pyramid-shaped muscle of facial expression which draws the
eyebrows and raises forehead
✔✔Risorius muscle - ✔✔Muscle of the mouth that draws the corner of the mouth out
and back, as in grinning.
, ✔✔Supinator muscle - ✔✔Turns the forearm and hand outward so the palm faces
upward
✔✔Sensory nerves - ✔✔carry messages to the brain & spinal cord from a receptor;
afferent nerves
✔✔Motor nerves - ✔✔Controls movement; efferent nerves
✔✔What part of the fingers should you to shampoo and massage the scalp? -
✔✔Cushion of the fingers
✔✔How does a barber clean a hone? - ✔✔Water and pumice stone
✔✔What lesions should barbers be aware of? - ✔✔Primary and secondary
✔✔What is the pH of conditioner? - ✔✔3.5-5.5
✔✔What is the characteristic of low porosity? - ✔✔Absorbs less moisture
✔✔A client has red-violet hair and wants a natural brown, what color should you use to
neutralize the unwanted tone? - ✔✔green-yellow
✔✔What area should you apply relaxing cream to first? - ✔✔Most resistant area
✔✔Where should you hold a razor when changing out the blade? - ✔✔Shank
✔✔Acne is a disorder of what gland? - ✔✔Sebaceous gland
✔✔During a facial treatment what part of a client should be covered? - ✔✔Clothing and
hair
✔✔Microbiology is - ✔✔The study of microorganisms
✔✔What is the method used when the hair at the crown is longer than at the nape? -
✔✔Tapering
✔✔In a chemical waving service, how do you apply the solution? - ✔✔Crown to nape
✔✔If you spot dry patches of skin prior to a facial treatment, what type of service do you
recommend? - ✔✔Exfoliant conditioning
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Three levels of decontamination - ✔✔Sanitation, disinfection, sterilization
✔✔What is alopecia senilis? - ✔✔Loss of hair at old age
✔✔How many bones are in the human body? - ✔✔206
✔✔Hair is composed of - ✔✔90% protein
✔✔A.B. Moler - ✔✔wrote the first barbering textbook; opened the first barber school in
Chicago in 1893
✔✔Journeymen Barbers - ✔✔Barber employee union
✔✔tonsure - ✔✔A shaved patch on the crown of the head
✔✔Cocci - ✔✔Round shaped bacteria that appear singly or in groups
✔✔Dipolcocci - ✔✔Round shaped that cause disease such as pneumonia
✔✔Fungi - ✔✔Plant-like organisms (molds and yeasts) that can cause infection such as
ringworm
✔✔Human disease carrier - ✔✔A person who is immune to a disease, but harbors
germs that can infect other people
✔✔Parasites - ✔✔An organism that lives in or on another organism, deriving
nourishment at the expense of its host, usually without killing it
✔✔Pus - ✔✔A fluid that contains white blood cells
✔✔Scabies - ✔✔Contagious skin disease transmitted by the itch mite
✔✔Solute - ✔✔A substance that is dissolved in a solvent
✔✔Orbicularis - ✔✔Muscle surrounding the eye
✔✔Corrugator - ✔✔a pyramid-shaped muscle of facial expression which draws the
eyebrows and raises forehead
✔✔Risorius muscle - ✔✔Muscle of the mouth that draws the corner of the mouth out
and back, as in grinning.
, ✔✔Supinator muscle - ✔✔Turns the forearm and hand outward so the palm faces
upward
✔✔Sensory nerves - ✔✔carry messages to the brain & spinal cord from a receptor;
afferent nerves
✔✔Motor nerves - ✔✔Controls movement; efferent nerves
✔✔What part of the fingers should you to shampoo and massage the scalp? -
✔✔Cushion of the fingers
✔✔How does a barber clean a hone? - ✔✔Water and pumice stone
✔✔What lesions should barbers be aware of? - ✔✔Primary and secondary
✔✔What is the pH of conditioner? - ✔✔3.5-5.5
✔✔What is the characteristic of low porosity? - ✔✔Absorbs less moisture
✔✔A client has red-violet hair and wants a natural brown, what color should you use to
neutralize the unwanted tone? - ✔✔green-yellow
✔✔What area should you apply relaxing cream to first? - ✔✔Most resistant area
✔✔Where should you hold a razor when changing out the blade? - ✔✔Shank
✔✔Acne is a disorder of what gland? - ✔✔Sebaceous gland
✔✔During a facial treatment what part of a client should be covered? - ✔✔Clothing and
hair
✔✔Microbiology is - ✔✔The study of microorganisms
✔✔What is the method used when the hair at the crown is longer than at the nape? -
✔✔Tapering
✔✔In a chemical waving service, how do you apply the solution? - ✔✔Crown to nape
✔✔If you spot dry patches of skin prior to a facial treatment, what type of service do you
recommend? - ✔✔Exfoliant conditioning
