BARBER PRACTICE STATE BOARD EXAM 2
EXAM SCRIPT 2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ A wet sanitizer should contain Answer: A disinfectant
◉ Keep clean towels Answer: In a clean
Closed cabinet
◉ When a blood spill occurs, employ Answer: Standard precautions
◉ Cream should be removed woth Answer: A clean spatula
◉ Hair or other waste materials on the floor in a barbershop should
be Answer: Placed in a closed container
◉ Small nicks or cuts should be cleansed and treated eith Answer:
Styptic powder
◉ The most desirable type of hair comb is made of Answer: Hard
rubber
,◉ The German type shear Answer: Does not have a finger brace
◉ Shears closed and resting in the palm while combing hair is called
Answer: Palming
◉ The middle part of the muscle, called Answer: The belly
◉ When holding hair cutting shears properly, the barber places the
thumb in the thumb grip of the Answer: Moving blade
◉ Electric clippers are driven by a rotary motor, magnetic motor,
pivot motor or a/an Answer: Vibratory motor
◉ Bones of the wrist Answer: Carpus
◉ Tendon that connects the occipitalis and the frontalis Answer:
Aponeirosis
◉ Chief sensory nerve of the face Answer: Fifth cranial nerve
◉ The study of minute structure of various tissues and organs that
make up the entire body of an organism Answer: Histology
,◉ Chief motor nerve of the face Answer: Seventh cranial nerve
◉ Muscle that draws the scalp backward Answer: Occipitalis
◉ Fixed part of the muscle Answer: Origin
◉ Muscle that covers the bridge of the nose, depresses the eyebrows
and wrinkles the nose Answer: Procerus
◉ Cell division; also called Answer: Mitosis
◉ Arteries that supply blood to the head, face and neck Answer:
Common carotid arteries
◉ Group of organs including kidneys, liver, skin, large intestine and
lungs that purify the body by elimination of waste matter Answer:
Excretory system
◉ Phase of metabolism. The process of building up larger molecules
from smaller ones Answer: Anabolism
◉ The largest and most complex nerve tissue in the body is/are the
Answer: Brain
, ◉ The skin and its appendages make up the Answer: Integumentary
system
◉ The more fixed attachment of a muscle is the Answer: Origin
◉ Subcutaneous tissue is also known as Answer: Adipose tissue
◉ A small cone shaped elevation at the base of the hair Answer:
Dermal papilla
◉ Common scalp disorders include dandruff,vegetable and animal
parasitic infections and Answer: Staphylococcal infections
◉ The two layers of the hair most affected by chemical texture
services Answer: Cortex and cuticle
◉ The dermal papilla is responsible for Answer: New hair growth
◉ The cuticle is responsible for Answer: Shine and silkiness of the
hair
◉ The ----- is the middle layer of the hair Answer: Cortex
EXAM SCRIPT 2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ A wet sanitizer should contain Answer: A disinfectant
◉ Keep clean towels Answer: In a clean
Closed cabinet
◉ When a blood spill occurs, employ Answer: Standard precautions
◉ Cream should be removed woth Answer: A clean spatula
◉ Hair or other waste materials on the floor in a barbershop should
be Answer: Placed in a closed container
◉ Small nicks or cuts should be cleansed and treated eith Answer:
Styptic powder
◉ The most desirable type of hair comb is made of Answer: Hard
rubber
,◉ The German type shear Answer: Does not have a finger brace
◉ Shears closed and resting in the palm while combing hair is called
Answer: Palming
◉ The middle part of the muscle, called Answer: The belly
◉ When holding hair cutting shears properly, the barber places the
thumb in the thumb grip of the Answer: Moving blade
◉ Electric clippers are driven by a rotary motor, magnetic motor,
pivot motor or a/an Answer: Vibratory motor
◉ Bones of the wrist Answer: Carpus
◉ Tendon that connects the occipitalis and the frontalis Answer:
Aponeirosis
◉ Chief sensory nerve of the face Answer: Fifth cranial nerve
◉ The study of minute structure of various tissues and organs that
make up the entire body of an organism Answer: Histology
,◉ Chief motor nerve of the face Answer: Seventh cranial nerve
◉ Muscle that draws the scalp backward Answer: Occipitalis
◉ Fixed part of the muscle Answer: Origin
◉ Muscle that covers the bridge of the nose, depresses the eyebrows
and wrinkles the nose Answer: Procerus
◉ Cell division; also called Answer: Mitosis
◉ Arteries that supply blood to the head, face and neck Answer:
Common carotid arteries
◉ Group of organs including kidneys, liver, skin, large intestine and
lungs that purify the body by elimination of waste matter Answer:
Excretory system
◉ Phase of metabolism. The process of building up larger molecules
from smaller ones Answer: Anabolism
◉ The largest and most complex nerve tissue in the body is/are the
Answer: Brain
, ◉ The skin and its appendages make up the Answer: Integumentary
system
◉ The more fixed attachment of a muscle is the Answer: Origin
◉ Subcutaneous tissue is also known as Answer: Adipose tissue
◉ A small cone shaped elevation at the base of the hair Answer:
Dermal papilla
◉ Common scalp disorders include dandruff,vegetable and animal
parasitic infections and Answer: Staphylococcal infections
◉ The two layers of the hair most affected by chemical texture
services Answer: Cortex and cuticle
◉ The dermal papilla is responsible for Answer: New hair growth
◉ The cuticle is responsible for Answer: Shine and silkiness of the
hair
◉ The ----- is the middle layer of the hair Answer: Cortex
