Nail Exam Questions and Verified Answers
Question 1
What is leuconychia?
a. Blue nail
b. White spot in the nail body
c. Yellow sport
d. None of the above
Correct Answer
b. White spot in the nail body
Question 2
Why do you have to file acrylic nails when it dries?
a. Because they lift
b. Because they slip
c. Because they remove rough from nail's surface
d. None of the above
Correct Answer
c. Because they remove rough from nail's surface
Question 3
Buffing the nails with pumice powder is used to treat:
a. Leuconychia
b. Pterygium
c. Onychophyma
d. Corrugation
Correct Answer
d. Corrugation
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,Question 4
If the nail tip shows an air pocket, what do you do?
a. Apply polish remover
b. Apply base coat
c. Remove it and reapply it
d. Apply to coat
Correct Answer
c. Remove it and reapply it
Question 5
Cosmetologist and manicurist should not work on patrons:
a. If keratoma is present
b. If verruca is present
c. If they have a common cold
d. If they have a carbuncle
Correct Answer
c. If they have a common cold
Question 6
Structures that are appendage to the skin are, hair, sweat glands, oil glands and:
a. Motor fiber
b. Nails
c. Blood vessel
d. Sensory fibers
Correct Answer
b. Nails
Question 7
When the nail tip is larger than the real nail, you can adjust it by using _______ ?
a. Cuticle nipper
b. Cuticle pusher
c. File
d. Scissors and file
Correct Answer
d. Scissors and file
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, Question 8
Watery blisters and thick white skin between the toes are signs of:
a. Pterygium
b. Onychia
c. Pedicuring
d. Athlete's foot
Correct Answer
d. Athlete's foot
Question 9
Why do you have to discard the emery board after used?
a. Bad
b. Cannot be sanitized
c. Thin
d. Coarse
Correct Answer
b. Cannot be sanitized
Question 10
If patron's hands have ringworms, what should you do?
a. Wash patron's hands with disinfection
b. Apply antiseptic
c. Refuse to give service for client until it is solution healed
d. Keep on working
Correct Answer
c. Refuse to give service for client until it is solution healed
Question 11
Shaping is most often done before of the nail bath, as:
a. Filing is less difficult on damp nail
b. Filing is more difficult on damp nail
c. Filing is more difficult on dry nail
d. Most patrons' nails are already clean
Correct Answer
b. Filing is more difficult on damp nail
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Question 1
What is leuconychia?
a. Blue nail
b. White spot in the nail body
c. Yellow sport
d. None of the above
Correct Answer
b. White spot in the nail body
Question 2
Why do you have to file acrylic nails when it dries?
a. Because they lift
b. Because they slip
c. Because they remove rough from nail's surface
d. None of the above
Correct Answer
c. Because they remove rough from nail's surface
Question 3
Buffing the nails with pumice powder is used to treat:
a. Leuconychia
b. Pterygium
c. Onychophyma
d. Corrugation
Correct Answer
d. Corrugation
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,Question 4
If the nail tip shows an air pocket, what do you do?
a. Apply polish remover
b. Apply base coat
c. Remove it and reapply it
d. Apply to coat
Correct Answer
c. Remove it and reapply it
Question 5
Cosmetologist and manicurist should not work on patrons:
a. If keratoma is present
b. If verruca is present
c. If they have a common cold
d. If they have a carbuncle
Correct Answer
c. If they have a common cold
Question 6
Structures that are appendage to the skin are, hair, sweat glands, oil glands and:
a. Motor fiber
b. Nails
c. Blood vessel
d. Sensory fibers
Correct Answer
b. Nails
Question 7
When the nail tip is larger than the real nail, you can adjust it by using _______ ?
a. Cuticle nipper
b. Cuticle pusher
c. File
d. Scissors and file
Correct Answer
d. Scissors and file
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, Question 8
Watery blisters and thick white skin between the toes are signs of:
a. Pterygium
b. Onychia
c. Pedicuring
d. Athlete's foot
Correct Answer
d. Athlete's foot
Question 9
Why do you have to discard the emery board after used?
a. Bad
b. Cannot be sanitized
c. Thin
d. Coarse
Correct Answer
b. Cannot be sanitized
Question 10
If patron's hands have ringworms, what should you do?
a. Wash patron's hands with disinfection
b. Apply antiseptic
c. Refuse to give service for client until it is solution healed
d. Keep on working
Correct Answer
c. Refuse to give service for client until it is solution healed
Question 11
Shaping is most often done before of the nail bath, as:
a. Filing is less difficult on damp nail
b. Filing is more difficult on damp nail
c. Filing is more difficult on dry nail
d. Most patrons' nails are already clean
Correct Answer
b. Filing is more difficult on damp nail
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