COSMETOLOGY INSTRUCTOR [2026] UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam | Question and Answer | DETAILED ANSWER
EXPLANATIONS
• AACS/CEA -✓✓ American Association of Cosmetology Schools/Cosmetology
Educators of America
• ACTIVE LISTENING -✓✓ Be with the speaker, don't interrupt, repeat, gain
agreement.
• ADD/ADHD -✓✓ Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder
• ADVISORY COUNCIL -✓✓ Composed of school owners and directors,
educators and employers, graduates, representatives from state, regulatory
oversight agencies. Identifies and prioritizes subject matter and skills that need to
be taught.
• ANECDOTES -✓✓ Describes a specific point to help get the learners focus
directed toward the objectives of the lesson.
• ANTICIPATORY SET -✓✓ The process of getting the students ready to learn.
• ASSERTIVENESS -✓✓ The degree of boldness or confidence one has in dealing
with others.
• AUTHORITY -✓✓ An individual cited or appealed to as an expert or to
influence thought, opinion, or behavior.
• CLASSROOM ARRANGEMENTS -✓✓ Helps to determine educator control,
sightlines with and among students, and overall student participation.
• COMPASSION -✓✓ The deep feeling of sharing or feeling the pain or suffering
of another, sympathy.
• CONFERENCES -✓✓ Private, nonthreatening, face to face talk to bring about
change, not to intimidate or control behavior.
,• CONSISTENCY -✓✓ Behaving the same way on repeated occasions when the
circumstances are the same or similar.
• COURSE OBJECTIVE -✓✓ AKA: Program objective - specifies the learning
outcomes of the program of study.
• COURSE OF STUDY -✓✓ AKA: Program of study - Properly developed
program will result in an orderly and systematic process of education.
• CRITICISM -✓✓ Be open to constructive criticism, be humble, put yourself in
the other person's shoes, apologize if necessary and don't whine, cry, or blame
others.
• CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT -✓✓ The process of developing a set of
courses constituting an area of specialization as prescribed by the state regulatory
agency.
• DEDUCTIVE REASONING -✓✓ The process of reaching a probable conclusion
by employing logical reasoning.
• DEMOGRAPHICS -✓✓ Average income, cost of services, age, ethnicity, etc.
within a specified area.
• DEMONSTRATION -✓✓ Perform at an appropriate speed ensuring the students
do not miss any key points or steps.
• DEPT. OF EDUCATION -✓✓ Sets forth specific regulations governing student
hours and financial aid disbursement.
• DISABLED LEARNER -✓✓ Is responsible for providing documentation of their
disability and making a formal request for accommodations.
• DYSLEXIA -✓✓ A specific learning disability that is an impairment in the
brain's ability to translate written images received by the eyes into meaningful
language.
, • ELIGIBLE STUDENT -✓✓ A student above the age of 18 enrolled in a post
secondary school.
• ENERGIZER -✓✓ An activity lasting one to three minutes to provide for a
physical or mental break to bring new life into the class.
• ENTHUSIASM -✓✓ Goes hand in hand with energy.
• ETHICAL STANDARDS -✓✓ Educators should model and teach these daily in
their interactions with students.
• EVENTS -✓✓ Basic elements of time; key to managing time is controlling these.
• EXTERNAL MOTIVATORS -✓✓ Examples are; pep talks, incentives, exciting
presentations, guest speakers, etc.
• INTERNAL MOTIVATORS -✓✓ Your inner drive that keeps you moving
toward your goals.
• EYE CONTACT -✓✓ A low-profile intervention that requires little effort on the
part of the educator for controlling a minor misconduct.
• FACILITATE -✓✓ To bring about learning.
• FATIGUE -✓✓ The medical profession has agreed in large part, that this is of
mental origin rather than a result of a physical ailment.
• FERPA -✓✓ Family Educational Right to Privacy Act
• FIELD TRIPS -✓✓ Provide students with an opportunity for active learning and
a broader real world experience.
• FOILS/DISTRACTORS -✓✓ The possible answers to a multiple choice question.
• FRATERNIZE -✓✓ An educator must establish a formal distance and never do
this with their students outside the classroom.
Exam | Question and Answer | DETAILED ANSWER
EXPLANATIONS
• AACS/CEA -✓✓ American Association of Cosmetology Schools/Cosmetology
Educators of America
• ACTIVE LISTENING -✓✓ Be with the speaker, don't interrupt, repeat, gain
agreement.
• ADD/ADHD -✓✓ Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder
• ADVISORY COUNCIL -✓✓ Composed of school owners and directors,
educators and employers, graduates, representatives from state, regulatory
oversight agencies. Identifies and prioritizes subject matter and skills that need to
be taught.
• ANECDOTES -✓✓ Describes a specific point to help get the learners focus
directed toward the objectives of the lesson.
• ANTICIPATORY SET -✓✓ The process of getting the students ready to learn.
• ASSERTIVENESS -✓✓ The degree of boldness or confidence one has in dealing
with others.
• AUTHORITY -✓✓ An individual cited or appealed to as an expert or to
influence thought, opinion, or behavior.
• CLASSROOM ARRANGEMENTS -✓✓ Helps to determine educator control,
sightlines with and among students, and overall student participation.
• COMPASSION -✓✓ The deep feeling of sharing or feeling the pain or suffering
of another, sympathy.
• CONFERENCES -✓✓ Private, nonthreatening, face to face talk to bring about
change, not to intimidate or control behavior.
,• CONSISTENCY -✓✓ Behaving the same way on repeated occasions when the
circumstances are the same or similar.
• COURSE OBJECTIVE -✓✓ AKA: Program objective - specifies the learning
outcomes of the program of study.
• COURSE OF STUDY -✓✓ AKA: Program of study - Properly developed
program will result in an orderly and systematic process of education.
• CRITICISM -✓✓ Be open to constructive criticism, be humble, put yourself in
the other person's shoes, apologize if necessary and don't whine, cry, or blame
others.
• CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT -✓✓ The process of developing a set of
courses constituting an area of specialization as prescribed by the state regulatory
agency.
• DEDUCTIVE REASONING -✓✓ The process of reaching a probable conclusion
by employing logical reasoning.
• DEMOGRAPHICS -✓✓ Average income, cost of services, age, ethnicity, etc.
within a specified area.
• DEMONSTRATION -✓✓ Perform at an appropriate speed ensuring the students
do not miss any key points or steps.
• DEPT. OF EDUCATION -✓✓ Sets forth specific regulations governing student
hours and financial aid disbursement.
• DISABLED LEARNER -✓✓ Is responsible for providing documentation of their
disability and making a formal request for accommodations.
• DYSLEXIA -✓✓ A specific learning disability that is an impairment in the
brain's ability to translate written images received by the eyes into meaningful
language.
, • ELIGIBLE STUDENT -✓✓ A student above the age of 18 enrolled in a post
secondary school.
• ENERGIZER -✓✓ An activity lasting one to three minutes to provide for a
physical or mental break to bring new life into the class.
• ENTHUSIASM -✓✓ Goes hand in hand with energy.
• ETHICAL STANDARDS -✓✓ Educators should model and teach these daily in
their interactions with students.
• EVENTS -✓✓ Basic elements of time; key to managing time is controlling these.
• EXTERNAL MOTIVATORS -✓✓ Examples are; pep talks, incentives, exciting
presentations, guest speakers, etc.
• INTERNAL MOTIVATORS -✓✓ Your inner drive that keeps you moving
toward your goals.
• EYE CONTACT -✓✓ A low-profile intervention that requires little effort on the
part of the educator for controlling a minor misconduct.
• FACILITATE -✓✓ To bring about learning.
• FATIGUE -✓✓ The medical profession has agreed in large part, that this is of
mental origin rather than a result of a physical ailment.
• FERPA -✓✓ Family Educational Right to Privacy Act
• FIELD TRIPS -✓✓ Provide students with an opportunity for active learning and
a broader real world experience.
• FOILS/DISTRACTORS -✓✓ The possible answers to a multiple choice question.
• FRATERNIZE -✓✓ An educator must establish a formal distance and never do
this with their students outside the classroom.
