Cosmetology State Board Practice Test (146 questions) With Correct Answers

Corrugations - Answer Nail disorder - Horizontal wavy ridges caused by uneven growth due to illness or injuries. Furrows - Answer Nail disorder - vertical lines down the nail plate caused by nutrition, injury or illness. Leuconchia - Answer White spots on the nail caused by injury to the base of the nail Onychorrhexis - Answer Split or brittle nails caused by injury, careless filing, vitamin deficiencies, illness, and frequent exposure to strong chemicals. Hang Nails - Answer Caused by dry cuticle and carlessness in removing the cuticle Onychomycosis Unguium - Answer Nail fungus caused by a parasite. very contagious Onychocryptosis - Answer Ingrown nail caused by filing the nail too much, or tight fitting shoes. Verruca - Answer Warts caused by infectious virus Onycholysis - Answer lifting of the nail without shedding 5 Basic Nail Shapes - Answer squoval, round, oval, pointed, square Toner - Answer used on pre-lightened hair to achieve pale and delicate colors after decoloring Conditioning filler - Answer protein conditioner that will equalize porosity and fill the holes Color filler - Answer used to replace the missing primary colors Oxidative - Answer Demi- permenant and permenant color Non-oxidative color - Answer temporary - physical change only. Semi-permanent. Double process blonde - Answer decolorizing and toning What affects lightener working time? - Answer Melanin - the more there is the longer the process. Scalp processes faster because of body heat Lift - Answer lightening by breaking up the melanin to decolorize hair Deposit - Answer means that product only deposits color because it does not contain ammonia or high alkalinity necessary to lift developer - Answer oxidizing agent H2O2 when mixed with ammonia it will break up the melanin and give ability to lift or lighten Semi-permanent color - Answer non-oxidative, temporary color, stains cuticle, fades in each shampoo. Demi-permanent color - Answer oxidative, deposit only, deepens or changes the tone Permanent color - Answer lightens and deposits at the same time. more alkaline ingredients, penetrates the cortex, can't shampoo out Primary colors - Answer Red, Blue, Yellow Brown - Answer unequal combo of primary color Black - Answer Equal parts of primary colors Warm tones - Answer red, orange, yellow Cool tones - Answer blue, green, violet Neutral tones - Answer perfect combo of both cool and warm tones Eumelanin - Answer Brown to black pigments Pheomelanin - Answer Red to yellow pigments