Cosmetology State Board Practice Test
Questions and Answers Already Passed
Corrugations - -Nail disorder - Horizontal wavy ridges caused by uneven
growth due to illness or injuries.
-Furrows - -Nail disorder - vertical lines down the nail plate caused by
nutrition, injury or illness.
-Leuconchia - -White spots on the nail caused by injury to the base of the
nail
-Onychorrhexis - -Split or brittle nails caused by injury, careless filing,
vitamin deficiencies, illness, and frequent exposure to strong chemicals.
-Hang Nails - -Caused by dry cuticle and carlessness in removing the cuticle
-Onychomycosis Unguium - -Nail fungus caused by a parasite. very
contagious
-Onychocryptosis - -Ingrown nail caused by filing the nail too much, or tight
fitting shoes.
-Verruca - -Warts caused by infectious virus
-Onycholysis - -lifting of the nail without shedding
-5 Basic Nail Shapes - -squoval, round, oval, pointed, square
-Toner - -used on pre-lightened hair to achieve pale and delicate colors
after decoloring
-Conditioning filler - -protein conditioner that will equalize porosity and fill
the holes
-Color filler - -used to replace the missing primary colors
-Oxidative - -Demi- permenant and permenant color
-Non-oxidative color - -temporary - physical change only. Semi-permanent.
-Double process blonde - -decolorizing and toning
, -What affects lightener working time? - -Melanin - the more there is the
longer the process. Scalp processes faster because of body heat
-Lift - -lightening by breaking up the melanin to decolorize hair
-Deposit - -means that product only deposits color because it does not
contain ammonia or high alkalinity necessary to lift
-developer - -oxidizing agent H2O2 when mixed with ammonia it will break
up the melanin and give ability to lift or lighten
-Semi-permanent color - -non-oxidative, temporary color, stains cuticle,
fades in each shampoo.
-Demi-permanent color - -oxidative, deposit only, deepens or changes the
tone
-Permanent color - -lightens and deposits at the same time. more alkaline
ingredients, penetrates the cortex, can't shampoo out
-Primary colors - -Red, Blue, Yellow
-Brown - -unequal combo of primary color
-Black - -Equal parts of primary colors
-Warm tones - -red, orange, yellow
-Cool tones - -blue, green, violet
-Neutral tones - -perfect combo of both cool and warm tones
-Eumelanin - -Brown to black pigments
-Pheomelanin - -Red to yellow pigments
-Coarse texture - -largest diameter, greatest amount of melanin, processing
time and lift is affected
-medium texture - -has a balance of melanin, typically no problems
-Fine texture - -smallest diameter, least amount of melanin, more
susceptible to darker drabber results, more prone to damage
Questions and Answers Already Passed
Corrugations - -Nail disorder - Horizontal wavy ridges caused by uneven
growth due to illness or injuries.
-Furrows - -Nail disorder - vertical lines down the nail plate caused by
nutrition, injury or illness.
-Leuconchia - -White spots on the nail caused by injury to the base of the
nail
-Onychorrhexis - -Split or brittle nails caused by injury, careless filing,
vitamin deficiencies, illness, and frequent exposure to strong chemicals.
-Hang Nails - -Caused by dry cuticle and carlessness in removing the cuticle
-Onychomycosis Unguium - -Nail fungus caused by a parasite. very
contagious
-Onychocryptosis - -Ingrown nail caused by filing the nail too much, or tight
fitting shoes.
-Verruca - -Warts caused by infectious virus
-Onycholysis - -lifting of the nail without shedding
-5 Basic Nail Shapes - -squoval, round, oval, pointed, square
-Toner - -used on pre-lightened hair to achieve pale and delicate colors
after decoloring
-Conditioning filler - -protein conditioner that will equalize porosity and fill
the holes
-Color filler - -used to replace the missing primary colors
-Oxidative - -Demi- permenant and permenant color
-Non-oxidative color - -temporary - physical change only. Semi-permanent.
-Double process blonde - -decolorizing and toning
, -What affects lightener working time? - -Melanin - the more there is the
longer the process. Scalp processes faster because of body heat
-Lift - -lightening by breaking up the melanin to decolorize hair
-Deposit - -means that product only deposits color because it does not
contain ammonia or high alkalinity necessary to lift
-developer - -oxidizing agent H2O2 when mixed with ammonia it will break
up the melanin and give ability to lift or lighten
-Semi-permanent color - -non-oxidative, temporary color, stains cuticle,
fades in each shampoo.
-Demi-permanent color - -oxidative, deposit only, deepens or changes the
tone
-Permanent color - -lightens and deposits at the same time. more alkaline
ingredients, penetrates the cortex, can't shampoo out
-Primary colors - -Red, Blue, Yellow
-Brown - -unequal combo of primary color
-Black - -Equal parts of primary colors
-Warm tones - -red, orange, yellow
-Cool tones - -blue, green, violet
-Neutral tones - -perfect combo of both cool and warm tones
-Eumelanin - -Brown to black pigments
-Pheomelanin - -Red to yellow pigments
-Coarse texture - -largest diameter, greatest amount of melanin, processing
time and lift is affected
-medium texture - -has a balance of melanin, typically no problems
-Fine texture - -smallest diameter, least amount of melanin, more
susceptible to darker drabber results, more prone to damage
