COSMETOLOGY STATE BOARD EXAM
2024/2025 WITH 100% CORRECT
AND UPDATED ANSWERS.
1) A large blister containing a watery fluid is a -Correct Answer ✔✔
bulla
2) An abnormal cell mass that varies in size, color, and shape is a: -
Correct Answer ✔✔ tumor
3) a ___ is an itch, swollen lesion that can be caused by a number of
factors and is usually resolved by itself -Correct Answer ✔✔
wheal
4) Ingestion of _____ foods can aggravate rosacea. -Correct Answer
✔✔ spicy
5) ___ is a common bacterial infection of the eye -Correct Answer
✔✔ conjunctivitis
6) A noncontagious skin disease characterized by red patches
covered with silver-white scales found on the scalp elbows,
knees, chest and lower back is _____. -Correct Answer ✔✔
psoriasis
7) which of the following may appear to be one solid piece, but is
actually constructed of about 100 layers of nail cells -Correct
Answer ✔✔ nail plate
8) the portion of living skin that supports the nail plate is the nail -
Correct Answer ✔✔ bed
, 9) the nail bed contains many nerves and is attached to the nail
plate with a thin layer of tissue called the ___ -Correct Answer ✔✔
bed epithelium
10) Karen is very nervous at her job interview. Her hands are
sweating so much that she thinks her fingernails are sweating. In
reality, from which part of the nail unit is the sweat most likely
arising? -Correct Answer ✔✔ nail folds
11) Nail polish is applied to the ______. -Correct Answer ✔✔ nail
plate
12) The lighter color of the ________ shows the true color of the
matrix. -Correct Answer ✔✔ lunula
13) The skin that overlaps the side of the nail is called the _____.
-Correct Answer ✔✔ side wall
14) Minor damage to the matrix that produces a whitish
discoloration or white spots on the nails is known as -Correct
Answer ✔✔ leukonychia
15) Physical trauma or injury to the nail bed that damages the
capillaries and allows small amounts of blood flow results in _____.
-Correct Answer ✔✔ splinter hemorrhages
16) In the early stages, a typical bacterial infection on the nail
plate can be identified as a: -Correct Answer ✔✔ yellow greenish
spot
17) what terms refers to the scientific study of hair and its
diseases and care ? -Correct Answer ✔✔ trichology
18) The pocket or tube-like depression in the scalp or skin that
contains the hair root is the hair _____. -Correct Answer ✔✔
follicle
2024/2025 WITH 100% CORRECT
AND UPDATED ANSWERS.
1) A large blister containing a watery fluid is a -Correct Answer ✔✔
bulla
2) An abnormal cell mass that varies in size, color, and shape is a: -
Correct Answer ✔✔ tumor
3) a ___ is an itch, swollen lesion that can be caused by a number of
factors and is usually resolved by itself -Correct Answer ✔✔
wheal
4) Ingestion of _____ foods can aggravate rosacea. -Correct Answer
✔✔ spicy
5) ___ is a common bacterial infection of the eye -Correct Answer
✔✔ conjunctivitis
6) A noncontagious skin disease characterized by red patches
covered with silver-white scales found on the scalp elbows,
knees, chest and lower back is _____. -Correct Answer ✔✔
psoriasis
7) which of the following may appear to be one solid piece, but is
actually constructed of about 100 layers of nail cells -Correct
Answer ✔✔ nail plate
8) the portion of living skin that supports the nail plate is the nail -
Correct Answer ✔✔ bed
, 9) the nail bed contains many nerves and is attached to the nail
plate with a thin layer of tissue called the ___ -Correct Answer ✔✔
bed epithelium
10) Karen is very nervous at her job interview. Her hands are
sweating so much that she thinks her fingernails are sweating. In
reality, from which part of the nail unit is the sweat most likely
arising? -Correct Answer ✔✔ nail folds
11) Nail polish is applied to the ______. -Correct Answer ✔✔ nail
plate
12) The lighter color of the ________ shows the true color of the
matrix. -Correct Answer ✔✔ lunula
13) The skin that overlaps the side of the nail is called the _____.
-Correct Answer ✔✔ side wall
14) Minor damage to the matrix that produces a whitish
discoloration or white spots on the nails is known as -Correct
Answer ✔✔ leukonychia
15) Physical trauma or injury to the nail bed that damages the
capillaries and allows small amounts of blood flow results in _____.
-Correct Answer ✔✔ splinter hemorrhages
16) In the early stages, a typical bacterial infection on the nail
plate can be identified as a: -Correct Answer ✔✔ yellow greenish
spot
17) what terms refers to the scientific study of hair and its
diseases and care ? -Correct Answer ✔✔ trichology
18) The pocket or tube-like depression in the scalp or skin that
contains the hair root is the hair _____. -Correct Answer ✔✔
follicle
