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NEVADA STATE BOARD OF COSMETOLOGY EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024/2025 GRADED A+.
Nails should be filed: - (answers)Outer edge/corner to center
A product that shouldn't be used on your clients feet: - (answers)Disinfectant
Which of the following services is outside the scope of practice for a licensed
cosmo/nail tech? - (answers)Cutting calluses (cutting/shaving calluses is illegal)
Pedicure chairs must be DISINFECTED: - (answers)After every client
Product that can be applied to the skin to reduce or prevent growth of
bacteria/microbes: - (answers)Antiseptic
Prior to using a thermal iron you should: - (answers)Test iron on white tissue
paper or cloth
Where should nail primer be placed? - (answers)Natural nail
Outermost layer of hair: - (answers)Cuticle
Innermost layer of hair: - (answers)Medulla
, 2
What PH is neutral? - (answers)7
Never apply hair color to scalp if showing signs of: - (answers)Abrasions
Intense light used to destroy the growth cells of the hair follicle is a method of
hair removal called: - (answers)Photoepilation
AMP is a unit of electric: - (answers)Strength
Constant, stable guide to which all lengths are directed is referred to as: -
(answers)Stationary design line
A design line used as a length guide for sculpting uniformly layered forms referred
to as: - (answers)Mobile/traveling
A moveable guide that consists of a small amount of previously cut hair is known
as: - (answers)Mobile/traveling
Hair Pressing: - (answers)Silking
Dart alterations of a wig are made vertically to: - (answers)Remove width in the
nape area
, 3
The purpose of neutralizer is to stop processing and: - (answers)Reform and
harden the hair
Avoid when massaging or nail service (contraindictations) - (answers)High blood
pressure and Varicose veins
Nail techs soften calluses with: - (answers)Callus softener, pumice/foot file. Never
use razors
Which finger goes in the rest on the still blade of the shears? - (answers)Pinky
A razor should be used on: - (answers)Wet hair
A true law: - (answers)Something that can't be changed
Primary colors: - (answers)- Red, yellow, and blue, colors that cannot be made by
mixing other colors together
- Creates a black-dark muddy gray color when all 3 colors are combined in equal
parts
Secondary colors: - (answers)Created when 2 primary colors are combined in
equal parts
NEVADA STATE BOARD OF COSMETOLOGY EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024/2025 GRADED A+.
Nails should be filed: - (answers)Outer edge/corner to center
A product that shouldn't be used on your clients feet: - (answers)Disinfectant
Which of the following services is outside the scope of practice for a licensed
cosmo/nail tech? - (answers)Cutting calluses (cutting/shaving calluses is illegal)
Pedicure chairs must be DISINFECTED: - (answers)After every client
Product that can be applied to the skin to reduce or prevent growth of
bacteria/microbes: - (answers)Antiseptic
Prior to using a thermal iron you should: - (answers)Test iron on white tissue
paper or cloth
Where should nail primer be placed? - (answers)Natural nail
Outermost layer of hair: - (answers)Cuticle
Innermost layer of hair: - (answers)Medulla
, 2
What PH is neutral? - (answers)7
Never apply hair color to scalp if showing signs of: - (answers)Abrasions
Intense light used to destroy the growth cells of the hair follicle is a method of
hair removal called: - (answers)Photoepilation
AMP is a unit of electric: - (answers)Strength
Constant, stable guide to which all lengths are directed is referred to as: -
(answers)Stationary design line
A design line used as a length guide for sculpting uniformly layered forms referred
to as: - (answers)Mobile/traveling
A moveable guide that consists of a small amount of previously cut hair is known
as: - (answers)Mobile/traveling
Hair Pressing: - (answers)Silking
Dart alterations of a wig are made vertically to: - (answers)Remove width in the
nape area
, 3
The purpose of neutralizer is to stop processing and: - (answers)Reform and
harden the hair
Avoid when massaging or nail service (contraindictations) - (answers)High blood
pressure and Varicose veins
Nail techs soften calluses with: - (answers)Callus softener, pumice/foot file. Never
use razors
Which finger goes in the rest on the still blade of the shears? - (answers)Pinky
A razor should be used on: - (answers)Wet hair
A true law: - (answers)Something that can't be changed
Primary colors: - (answers)- Red, yellow, and blue, colors that cannot be made by
mixing other colors together
- Creates a black-dark muddy gray color when all 3 colors are combined in equal
parts
Secondary colors: - (answers)Created when 2 primary colors are combined in
equal parts
