Barber State Board Exam Practice Test with
Detailed Answers
Acid-balanced Shampoos - Answer- ✔✔Best for color treated hair.
Instant Condtioners - Answer- ✔✔Treatment used to add moisture and protein to hair.
Tissues - Answer- ✔✔Made of cells similar in shape, size, structure, and function.
Freeform Blowdrying - Answer- ✔✔Quick and easy hair drying method commonly used
technique at home.
Freeform Drying Acheievement - Answer- ✔✔Build fullness into the style allowing hair
to fall in nature lines of the cut.
Blowdryer Distance from Head - Answer- ✔✔6 to 10 inches.
Pediculosis Capitis - Answer- ✔✔Head Lice
Alopecia - Answer- ✔✔Technical term for hair loss.
Shaving Movements - Answer- ✔✔14.
Backhand Shaving Strokes - Answer- ✔✔2, 6,9, and 12 (optional).
Reverse Freehand Strokes - Answer- ✔✔5,10,13, and 14.
Reverse Backhand Strokes - Answer- ✔✔Neck shave and sideburns.
Straight Razor Balance - Answer- ✔✔Weight and length of blade relative to the handle.
Grind of Razor - Answer- ✔✔Shape of Razor after ground; concave and wedge.
Grind of Shear - Answer- ✔✔Flat grind of associated with German shears: Hollow
ground blades seen in convex shear styles.
Hot Towel Prohibition - Answer- ✔✔Chapped, blistered, thin, sensitive, pustuled,
abrasive, and lesioned skin.
Acne - Answer- ✔✔Skin disorder; chronic inflammation of sebaceous glands; commonly
occur on face, back, and chest.
, Primary Colors - Answer- ✔✔Basic or true colors that can't be created by mixing; red,
yellow, and blue.
Secondary colors - Answer- ✔✔Created by mixing equal amounts of primary colors;
orange, green, and violet.
Epicranius - Answer- ✔✔Broad muscle consisting of occipitalis and frontalis; cover top
of skull.
Buccinator - Answer- ✔✔Muscle between upper and lower jaw compressing the cheeks
which expel air through the lips.
Pathogen - Answer- ✔✔Harmful bacteria.
Bloodborne pathogens - Answer- ✔✔Disease causing bacteria or viruses that's carried
through the body in blood or bodily fluids.
3 levels of decontamination - Answer- ✔✔Sanitation, disinfection, and sterilization.
sanitation and disinfection - Answer- ✔✔Most used in the barbershop.
Percentage of alcohol used to disinfect. - Answer- ✔✔70%.
Percentage of isopropyl alcohol used as a antiseptic - Answer- ✔✔50 to 60%.
Bleach and ammonia - Answer- ✔✔Never mix these products.
1:1000 - Answer- ✔✔Strength of quat (wet sanitizer) solution.
semipermanent haircolor - Answer- ✔✔Direct dyes that's not mixed with a developer.
Permanent hair color - Answer- ✔✔mixed with a developer and remains in the hair shaft
until the new growth of hair occurs.
Abrasions and lesions present - Answer- ✔✔Don't suggest a scalp treatment.
Serious scalp disorders - Answer- ✔✔Advise to consult a physician.
Hydroxide relaxers and thio relaxers - Answer- ✔✔Not compatible.
Ammonium thioglycolate (ATG) - Answer- ✔✔Main active ingredient or reducing agent
in alkaline.
Detailed Answers
Acid-balanced Shampoos - Answer- ✔✔Best for color treated hair.
Instant Condtioners - Answer- ✔✔Treatment used to add moisture and protein to hair.
Tissues - Answer- ✔✔Made of cells similar in shape, size, structure, and function.
Freeform Blowdrying - Answer- ✔✔Quick and easy hair drying method commonly used
technique at home.
Freeform Drying Acheievement - Answer- ✔✔Build fullness into the style allowing hair
to fall in nature lines of the cut.
Blowdryer Distance from Head - Answer- ✔✔6 to 10 inches.
Pediculosis Capitis - Answer- ✔✔Head Lice
Alopecia - Answer- ✔✔Technical term for hair loss.
Shaving Movements - Answer- ✔✔14.
Backhand Shaving Strokes - Answer- ✔✔2, 6,9, and 12 (optional).
Reverse Freehand Strokes - Answer- ✔✔5,10,13, and 14.
Reverse Backhand Strokes - Answer- ✔✔Neck shave and sideburns.
Straight Razor Balance - Answer- ✔✔Weight and length of blade relative to the handle.
Grind of Razor - Answer- ✔✔Shape of Razor after ground; concave and wedge.
Grind of Shear - Answer- ✔✔Flat grind of associated with German shears: Hollow
ground blades seen in convex shear styles.
Hot Towel Prohibition - Answer- ✔✔Chapped, blistered, thin, sensitive, pustuled,
abrasive, and lesioned skin.
Acne - Answer- ✔✔Skin disorder; chronic inflammation of sebaceous glands; commonly
occur on face, back, and chest.
, Primary Colors - Answer- ✔✔Basic or true colors that can't be created by mixing; red,
yellow, and blue.
Secondary colors - Answer- ✔✔Created by mixing equal amounts of primary colors;
orange, green, and violet.
Epicranius - Answer- ✔✔Broad muscle consisting of occipitalis and frontalis; cover top
of skull.
Buccinator - Answer- ✔✔Muscle between upper and lower jaw compressing the cheeks
which expel air through the lips.
Pathogen - Answer- ✔✔Harmful bacteria.
Bloodborne pathogens - Answer- ✔✔Disease causing bacteria or viruses that's carried
through the body in blood or bodily fluids.
3 levels of decontamination - Answer- ✔✔Sanitation, disinfection, and sterilization.
sanitation and disinfection - Answer- ✔✔Most used in the barbershop.
Percentage of alcohol used to disinfect. - Answer- ✔✔70%.
Percentage of isopropyl alcohol used as a antiseptic - Answer- ✔✔50 to 60%.
Bleach and ammonia - Answer- ✔✔Never mix these products.
1:1000 - Answer- ✔✔Strength of quat (wet sanitizer) solution.
semipermanent haircolor - Answer- ✔✔Direct dyes that's not mixed with a developer.
Permanent hair color - Answer- ✔✔mixed with a developer and remains in the hair shaft
until the new growth of hair occurs.
Abrasions and lesions present - Answer- ✔✔Don't suggest a scalp treatment.
Serious scalp disorders - Answer- ✔✔Advise to consult a physician.
Hydroxide relaxers and thio relaxers - Answer- ✔✔Not compatible.
Ammonium thioglycolate (ATG) - Answer- ✔✔Main active ingredient or reducing agent
in alkaline.
