PSI MANICURIST TEXAS STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔An overgrowth of cuticle at the base of the nail - ✔✔Pterygium may be helped by a
hot oil manicure as it is
✔✔Leucoderma - ✔✔Abnormal white patches that is sometimes found on hands and
arms is known as
✔✔24 hours - ✔✔Prior to a pedicure service, how long should a licensee suggest
clients to shave her legs?
✔✔Dermis - ✔✔The layer of skin, which is considered the true skin layer
✔✔Quats - ✔✔When blood is on the floor, it should be cleaned with
✔✔Googles - ✔✔When applying a primer, licensees should wear
✔✔Deinfestation - ✔✔These are the types of decontamination except
A. Sanitation
B. Disinfection
C. Sterilization
D. Deinfestation
✔✔At least 70% - ✔✔What is the percentage of alcohol a cosmetologist should always
establish?
✔✔Disinfected (with EPA or bleach) - ✔✔After each use, the filter and jet spray of a foot
bath must be
✔✔Discarded - ✔✔Materials that come into contact with blood should be
✔✔Cocci - ✔✔Round bacteria that produce pus
✔✔Round - ✔✔What shape does cocci have?
✔✔Water and soap - ✔✔Manicure brushes are used with
✔✔Disinfectant - ✔✔Quaternary ammonium compound (Quat) is a
✔✔180-240 degree - ✔✔At what angle should an electrical nail drill be placed on the
client's finger nails?
A. 180-240 degree
B. 100-120 degree
,C. 140-160 degree
D. 180-200 degree
✔✔Permanent tattoo - ✔✔Cosmetologists should do all of these services except
A. Permanent tattoo
B. Change polish
C. Massage
D. Facial
✔✔Polish changing - ✔✔A cosmetology licensee should not perform any below services
except
A. Swollen
B. Inflammation
C. Fungus
D. Polish changing
✔✔Splitted nails - ✔✔Onycholysis is defined as which type of nail disease?
✔✔Pneumonia - ✔✔The disease caused by diplococci is called
✔✔Hang nail - ✔✔Avoid over cutting cuticle around client's finger nails could prevent
✔✔Split or brittle nails - ✔✔Onychorrhexis is referred to
✔✔Immerse in acetone for 5-10 minutes - ✔✔Which of the following methods is used to
clear an electrical nail drill?
A. Immerse in acetone for 5-10 minutes
B. Immerse in bleach for 1-5 minutes
C. Spray with antiseptic
D. Spray with quats
✔✔MMA - ✔✔Which of the following solutions is prohibited in the state of Texas?
A. MMA
B. DAMA
C. MDAM
D. MADM
✔✔The licensee's personal possession - ✔✔When a client is bleeding during the
service, TDLR could consider any of the following solutions except
A. The degree of injury
B. Purposely injure
C. The licensee's personal possession
D. All of the above
✔✔All of the above - ✔✔Before getting the cosmetology license, one should
, A. Mediate
B. Call TDLR to ensure the license is sent
C. Test out the quality of all the equipment
D. All of the above
✔✔Trays - ✔✔Disinfected implements for pedicures and manicures should not be
stored in
✔✔By dividing in half - ✔✔In what manner do bacteria multiply?
✔✔Picked up and sanitized - ✔✔If an implement is accidentally dropped on the floor,
how should it be treated?
✔✔Hospital grade disinfectant - ✔✔A disinfectant container should contain
✔✔Ankle bone - ✔✔Another name for talus is
✔✔To resist diseases - ✔✔What is immunity?
✔✔Radius - ✔✔The bone on the thumb side of the forearm is the
✔✔After each use - ✔✔Manicuring implements should be sanitzed
✔✔Styptic powder - ✔✔Minor bleeding from a cut may be stopped by using
✔✔Tinea unguium - ✔✔The technical term for ringworm of the hand is
✔✔Slit nails - ✔✔Onycherrhex refers to
✔✔Matrix - ✔✔The nail will not grow if there is permanent damage to the
✔✔Onychorrhexis - ✔✔A manicurist may treat
✔✔Tinea (contagious fungal skin infection) - ✔✔A manicurist may not treat a client
suffering from
✔✔Nail matrix - ✔✔Onychia is an inflammation with pus formation affect the
✔✔Athlete's foot - ✔✔Watery blisters and thick white skin between the toes are signs of
✔✔Antibacterial soap - ✔✔Before starting a manicure, sanitize the client's hand with
✔✔Afferent - ✔✔What type of neurons carry impulses to the brain?
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔An overgrowth of cuticle at the base of the nail - ✔✔Pterygium may be helped by a
hot oil manicure as it is
✔✔Leucoderma - ✔✔Abnormal white patches that is sometimes found on hands and
arms is known as
✔✔24 hours - ✔✔Prior to a pedicure service, how long should a licensee suggest
clients to shave her legs?
✔✔Dermis - ✔✔The layer of skin, which is considered the true skin layer
✔✔Quats - ✔✔When blood is on the floor, it should be cleaned with
✔✔Googles - ✔✔When applying a primer, licensees should wear
✔✔Deinfestation - ✔✔These are the types of decontamination except
A. Sanitation
B. Disinfection
C. Sterilization
D. Deinfestation
✔✔At least 70% - ✔✔What is the percentage of alcohol a cosmetologist should always
establish?
✔✔Disinfected (with EPA or bleach) - ✔✔After each use, the filter and jet spray of a foot
bath must be
✔✔Discarded - ✔✔Materials that come into contact with blood should be
✔✔Cocci - ✔✔Round bacteria that produce pus
✔✔Round - ✔✔What shape does cocci have?
✔✔Water and soap - ✔✔Manicure brushes are used with
✔✔Disinfectant - ✔✔Quaternary ammonium compound (Quat) is a
✔✔180-240 degree - ✔✔At what angle should an electrical nail drill be placed on the
client's finger nails?
A. 180-240 degree
B. 100-120 degree
,C. 140-160 degree
D. 180-200 degree
✔✔Permanent tattoo - ✔✔Cosmetologists should do all of these services except
A. Permanent tattoo
B. Change polish
C. Massage
D. Facial
✔✔Polish changing - ✔✔A cosmetology licensee should not perform any below services
except
A. Swollen
B. Inflammation
C. Fungus
D. Polish changing
✔✔Splitted nails - ✔✔Onycholysis is defined as which type of nail disease?
✔✔Pneumonia - ✔✔The disease caused by diplococci is called
✔✔Hang nail - ✔✔Avoid over cutting cuticle around client's finger nails could prevent
✔✔Split or brittle nails - ✔✔Onychorrhexis is referred to
✔✔Immerse in acetone for 5-10 minutes - ✔✔Which of the following methods is used to
clear an electrical nail drill?
A. Immerse in acetone for 5-10 minutes
B. Immerse in bleach for 1-5 minutes
C. Spray with antiseptic
D. Spray with quats
✔✔MMA - ✔✔Which of the following solutions is prohibited in the state of Texas?
A. MMA
B. DAMA
C. MDAM
D. MADM
✔✔The licensee's personal possession - ✔✔When a client is bleeding during the
service, TDLR could consider any of the following solutions except
A. The degree of injury
B. Purposely injure
C. The licensee's personal possession
D. All of the above
✔✔All of the above - ✔✔Before getting the cosmetology license, one should
, A. Mediate
B. Call TDLR to ensure the license is sent
C. Test out the quality of all the equipment
D. All of the above
✔✔Trays - ✔✔Disinfected implements for pedicures and manicures should not be
stored in
✔✔By dividing in half - ✔✔In what manner do bacteria multiply?
✔✔Picked up and sanitized - ✔✔If an implement is accidentally dropped on the floor,
how should it be treated?
✔✔Hospital grade disinfectant - ✔✔A disinfectant container should contain
✔✔Ankle bone - ✔✔Another name for talus is
✔✔To resist diseases - ✔✔What is immunity?
✔✔Radius - ✔✔The bone on the thumb side of the forearm is the
✔✔After each use - ✔✔Manicuring implements should be sanitzed
✔✔Styptic powder - ✔✔Minor bleeding from a cut may be stopped by using
✔✔Tinea unguium - ✔✔The technical term for ringworm of the hand is
✔✔Slit nails - ✔✔Onycherrhex refers to
✔✔Matrix - ✔✔The nail will not grow if there is permanent damage to the
✔✔Onychorrhexis - ✔✔A manicurist may treat
✔✔Tinea (contagious fungal skin infection) - ✔✔A manicurist may not treat a client
suffering from
✔✔Nail matrix - ✔✔Onychia is an inflammation with pus formation affect the
✔✔Athlete's foot - ✔✔Watery blisters and thick white skin between the toes are signs of
✔✔Antibacterial soap - ✔✔Before starting a manicure, sanitize the client's hand with
✔✔Afferent - ✔✔What type of neurons carry impulses to the brain?
