California Cosmetology State Board
Practice Test
Corrugations - ANSWERSNail disorder - Horizontal wavy ridges caused by uneven growth due to illness or
injuries.
Furrows - ANSWERSNail disorder - vertical lines down the nail plate caused by nutrition, injury or illness.
Leuconchia - ANSWERSWhite spots on the nail caused by injury to the base of the nail
Onychorrhexis - ANSWERSSplit or brittle nails caused by injury, careless filing, vitamin deficiencies, illness, and
frequent exposure to strong chemicals.
Hang Nails - ANSWERSCaused by dry cuticle and carlessness in removing the cuticle
Onychomycosis Unguium - ANSWERSNail fungus caused by a parasite. very contagious
Onychocryptosis - ANSWERSIngrown nail caused by filing the nail too much, or tight fitting shoes.
Verruca - ANSWERSWarts caused by infectious virus
Onycholysis - ANSWERSlifting of the nail without shedding
5 Basic Nail Shapes - ANSWERSsquoval, round, oval, pointed, square
Toner - ANSWERSused on pre-lightened hair to achieve pale and delicate colors after decoloring
Conditioning filler - ANSWERSprotein conditioner that will equalize porosity and fill the holes
, Color filler - ANSWERSused to replace the missing primary colors
Oxidative - ANSWERSDemi- permenant and permenant color
Non-oxidative color - ANSWERStemporary - physical change only. Semi-permanent.
Double process blonde - ANSWERSdecolorizing and toning
What affects lightener working time? - ANSWERSMelanin - the more there is the longer the process. Scalp
processes faster because of body heat
Lift - ANSWERSlightening by breaking up the melanin to decolorize hair
Deposit - ANSWERSmeans that product only deposits color because it does not contain ammonia or high
alkalinity necessary to lift
developer - ANSWERSoxidizing agent H2O2 when mixed with ammonia it will break up the melanin and give
ability to lift or lighten
Semi-permanent color - ANSWERSnon-oxidative, temporary color, stains cuticle, fades in each shampoo.
Demi-permanent color - ANSWERSoxidative, deposit only, deepens or changes the tone
Permanent color - ANSWERSlightens and deposits at the same time. more alkaline ingredients, penetrates the
cortex, can't shampoo out
Primary colors - ANSWERSRed, Blue, Yellow
Brown - ANSWERSunequal combo of primary color
Practice Test
Corrugations - ANSWERSNail disorder - Horizontal wavy ridges caused by uneven growth due to illness or
injuries.
Furrows - ANSWERSNail disorder - vertical lines down the nail plate caused by nutrition, injury or illness.
Leuconchia - ANSWERSWhite spots on the nail caused by injury to the base of the nail
Onychorrhexis - ANSWERSSplit or brittle nails caused by injury, careless filing, vitamin deficiencies, illness, and
frequent exposure to strong chemicals.
Hang Nails - ANSWERSCaused by dry cuticle and carlessness in removing the cuticle
Onychomycosis Unguium - ANSWERSNail fungus caused by a parasite. very contagious
Onychocryptosis - ANSWERSIngrown nail caused by filing the nail too much, or tight fitting shoes.
Verruca - ANSWERSWarts caused by infectious virus
Onycholysis - ANSWERSlifting of the nail without shedding
5 Basic Nail Shapes - ANSWERSsquoval, round, oval, pointed, square
Toner - ANSWERSused on pre-lightened hair to achieve pale and delicate colors after decoloring
Conditioning filler - ANSWERSprotein conditioner that will equalize porosity and fill the holes
, Color filler - ANSWERSused to replace the missing primary colors
Oxidative - ANSWERSDemi- permenant and permenant color
Non-oxidative color - ANSWERStemporary - physical change only. Semi-permanent.
Double process blonde - ANSWERSdecolorizing and toning
What affects lightener working time? - ANSWERSMelanin - the more there is the longer the process. Scalp
processes faster because of body heat
Lift - ANSWERSlightening by breaking up the melanin to decolorize hair
Deposit - ANSWERSmeans that product only deposits color because it does not contain ammonia or high
alkalinity necessary to lift
developer - ANSWERSoxidizing agent H2O2 when mixed with ammonia it will break up the melanin and give
ability to lift or lighten
Semi-permanent color - ANSWERSnon-oxidative, temporary color, stains cuticle, fades in each shampoo.
Demi-permanent color - ANSWERSoxidative, deposit only, deepens or changes the tone
Permanent color - ANSWERSlightens and deposits at the same time. more alkaline ingredients, penetrates the
cortex, can't shampoo out
Primary colors - ANSWERSRed, Blue, Yellow
Brown - ANSWERSunequal combo of primary color
