NY STATE WAXING PRACTICE TEST EXAM QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS 2025/2026 GRADED A+
✔✔innermost layer of the skin, containing fat tissue - ✔✔subcutaneous layer
✔✔This involuntary muscle is responsible for goosebumps - ✔✔arrector pili
✔✔Outer layer of the dermis, directly beneath the epidermis - ✔✔papillary layer
✔✔Provides skin color and absorbs UV radiation - ✔✔Melanin
✔✔Produces yellow or red pigments in the hair - ✔✔Pheomelanin
✔✔Gives skin its form and strength - ✔✔Collagen
✔✔Gives skin its flexibility and helps skin regain its shape - ✔✔Elastin
✔✔Oil glands that are connected to hair follicles - ✔✔Sebaceous glands
✔✔When sebum hardens and the pore becomes clogged it's called this - ✔✔Comedone
✔✔A medication used to treat acne and sun-damaged skin - ✔✔Retinoic acid
✔✔Water composes how much of the body weight? - ✔✔50-70%
✔✔The principal functions of the skin - ✔✔Protection, sensation, heat regulation,
excretion, secretion, absorption
✔✔Finger-like projections located at the base of the hair follicle - ✔✔Dermal papilla
✔✔Substance secreted by the sebaceous gland - ✔✔Sebum
✔✔Part of the hair that projects above the skin - ✔✔Hair shaft
✔✔Tube like depression that contains the hair root - ✔✔Follicle
✔✔Thickened, club-like structure that forms the lower part of the hair root - ✔✔Hair bulb
✔✔3 layers of the hair shaft are the - ✔✔Cuticle, cortex and medulla
✔✔Transparent scale-like layer of the hair shaft that looks like shingles on a roof -
✔✔Cuticle layer
, ✔✔Fibrous layer of the hair that contains melanin and gives hair its color - ✔✔Cortex
layer
✔✔What are the COHNS elements? - ✔✔The five elements- carbon, oxygen, hydrogen,
nitrogen and sulfur- that make up human hair, skin, tissue, and nails.
✔✔Natural hair color is the result of what? - ✔✔Melanin located in the cortex
✔✔Term used to describe the shape of the hair strand - ✔✔Wave pattern
✔✔Thickness or diameter of the individual hair strand is referred to as hair... -
✔✔Texture
✔✔Short, fine, downy hair that helps with efficient evaporation of perspiration is called...
- ✔✔Vellus hair
✔✔3 stages of hair growth - ✔✔Anagen, catagen, and telogen
✔✔Resting or final phase of the hair cycle that lasts until the fully grown hair is shed... -
✔✔Telogen phase
✔✔Excessive hair growth, over and above the normal for the age, sex and race of an
individual - ✔✔Hypertrichosis
✔✔Acute, localized bacterial infection of the hair follicle that produces constant pain -
✔✔Furuncle (boil)
✔✔Electricity is a form of ________ but does not occupy space or have physical or
chemical properties - ✔✔Energy
✔✔This metal is a good conductor of electricity - ✔✔Copper
✔✔A path of electricity which goes from its source, along a route, and back to its
original source. - ✔✔Complete circuit
✔✔Rubber, silk, wood, and glass are common examples of: - ✔✔Insulators
✔✔Even-flowing electrical current that travels in one direction only - ✔✔Direct current
✔✔Apparatus that changes direct current to alternating current - ✔✔Converter
✔✔Electric current which periodically reverses direction - ✔✔Alternating current
AND SOLUTIONS 2025/2026 GRADED A+
✔✔innermost layer of the skin, containing fat tissue - ✔✔subcutaneous layer
✔✔This involuntary muscle is responsible for goosebumps - ✔✔arrector pili
✔✔Outer layer of the dermis, directly beneath the epidermis - ✔✔papillary layer
✔✔Provides skin color and absorbs UV radiation - ✔✔Melanin
✔✔Produces yellow or red pigments in the hair - ✔✔Pheomelanin
✔✔Gives skin its form and strength - ✔✔Collagen
✔✔Gives skin its flexibility and helps skin regain its shape - ✔✔Elastin
✔✔Oil glands that are connected to hair follicles - ✔✔Sebaceous glands
✔✔When sebum hardens and the pore becomes clogged it's called this - ✔✔Comedone
✔✔A medication used to treat acne and sun-damaged skin - ✔✔Retinoic acid
✔✔Water composes how much of the body weight? - ✔✔50-70%
✔✔The principal functions of the skin - ✔✔Protection, sensation, heat regulation,
excretion, secretion, absorption
✔✔Finger-like projections located at the base of the hair follicle - ✔✔Dermal papilla
✔✔Substance secreted by the sebaceous gland - ✔✔Sebum
✔✔Part of the hair that projects above the skin - ✔✔Hair shaft
✔✔Tube like depression that contains the hair root - ✔✔Follicle
✔✔Thickened, club-like structure that forms the lower part of the hair root - ✔✔Hair bulb
✔✔3 layers of the hair shaft are the - ✔✔Cuticle, cortex and medulla
✔✔Transparent scale-like layer of the hair shaft that looks like shingles on a roof -
✔✔Cuticle layer
, ✔✔Fibrous layer of the hair that contains melanin and gives hair its color - ✔✔Cortex
layer
✔✔What are the COHNS elements? - ✔✔The five elements- carbon, oxygen, hydrogen,
nitrogen and sulfur- that make up human hair, skin, tissue, and nails.
✔✔Natural hair color is the result of what? - ✔✔Melanin located in the cortex
✔✔Term used to describe the shape of the hair strand - ✔✔Wave pattern
✔✔Thickness or diameter of the individual hair strand is referred to as hair... -
✔✔Texture
✔✔Short, fine, downy hair that helps with efficient evaporation of perspiration is called...
- ✔✔Vellus hair
✔✔3 stages of hair growth - ✔✔Anagen, catagen, and telogen
✔✔Resting or final phase of the hair cycle that lasts until the fully grown hair is shed... -
✔✔Telogen phase
✔✔Excessive hair growth, over and above the normal for the age, sex and race of an
individual - ✔✔Hypertrichosis
✔✔Acute, localized bacterial infection of the hair follicle that produces constant pain -
✔✔Furuncle (boil)
✔✔Electricity is a form of ________ but does not occupy space or have physical or
chemical properties - ✔✔Energy
✔✔This metal is a good conductor of electricity - ✔✔Copper
✔✔A path of electricity which goes from its source, along a route, and back to its
original source. - ✔✔Complete circuit
✔✔Rubber, silk, wood, and glass are common examples of: - ✔✔Insulators
✔✔Even-flowing electrical current that travels in one direction only - ✔✔Direct current
✔✔Apparatus that changes direct current to alternating current - ✔✔Converter
✔✔Electric current which periodically reverses direction - ✔✔Alternating current
