COSMETOLOGY INSTRUCTOR EXAM
STUDY GUIDE 2025 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
80/20 - ANS 80% are average performers where as 20% are in the top of your profession by;
showing up, being on time, and being ready to work.
AACS/CEA - ANS American Association of Cosmetology Schools/Cosmetology Educators of
America
ACTIVE LISTENING - ANS Be with the speaker, don't interrupt, repeat, gain agreement.
ADD/ADHD - ANS Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADVISORY COUNCIL - ANS Composed of school owners and directors, educators and
employers, graduates, representatives from state, regulatory oversight agencies. Identifies and
prioritizes subject matter and skills that need to be taught.
ANECDOTES - ANS Describes a specific point to help get the learners focus directed toward
the objectives of the lesson.
ANTICIPATORY SET - ANS The process of getting the students ready to learn.
ASSERTIVENESS - ANS The degree of boldness or confidence one has in dealing with others.
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, AUTHORITY - ANS An individual cited or appealed to as an expert or to influence thought,
opinion, or behavior.
CLASSROOM ARRANGEMENTS - ANS Helps to determine educator control, sightlines with
and among students, and overall student participation.
COMPASSION - ANS The deep feeling of sharing or feeling the pain or suffering of another,
sympathy.
CONFERENCES - ANS Private, nonthreatening, face to face talk to bring about change, not to
intimidate or control behavior.
CONSISTENCY - ANS Behaving the same way on repeated occasions when the circumstances
are the same or similar.
COURSE OBJECTIVE - ANS AKA: Program objective - specifies the learning outcomes of the
program of study.
COURSE OF STUDY - ANS AKA: Program of study - Properly developed program will result in
an orderly and systematic process of education.
CRITICISM - ANS Be open to constructive criticism, be humble, put yourself in the other
person's shoes, apologize if necessary and don't whine, cry, or blame others.
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT - ANS The process of developing a set of courses constituting
an area of specialization as prescribed by the state regulatory agency.
DEDUCTIVE REASONING - ANS The process of reaching a probable conclusion by employing
logical reasoning.
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STUDY GUIDE 2025 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
80/20 - ANS 80% are average performers where as 20% are in the top of your profession by;
showing up, being on time, and being ready to work.
AACS/CEA - ANS American Association of Cosmetology Schools/Cosmetology Educators of
America
ACTIVE LISTENING - ANS Be with the speaker, don't interrupt, repeat, gain agreement.
ADD/ADHD - ANS Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADVISORY COUNCIL - ANS Composed of school owners and directors, educators and
employers, graduates, representatives from state, regulatory oversight agencies. Identifies and
prioritizes subject matter and skills that need to be taught.
ANECDOTES - ANS Describes a specific point to help get the learners focus directed toward
the objectives of the lesson.
ANTICIPATORY SET - ANS The process of getting the students ready to learn.
ASSERTIVENESS - ANS The degree of boldness or confidence one has in dealing with others.
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, AUTHORITY - ANS An individual cited or appealed to as an expert or to influence thought,
opinion, or behavior.
CLASSROOM ARRANGEMENTS - ANS Helps to determine educator control, sightlines with
and among students, and overall student participation.
COMPASSION - ANS The deep feeling of sharing or feeling the pain or suffering of another,
sympathy.
CONFERENCES - ANS Private, nonthreatening, face to face talk to bring about change, not to
intimidate or control behavior.
CONSISTENCY - ANS Behaving the same way on repeated occasions when the circumstances
are the same or similar.
COURSE OBJECTIVE - ANS AKA: Program objective - specifies the learning outcomes of the
program of study.
COURSE OF STUDY - ANS AKA: Program of study - Properly developed program will result in
an orderly and systematic process of education.
CRITICISM - ANS Be open to constructive criticism, be humble, put yourself in the other
person's shoes, apologize if necessary and don't whine, cry, or blame others.
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT - ANS The process of developing a set of courses constituting
an area of specialization as prescribed by the state regulatory agency.
DEDUCTIVE REASONING - ANS The process of reaching a probable conclusion by employing
logical reasoning.
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