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BARBERS STATE BOARD ACTUAL EXAM NEWEST
2025/2026 NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED
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if your client has Pediculosis (lice), what must you do:
a) recommend a product to destroy lice
b) refuse service
c) recommend they see a doctor
d) complete service - ANSWER-b) refuse service
what is the best method to handle your shears if you stop cutting
momentarily: - ANSWER-a) place them closed on your station
THINNING SHEARS ARE USED TO - ANSWER-Remove excess
bulk
which governmental agency enforces health and safety standards
in the workplace - ANSWER-OSHA
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when cutting the hair with clippers it is generally best to:
a) follow direction of natural growth
b) go against the direction of natural growth
c) have the hair slightly damp
d) shampoo and dry the hair prior to cutting - ANSWER-b) go
against the direction of natural growth
when cutting hair using clippers, they should be held in what
relationship to the comb
s) at a 90 angle
b) at a 45 degree angle
c) in the same position
d) beneath the comb - ANSWER-c) in the same position
in haircutting, elevation is referred to:
a) a weight line
b) control
c) graduation
d) movement - ANSWER-c) graduation
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commonly referred to as the "adams apple" this bone is known
as:
a) ethmoid
b) sphenoid
c) henoid
d) hyoid - ANSWER-d) hyoid
the technical name for skin - ANSWER-derma
Using "single-notched" shears will have which of the following
effects:
a) remove more hair the double notched
b) create a spiked look
c) remove less hair than the double notched
d) none of the above - ANSWER-a) remove more hair
the most commonly used elevations in haircutting are - ANSWER-
45 and 90 degrees
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if your client has almost entirely gray hair and wants to darken to
its original color, where should you begin to apply the product:
a) nape
b) grown
c) sides
d) front - ANSWER-d) front
an angle below 90 degrees is used primarily to:
a) decrease weight
B) build weight
c) decrease movement
d) increase movement - ANSWER-b) build weight
Para- phenylenediamine is an ingredient found in all the following
except:
a) semi permanent
b) demi permanent
c) certified colors
BARBERS STATE BOARD ACTUAL EXAM NEWEST
2025/2026 NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED
A+|
if your client has Pediculosis (lice), what must you do:
a) recommend a product to destroy lice
b) refuse service
c) recommend they see a doctor
d) complete service - ANSWER-b) refuse service
what is the best method to handle your shears if you stop cutting
momentarily: - ANSWER-a) place them closed on your station
THINNING SHEARS ARE USED TO - ANSWER-Remove excess
bulk
which governmental agency enforces health and safety standards
in the workplace - ANSWER-OSHA
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when cutting the hair with clippers it is generally best to:
a) follow direction of natural growth
b) go against the direction of natural growth
c) have the hair slightly damp
d) shampoo and dry the hair prior to cutting - ANSWER-b) go
against the direction of natural growth
when cutting hair using clippers, they should be held in what
relationship to the comb
s) at a 90 angle
b) at a 45 degree angle
c) in the same position
d) beneath the comb - ANSWER-c) in the same position
in haircutting, elevation is referred to:
a) a weight line
b) control
c) graduation
d) movement - ANSWER-c) graduation
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commonly referred to as the "adams apple" this bone is known
as:
a) ethmoid
b) sphenoid
c) henoid
d) hyoid - ANSWER-d) hyoid
the technical name for skin - ANSWER-derma
Using "single-notched" shears will have which of the following
effects:
a) remove more hair the double notched
b) create a spiked look
c) remove less hair than the double notched
d) none of the above - ANSWER-a) remove more hair
the most commonly used elevations in haircutting are - ANSWER-
45 and 90 degrees
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if your client has almost entirely gray hair and wants to darken to
its original color, where should you begin to apply the product:
a) nape
b) grown
c) sides
d) front - ANSWER-d) front
an angle below 90 degrees is used primarily to:
a) decrease weight
B) build weight
c) decrease movement
d) increase movement - ANSWER-b) build weight
Para- phenylenediamine is an ingredient found in all the following
except:
a) semi permanent
b) demi permanent
c) certified colors
