NAIL TECHNICIAN PRACTICE MOCK EXAM
REAL QUESTIONS 2026
● 30% of bacteria in the body is what? Answer: Pathogenic/Disease
Causing
● In a pedicure, client adds a callus treatment. What does it do? Answer:
Soften and smooth the callus
● If the client likes to have UV Gel nails but she has flat nails, what
should the practitioner do to make an arch? Answer: Gel Builder
● The technical term for a wart: Answer: Verruca or Papilloma
● The larger bone in the shin: Answer: Tibia
● What is an option when the goal is to extend the length of the natural
nail? Answer: Nail forms
● A customer comes back with a broken nail. What should the
practitioner do? Answer: Sculpting nail
,● What is the longest bone in the body? Answer: Femur
● What should you do when a client has UV gel nails and complains of
burning when curing in the UV Gel lamp: Answer: Slowly guide the
hand into the light
● What UV gel has less filing and contour? Answer: Self-Leveling
● What substance speeds up a chemical reaction? Answer: Catalyst
● The chemical reaction made by polymer and monomer (liquid &
powder) is called: Answer: Polymerization
● Which of the following is polymerized by a reaction of: Answer:
Chemical
● If the client likes to have UV Gel nails but she has flat nails, what
should the practitioner do to make an arch? Answer: Gel builder
● What is Onychauxis? Answer: Abnormal overgrowth of nail
(hypertrophy)
● Which part of the skin covers the matrix at the base of the nail?
Answer: Eponychium
, ● Which muscles in the hand seperate the fingers? Answer: Abductors
● What muscles draw the arms and legs closer to the body? Answer:
Flexors
● What muscle turns the hand inward so the palm faces downward?
Answer: Pronator
● What bone forms the cap of the knee joint? Answer: Patella
● The phalanx are bones found in the: Answer: Foot
● In a massage, a rapid striking motion of the hands is called: Answer:
Taptoment
● What nerve runs from the fingers to the palm? Answer: Ulna Nerve
● What massage is best for the fingers? Answer: Circular
● The muscles that straighten the wrist, hand, and fingers to form a
straight line are known as? Answer: Extensors
REAL QUESTIONS 2026
● 30% of bacteria in the body is what? Answer: Pathogenic/Disease
Causing
● In a pedicure, client adds a callus treatment. What does it do? Answer:
Soften and smooth the callus
● If the client likes to have UV Gel nails but she has flat nails, what
should the practitioner do to make an arch? Answer: Gel Builder
● The technical term for a wart: Answer: Verruca or Papilloma
● The larger bone in the shin: Answer: Tibia
● What is an option when the goal is to extend the length of the natural
nail? Answer: Nail forms
● A customer comes back with a broken nail. What should the
practitioner do? Answer: Sculpting nail
,● What is the longest bone in the body? Answer: Femur
● What should you do when a client has UV gel nails and complains of
burning when curing in the UV Gel lamp: Answer: Slowly guide the
hand into the light
● What UV gel has less filing and contour? Answer: Self-Leveling
● What substance speeds up a chemical reaction? Answer: Catalyst
● The chemical reaction made by polymer and monomer (liquid &
powder) is called: Answer: Polymerization
● Which of the following is polymerized by a reaction of: Answer:
Chemical
● If the client likes to have UV Gel nails but she has flat nails, what
should the practitioner do to make an arch? Answer: Gel builder
● What is Onychauxis? Answer: Abnormal overgrowth of nail
(hypertrophy)
● Which part of the skin covers the matrix at the base of the nail?
Answer: Eponychium
, ● Which muscles in the hand seperate the fingers? Answer: Abductors
● What muscles draw the arms and legs closer to the body? Answer:
Flexors
● What muscle turns the hand inward so the palm faces downward?
Answer: Pronator
● What bone forms the cap of the knee joint? Answer: Patella
● The phalanx are bones found in the: Answer: Foot
● In a massage, a rapid striking motion of the hands is called: Answer:
Taptoment
● What nerve runs from the fingers to the palm? Answer: Ulna Nerve
● What massage is best for the fingers? Answer: Circular
● The muscles that straighten the wrist, hand, and fingers to form a
straight line are known as? Answer: Extensors
