NAIL TECHNICIAN PRACTICE TEST BANK WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 2026
● Violation of any law code would result in a fine up too? Answer: $0 to
$1000
● If your license lapses for 3 years or longer, you can reinstate it if you?
Answer: Pass the law & Practical exam
● A new license maximum months to pay the fee is? Answer: 6 months
● The outer layer of skin is called? Answer: Epidermis
● The deepest layer of skin is called? Answer: Dermis
● To mix polish you should? Answer: Roll the bottle between your
palms
● Cocci are in what shape? Answer: Round shape
● Bacilli are in what shape? Answer: Rod shape
,● When buffing the nail, try to lift the buffer on each stroke or it would
cause? Answer: Smoke or burning sensation
● How is fabric wrap maintenance scheduled? Answer: Glue fill in 2
weeks, Glue & Fabric fill in 4 weeks
● Before applying acrylic nails, the manicurist should? Answer: Apply
nail antiseptic
● Which of the following steps would come earliest in the procedure,
when performing a plan manicure? Answer: Clean
● Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) contain? Answer: The ingredient
and hazard
● When applying nail tips, Which material is used for added strength?
Answer: Polish
● Streptococci bacteria can cause? Answer: Blood poisoning
● Nail hardener is applied? Answer: Before the base coat
● All the following is equipment except? Answer: Tweezers
,● Of the following steps in applying acrylic nails, Which step should be
done first? Answer: Buffine nail
● How often is the inspection on the salon? Answer: 12 months
● The medical term for bitten nail is? Answer: Onochophagy
● At what angle should the emery board be held in order bevel the nail?
Answer: 45 degrees
● In determining the penalty for violating the TN state cosmetology
code. All of the following are considered by the state board of
cosmetology except the? Answer: Assets possessed by the violator
● Which of the following describes the massage technique called
effeurage? Answer: Pressure on the muscle
● Of the following steps in applying nail tips, which should come first?
Answer: Nail antiseptic
● The addition of acrylic to the new growth area of the nail is called?
Answer: Fill
, ● Prior to applying the nail tip, a manicurist should ask the client to do
what? Answer: Wash hands
● Bacteria reproduce by dividing into how many new cells? Answer:
Two
● The proper way to shape a nail is to file? Answer: From each corner of
the nail to the center
● Some light cured gels will harden when they are exposed too?
Answer: An ultraviolet light (UV light)
● Two types of bacteria which can project themselves are bacilli and
Answer: Spirilla
● During the course of a typical acrylic nail application on natural nail,
how many balls of acrylic should be applied? Answer: Three(3)
● Salons should post what sign about stale (drilling)? Answer:
Customers have the right not to have a drill used on their nails
● Point where the nail tip meets the nail plate before its glued is called?
Answer: Position stop
CORRECT ANSWERS 2026
● Violation of any law code would result in a fine up too? Answer: $0 to
$1000
● If your license lapses for 3 years or longer, you can reinstate it if you?
Answer: Pass the law & Practical exam
● A new license maximum months to pay the fee is? Answer: 6 months
● The outer layer of skin is called? Answer: Epidermis
● The deepest layer of skin is called? Answer: Dermis
● To mix polish you should? Answer: Roll the bottle between your
palms
● Cocci are in what shape? Answer: Round shape
● Bacilli are in what shape? Answer: Rod shape
,● When buffing the nail, try to lift the buffer on each stroke or it would
cause? Answer: Smoke or burning sensation
● How is fabric wrap maintenance scheduled? Answer: Glue fill in 2
weeks, Glue & Fabric fill in 4 weeks
● Before applying acrylic nails, the manicurist should? Answer: Apply
nail antiseptic
● Which of the following steps would come earliest in the procedure,
when performing a plan manicure? Answer: Clean
● Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) contain? Answer: The ingredient
and hazard
● When applying nail tips, Which material is used for added strength?
Answer: Polish
● Streptococci bacteria can cause? Answer: Blood poisoning
● Nail hardener is applied? Answer: Before the base coat
● All the following is equipment except? Answer: Tweezers
,● Of the following steps in applying acrylic nails, Which step should be
done first? Answer: Buffine nail
● How often is the inspection on the salon? Answer: 12 months
● The medical term for bitten nail is? Answer: Onochophagy
● At what angle should the emery board be held in order bevel the nail?
Answer: 45 degrees
● In determining the penalty for violating the TN state cosmetology
code. All of the following are considered by the state board of
cosmetology except the? Answer: Assets possessed by the violator
● Which of the following describes the massage technique called
effeurage? Answer: Pressure on the muscle
● Of the following steps in applying nail tips, which should come first?
Answer: Nail antiseptic
● The addition of acrylic to the new growth area of the nail is called?
Answer: Fill
, ● Prior to applying the nail tip, a manicurist should ask the client to do
what? Answer: Wash hands
● Bacteria reproduce by dividing into how many new cells? Answer:
Two
● The proper way to shape a nail is to file? Answer: From each corner of
the nail to the center
● Some light cured gels will harden when they are exposed too?
Answer: An ultraviolet light (UV light)
● Two types of bacteria which can project themselves are bacilli and
Answer: Spirilla
● During the course of a typical acrylic nail application on natural nail,
how many balls of acrylic should be applied? Answer: Three(3)
● Salons should post what sign about stale (drilling)? Answer:
Customers have the right not to have a drill used on their nails
● Point where the nail tip meets the nail plate before its glued is called?
Answer: Position stop
