MILADY STANDARD BARBERING STUDY GUIDE
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔any covered receptacle large enough to permit the immersion of tools and
implements into a disinfectant solution - ✔✔Wet sanitizer
✔✔develops and enforces the regulations of environmental law in an effort to protect
human health and the environment - ✔✔EPA
✔✔EPA - ✔✔Environmental Protection Agency
✔✔a product that has been approved by the EPA as an effective disinfectant against
certain disease-producing organisms - ✔✔EPA-Registered Disinfectant
✔✔contact with non-intact skin, blood, body fluids or other potentially infectious
materials that may occur during the performance of an individual's work duties -
✔✔Exposure incident
✔✔an act that lead to the creation of OSHA - ✔✔Occupational Safety and Health Act
✔✔provides product information as complied by the manufacturer - ✔✔MSDS
✔✔MSDS - ✔✔Material safety data sheet
✔✔disinfectants that are effective against bacteria, fungi, viruses, tuberculosis,
pseudomonas, HIV-1 and hepatitis Band are registered with the EPA - ✔✔Hospital-
grade tuberculoidal disinfectant
✔✔requires that chemical manufacturers and importers evaluate and identify possible
health hazards associated with their products - ✔✔Hazard Communication Rule
✔✔enforces rules and regulations associated with food, drug,and cosmetic products
purchased and used by the public - ✔✔FDA
✔✔FDA - ✔✔Food and Drug Administration
✔✔the cutting parts of the c kippers, usually manufactured from high quality carbon
steel and available in a variety of styles and sizes - ✔✔Blades
✔✔a type of straight razor that uses changeable, disposable blades - ✔✔Changeable-
blade straight razor
,✔✔electric Haircutting tools with a single adjustable blade or detachable blade system;
used in freehand or clipper over comb cutting to shape, blend, and taper the hair -
✔✔Clippers
✔✔an implement used to extract blackheads - ✔✔Comedone extractor
✔✔a razor made of a hardened steel blade that requires. Honing and stropping to
produce a cutting edge - ✔✔Conventional straight razor
✔✔a sharpening block manufactured from rock or synthetic materials and used to
create a cutting edge on conventional straight razors - ✔✔Hone
✔✔a machine that produces a high rate of oscillation or tesla current for the purpose of
stimulation scalp, facial, and body tissues - ✔✔High-frequency machine
✔✔plastic or hard rubber comb attachments that fit over clipper blades to minimize the
amount of hair being cut with the clippers; or metal shields applied over a hair cutting
razor for protection - ✔✔Guards
✔✔the technique used to hold the comb in the hand opposite of the hand that is cutting
with the shears; should allow for holding and controlling the hair to be cut between the
first and second fingers at the same time - ✔✔Palming the comb
✔✔the technique used to hold shears in a safe manner while combing through or
otherwise working with hair - ✔✔Palming the shears
✔✔a type of cowhide strop that is considered to be one of the best and that requires
"breaking in" - ✔✔Russian Strop
✔✔the manner in which the blades and shanks of the shears align with each other and
are joined at the tension screw or rivet - ✔✔Set of the shears
✔✔a type of horsehide strop mane from the muscular rump area of the horse and is
considered to be the best strop for use by barbers - ✔✔Shell strop
✔✔an elongated piece of leather or other materials used to finish the edge of
conventional straight razors to a smooth, whetted cutting edge - ✔✔Strop
✔✔used for cutting or trimming hair when a gradual blending from short to longer is
required within the haircut - ✔✔Taper comb
,✔✔used to denote types of tools that use heat for the purpose of styling the hair -
✔✔Thermal styling tools
✔✔small clippers also known as outliners or edgers. Used for detail, precision design,
and fine finish work after a haircut or beard trim - ✔✔Trimmers
✔✔also known as serrated shears or texturizing shears; used to remove bulk from hair
or to create texture and special effects - ✔✔Thinning shears
✔✔Rapid and interrupted current, flowing first in one direction then the opposite
direction. Amp a unit measure the strength of an electric current - ✔✔Alternating current
✔✔standard unit for measuring the strength of an electric current of the rate of flow of
charge in a conductor - ✔✔AMP
✔✔process of forcing substances into tissues using galvanic current from the negative
toward the positive pole - ✔✔Anaphoresis
✔✔AMP - ✔✔Ampere
✔✔positive electrode - ✔✔Anode
✔✔process of forcing acidic substances into tissues using a galvanic current from the
positive toward the negative pole - ✔✔Cataphoresis
✔✔negative electrode - ✔✔Cathode
✔✔switch that automatically interrupts or shuts off and electric circuit at the first sign of
an overload - ✔✔Circuit breaker
✔✔the path of an electric current from the generating source through the conductor and
back to its original source - ✔✔Complete circuit
✔✔any substance, medium, or material that conducts electricity - ✔✔Conductor
✔✔an apparatus that changes direct current to alternating current - ✔✔Converter
✔✔process used to soften and emulsify oil and blackheads in the hair follicles -
✔✔Desincrustaion
✔✔constant current that travels in one direction only and produces a chemical reaction -
✔✔Direct current
, ✔✔Direct current - ✔✔DC
✔✔Alternating current - ✔✔AC
✔✔the flow of electricity along a conductor - ✔✔Electric current
✔✔an applicator used to direct electric current for a machine to the skin - ✔✔Electrode
✔✔electronic scalp and facial treatments - ✔✔Electrotherapy
✔✔alternating current that produces a mechanics reaction without f the chemical effect -
✔✔Faradic current
✔✔device that prevents excessive current from passing through a circuit - ✔✔Fuse
✔✔constant and direct current, having a positive and negative pole that produces
chemical changes in the tissues and body fluids - ✔✔Galvanic current
✔✔a device that senses imbalances in an electric current - ✔✔GFCI
✔✔GFCI - ✔✔Ground fault circuit interrupter
✔✔invisible rays with long wavelengths and deep penetration; produce the most heat of
any therapeutic light - ✔✔Infrared rays
✔✔substance that does not easily transfer electricity
Iontophoresis- process of introducing water soluble products into the skin through the
use of electric current - ✔✔Insulator
✔✔currents used in electric facial and scalp treatments - ✔✔Modalities
✔✔the unit of electrical resistance in an electric current - ✔✔Ohm
✔✔Ohm abreviation - ✔✔O
✔✔negative or positive pole of an electric current - ✔✔Polarity
✔✔apparatus that charges alternating current to direct current - ✔✔Rectifier
✔✔an adjustable resistor used for controlling current in a curcuit - ✔✔Rheostat
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔any covered receptacle large enough to permit the immersion of tools and
implements into a disinfectant solution - ✔✔Wet sanitizer
✔✔develops and enforces the regulations of environmental law in an effort to protect
human health and the environment - ✔✔EPA
✔✔EPA - ✔✔Environmental Protection Agency
✔✔a product that has been approved by the EPA as an effective disinfectant against
certain disease-producing organisms - ✔✔EPA-Registered Disinfectant
✔✔contact with non-intact skin, blood, body fluids or other potentially infectious
materials that may occur during the performance of an individual's work duties -
✔✔Exposure incident
✔✔an act that lead to the creation of OSHA - ✔✔Occupational Safety and Health Act
✔✔provides product information as complied by the manufacturer - ✔✔MSDS
✔✔MSDS - ✔✔Material safety data sheet
✔✔disinfectants that are effective against bacteria, fungi, viruses, tuberculosis,
pseudomonas, HIV-1 and hepatitis Band are registered with the EPA - ✔✔Hospital-
grade tuberculoidal disinfectant
✔✔requires that chemical manufacturers and importers evaluate and identify possible
health hazards associated with their products - ✔✔Hazard Communication Rule
✔✔enforces rules and regulations associated with food, drug,and cosmetic products
purchased and used by the public - ✔✔FDA
✔✔FDA - ✔✔Food and Drug Administration
✔✔the cutting parts of the c kippers, usually manufactured from high quality carbon
steel and available in a variety of styles and sizes - ✔✔Blades
✔✔a type of straight razor that uses changeable, disposable blades - ✔✔Changeable-
blade straight razor
,✔✔electric Haircutting tools with a single adjustable blade or detachable blade system;
used in freehand or clipper over comb cutting to shape, blend, and taper the hair -
✔✔Clippers
✔✔an implement used to extract blackheads - ✔✔Comedone extractor
✔✔a razor made of a hardened steel blade that requires. Honing and stropping to
produce a cutting edge - ✔✔Conventional straight razor
✔✔a sharpening block manufactured from rock or synthetic materials and used to
create a cutting edge on conventional straight razors - ✔✔Hone
✔✔a machine that produces a high rate of oscillation or tesla current for the purpose of
stimulation scalp, facial, and body tissues - ✔✔High-frequency machine
✔✔plastic or hard rubber comb attachments that fit over clipper blades to minimize the
amount of hair being cut with the clippers; or metal shields applied over a hair cutting
razor for protection - ✔✔Guards
✔✔the technique used to hold the comb in the hand opposite of the hand that is cutting
with the shears; should allow for holding and controlling the hair to be cut between the
first and second fingers at the same time - ✔✔Palming the comb
✔✔the technique used to hold shears in a safe manner while combing through or
otherwise working with hair - ✔✔Palming the shears
✔✔a type of cowhide strop that is considered to be one of the best and that requires
"breaking in" - ✔✔Russian Strop
✔✔the manner in which the blades and shanks of the shears align with each other and
are joined at the tension screw or rivet - ✔✔Set of the shears
✔✔a type of horsehide strop mane from the muscular rump area of the horse and is
considered to be the best strop for use by barbers - ✔✔Shell strop
✔✔an elongated piece of leather or other materials used to finish the edge of
conventional straight razors to a smooth, whetted cutting edge - ✔✔Strop
✔✔used for cutting or trimming hair when a gradual blending from short to longer is
required within the haircut - ✔✔Taper comb
,✔✔used to denote types of tools that use heat for the purpose of styling the hair -
✔✔Thermal styling tools
✔✔small clippers also known as outliners or edgers. Used for detail, precision design,
and fine finish work after a haircut or beard trim - ✔✔Trimmers
✔✔also known as serrated shears or texturizing shears; used to remove bulk from hair
or to create texture and special effects - ✔✔Thinning shears
✔✔Rapid and interrupted current, flowing first in one direction then the opposite
direction. Amp a unit measure the strength of an electric current - ✔✔Alternating current
✔✔standard unit for measuring the strength of an electric current of the rate of flow of
charge in a conductor - ✔✔AMP
✔✔process of forcing substances into tissues using galvanic current from the negative
toward the positive pole - ✔✔Anaphoresis
✔✔AMP - ✔✔Ampere
✔✔positive electrode - ✔✔Anode
✔✔process of forcing acidic substances into tissues using a galvanic current from the
positive toward the negative pole - ✔✔Cataphoresis
✔✔negative electrode - ✔✔Cathode
✔✔switch that automatically interrupts or shuts off and electric circuit at the first sign of
an overload - ✔✔Circuit breaker
✔✔the path of an electric current from the generating source through the conductor and
back to its original source - ✔✔Complete circuit
✔✔any substance, medium, or material that conducts electricity - ✔✔Conductor
✔✔an apparatus that changes direct current to alternating current - ✔✔Converter
✔✔process used to soften and emulsify oil and blackheads in the hair follicles -
✔✔Desincrustaion
✔✔constant current that travels in one direction only and produces a chemical reaction -
✔✔Direct current
, ✔✔Direct current - ✔✔DC
✔✔Alternating current - ✔✔AC
✔✔the flow of electricity along a conductor - ✔✔Electric current
✔✔an applicator used to direct electric current for a machine to the skin - ✔✔Electrode
✔✔electronic scalp and facial treatments - ✔✔Electrotherapy
✔✔alternating current that produces a mechanics reaction without f the chemical effect -
✔✔Faradic current
✔✔device that prevents excessive current from passing through a circuit - ✔✔Fuse
✔✔constant and direct current, having a positive and negative pole that produces
chemical changes in the tissues and body fluids - ✔✔Galvanic current
✔✔a device that senses imbalances in an electric current - ✔✔GFCI
✔✔GFCI - ✔✔Ground fault circuit interrupter
✔✔invisible rays with long wavelengths and deep penetration; produce the most heat of
any therapeutic light - ✔✔Infrared rays
✔✔substance that does not easily transfer electricity
Iontophoresis- process of introducing water soluble products into the skin through the
use of electric current - ✔✔Insulator
✔✔currents used in electric facial and scalp treatments - ✔✔Modalities
✔✔the unit of electrical resistance in an electric current - ✔✔Ohm
✔✔Ohm abreviation - ✔✔O
✔✔negative or positive pole of an electric current - ✔✔Polarity
✔✔apparatus that charges alternating current to direct current - ✔✔Rectifier
✔✔an adjustable resistor used for controlling current in a curcuit - ✔✔Rheostat
