TEXAS CLASS A BARBER 2026 CORE EXAM MANUAL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Application of hair color to hair that has not previously been colored - - ✔✔virgin
application
✔✔Hair conditioners' pH range - - ✔✔3.0 to 5.5
✔✔Technical term applied to any deformity of the nail - - ✔✔onychosis
✔✔The angle or degree a section of hair is held from the head for cutting, relative from
where it grows - - ✔✔elevation
✔✔An acute bacterial infection of a hair follicle that produces a boil - - ✔✔furuncle
✔✔Services that chemically change the hair's natural wave pattern - - ✔✔chemical
texture services
✔✔Three types of chemical texture services - - ✔✔permanent waving, curl reformation,
and relaxer
✔✔This removes any rough or uneven spots, and follows the first time over shave - -
✔✔second time over shave
✔✔Generally, during chemical services, the more porous the hair - - ✔✔less processing
time
✔✔An accumulation of dry or oily flakes - - ✔✔scales
✔✔This type of cutting requires a steady hand and consistent use of the comb or hair
pick - - ✔✔freehand clipper cutting
✔✔Another term for pseudofolliculitis barbae - - ✔✔razor bumps
✔✔Contagious disease that spreads from person to person - - ✔✔communicable
disease
✔✔A barber must maintain moisture throughout the cut with this cutting technique - -
✔✔razor cutting
✔✔Scabies is a highly contagious disease caused by - - ✔✔the itch mite
, ✔✔Minute, involuntary muscle fiber attached to the base of the hair follicle - -
✔✔arrector pili muscle
✔✔Gray, white, and salt-and-pepper hair with a yellowish cast should be treated with - -
✔✔violet-based colors
✔✔Rehardens newly arranged disulfide bonds in a chemical texture service -
neutralizer - ✔✔
✔✔This stroke glides away from you with the back of your hand away from you. Wrist
slightly bent and elbow up - - ✔✔backhand stroke
✔✔Tuft of hair that stands straight up - - ✔✔cowlick
✔✔What shaving stroke is used on strokes 5, 10, 13, and 14 - - ✔✔reverse freehand
stroke
✔✔A diffuser is used on - - ✔✔a blowdryer
✔✔What watt should the bulb at a manicure table be - - ✔✔40
✔✔40-watt bulbs are used at a manicure table because - - ✔✔heat from higher bulb will
interfere with manicuring and sculpted nail process
✔✔In the past, jars or containers used to disinfect were often incorrectly called - -
✔✔wet sanitizers
✔✔The art of arranging hair in a particular style that is suited to the cut given - -
✔✔hairstyling
✔✔Tuberculocidal disinfectants are often referred to as - - ✔✔phenolics
✔✔Hair with a compact cuticle layer that chemicals do not penetrate easily - -
✔✔resistant
✔✔Known as the "one-length cut" because it looks as if the hair is all the same length -
- ✔✔blunt cut
✔✔Capable of destroying bacteria - - ✔✔bactericidal
✔✔In hair coloring, this is used to denote the different strengths of hydrogen peroxide -
- ✔✔volume
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Application of hair color to hair that has not previously been colored - - ✔✔virgin
application
✔✔Hair conditioners' pH range - - ✔✔3.0 to 5.5
✔✔Technical term applied to any deformity of the nail - - ✔✔onychosis
✔✔The angle or degree a section of hair is held from the head for cutting, relative from
where it grows - - ✔✔elevation
✔✔An acute bacterial infection of a hair follicle that produces a boil - - ✔✔furuncle
✔✔Services that chemically change the hair's natural wave pattern - - ✔✔chemical
texture services
✔✔Three types of chemical texture services - - ✔✔permanent waving, curl reformation,
and relaxer
✔✔This removes any rough or uneven spots, and follows the first time over shave - -
✔✔second time over shave
✔✔Generally, during chemical services, the more porous the hair - - ✔✔less processing
time
✔✔An accumulation of dry or oily flakes - - ✔✔scales
✔✔This type of cutting requires a steady hand and consistent use of the comb or hair
pick - - ✔✔freehand clipper cutting
✔✔Another term for pseudofolliculitis barbae - - ✔✔razor bumps
✔✔Contagious disease that spreads from person to person - - ✔✔communicable
disease
✔✔A barber must maintain moisture throughout the cut with this cutting technique - -
✔✔razor cutting
✔✔Scabies is a highly contagious disease caused by - - ✔✔the itch mite
, ✔✔Minute, involuntary muscle fiber attached to the base of the hair follicle - -
✔✔arrector pili muscle
✔✔Gray, white, and salt-and-pepper hair with a yellowish cast should be treated with - -
✔✔violet-based colors
✔✔Rehardens newly arranged disulfide bonds in a chemical texture service -
neutralizer - ✔✔
✔✔This stroke glides away from you with the back of your hand away from you. Wrist
slightly bent and elbow up - - ✔✔backhand stroke
✔✔Tuft of hair that stands straight up - - ✔✔cowlick
✔✔What shaving stroke is used on strokes 5, 10, 13, and 14 - - ✔✔reverse freehand
stroke
✔✔A diffuser is used on - - ✔✔a blowdryer
✔✔What watt should the bulb at a manicure table be - - ✔✔40
✔✔40-watt bulbs are used at a manicure table because - - ✔✔heat from higher bulb will
interfere with manicuring and sculpted nail process
✔✔In the past, jars or containers used to disinfect were often incorrectly called - -
✔✔wet sanitizers
✔✔The art of arranging hair in a particular style that is suited to the cut given - -
✔✔hairstyling
✔✔Tuberculocidal disinfectants are often referred to as - - ✔✔phenolics
✔✔Hair with a compact cuticle layer that chemicals do not penetrate easily - -
✔✔resistant
✔✔Known as the "one-length cut" because it looks as if the hair is all the same length -
- ✔✔blunt cut
✔✔Capable of destroying bacteria - - ✔✔bactericidal
✔✔In hair coloring, this is used to denote the different strengths of hydrogen peroxide -
- ✔✔volume
