INDIANA PSI COSMETOLOGY PRACTICE TEST
2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Porosity test. Answer: What test involves holding a strand of hair
with one hand while sliding the thumb and forefinger of the hand
from end to scalp
◉ never mix color/perm/ relaxers in. Answer: metal bowl
◉ what makes hair color oxidative. Answer: hydrogen peroxide
◉ most standard developer. Answer: 20 volume
◉ most common oxidative developer for permanent color. Answer:
20 Volume
◉ what do you use to cancel out green. Answer: red
◉ virgin lightener should stay how far from the scalp. Answer: 1/2
inch
◉ level. Answer: measures the lightness and darkness
,◉ allergic reaction. Answer: patch test determines
◉ FOIL method. Answer: hair is woven and then encased
◉ Strand test. Answer: Determines how the hair will react to the
color formula and how long the formula should be left on the hair.
◉ tone. Answer: warmth and coolness
◉ oil, powder, and cream. Answer: The 3 forms of hair lighteners
are:
◉ permanent color. Answer: penetrates the cortex
◉ lye relaxers. Answer: Sodium hydroxide relaxers are commonly
called
◉ Double flat wrap. Answer: most secure method of end papers
◉ hydrogen and salt bonds. Answer: these bonds are individually
weak
, ◉ neutralizer. Answer: rebonding the hair after perm solution
◉ disulfide bonds. Answer: permanently change the hair strand
◉ Straight rods. Answer: perm rods that stay constant
◉ warm water. Answer: best to rinse a relaxer out
◉ 4. Answer: number of sections for relaxer
◉ oxidizing agent. Answer: neutralizer or fixative or stabilizer
◉ glyceryl monothioglycolate. Answer: The main ingredient in a true
acid wave
◉ Ammonium thioglycolate. Answer: Main ingredient in alkaline
perms
◉ Ph of acid perms. Answer: 6.0-7.0
◉ Acid perm. Answer: used on highly porous hair
2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Porosity test. Answer: What test involves holding a strand of hair
with one hand while sliding the thumb and forefinger of the hand
from end to scalp
◉ never mix color/perm/ relaxers in. Answer: metal bowl
◉ what makes hair color oxidative. Answer: hydrogen peroxide
◉ most standard developer. Answer: 20 volume
◉ most common oxidative developer for permanent color. Answer:
20 Volume
◉ what do you use to cancel out green. Answer: red
◉ virgin lightener should stay how far from the scalp. Answer: 1/2
inch
◉ level. Answer: measures the lightness and darkness
,◉ allergic reaction. Answer: patch test determines
◉ FOIL method. Answer: hair is woven and then encased
◉ Strand test. Answer: Determines how the hair will react to the
color formula and how long the formula should be left on the hair.
◉ tone. Answer: warmth and coolness
◉ oil, powder, and cream. Answer: The 3 forms of hair lighteners
are:
◉ permanent color. Answer: penetrates the cortex
◉ lye relaxers. Answer: Sodium hydroxide relaxers are commonly
called
◉ Double flat wrap. Answer: most secure method of end papers
◉ hydrogen and salt bonds. Answer: these bonds are individually
weak
, ◉ neutralizer. Answer: rebonding the hair after perm solution
◉ disulfide bonds. Answer: permanently change the hair strand
◉ Straight rods. Answer: perm rods that stay constant
◉ warm water. Answer: best to rinse a relaxer out
◉ 4. Answer: number of sections for relaxer
◉ oxidizing agent. Answer: neutralizer or fixative or stabilizer
◉ glyceryl monothioglycolate. Answer: The main ingredient in a true
acid wave
◉ Ammonium thioglycolate. Answer: Main ingredient in alkaline
perms
◉ Ph of acid perms. Answer: 6.0-7.0
◉ Acid perm. Answer: used on highly porous hair
