Barber State-Board Exam Guide:
Comprehensive Q&A
All the following statements about early barbering practitioners are true except they -
Answer- ✔✔Were held in low esteem
According to archaeological studies animals sinews - Answer- ✔✔Were used to tie the
hair back
The Latin word tonsorial means cutting clipping or trimming hair with - Answer-
✔✔Shears or razor
Some tribes believed that cutting hair - Answer- ✔✔Exorcised bad spirits
In Egyptian culture the hair nails and skin were colored with coloring agents made from
- Answer- ✔✔Berries minerals and bark
In ancient Egypt the entire bodies of _____ we're shaved every third day - Answer-
✔✔Priests
Masai warriors wove their front hair into ____ sections of tiny braids and the rest of the
hair into a queue down the back - Answer- ✔✔Three
During the lifetime of Moses barbering was available - Answer- ✔✔To the general
population
Alexander the Great Macedonians troops lost several battles to the ____ as a result of
the warriors beards - Answer- ✔✔Persians
In Rome clean shaven faces were the trend until Hadrian came into power in - Answer-
✔✔117 AD
Noblemen of ancient Gaul indicated their ___ by wearing their hair long - Answer-
✔✔Rank
British barristers wore grey wigs in ____ century England - Answer- ✔✔Seventeenth
In 3000 BC ____ were shaving with obsidian blades - Answer- ✔✔Mesopotamianns
During the ____ monks and priests were the physicians - Answer- ✔✔Middle Ages
,In ____ AD the barber surgeons formed their first organization in France - Answer-
✔✔1096
The bottom end cap of modern barber poles represents - Answer- ✔✔The basin that
was used as a vessel to catch the blood during blood setting
The colors of the barber pole represented blood ____ and bandages - Answer-
✔✔Veins
During the ____ employer organization of barbers were known as master barber groups
- Answer- ✔✔Late 1800s
The Terminal Methods system was enacted in - Answer- ✔✔1916
_____ are a type of microorganisms - Answer- ✔✔Protozoa
Pathogens are microorganisms that are capable of causing infectious diseases in -
Answer- ✔✔Plants or animals
Bacteria only have one cell and are called ____microorganisms - Answer-
✔✔Unicellular
Disease can be produced by ____ bacteria - Answer- ✔✔Pathogenic
Staphylococci bacteria cause - Answer- ✔✔MRSA
Diploococci bacteria ____ and cause pneumonia and gonorrhea - Answer- ✔✔Grow in
pairs
Cocci bacteria are transmitted by all the following except - Answer- ✔✔Active motility
The outer part of the bacterium is the - Answer- ✔✔Cell wall
Microorganisms multiply well in ____ conditions - Answer- ✔✔Warm
During mitosis 16,000,000 microbes can be created by one bacterium in a ___ period -
Answer- ✔✔Bacteria and harmful toxins
To limit the spread of MRSA - Answer- ✔✔Cover scrapes and cuts, avoid contact with
other people's wounds and other people's personal items
A contagious disease ____ - Answer- ✔✔Spreads from one person to another by
contact
,Open sores pus and unclean hands - Answer- ✔✔May be a source of contagion
_____ or an open sore can spread bodily fluids to a razor during shaving - Answer-
✔✔A blemish
The ____ is one way that pathogenic bacteria or viruses typically enter the body -
Answer- ✔✔Mouth
Swelling is a example of _____ symptom - Answer- ✔✔Objective
Viruses cause _____ - Answer- ✔✔Common colds
____ is a defense against viruses - Answer- ✔✔Vaccination
Hepatitis B can cause lifelong hepatitis infection cirrhosis of the liver and ____ -
Answer- ✔✔Liver failure, liver cancer and death
Hepatitis B _____ - Answer- ✔✔Vaccinations are available
Once infected with HIV a person ______ - Answer- ✔✔Can pass on the virus without
having symptoms
The lymphoreticular system provides storage for mature _____ - Answer-
✔✔Lymphocytes
HIV is difficult to destroy once it locks into T cells in the _____ - Answer-
✔✔Bloodstream
ARC is _____ of HIV - Answer- ✔✔Stage 2
Before and after servicing each client barbers should - Answer- ✔✔Wash their hands
with antibacterial soap
If you cut nick or scrape yourself - Answer- ✔✔Treat the wound immediately and cover
it
The fungi classification includes all of the following except - Answer- ✔✔Algae
______ and pesticides should be used to decontaminate tools that have come into
contact with scabies - Answer- ✔✔Disinfectants
Natural immunity is the natural resistance to disease that is _____ - Answer-
✔✔Partially inherited and partially developed through hygienic living
, Acquired immunity comes from - Answer- ✔✔Over coming disease
A human disease carrier - Answer- ✔✔Is immune to disease but can infect others
Stage 3 HIV infection is - Answer- ✔✔Full blown aids
_____ attaches itself to special molecules on T cells - Answer- ✔✔HIV
The spread of contagious disease is minimized by - Answer- ✔✔The implementation of
infection control measures
_____ are not responsible for regulating the practice of barbering - Answer-
✔✔Barbershop owners
The EPA is responsible for developing and enforcing the regulations of environmental
laws to effort to _____ - Answer- ✔✔Protect human health and the environment
The FDA enforces rules and regulations associated with _____ purchased and used by
the public - Answer- ✔✔Foods cosmetics and drugs
_____ is one of the cosmetic preparations typically used in the barber shop - Answer-
✔✔Hair spray
_____ products are not required to display a list of ingredients on the label - Answer-
✔✔Professional
_____ was passed in 1970 to assure regulate and enforce the safe and healthful
working conditions in the workplace - Answer- ✔✔OSHA
The bloodborne pathogens standards help protect _____ from being at risk from cross
infection - Answer- ✔✔Employees
The hazard communication rules include requirements for _____ - Answer-
✔✔Chemical manufactures and importers
MSDSs are available from - Answer- ✔✔The product of the manufacturer
Labeling refers to the listing of ingredients and the appropriate _____ on the package of
the product - Answer- ✔✔Hazard warning
According to the right to know law one of the ____'s responsibilities is to maintain
material safety data sheets and have them available upon request - Answer-
✔✔Employer
Comprehensive Q&A
All the following statements about early barbering practitioners are true except they -
Answer- ✔✔Were held in low esteem
According to archaeological studies animals sinews - Answer- ✔✔Were used to tie the
hair back
The Latin word tonsorial means cutting clipping or trimming hair with - Answer-
✔✔Shears or razor
Some tribes believed that cutting hair - Answer- ✔✔Exorcised bad spirits
In Egyptian culture the hair nails and skin were colored with coloring agents made from
- Answer- ✔✔Berries minerals and bark
In ancient Egypt the entire bodies of _____ we're shaved every third day - Answer-
✔✔Priests
Masai warriors wove their front hair into ____ sections of tiny braids and the rest of the
hair into a queue down the back - Answer- ✔✔Three
During the lifetime of Moses barbering was available - Answer- ✔✔To the general
population
Alexander the Great Macedonians troops lost several battles to the ____ as a result of
the warriors beards - Answer- ✔✔Persians
In Rome clean shaven faces were the trend until Hadrian came into power in - Answer-
✔✔117 AD
Noblemen of ancient Gaul indicated their ___ by wearing their hair long - Answer-
✔✔Rank
British barristers wore grey wigs in ____ century England - Answer- ✔✔Seventeenth
In 3000 BC ____ were shaving with obsidian blades - Answer- ✔✔Mesopotamianns
During the ____ monks and priests were the physicians - Answer- ✔✔Middle Ages
,In ____ AD the barber surgeons formed their first organization in France - Answer-
✔✔1096
The bottom end cap of modern barber poles represents - Answer- ✔✔The basin that
was used as a vessel to catch the blood during blood setting
The colors of the barber pole represented blood ____ and bandages - Answer-
✔✔Veins
During the ____ employer organization of barbers were known as master barber groups
- Answer- ✔✔Late 1800s
The Terminal Methods system was enacted in - Answer- ✔✔1916
_____ are a type of microorganisms - Answer- ✔✔Protozoa
Pathogens are microorganisms that are capable of causing infectious diseases in -
Answer- ✔✔Plants or animals
Bacteria only have one cell and are called ____microorganisms - Answer-
✔✔Unicellular
Disease can be produced by ____ bacteria - Answer- ✔✔Pathogenic
Staphylococci bacteria cause - Answer- ✔✔MRSA
Diploococci bacteria ____ and cause pneumonia and gonorrhea - Answer- ✔✔Grow in
pairs
Cocci bacteria are transmitted by all the following except - Answer- ✔✔Active motility
The outer part of the bacterium is the - Answer- ✔✔Cell wall
Microorganisms multiply well in ____ conditions - Answer- ✔✔Warm
During mitosis 16,000,000 microbes can be created by one bacterium in a ___ period -
Answer- ✔✔Bacteria and harmful toxins
To limit the spread of MRSA - Answer- ✔✔Cover scrapes and cuts, avoid contact with
other people's wounds and other people's personal items
A contagious disease ____ - Answer- ✔✔Spreads from one person to another by
contact
,Open sores pus and unclean hands - Answer- ✔✔May be a source of contagion
_____ or an open sore can spread bodily fluids to a razor during shaving - Answer-
✔✔A blemish
The ____ is one way that pathogenic bacteria or viruses typically enter the body -
Answer- ✔✔Mouth
Swelling is a example of _____ symptom - Answer- ✔✔Objective
Viruses cause _____ - Answer- ✔✔Common colds
____ is a defense against viruses - Answer- ✔✔Vaccination
Hepatitis B can cause lifelong hepatitis infection cirrhosis of the liver and ____ -
Answer- ✔✔Liver failure, liver cancer and death
Hepatitis B _____ - Answer- ✔✔Vaccinations are available
Once infected with HIV a person ______ - Answer- ✔✔Can pass on the virus without
having symptoms
The lymphoreticular system provides storage for mature _____ - Answer-
✔✔Lymphocytes
HIV is difficult to destroy once it locks into T cells in the _____ - Answer-
✔✔Bloodstream
ARC is _____ of HIV - Answer- ✔✔Stage 2
Before and after servicing each client barbers should - Answer- ✔✔Wash their hands
with antibacterial soap
If you cut nick or scrape yourself - Answer- ✔✔Treat the wound immediately and cover
it
The fungi classification includes all of the following except - Answer- ✔✔Algae
______ and pesticides should be used to decontaminate tools that have come into
contact with scabies - Answer- ✔✔Disinfectants
Natural immunity is the natural resistance to disease that is _____ - Answer-
✔✔Partially inherited and partially developed through hygienic living
, Acquired immunity comes from - Answer- ✔✔Over coming disease
A human disease carrier - Answer- ✔✔Is immune to disease but can infect others
Stage 3 HIV infection is - Answer- ✔✔Full blown aids
_____ attaches itself to special molecules on T cells - Answer- ✔✔HIV
The spread of contagious disease is minimized by - Answer- ✔✔The implementation of
infection control measures
_____ are not responsible for regulating the practice of barbering - Answer-
✔✔Barbershop owners
The EPA is responsible for developing and enforcing the regulations of environmental
laws to effort to _____ - Answer- ✔✔Protect human health and the environment
The FDA enforces rules and regulations associated with _____ purchased and used by
the public - Answer- ✔✔Foods cosmetics and drugs
_____ is one of the cosmetic preparations typically used in the barber shop - Answer-
✔✔Hair spray
_____ products are not required to display a list of ingredients on the label - Answer-
✔✔Professional
_____ was passed in 1970 to assure regulate and enforce the safe and healthful
working conditions in the workplace - Answer- ✔✔OSHA
The bloodborne pathogens standards help protect _____ from being at risk from cross
infection - Answer- ✔✔Employees
The hazard communication rules include requirements for _____ - Answer-
✔✔Chemical manufactures and importers
MSDSs are available from - Answer- ✔✔The product of the manufacturer
Labeling refers to the listing of ingredients and the appropriate _____ on the package of
the product - Answer- ✔✔Hazard warning
According to the right to know law one of the ____'s responsibilities is to maintain
material safety data sheets and have them available upon request - Answer-
✔✔Employer
