Nail Technician Licensing Exam – 900 Practice Questions & Answers –
Comprehensive Certification Prep 2025/2025
What do you use to wipe (to clean) the manicure table? - correct answer a. Disinfectant
White spots on the nails are known as: - correct answer c. Leuconychia
Structures that are appendage to the skin are, hair, sweat glands, oil glands and: - correct
answer b. Nails
Patron will respect and be loyal to a manicurist who is: - correct answer d. Courteous
What kind of chemical is flammable? - correct answer c. Enamel
What's the last step for man manicure? - correct answer d. Apply dry polish
If patron's hands have ringworms, what should you do? - correct answer c. Refuse to give
service for client until it is solution healed
Buffing the nails with pumice powder is used to treat: - correct answer d. Corrugation
While performing a manicure, the technician accidentally cut into client's skin, what should
he/she do immediately? - correct answer d. Apply an antiseptic
To push back cuticle you should use:
a. Metal pusher
b. Steel pusher
c. Cuticle pusher
d. All of the above - correct answer d. All of the above
The manicurist can help in protecting the client's health by conducting the best: - correct
answer c. Sanitary practices
The active agent in nail bleach is usually: - correct answer c. Hydrogen peroxide
Watery blisters and thick white skin between the toes are signs of: - correct answer d. Athlete's
foot
For a more natural effect, the shape of the nail should conform to the: - correct answer d.
Fingertips
What kind of curing agent do you use when applying gel nails? - correct answer d. Ultra violet
light
,Why do you have to fill acrylic nails? - correct answer c. Because they lift
Before trimming the cuticle, what do you do? - correct answer c. Apply cuticle solvent
To remove old polish on artificial, what should you use? - correct answer b. Acetone polish
remover
What is the sign of fungus or mold? - correct answer d. When the nails turn into yellow or green
To remove artificial nail, what do you use? - correct answer b. Nail solvent (acetone)
What is the benefit of acrylic nail? - correct answer b. Strengthen and lengthen the nail
How long do you immerse your client's feet in antiseptic when doing pedicure? - correct
answer b. 5 minutes
Why does acrylic nail lift easily? - correct answer b. Manicurist applies acrylic on cuticle
Why do you have to discard the emery board after used? - correct answer b. Cannot be
sanitized
When you apply acrylic nails, what is the use of the primer? - correct answer b. Bonding
To remove callous skin during a pedicure, use buffer with? - correct answer c. Pumice powder
What is the benefit of paper wraps (mending tissue)? - correct answer b. Strengthen the nail
Shaping is most often done before of the nail bath, as: - correct answer b. Filing is more difficult
on damp nail
What product contains nitrocellulose? - correct answer c. Enamel
What do you use to remove foot callouses? - correct answer a. Emery board
Where do you find lanolin and emollient? - correct answer a. Hand lotion and cuticle cream
What do you need to do before doing an artificial nail?
a. Discuss with the customer
b. Make record card
c. Set up table
d. All of the above - correct answer d. All of the above
What happen when the acrylic nail is immersed too long in water? - correct answer c. Fungus
growth and infection
Warming the solvent to 105 degrees speeds removal time for removing artificial nail
enhancement by - correct answer a. 30%
,To avoid responsibility of client's allergy to a product, you have to: - correct answer a. Establish
a health record card
To save an emery board in a plastic bag for each client after service, due to the growth of: -
correct answer c. Bacteria
If the client has callous, which instrument should not be used? - correct answer b. Credoknife
What is the contraindication for application of artificial nails on a customer who never wear
artificial nails before? - correct answer a. High sensitivity to artificial nails
What do you use mending paper for? - correct answer c. Repairing split nails
What is leuconychia? - correct answer b. White spot in the nail body
What is catalyst? - correct answer a. It is an ingredient that speed up the hardening process
While cutting excess cuticle around the nail, you accidentally cut the client's skin so that it
bleed. What should you use to stop this bleeding? - correct answer a. Powder alum
What would you do when glue overflows onto the skin in the application of nail tips: - correct
answer c. Stop and clean up the glue with polish remover
A manicurist license entitles the license to do all except one of the following: - correct answer
b. Remove rollers on client's hair when not busy
The white spot at the free edge of the artificial nail tip is: - correct answer b. Air bubble
Where dose glue overflow? - correct answer d. Nail groove
If you open a salon, the first requirements for the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology
approved are: - correct answer d. Business license
To remove acrylic from a patron's nail, it is best to: - correct answer a. Let the patron soak her
nails in acetone
Leaving the cap off the acrylic nail liquid container will: - correct answer b. Cause the product to
evaporate
A person with manicuring license s allowed to work with; - correct answer a. Hands and feet
How do you remove acrylic nail if client do not want to wear them any more: - correct answer
d. Acetone
Which of the following conditions you can not give service: - correct answer c. Lesion
Who is not responsible for sanitizing manicuring implements? - correct answer a. Consumer
What is the technical term for split or brittle nail? - correct answer a. Onychorrhexis
, Which of the following is a germicide? - correct answer a. Alcohol 70%
When performing a pedicure on a client, you notice that his feet are full of water blister, you : -
correct answer c. Refuse to work on the feet until the condition is healed
Each establishment shall post: - correct answer d. A copy of the sanitary rules
During the application of artificial nails, after applying tips on natural nails what is the next
step? - correct answer a. Add more glue
When working on the male customer's nail, what do you use to hide spots? - correct answer b.
Nail whitener
When primer touch the skin, how do you feel? - correct answer c. Burn and irritation
The ending process of acrylic nails, it is called? - correct answer a. Polymerization
What is the chemical structure of acrylic powder? - correct answer a. It is a combination of
polymer and monomer
When an artificial nail tip is not well applied, what may you see?
a. Air pocket
b. Air bubble
c. Balloon
d. a & b - correct answer d. a & b
What is the color of a primer when it is dry after being applied on a nail? - correct answer d.
Chalky white
If two containers have same color of chemicals but they are different substance you should: -
correct answer a. Read M.S.D.S
If you want to take off acrylic nails you should: - correct answer b. Soak nails in acetone
What are the signs of athlete's foot? - correct answer c. Blister and fissures
If the customer has athlete's foot, refer the client to a: - correct answer a. Dermatology
physician
To use a registered E.P.A disinfectant to disinfect implement, you should: - correct answer b.
Immerse implements include handle
It's important that when you repairing acrylic or use the chemical such as primer, acetone you
must let your customer: - correct answer c. Wear safety glass
Comprehensive Certification Prep 2025/2025
What do you use to wipe (to clean) the manicure table? - correct answer a. Disinfectant
White spots on the nails are known as: - correct answer c. Leuconychia
Structures that are appendage to the skin are, hair, sweat glands, oil glands and: - correct
answer b. Nails
Patron will respect and be loyal to a manicurist who is: - correct answer d. Courteous
What kind of chemical is flammable? - correct answer c. Enamel
What's the last step for man manicure? - correct answer d. Apply dry polish
If patron's hands have ringworms, what should you do? - correct answer c. Refuse to give
service for client until it is solution healed
Buffing the nails with pumice powder is used to treat: - correct answer d. Corrugation
While performing a manicure, the technician accidentally cut into client's skin, what should
he/she do immediately? - correct answer d. Apply an antiseptic
To push back cuticle you should use:
a. Metal pusher
b. Steel pusher
c. Cuticle pusher
d. All of the above - correct answer d. All of the above
The manicurist can help in protecting the client's health by conducting the best: - correct
answer c. Sanitary practices
The active agent in nail bleach is usually: - correct answer c. Hydrogen peroxide
Watery blisters and thick white skin between the toes are signs of: - correct answer d. Athlete's
foot
For a more natural effect, the shape of the nail should conform to the: - correct answer d.
Fingertips
What kind of curing agent do you use when applying gel nails? - correct answer d. Ultra violet
light
,Why do you have to fill acrylic nails? - correct answer c. Because they lift
Before trimming the cuticle, what do you do? - correct answer c. Apply cuticle solvent
To remove old polish on artificial, what should you use? - correct answer b. Acetone polish
remover
What is the sign of fungus or mold? - correct answer d. When the nails turn into yellow or green
To remove artificial nail, what do you use? - correct answer b. Nail solvent (acetone)
What is the benefit of acrylic nail? - correct answer b. Strengthen and lengthen the nail
How long do you immerse your client's feet in antiseptic when doing pedicure? - correct
answer b. 5 minutes
Why does acrylic nail lift easily? - correct answer b. Manicurist applies acrylic on cuticle
Why do you have to discard the emery board after used? - correct answer b. Cannot be
sanitized
When you apply acrylic nails, what is the use of the primer? - correct answer b. Bonding
To remove callous skin during a pedicure, use buffer with? - correct answer c. Pumice powder
What is the benefit of paper wraps (mending tissue)? - correct answer b. Strengthen the nail
Shaping is most often done before of the nail bath, as: - correct answer b. Filing is more difficult
on damp nail
What product contains nitrocellulose? - correct answer c. Enamel
What do you use to remove foot callouses? - correct answer a. Emery board
Where do you find lanolin and emollient? - correct answer a. Hand lotion and cuticle cream
What do you need to do before doing an artificial nail?
a. Discuss with the customer
b. Make record card
c. Set up table
d. All of the above - correct answer d. All of the above
What happen when the acrylic nail is immersed too long in water? - correct answer c. Fungus
growth and infection
Warming the solvent to 105 degrees speeds removal time for removing artificial nail
enhancement by - correct answer a. 30%
,To avoid responsibility of client's allergy to a product, you have to: - correct answer a. Establish
a health record card
To save an emery board in a plastic bag for each client after service, due to the growth of: -
correct answer c. Bacteria
If the client has callous, which instrument should not be used? - correct answer b. Credoknife
What is the contraindication for application of artificial nails on a customer who never wear
artificial nails before? - correct answer a. High sensitivity to artificial nails
What do you use mending paper for? - correct answer c. Repairing split nails
What is leuconychia? - correct answer b. White spot in the nail body
What is catalyst? - correct answer a. It is an ingredient that speed up the hardening process
While cutting excess cuticle around the nail, you accidentally cut the client's skin so that it
bleed. What should you use to stop this bleeding? - correct answer a. Powder alum
What would you do when glue overflows onto the skin in the application of nail tips: - correct
answer c. Stop and clean up the glue with polish remover
A manicurist license entitles the license to do all except one of the following: - correct answer
b. Remove rollers on client's hair when not busy
The white spot at the free edge of the artificial nail tip is: - correct answer b. Air bubble
Where dose glue overflow? - correct answer d. Nail groove
If you open a salon, the first requirements for the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology
approved are: - correct answer d. Business license
To remove acrylic from a patron's nail, it is best to: - correct answer a. Let the patron soak her
nails in acetone
Leaving the cap off the acrylic nail liquid container will: - correct answer b. Cause the product to
evaporate
A person with manicuring license s allowed to work with; - correct answer a. Hands and feet
How do you remove acrylic nail if client do not want to wear them any more: - correct answer
d. Acetone
Which of the following conditions you can not give service: - correct answer c. Lesion
Who is not responsible for sanitizing manicuring implements? - correct answer a. Consumer
What is the technical term for split or brittle nail? - correct answer a. Onychorrhexis
, Which of the following is a germicide? - correct answer a. Alcohol 70%
When performing a pedicure on a client, you notice that his feet are full of water blister, you : -
correct answer c. Refuse to work on the feet until the condition is healed
Each establishment shall post: - correct answer d. A copy of the sanitary rules
During the application of artificial nails, after applying tips on natural nails what is the next
step? - correct answer a. Add more glue
When working on the male customer's nail, what do you use to hide spots? - correct answer b.
Nail whitener
When primer touch the skin, how do you feel? - correct answer c. Burn and irritation
The ending process of acrylic nails, it is called? - correct answer a. Polymerization
What is the chemical structure of acrylic powder? - correct answer a. It is a combination of
polymer and monomer
When an artificial nail tip is not well applied, what may you see?
a. Air pocket
b. Air bubble
c. Balloon
d. a & b - correct answer d. a & b
What is the color of a primer when it is dry after being applied on a nail? - correct answer d.
Chalky white
If two containers have same color of chemicals but they are different substance you should: -
correct answer a. Read M.S.D.S
If you want to take off acrylic nails you should: - correct answer b. Soak nails in acetone
What are the signs of athlete's foot? - correct answer c. Blister and fissures
If the customer has athlete's foot, refer the client to a: - correct answer a. Dermatology
physician
To use a registered E.P.A disinfectant to disinfect implement, you should: - correct answer b.
Immerse implements include handle
It's important that when you repairing acrylic or use the chemical such as primer, acetone you
must let your customer: - correct answer c. Wear safety glass
