Milady Cosmetology Final Exam
Questions and Correct Answers
Emollients - correct answer ✔✔Dry hair and scalp should be treated with products that contain
moisturizers and ______.
Horizontal lines - correct answer ✔✔What type of haircutting lines are parallel to the floor and
relative to the horizon?
Dry - correct answer ✔✔What type of shampoo, also known as powder shampoo, cleanses the
hair without the use of soap and water?
Texturizing - correct answer ✔✔Which type of texture shear adds increased blending?
Boar and nylon - correct answer ✔✔Grooming brushes that add polish and shine to the hair
have a bristle mixture consisting of _____.
Lanthionine - correct answer ✔✔Hydroxide chemical relaxers break disulfide bonds and convert
them to _____ bonds.
Convex - correct answer ✔✔The best overall blade edge for a hair stylist is _____, because it
will give you the smoothest cut and is the sharpest edge possible.
High-pH shampoo - correct answer ✔✔What type of shampoo can leave the hair dry, brittle,
porous, and causes fading in colored treated hair?
, Neutralizing - correct answer ✔✔A ____ shampoo is designed to re-balance the pH level of your
hair by neutralizing any alkali and unwanted residues in the hair.
Stationary - correct answer ✔✔Which guideline is used in a blunt, one-length haircut, or used in
overdirection to create a length or weight increase?
Off-base - correct answer ✔✔Placed completely off their base, _____ curls offer a curl option
with only slight lift and volume.
C-shaped base curls - correct answer ✔✔Arc base pin curls are also known as half-moon or
____ base curls.
Healthy, uncompromised skin - correct answer ✔✔The body's first line of defense against
infection is _____.
Back-and-forth movement - correct answer ✔✔When manipulating the scalp during a
shampoo, being at the front hairline and work in a(n) ______.
Cuticle area of the thumb - correct answer ✔✔When your shear is properly fitted, the thumb
hole will rest at or slightly over the ______.
20 seconds - correct answer ✔✔When hand washing, it is important to rub hands together for a
minimum of how long?
Cortex - correct answer ✔✔The changes involved in oxidation haircoloring, wet setting, thermal
styling, permanent waving, and chemical hair relaxing take place within the _____.
Fine hair - correct answer ✔✔As a rule of thumb, coarse and gray hair can withstand more heat
than ____.
Questions and Correct Answers
Emollients - correct answer ✔✔Dry hair and scalp should be treated with products that contain
moisturizers and ______.
Horizontal lines - correct answer ✔✔What type of haircutting lines are parallel to the floor and
relative to the horizon?
Dry - correct answer ✔✔What type of shampoo, also known as powder shampoo, cleanses the
hair without the use of soap and water?
Texturizing - correct answer ✔✔Which type of texture shear adds increased blending?
Boar and nylon - correct answer ✔✔Grooming brushes that add polish and shine to the hair
have a bristle mixture consisting of _____.
Lanthionine - correct answer ✔✔Hydroxide chemical relaxers break disulfide bonds and convert
them to _____ bonds.
Convex - correct answer ✔✔The best overall blade edge for a hair stylist is _____, because it
will give you the smoothest cut and is the sharpest edge possible.
High-pH shampoo - correct answer ✔✔What type of shampoo can leave the hair dry, brittle,
porous, and causes fading in colored treated hair?
, Neutralizing - correct answer ✔✔A ____ shampoo is designed to re-balance the pH level of your
hair by neutralizing any alkali and unwanted residues in the hair.
Stationary - correct answer ✔✔Which guideline is used in a blunt, one-length haircut, or used in
overdirection to create a length or weight increase?
Off-base - correct answer ✔✔Placed completely off their base, _____ curls offer a curl option
with only slight lift and volume.
C-shaped base curls - correct answer ✔✔Arc base pin curls are also known as half-moon or
____ base curls.
Healthy, uncompromised skin - correct answer ✔✔The body's first line of defense against
infection is _____.
Back-and-forth movement - correct answer ✔✔When manipulating the scalp during a
shampoo, being at the front hairline and work in a(n) ______.
Cuticle area of the thumb - correct answer ✔✔When your shear is properly fitted, the thumb
hole will rest at or slightly over the ______.
20 seconds - correct answer ✔✔When hand washing, it is important to rub hands together for a
minimum of how long?
Cortex - correct answer ✔✔The changes involved in oxidation haircoloring, wet setting, thermal
styling, permanent waving, and chemical hair relaxing take place within the _____.
Fine hair - correct answer ✔✔As a rule of thumb, coarse and gray hair can withstand more heat
than ____.
