NEVADA STATE BOARD
COSMETOLOGY EXAM
1. Nails should be filed
ANSWER Outer edge/corner to center
2. A product that shouldn't be used on your clients feet
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, ANSWER Disinfectant
3. Which of the following services is outside the scope of practice for a licensed
cosmo/nail tech?: Cutting calluses (cutting/shaving calluses is illegal)
4. Pedicure chairs must be DISINFECTED
ANSWER After every client
5. Product that can be applied to the skin to reduce or prevent growth of
bacteria/microbes
ANSWER Antiseptic
6. Prior to using a thermal iron you should
ANSWER Test iron on white tissue paper or cloth
7. Where should nail primer be placed?: Natural nail
8. Outermost layer of hair
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, ANSWER Cuticle
9. Innermost layer of hair
ANSWER Medulla
10. What PH is neutral?: 7
11. Never apply hair color to scalp if showing signs of
ANSWER Abrasions
12. Intense light used to destroy the growth cells of the hair follicle is a method
of hair removal called
ANSWER Photoepilation
13. AMP is a unit of electric
ANSWER Strength
14. Constant, stable guide to which all lengths are directed is referred to as
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, ANSWER Sta- tionary design line
15. A design line used as a length guide for sculpting uniformly layered forms
referred to as
ANSWER Mobile/traveling
16. A moveable guide that consists of a small amount of previously cut hair is
known as
ANSWER Mobile/traveling
17. Hair Pressing
ANSWER Silking
18. Dart alterations of a wig are made vertically to
ANSWER Remove width in the nape area
19. The purpose of neutralizer is to stop processing and
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COSMETOLOGY EXAM
1. Nails should be filed
ANSWER Outer edge/corner to center
2. A product that shouldn't be used on your clients feet
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, ANSWER Disinfectant
3. Which of the following services is outside the scope of practice for a licensed
cosmo/nail tech?: Cutting calluses (cutting/shaving calluses is illegal)
4. Pedicure chairs must be DISINFECTED
ANSWER After every client
5. Product that can be applied to the skin to reduce or prevent growth of
bacteria/microbes
ANSWER Antiseptic
6. Prior to using a thermal iron you should
ANSWER Test iron on white tissue paper or cloth
7. Where should nail primer be placed?: Natural nail
8. Outermost layer of hair
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, ANSWER Cuticle
9. Innermost layer of hair
ANSWER Medulla
10. What PH is neutral?: 7
11. Never apply hair color to scalp if showing signs of
ANSWER Abrasions
12. Intense light used to destroy the growth cells of the hair follicle is a method
of hair removal called
ANSWER Photoepilation
13. AMP is a unit of electric
ANSWER Strength
14. Constant, stable guide to which all lengths are directed is referred to as
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, ANSWER Sta- tionary design line
15. A design line used as a length guide for sculpting uniformly layered forms
referred to as
ANSWER Mobile/traveling
16. A moveable guide that consists of a small amount of previously cut hair is
known as
ANSWER Mobile/traveling
17. Hair Pressing
ANSWER Silking
18. Dart alterations of a wig are made vertically to
ANSWER Remove width in the nape area
19. The purpose of neutralizer is to stop processing and
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