COSMETOLOGY STATE BOARD PRACTICE TEST (146
QUESTIONS)
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QUESTION 1
Corrugations
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Nail disorder - Horizontal wavy ridges caused by uneven growth due to illness or injuries.QUESTION 2 Furrows
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Nail disorder - vertical lines down the nail plate caused by nutrition, injury or illness.QUESTION 3 Leuconchia
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White spots on the nail caused by injury to the base of the nailQUESTION 4 Onychorrhexis
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Split or brittle nails caused by injury, careless filing, vitamin deficiencies, illness, and frequent exposure to strong chemicals.QUESTION 5 Hang Nails
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Caused by dry cuticle and carlessness in removing the cuticleQUESTION 6 Onychomycosis Unguium
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Nail fungus caused by a parasite. very contagiousQUESTION 7 Onychocryptosis
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Ingrown nail caused by filing the nail too much, or tight fitting shoes.
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QUESTION 8
Verruca
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Warts caused by infectious virusQUESTION 9 Onycholysis
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lifting of the nail without sheddingQUESTION 10
- Basic Nail Shapes
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squoval, round, oval, pointed, squareQUESTION 11 Toner
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used on pre-lightened hair to achieve pale and delicate colors after decoloringQUESTION 12 Conditioning filler
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protein conditioner that will equalize porosity and fill the holesQUESTION 13 Color filler
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used to replace the missing primary colorsQUESTION 14 Oxidative
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Demi- permenant and permenant colorQUESTION 15 Non-oxidative color
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temporary - physical change only. Semi-permanent.
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QUESTION 16
Double process blonde
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decolorizing and toningQUESTION 17 What affects lightener working time?
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Melanin - the more there is the longer the process. Scalp processes faster because of body heatQUESTION 18 Lift
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lightening by breaking up the melanin to decolorize hairQUESTION 19 Deposit
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means that product only deposits color because it does not contain ammonia or high alkalinity necessary to liftQUESTION 20 developer
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oxidizing agent H2O2 when mixed with ammonia it will break up the melanin and give ability to lift or lightenQUESTION 21 Semi-permanent color
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non-oxidative, temporary color, stains cuticle, fades in each shampoo.QUESTION 22 Demi-permanent color
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oxidative, deposit only, deepens or changes the toneQUESTION 23 Permanent color
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lightens and deposits at the same time. more alkaline ingredients, penetrates the cortex, can't shampoo out