Cosmetology Exam Review

Flashcards to help review for the Cosmetology Exam

What is one recommended strategy for effectively managing your time?

Make effective time management a habit.

Procrastination may be a symptom of what?

Lacking a game plan, taking on too much at one time, or a compulsion for perfection.

Besides motivation, what other skills will help you move to the next level in your career?

Self-management skills.

While working, what qualities should your clothing have?

Stylish, comfortable, and functional.

Name effects of not maintaining a professional image in the salon?

Loss of clients, a poor reputation, and loss of income.

Besides negative gossip, what else can bring an ideal atmosphere to a halt?

Impolite demeanor.

As you work, how should your wrists be kept?

In a straight or neutral position as much as possible.

What is an essential image-building attribute?

Establishing a professional online image.

In handling a client who is dissatisfied with a service, what is the ultimate goal?

To make the client happy and willing to return for future services.

What is the sixth step of the 10-Step Consultation method?

Show and tell

What should you do if a client requests a specific cut or color that cannot be achieved?

Create a plan, offer alternative looks, and set future goals.

What process destroys all microbial life?

Sterilization.

If a disinfection product includes the word 'concentrate', what does that mean?

The product must be diluted before use.

What eliminates the need to clean and disinfect equipment?

There is no additive, powder, or tablet that eliminates the need for you to clean and disinfect

What methods are used to eliminate or reduce the transmission of infectious organisms?

Infection control.

What is the ability to produce an effect in cosmetology?

Efficacy

A physician who specializes in diseases and disorders of the skin, hair, and nails is called what?

A dermatologist.

What determines the amount and type of pigment produced in an individual?

His or her genes.

What nutrient is needed for energy to run every function within the body?

Carbohydrates

Lack of what is the principle cause of daytime fatigue?

Water

A fatty or oily secretion that lubricates the skin and preserves the softness of the hair is called what?

Sebum

What are the two parts of a mature strand of human hair?

The hair shaft and hair follicle

What is the tube-like depression or pocket in the skin or scalp that contains the hair root?

The hair follicle.

For chemicals to penetrate a healthy cuticle hair layer, what pH must they have?

An alkaline pH.

What are the strong, chemical bonds that join amino acids called?

Peptide bonds

To help minimize tangles in extremely curly hair when shampooing, what should you use?

A detangling rinse

What are the classifications of hair texture?

Coarse, medium, or fine.

How can oily hair and scalp be treated?

By properly washing with a normalizing shampoo.

What is the average growth of healthy scalp?

1/2 inch (1.25 cm) per month.

Which of the five main structures of the hair root contain the blood and nerve supply that provides the nutrients needed for hair growth?

Dermal papilla

Compared to pigmented hair, is gray hair more or less resistant?

More resistant

What is the outermost layer of the hair?

The hair cuticle

Hair is approximately what percentage of protein?

90

Depending on what, color can accent or de-emphasize a particular part of a style or client feature?

Placement.

Color acts as an illusion and helps to create lines of what?

Attention

Lines with a definite forward or backward movement are considered what?

Directional

Which parting is used to create the illusion of width or height in a hairstyle?

Horizontal

To create length and height in hair design, use what type of lines?

Vertical

The triangular section that begins at the apex, or high point of the head, and ends at the front corners is called what?

Bang Area

To create width in hair design, use what type of lines?

Diagonal

Chemically infused services that make changes in the natural texture, curl, or what are considered permanent?

Wave patter

What is the primary purpose of a shampoo service?

To cleanse the hair and scalp

A pH-balanced shampoo has a pH in what range?

4.5 to 5.5

A is designed to penetrate the cortex and reinforce the hair shaft from within to temporarily reconstruct the hair.

Protein conditioner

Brushing of the hair should be avoided prior to what type of service?

Chemical services.

Excessive oiliness is caused by what?

Overactive sebaceous glands

A shampoo should be selected according to what?

The condition of the client's hair and scalp.

Treatment or repair conditioners are deep, penetrating conditioners that restore _ and moisture to the hair.

Protein

For which type of hair is it recommended that you use a gentle cleansing shampoo and a light leave-in conditioner?

For dry and damaged, fine hair

A shampoo that contains special ingredients that are very effective in reducing dandruff or relieving other scalp conditions is called what?

Medicated shampoo.

Shampoos formulated with little to no alkaline soap base are known as what?

Sulfate-free

The more alkaline the shampoo, the _ it is.

Stronger harsher

Prior to any service, analyze the client's hair and scalp and check for what conditions?

Thinning of the hair

The process of removing excess bulk without shortening hair length is known as what?

Texturizing

The visual line in a haircut, where the ends of the hair hang together, is known as what?

Weight Line

What is the best type of texture shears for adding increased blending?

180 shears

In permanent waving, the size of the curl is determined by what?

Size of rod

Permanent wave solution should be rinsed from the hair for at least how long?

5 minutes

Which types of bonds are relatively weak physical side bonds that are the result of an attraction between negative and positive electrical charges?

Salt bonds

Porous hair could be damaged by what?

A highly alkaline permanent waving solution

True acid waves have a pH between what values?

4.5 and 7.0

In which perm wrap is all the hair is wrapped at an angle of 90 degrees perpendicular to the length of the rod?

Basic permanent wrap

Pure or fundamental colors that cannot be created by combining other colors are called what?

Primary colors

In traditional color theory, when all three primary colors are present in equal proportions, the resulting color is what?

Black or dark muddy gray

What type of hair color is formulated to deposit but not lighten color?

Demi-permanent hair color

Which type of hair color lightens and deposits color at the same time and in a single process because it is more alkaline than demi-permanent colors and is usually mixed with a higher volume developer?

Permanent hair color

Overlapping color can cause breakage and create what?

A line of demarcation

A quick lightener, also known as what, is a powdered lightener?

An off-the-scalp lightener

Semi-permanent colors do what?

Deposit color

Colors prepared by combining permanent hair color, hydrogen peroxide, and shampoo are called what?

Highlighting shampoos

Coating compounds such as hair sprays, styling agents, and some conditioners can interfere with what?

Color penetration

A daily shampoo and blow-dry, an occasional permanent wave, or a few days in the pool can cause the artificial pigment in red hair to what?

Oxidize and fade

What consistency provides the best control during the application of lightener as part of a double-process hair coloring service?

Creamy

When is the best time to think about getting your client back into the salon?

While they are still in the salon

The act of recommending and selling products to your clients for at-home use is known as what?

Retailing

The Internet is a powerful medium to do what?

Build your reputation and attract new clients