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Cosmetology Examination #3

Difficulty: 1

Hair may be thinned with scissors, thinning shears or with:

Explanation:

Correct: Option B - A razors.

Option A is incorrect as clippers remove length, not thin.

Option C is incorrect because a tang is not a tool.

Option D is incorrect as pivot is part of shears, not a tool.

A razors

The tang

The clippers

The pivot

Difficulty: 1

Boosters, protinators, and activators are products add to bleach to:

Explanation:

Correct: Option B - Speed up the action of the bleach.

Option A is incorrect as slowing is opposite.

Option C is incorrect because drabbing neutralizes.

Option D is incorrect as red highlights are not the purpose.

Speed up the action of the bleach

Slow down the action of the bleach

Add drabbing action to the bleach

Add red highlights to the hair

Difficulty: 1

The offset a long neck in hair shaping, it advisable:

Explanation:

Correct: Option C - Leave the hair full at the neck.

Option A is incorrect because exposing the neck emphasizes length.

Option B is incorrect as a single cut does not balance proportions.

Option D is incorrect because a V shape may elongate further.

Taper the neck line to form a V shape

Leave a single cut

Leave the hair full at the neck

Leave the neck exposed

Difficulty: 1

When removing bulk during a hair cut what distance from the scalp should you begin:

Explanation:

Correct: Option D - All of the above are correct.

Option A, B, and C are all valid depending on hair type, so all are correct.

From 1 1/2 to 2 inches when the hair is coarse

From 1 to 1 1/2 inches when the hair is medium

From 1/2 to one inch when the hair is fine

All of the above are correct

Difficulty: 1

Bleaching before a toner is necessary for lightening natural color as well as for:

Explanation:

Correct: Option B - Porosity.

Option A is incorrect as developing time is unrelated to bleaching purpose.

Option C is incorrect because texture affects processing, not necessity.

Option D is incorrect as density is not the primary factor.

Texture (fine, medium, coarse)

Density

Less developing time

Porosity

Difficulty: 1

For a hairstyle set with rollers, which one of the following has the most important effect on the tightness of the curl?

Explanation:

Correct: Option B - Diameter of the rollers has the most significant impact on curl tightness.

Option A: Curl diameter is incorrect as it is a result, not a cause.

Option C: Placement of the rollers is incorrect as it affects direction, not tightness.

Option D: Pinning of the rollers is incorrect as it secures the roller, not tightness.

Diameter of the rollers

Pinning of the rollers

Curl diameter

Placement of the rollers

Difficulty: 1

When doing a virgin tint on a head of hair with damaged and porous ends, before applying the tint, you would:

Explanation:

Correct: Option B - Treat the ends with a color filler.

Option A is incorrect as softener does not address porosity.

Option C is incorrect because tint mixture is applied after preparation.

Option D is incorrect as shampooing removes natural oils needed for tint.

Treat the ends with a softener

Tint mixture to shampoo

Tint mixture to the ends

Treat the ends with a color filler

Difficulty: 1

A licensed cosmetologist for pay may legally be performed in a client's home rather than in a salon:

Explanation:

Correct: Option D - Under no circumstances.

Option A is incorrect as friends/relatives do not override licensing laws.

Option B is incorrect because after hours does not permit home service.

Option C is incorrect as arrangements do not legalize off-site paid work.

For an ill patron, when arrangements have been made by a beauty salon owner

If client is a friend or relative

After regular business hours

Under no circumstances

Difficulty: 1

During the degrees of decolorizing, from black hair to pale yellow, hair can go through:

Explanation:

Correct: Option D - 10 major color changes.

Option A is incorrect as 5 is too few.

Option B is incorrect because 9 is undercounted.

Option C is incorrect as 7 misses the full spectrum.

10 major color changes

9 major color changes

5 major color changes

7 major color changes

Difficulty: 1

A tertiary color is achieved by mixing equal amounts of a secondary color and its neighboring:

Explanation:

Correct: Option D - Primary colors.

Option A is incorrect because quaternary involves tertiary and primary.

Option B is incorrect as cool colors are not specific to mixing.

Option C is incorrect because warm colors are unrelated to tertiary definition.

Cool colors

Primary colors

Warm colors

Quaternary colors

Difficulty: 1

In a bleach retouch, hair breakage may result:

Explanation:

Correct: Option B - The lighten over lap to bleached hair.

Option A is incorrect as weak formula reduces lift, not breakage.

Option C is incorrect because short time limits lift.

Option D is incorrect as lifting color is the goal.

Lift color from the hair

The lighten over lap to bleached hair

A weak lighten formula is used

A short lightening time is given

Difficulty: 1

Common procedure for virgin bleach is to wait until the second application to apply bleach to the:

Explanation:

Correct: Option D - Roots.

Option A is incorrect as middle is not standard.

Option B is incorrect because roots and middle is not common.

Option C is incorrect as roots are most resistant.

Roots and middle of the strand

Roots

Middle of the strand and ends

Middle of the strand

Difficulty: 1

For fine thin hair that needs more body, you would usually:

Explanation:

Correct: Option D - Slither the ends.

Option A is incorrect as blunt cut adds weight but not body.

Option B is incorrect because clippers remove length.

Option C is incorrect as razor cut thins further.

Slither the ends

Cut blunt

Clippers

Cut with razor

Correct

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