Question | Answer |
The Greek word Kosmetikos means:
1. Skilled in the use of cosmetics
2. Trained in barbering
3. Skilled in hair care
4. Licensed to practice cosmetology | Skilled in the use of cosmetics |
There has been a huge growth in day spas, which offer many specialized treatments including all of the following except:
1. Botox treatments
2. Nutritional counseling
3. Aromatherapy
4. Hydrotherapy | Botox Treatments |
To develop your career to the maximum, it's important to:
1. socialize with other cosmetologists
2. Continue your education
3. Always agree with your boss
4. Find your niche and stay with it | Continue your Education |
Government regulatory agencies are involved in providing:
1. Continuing education
2. Standards for the industry
3. Trade publications
4. Job opportunities | Standards for the Industry |
The salon industry has grown tremendously and annually grosses:
1. $50 Million
2. $50 Billion
3. $100 Million
4. $1 billion | $50 Billion |
A design team works together to present:
1. New salon design
2. Regulatory issues
3. New cosmetic products
4. Fashion and runway shows | Fashion and Runway Shows |
Haircutting and Hairstyling have been practiced since:
1. The glacial age
2. The Golden Age of Greece
3. The Renaissance
4. Medieval times | The Glacial Age |
The first people to use cosmetics were the:
1. Mayans
2. Vikings
3. Celts
4. Egyptians | The Egyptians |
Henna is a dye extracted from:
1. Rose petals
2. Walnut shells
3. Dried bodies of insects
4. The leaves of an ornamental shrub | The leaves of an ornamental shrub |
Nail care was first practiced before 3000 B.C. in:
1. Egypt and China
2. Northern Europe
3. India
4. The Americas | Egypt and China |
Women in ancient Rome used hair color to indicate:
1. How many children they had
2. Their class in society
3. Their marital status
4. Their religion | Their class in society |
When monks and priests were forbidden by Pope Alexander III to shed blood, they enlisted the help of:
1. Barbers
2. Farmers
3. Servants
4. Carpenters | Barbers |
The barber pole, symbol of the barber-surgeon, has its roots in the early practice of:
1. Tooth-pulling
2. Bloodletting
3. Haircutting
4. Leeching | Bloodletting |
In 1875 the technique of using irons for waving and curling the hair was developed by:
1. Charles Nessler
2. Marcel Grateau
3. Alexandre Goldefroy
4. Madam C. J. Walker | Marcel Grateau |
The first permanent wave technique that did not require the use of a machine was invented by:
1. Evans and McDonough
2. Charles Nessler
3. Marcel Grateau
4. Brisbols and Federmeyer | Evans and McDonough |
An important pioneer of the modern black hair-care and cosmetics industry was:
1. Charles Nessler
2. Sojourner Truth
3. Marcel Grateau
4. Madam C. J. Walker | Madam C. J. Walker |
An entry-level cosmetologist may be expected to perform a variety of duties, except for:
1. Selling retail products to clients
2. Updating client records
3. Paying Bills
4. Making appointments | Paying Bills |
The first job a new cosmetology graduate is usually offered is:
1. Haircolor specialist
2. Salon Stylist
3. Salon Manager
4. Cosmetic Chemist | Salon Sytlist |
A Client desiring a new wave pattern will require the services of a:
1. Nail technician
2. Texture service specialist
3. Platform artist
4. Esthetician | Texture Service Specialist |
Working with cancer patients who have suffered hair loss is a gratifying experience for a:
1. Haircolor specialist
2. Wig specialist
3. Nail technician
4. Texture service specialist | Wig Specialist |
An esthetician can choose from many employment possibilities, including:
1. Massage therapist
2. Nail technician
3. Celebrity hairstylist
4. Consultant for a cosmetic company | Consultant for a cosmetic company |
To crate a new image for a client, a makeup artist:
1. Performs a manicure
2. Applies a body wrap
3. Provides haircolor services
4. Uses cosmetics to blend and shade | Uses cosmetics to blend and shade |
A day spa offers the client:
1. A full range of services
2. Massage therapy only
3. Esthetic services only
4. Health and nutritional services only | A full range of services |
To be a successful salon manager, is it important to have:
1. An eye for color
2. Styling skills
3. Creative talent
4. The ability to supervise people | The ability to supervise people |
Product educators selling to professionals and salon owners often provide:
1. Product knowledge and classes
2. Hairstyling techniques
3. Chemistry classes
4. Business training | Product knowledge and classes |
As a cosmetologist, your professional image consists of:
1. Technical skills
2. Good looks
3. Outward appearance and conduct
4. Sense of style | Outward appearance and condut |
The Old English word hal means:
1. Hole
2. House
3. Health
4. Whole | Whole |
The key to a happy and productive life is:
1. Repressing bad feelings
2. Occasional exercise
3. The latest diet
4. Achieving balance | Achieving balance |
Maintaining cleanliness and healthfulness every day is called:
1. Personal sense of style
2. Personal hygiene
3. Dressing for success
4. Personal grooming | personal hygiene |
One of the basics of personal hygiene is:
1. Daily exercise
2. Following the dress code
3. Daily bathing
4. Wearing perfume | Daily bathing |
The body's largest organ is the:
1. Stomach
2. Liver
3. Skin
4. Brain | Skin |
In order to look well groomed at times, the hair requires:
1. Regular shampooing
2. Blow-drying
3. Hair Spray
4. Elaborate styling | Regular shampooing |
The foundation of good personal grooming includes:
1. A youthful look
2. Clean and cared-for clothing
3. The latest styles
4. A hip image | Clean and cared-for clothing |
When choosing clothes to wear on the job, you must consider:
1. Your personal preferences
2. The dress code of the salon
3. The salon's color scheme
4. The latest styles | The dress code of the salon |
When choosing your own hairstyle on the job, always take into consideration:
1. Your hair texture and wave pattern
2. What your clients want
3. Your coworkers' styles
4. The latest style | Your hair texture and wave pattern |
When applying makeup to go to work, it is best to:
1. Go for bright colors
2. Develop one approach
3. Apply it heavily
4. Accentuate your best features | Accentuate your best features |
As a beauty professional you are subject to may stresses including all of the following except:
1. High expectations of clients
2. Standing on your feet all day
3. The need to work faster
4. 24-hour coverage | 24-hour coverage |
Establishing a routine for sleep, meals and other daily requirements is:
1. Helpful in reducing stress
2. A boring way to live
3. Unnecessary for the young
4. Difficult in today's world | Helpful in reducing stress |
In order to feel refreshed and eager to face the workday, it's important to:
1. Renew yourself with relaxation
2. Be punctual
3. Eat all you want
4. Seek medical advice | Renew yourself with relaxation |
Good, nutritious food has many effects, including:
1. Prevent a variety of illnesses
2. Causing deficiencies
3. Putting on extra pounds
4. Causing chemical imbalances | Preventing a variety of illnesses |
Physical exercise has many positive effects on our bodies, including:
1. Lower immune function
2. Preventing of aging
3. Increased stress
4. Proper functioning of organs | Proper functioning of organs |
Aerobic exercise, which improves heart function, includes all of the following except:
1. Dancing
2. Yoga
3. Cross-country skiing
4. Walking | Yoga |
Physical presentation is an important aspect of professional image and includes all of the following except:
1. Cleanliness
2. Posture
3. An optimistic attitude
4. Good grooming | An optimistic attitude |
Among the guidelines for good posture while standing is to:
1. Keep the neck elongated
2. Let the shoulders drop
3. Tilt the hips towards the back
4. Keep the knees rigid | The the shoulders drop |
As a cosmetologist spending a great deal of time on your feet, proper foot care will help you:
1. Maintain good posture
2. Prevent carpal tunnel syndrome
3. Stay hydrated
4. Improve cardiovascular functioning | Maintain good posture |
The increase blood circulation to the feet, try:
1. Tight socks or stockings
2. Foot massage
3. Jumping on a hard floor
4. High heels | Foot massage |
The science of "fitting the job to the person" is called:
1. Ergot
2. Ergonomics
3. Anatomy
4. Entomology | Ergonomics |
In order to avoid strain on your body when standing for long periods, consider:
1. Working with arms above shoulder level
2. Placing one foot on a stool
3. Wearing high heels
4. Slumping your shoulders | Placing one foot on a stool |
Among the recent ergonomic improvements to the salon workplace are:
1. Closely positioned workstations
2. Free-standing shampoo bowls
3. Low cabinets
4. Static chairs | Free standing shampoo bowls |
To prevent physical strain, a good practice is to:
1. Hold arms away from your body
2. Swivel the clients chair
3. Twist your body when reaching
4. Grip implements tightly | Swivel the client's chair |
One celled micro-organisms with both plant and animal characteristics are:
1. Fungi
2. Cilia
3. Bacteria
4. Viruses | Bacteria |
A type of pathogenic bacteria referred to as:
1. Saprophyte
2. Parasite
3. Virus
4. Cilia | Parasite |
Harmful bacteria are referred to as:
1. Non-pathogenic
2. Saprophytes
3. Protozoa
4. Pathogenic | Pathogenic |
Pathogenic bacteria produce:
1. Health
2. Beneficial effects
3. Disease
4. Antitoxins | Disease |
A type of bacteria that lives on dead matter is:
1. Saprophytes
2. Flagella
3. Viruses
4. Parasites | Saprophytes |
Syphilis and Lyme disease are caused by:
1. Cocci
2. Spirilla
3. Diplococci
4. Bacilli | Spirilla |
Cocci are bacteria with:
1. Spiral shape
2. Round shape
3. Corkscrew shape
4. Rod shape | Round |
Bacilli are bacteria shaped with a:
1. Corkscrew shape
2. Round shape
3. Spiral shape
4. Rod shape | Rod shape |
Bacteria that are shaped like a string of beads and cause strep throat and blood poisoning are:
1. Streptococci
2. Bacilli
3. Diplococci
4. staphlycocci | Streptococci |