OREGON BARBER 2026 CORE EXAM TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
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✔✔Crest - ✔✔Wisest area of head (parietal ridge, temporal region, hatband, horseshoe)
✔✔Cutting above fonger - ✔✔Method of cutting hair outside of finger used w/ horizontal
or vertical 90degree projections of hair
✔✔Cutting below the finger - ✔✔Cutting performed on the inside of finger used in 0-45
degree elevation cutting
✔✔Cutting line - ✔✔The position of the fingers when cutting a section of hair
✔✔Design line - ✔✔Perimeter line of a haircut
✔✔Diagonal - ✔✔Lines positioned betw horizontal and vertical
✔✔Facial shape - ✔✔Oval, round, inverted, triangular, square, oblong, diamond, pear-
shaped
✔✔Hair locking - ✔✔The process that occurs when coily hair is allowed to develop in its
natural state
✔✔Layers - ✔✔Over direction, usually cut 90 degrees or above
✔✔Outlining - ✔✔Finishing work of haircut with shears, trimmers, razor
✔✔Projection - ✔✔Angle or elevation that hair is held from head for cutting
✔✔Razor over comb - ✔✔Texturizing technique- comb and razor are used on surface of
hair
✔✔Razor rotaion - ✔✔Texturizing technique similar to razor over comb but done w/
small circular movement
✔✔Shear point tapering - ✔✔Techniques used to thin out difficult areas in the haircut
such as dips and hollows
✔✔Stationary guide - ✔✔Guideline that does not move, all hair is brought to it for
cutting
✔✔Thinning - ✔✔Removes bulk
,✔✔Traveling guide - ✔✔Used when creating layers or graduation
✔✔Vertical - ✔✔Lines they are seeing up and down
✔✔Finasterise - ✔✔Oral medication prescribed for men only to stimulate hair growth
✔✔Flap surgery - ✔✔A surgical technique that involves removal of a bald scalp area
and the attachment of a flap of hair bearing skin
✔✔Full head bonding - ✔✔Process of attaching hair replacement system to all areas of
head with adhesive bonding sgent
✔✔Hackling - ✔✔Process used to comb through the hair strands to separate them
✔✔Hair solution - ✔✔Any small wig used to cover the top of crown and integrate with
natural hair
✔✔Lace front - ✔✔Popular hair solution style used for off the face styles
✔✔Minoxidil - ✔✔Topical medication to promote hair growth or reduce hairloss
✔✔Root turning - ✔✔Refers to sorting hair strands so that cuticle points toward hair
ends in its natural direction of growth
✔✔Scalp reduction - ✔✔The surgical removal of a bald area followed by the pulling
together of the scalp ends
✔✔Styling or wig block - ✔✔Head shaped form made of plastic, foam,
Used as a stand for wig or hair replacement system
✔✔Toypee - ✔✔Outdated term: small hair replacement that covers too or crown of head
✔✔Base - ✔✔The area near scalp where roller or iron is placed
✔✔Circle - ✔✔Part of the curl that forms a complete circle
✔✔Hair molding - ✔✔Styling method: uses head form as tool to set the hair in a straight
position
✔✔Hair pressing - ✔✔Temporarily straightening curly or unruly hair by means of a
heated comb
✔✔Hair wrapping - ✔✔Hair is wrapped around head for drying and styling purposes
, ✔✔Half of base - ✔✔Position of a curl one half off its base, provides medium volume
and movement
✔✔Long layered cut - ✔✔180 degree elevation to create short layers at the top and
increasingly longer layers at the perimeter
✔✔Off base - ✔✔Position of a curl off its base, maximum mobility and minimum volume
✔✔On base - ✔✔Directly on base, provides maximum volume
✔✔Stem - ✔✔Section of a curl betw base and first arc of circle, gives curl direction and
movement
✔✔Thermal styling - ✔✔Method of curling and straightening on dry hair using thermal
irons and pressing combs
✔✔Uniform layered cut - ✔✔Haircut in which hair is cut at the same length 90 degree
elevation
✔✔Acid balanced wave - ✔✔Perms w/ 7.8-8.2 pH, process at room temperature, no
heat required
✔✔Alkaline or cold waves - ✔✔Process at room temperature without hear 9.0-9.6 pH
✔✔Ammonium thioglycolate ATG - ✔✔Main active ingredient or reducing agent in
alkaline waves
✔✔Base control - ✔✔Position of perm rod in relation to its base section
✔✔Base cream - ✔✔Protective cream used on scalp during hair relaxing
✔✔Base direction - ✔✔Angle at which the perm rod is positioned on head, directional
pattern in which the hair is wrapped
✔✔Base relaxers - ✔✔Relaxers that require the use of a base or protective cream
✔✔Base sections - ✔✔Subsections of panels into which hair is devised by ridding, one
tools is placed on each base section
✔✔Basic perm wrap - ✔✔All tools within a panel are directed in the same direction
✔✔Bookend wrap - ✔✔Perm wrap in which an end paper is folded in half over the hair
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ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
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✔✔Crest - ✔✔Wisest area of head (parietal ridge, temporal region, hatband, horseshoe)
✔✔Cutting above fonger - ✔✔Method of cutting hair outside of finger used w/ horizontal
or vertical 90degree projections of hair
✔✔Cutting below the finger - ✔✔Cutting performed on the inside of finger used in 0-45
degree elevation cutting
✔✔Cutting line - ✔✔The position of the fingers when cutting a section of hair
✔✔Design line - ✔✔Perimeter line of a haircut
✔✔Diagonal - ✔✔Lines positioned betw horizontal and vertical
✔✔Facial shape - ✔✔Oval, round, inverted, triangular, square, oblong, diamond, pear-
shaped
✔✔Hair locking - ✔✔The process that occurs when coily hair is allowed to develop in its
natural state
✔✔Layers - ✔✔Over direction, usually cut 90 degrees or above
✔✔Outlining - ✔✔Finishing work of haircut with shears, trimmers, razor
✔✔Projection - ✔✔Angle or elevation that hair is held from head for cutting
✔✔Razor over comb - ✔✔Texturizing technique- comb and razor are used on surface of
hair
✔✔Razor rotaion - ✔✔Texturizing technique similar to razor over comb but done w/
small circular movement
✔✔Shear point tapering - ✔✔Techniques used to thin out difficult areas in the haircut
such as dips and hollows
✔✔Stationary guide - ✔✔Guideline that does not move, all hair is brought to it for
cutting
✔✔Thinning - ✔✔Removes bulk
,✔✔Traveling guide - ✔✔Used when creating layers or graduation
✔✔Vertical - ✔✔Lines they are seeing up and down
✔✔Finasterise - ✔✔Oral medication prescribed for men only to stimulate hair growth
✔✔Flap surgery - ✔✔A surgical technique that involves removal of a bald scalp area
and the attachment of a flap of hair bearing skin
✔✔Full head bonding - ✔✔Process of attaching hair replacement system to all areas of
head with adhesive bonding sgent
✔✔Hackling - ✔✔Process used to comb through the hair strands to separate them
✔✔Hair solution - ✔✔Any small wig used to cover the top of crown and integrate with
natural hair
✔✔Lace front - ✔✔Popular hair solution style used for off the face styles
✔✔Minoxidil - ✔✔Topical medication to promote hair growth or reduce hairloss
✔✔Root turning - ✔✔Refers to sorting hair strands so that cuticle points toward hair
ends in its natural direction of growth
✔✔Scalp reduction - ✔✔The surgical removal of a bald area followed by the pulling
together of the scalp ends
✔✔Styling or wig block - ✔✔Head shaped form made of plastic, foam,
Used as a stand for wig or hair replacement system
✔✔Toypee - ✔✔Outdated term: small hair replacement that covers too or crown of head
✔✔Base - ✔✔The area near scalp where roller or iron is placed
✔✔Circle - ✔✔Part of the curl that forms a complete circle
✔✔Hair molding - ✔✔Styling method: uses head form as tool to set the hair in a straight
position
✔✔Hair pressing - ✔✔Temporarily straightening curly or unruly hair by means of a
heated comb
✔✔Hair wrapping - ✔✔Hair is wrapped around head for drying and styling purposes
, ✔✔Half of base - ✔✔Position of a curl one half off its base, provides medium volume
and movement
✔✔Long layered cut - ✔✔180 degree elevation to create short layers at the top and
increasingly longer layers at the perimeter
✔✔Off base - ✔✔Position of a curl off its base, maximum mobility and minimum volume
✔✔On base - ✔✔Directly on base, provides maximum volume
✔✔Stem - ✔✔Section of a curl betw base and first arc of circle, gives curl direction and
movement
✔✔Thermal styling - ✔✔Method of curling and straightening on dry hair using thermal
irons and pressing combs
✔✔Uniform layered cut - ✔✔Haircut in which hair is cut at the same length 90 degree
elevation
✔✔Acid balanced wave - ✔✔Perms w/ 7.8-8.2 pH, process at room temperature, no
heat required
✔✔Alkaline or cold waves - ✔✔Process at room temperature without hear 9.0-9.6 pH
✔✔Ammonium thioglycolate ATG - ✔✔Main active ingredient or reducing agent in
alkaline waves
✔✔Base control - ✔✔Position of perm rod in relation to its base section
✔✔Base cream - ✔✔Protective cream used on scalp during hair relaxing
✔✔Base direction - ✔✔Angle at which the perm rod is positioned on head, directional
pattern in which the hair is wrapped
✔✔Base relaxers - ✔✔Relaxers that require the use of a base or protective cream
✔✔Base sections - ✔✔Subsections of panels into which hair is devised by ridding, one
tools is placed on each base section
✔✔Basic perm wrap - ✔✔All tools within a panel are directed in the same direction
✔✔Bookend wrap - ✔✔Perm wrap in which an end paper is folded in half over the hair
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