SDV ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ The improper use of nail nippers may result in.
Answer: Agnails
◍ When pushing back cuticles, how should the nail technician hold the
pusher:.
Answer: Angled with medium pressure
◍ Functions as a barrier to stop bacteria / infection from getting to the nail
matrix:.
Answer: Eponychium
◍ Before performing any nail service, the nail tech should attempt to find out
if the client:.
Answer: is diabetic
◍ This is the skin surrounding, touching, and overlapping the nail on 3 sides:.
Answer: Perionychium
◍ Atrophy or wasting away of the nail plate, may be the result of injury or
disease:.
Answer: Onychatrophia
◍ A steel nail pusher should only be used:.
Answer: On a moist nail
◍ The technical term for a hang nail is:.
Answer: Agnail
◍ The skin beneath / under the Free Edge of the nail:.
Answer: Hyponychium
◍ The active ingredient in nail bleach or whiteners is:.
, Answer: hydrogen peroxide or h202
◍ What can a nail tech use to smooth out imperfections in a client's natural
nails?.
Answer: Ridge filler
◍ Onychia refers to a condition where:.
Answer: Inflammation at the base of the nail with pus usually present
◍ Most nail techs consider the ideal nail shape is:.
Answer: Oval
◍ The matacarpus / palm of the hand contains how many long & slender
bones:.
Answer: Five
◍ These are the tracks on both sides of the nail, through which it moves as it
grows:.
Answer: Grooves / Track
◍ Often referred to as the cuticle, it overlaps the lunula at the base of the nail:.
Answer: Eponychium
◍ When removing artificial nails or nail enhancements, use:.
Answer: Acetone
◍ Watery blisters and thickened whitish skin between the toes, is known as:.
Answer: Tinea pedis
◍ Contains the blood, lymph, and nerves from which new nail cells are
generated:.
Answer: nail matrix
◍ What is the primary purpose of nail primer.
Answer: To improve adhesion
◍ What is the best manner in which to treat agnails:.
Answer: Hot oil manicures
◍ A bacterial infection of the tissue around the nail:.
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ The improper use of nail nippers may result in.
Answer: Agnails
◍ When pushing back cuticles, how should the nail technician hold the
pusher:.
Answer: Angled with medium pressure
◍ Functions as a barrier to stop bacteria / infection from getting to the nail
matrix:.
Answer: Eponychium
◍ Before performing any nail service, the nail tech should attempt to find out
if the client:.
Answer: is diabetic
◍ This is the skin surrounding, touching, and overlapping the nail on 3 sides:.
Answer: Perionychium
◍ Atrophy or wasting away of the nail plate, may be the result of injury or
disease:.
Answer: Onychatrophia
◍ A steel nail pusher should only be used:.
Answer: On a moist nail
◍ The technical term for a hang nail is:.
Answer: Agnail
◍ The skin beneath / under the Free Edge of the nail:.
Answer: Hyponychium
◍ The active ingredient in nail bleach or whiteners is:.
, Answer: hydrogen peroxide or h202
◍ What can a nail tech use to smooth out imperfections in a client's natural
nails?.
Answer: Ridge filler
◍ Onychia refers to a condition where:.
Answer: Inflammation at the base of the nail with pus usually present
◍ Most nail techs consider the ideal nail shape is:.
Answer: Oval
◍ The matacarpus / palm of the hand contains how many long & slender
bones:.
Answer: Five
◍ These are the tracks on both sides of the nail, through which it moves as it
grows:.
Answer: Grooves / Track
◍ Often referred to as the cuticle, it overlaps the lunula at the base of the nail:.
Answer: Eponychium
◍ When removing artificial nails or nail enhancements, use:.
Answer: Acetone
◍ Watery blisters and thickened whitish skin between the toes, is known as:.
Answer: Tinea pedis
◍ Contains the blood, lymph, and nerves from which new nail cells are
generated:.
Answer: nail matrix
◍ What is the primary purpose of nail primer.
Answer: To improve adhesion
◍ What is the best manner in which to treat agnails:.
Answer: Hot oil manicures
◍ A bacterial infection of the tissue around the nail:.
