NEVADA STATE BOARD OF COSMETOLOGY FINAL EXAM
2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔the pH scale range - ✔✔0-14
✔✔High porosity - ✔✔If the cuticle is lifted, allowing the hair to take color quickly
✔✔universal precautions - ✔✔the set of procedures used to avoid contact with body
fluids and to reduce the risk of spreading HIV and other diseases
✔✔Catage phase - ✔✔brief transition. Between the growth and resting phase of hair
follicles
✔✔hair shaft - ✔✔the portion of the hair that projects beyond the skin
✔✔process application - ✔✔Two Step coloring in which the hair is pre lightened before
depositing color is applied
✔✔tertiary colors - ✔✔Created by mixing a primary color with a neighboring secondary
color
✔✔Fillers - ✔✔Used to equalize porosity
✔✔MSDS - ✔✔Material Safety Data Sheet
✔✔Vertical lines are - ✔✔up and down or perpendicular to the floor
✔✔10-step consultation method - ✔✔1. Review intake form
2. Assess client's current style
3. Determine client's preferences
4. Analyze Client's hair
5. Review client's lifestyle
6. Show and tell (flip through books; likes and dislikes)
7. Suggest options (based on Lifestyle, hair type and face shape)
8. Make color recommendation
9. Discuss upkeep and maintenance
10. Review the consultation
✔✔cutting lines - ✔✔The angle at which the fingers are held when cutting the line that
creates the end shape
✔✔EPA - ✔✔Environmental Protection Agency
, ✔✔Sanitizing - ✔✔A chemical process for reducing the number of disease-causing
germs on cleaned surfaces to a safe level.
✔✔blunt cut - ✔✔a one-length haircut where all the hair comes to a single hanging level
✔✔cortex - ✔✔middle layer of the hair
✔✔permanent hair color - ✔✔can deposit and/or lighten the natural pigments located in
the cortex layer of the hair
✔✔thio relaxers - ✔✔Use the same ammonium thioglycolate (ATG) that is used in
permanent waving, but at a higher concentration and a higher pH (above 10).
✔✔Low porosity - ✔✔Hair with a tight cuticle resistant to moisture or chemicals is
defined as having:
✔✔Toners - ✔✔semipermanent, demipermanent, and permanent haircolor products
that are used primarily on prelightened hair to achieve pale and delicate colors.
✔✔layered - ✔✔cutting hair with elevation or over Direction usually 90 degrees or
above which remove weight
✔✔tone - ✔✔known as hue is the balance of color
✔✔hair lightening - ✔✔Also known as bleaching or decolorizing; chemical process
involving the diffusion of the natural hair color pigment or artificial haircolor from the
hair.
✔✔professional ethics - ✔✔self care integrity decreation communication
✔✔decontaminated method-2 - ✔✔sterilization is the process that completely destroy
us all microbial including spores
✔✔inverted braid - ✔✔The three-strand braid produced by overlapping the strands on
top of each other
✔✔Level - ✔✔to identify the lightness and darkness of color
✔✔Hydrogen peroxide Developers - ✔✔oxidizing agent that, when mixed with an
oxidation haircolor, supplies the necessary oxygen gas to develop the color molecules
and create a change in natural hair color
✔✔Antiseptic - ✔✔chemical germicides formulated for use on skin and are registered to
the FDA
2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔the pH scale range - ✔✔0-14
✔✔High porosity - ✔✔If the cuticle is lifted, allowing the hair to take color quickly
✔✔universal precautions - ✔✔the set of procedures used to avoid contact with body
fluids and to reduce the risk of spreading HIV and other diseases
✔✔Catage phase - ✔✔brief transition. Between the growth and resting phase of hair
follicles
✔✔hair shaft - ✔✔the portion of the hair that projects beyond the skin
✔✔process application - ✔✔Two Step coloring in which the hair is pre lightened before
depositing color is applied
✔✔tertiary colors - ✔✔Created by mixing a primary color with a neighboring secondary
color
✔✔Fillers - ✔✔Used to equalize porosity
✔✔MSDS - ✔✔Material Safety Data Sheet
✔✔Vertical lines are - ✔✔up and down or perpendicular to the floor
✔✔10-step consultation method - ✔✔1. Review intake form
2. Assess client's current style
3. Determine client's preferences
4. Analyze Client's hair
5. Review client's lifestyle
6. Show and tell (flip through books; likes and dislikes)
7. Suggest options (based on Lifestyle, hair type and face shape)
8. Make color recommendation
9. Discuss upkeep and maintenance
10. Review the consultation
✔✔cutting lines - ✔✔The angle at which the fingers are held when cutting the line that
creates the end shape
✔✔EPA - ✔✔Environmental Protection Agency
, ✔✔Sanitizing - ✔✔A chemical process for reducing the number of disease-causing
germs on cleaned surfaces to a safe level.
✔✔blunt cut - ✔✔a one-length haircut where all the hair comes to a single hanging level
✔✔cortex - ✔✔middle layer of the hair
✔✔permanent hair color - ✔✔can deposit and/or lighten the natural pigments located in
the cortex layer of the hair
✔✔thio relaxers - ✔✔Use the same ammonium thioglycolate (ATG) that is used in
permanent waving, but at a higher concentration and a higher pH (above 10).
✔✔Low porosity - ✔✔Hair with a tight cuticle resistant to moisture or chemicals is
defined as having:
✔✔Toners - ✔✔semipermanent, demipermanent, and permanent haircolor products
that are used primarily on prelightened hair to achieve pale and delicate colors.
✔✔layered - ✔✔cutting hair with elevation or over Direction usually 90 degrees or
above which remove weight
✔✔tone - ✔✔known as hue is the balance of color
✔✔hair lightening - ✔✔Also known as bleaching or decolorizing; chemical process
involving the diffusion of the natural hair color pigment or artificial haircolor from the
hair.
✔✔professional ethics - ✔✔self care integrity decreation communication
✔✔decontaminated method-2 - ✔✔sterilization is the process that completely destroy
us all microbial including spores
✔✔inverted braid - ✔✔The three-strand braid produced by overlapping the strands on
top of each other
✔✔Level - ✔✔to identify the lightness and darkness of color
✔✔Hydrogen peroxide Developers - ✔✔oxidizing agent that, when mixed with an
oxidation haircolor, supplies the necessary oxygen gas to develop the color molecules
and create a change in natural hair color
✔✔Antiseptic - ✔✔chemical germicides formulated for use on skin and are registered to
the FDA
