NEVADA STATE BOARD OF COSMETOLOGY 2026 EXAM
SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔soft water - ✔✔Rainwater or chemically softened water that contains only small
amounts of minerals and, therefore, allows soap and shampoo to lather freely.
✔✔graduated cuts - ✔✔wedge or haircuts that result from cutting the hair with tension
medium elevation or over Direction
✔✔Palm to palm - ✔✔Cutting position in which the palms of both hands are facing each
other.
✔✔conditioner fillers - ✔✔Used to recondition damaged, overly porous hair and
equalize porosity so that the hair accepts the color evenly from strand to strand and
scalp to ends.
✔✔semi-permanent hair color - ✔✔No lift deposit only non-oxidation hair color that is
not mixed with peroxide and is formulated to last through several shampoos
✔✔permanent hair color - ✔✔can deposit and/or lighten the natural pigments located in
the cortex layer of the hair
✔✔decontamination method 1 - ✔✔Cleaning and then disinfecting with an appropriate
EPA-registered disinfectant
✔✔Fungi - ✔✔microscopic plant parasites that include mold mildew and yeast
✔✔Low porosity - ✔✔Hair with a tight cuticle resistant to moisture or chemicals is
defined as having:
✔✔Eumelanin - ✔✔Produces brown to black pigments in the hair
✔✔multi use - ✔✔Also known as reusable; items that can be cleaned, disinfected, and
used on more than one person, even if the item is accidentally exposed to blood or body
fluid.
✔✔Minimum tension - ✔✔should be used around the ears and on hairlines with strong
growth patterns
✔✔reference point - ✔✔Apex and occipital are on the head marked where the surface
of the head changes
✔✔Medulla - ✔✔innermost layer of the hair that is compounded of round cells
, ✔✔cleaning - ✔✔using soap in water or detergent to remove all visible dirt and debris
✔✔patch test - ✔✔it's required by the federal Food Drug and cosmetics to identify
possibility allergies in a client
✔✔super relaxers - ✔✔for very coarse extremely or resistant hair
✔✔Diagonal lines - ✔✔create fullness in haircut and blend long layers into short layers
✔✔do not allow the cape to - ✔✔touch the client's skin
✔✔lowlights - ✔✔Technique of coloring strands of hair darker than the natural color
✔✔there are three ways to clean your tools or implements - ✔✔washing with soap and
warm water then scrubbing them with clean proper disinfectant nail brush using a
ultrasonic unit
✔✔single-process haircoloring - ✔✔process that lightens and colors the hair in a single
application
✔✔Texture - ✔✔thickness or diameter of the individual hair strand coarse medium fine
✔✔exposure incident with blood or body fluid - ✔✔stop the service gloves to protect you
stop the bleeding and apply pressure
✔✔thio neutralization - ✔✔Rebuilds the disulfide bonds by removing the hydrogen that
was added by the permanent waving solution
✔✔Porosity - ✔✔hair ability to absorb moisture
✔✔hydrogen bonds - ✔✔are very weak physical side bonds that are also the result of
water and thermal styling
✔✔alkaline and exothermic - ✔✔is coarse thick or resistant in low ph
✔✔Insulator - ✔✔electrical wire are usually covered with a rubber substance that is
used as
✔✔Pre-softening - ✔✔Process of treating gray or very resistant hair to allow for better
penetration of color.
✔✔Telogen phrase - ✔✔known as the resting phase is the final phrase in the hair cycle
and last till the full grown hair
SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔soft water - ✔✔Rainwater or chemically softened water that contains only small
amounts of minerals and, therefore, allows soap and shampoo to lather freely.
✔✔graduated cuts - ✔✔wedge or haircuts that result from cutting the hair with tension
medium elevation or over Direction
✔✔Palm to palm - ✔✔Cutting position in which the palms of both hands are facing each
other.
✔✔conditioner fillers - ✔✔Used to recondition damaged, overly porous hair and
equalize porosity so that the hair accepts the color evenly from strand to strand and
scalp to ends.
✔✔semi-permanent hair color - ✔✔No lift deposit only non-oxidation hair color that is
not mixed with peroxide and is formulated to last through several shampoos
✔✔permanent hair color - ✔✔can deposit and/or lighten the natural pigments located in
the cortex layer of the hair
✔✔decontamination method 1 - ✔✔Cleaning and then disinfecting with an appropriate
EPA-registered disinfectant
✔✔Fungi - ✔✔microscopic plant parasites that include mold mildew and yeast
✔✔Low porosity - ✔✔Hair with a tight cuticle resistant to moisture or chemicals is
defined as having:
✔✔Eumelanin - ✔✔Produces brown to black pigments in the hair
✔✔multi use - ✔✔Also known as reusable; items that can be cleaned, disinfected, and
used on more than one person, even if the item is accidentally exposed to blood or body
fluid.
✔✔Minimum tension - ✔✔should be used around the ears and on hairlines with strong
growth patterns
✔✔reference point - ✔✔Apex and occipital are on the head marked where the surface
of the head changes
✔✔Medulla - ✔✔innermost layer of the hair that is compounded of round cells
, ✔✔cleaning - ✔✔using soap in water or detergent to remove all visible dirt and debris
✔✔patch test - ✔✔it's required by the federal Food Drug and cosmetics to identify
possibility allergies in a client
✔✔super relaxers - ✔✔for very coarse extremely or resistant hair
✔✔Diagonal lines - ✔✔create fullness in haircut and blend long layers into short layers
✔✔do not allow the cape to - ✔✔touch the client's skin
✔✔lowlights - ✔✔Technique of coloring strands of hair darker than the natural color
✔✔there are three ways to clean your tools or implements - ✔✔washing with soap and
warm water then scrubbing them with clean proper disinfectant nail brush using a
ultrasonic unit
✔✔single-process haircoloring - ✔✔process that lightens and colors the hair in a single
application
✔✔Texture - ✔✔thickness or diameter of the individual hair strand coarse medium fine
✔✔exposure incident with blood or body fluid - ✔✔stop the service gloves to protect you
stop the bleeding and apply pressure
✔✔thio neutralization - ✔✔Rebuilds the disulfide bonds by removing the hydrogen that
was added by the permanent waving solution
✔✔Porosity - ✔✔hair ability to absorb moisture
✔✔hydrogen bonds - ✔✔are very weak physical side bonds that are also the result of
water and thermal styling
✔✔alkaline and exothermic - ✔✔is coarse thick or resistant in low ph
✔✔Insulator - ✔✔electrical wire are usually covered with a rubber substance that is
used as
✔✔Pre-softening - ✔✔Process of treating gray or very resistant hair to allow for better
penetration of color.
✔✔Telogen phrase - ✔✔known as the resting phase is the final phrase in the hair cycle
and last till the full grown hair
