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1. What shampoo is best for color treated hair? - Correct Answer: Acid-
balanced shampoos
2. What conditioning treatment is used to add moisture and protein to hair? -
Correct Answer: Instant conditioners
3. What is composed of cells similar in shape, size, structure, and function? -
Correct Answer: Tissues
4. What is free-form blow-drying? - Correct Answer: A quick and easy
method of drying the clients hair that is probably most like the technique
used at home.
5. What does freeform blowdrying achieve? - Correct Answer: It builds
fullness into the style while allowing the hair to fall in the natural lines of
the cut
,6. How far should a blow dryer be held from the head? - Correct Answer:
6" to 10" from the area being dried
7. What is pediculosis capitis? - Correct Answer: infestation of the hair and
scalp with head lice
8. What is alopecia? - Correct Answer: technical term for hair loss
9. How many shaving movements are there? - Correct Answer: 14
10.what steps are backhand? - Correct Answer: -2,6,7, and 9 (12 is
optional)
11.what steps are reverse freehand? - Correct Answer: 5,10,13,14
12.When is the reverse backhand stroke used? - Correct Answer: -In the
neck shave and sideburns
13.Refers to the weight and length of the blade relative to that of the handle. -
Correct Answer: straight razor balance
14.when is a straight razor in balance? - Correct Answer: -When the weight
of the blade and handle are equal
,15.What is the grind of the razor? - Correct Answer: -The shape of the
blade after it has been ground There are 2 types of razor grinds: Concave
and Wedge
16.What are the 2 grinds for shears? - Correct Answer: -The flat grind
associated with German style shears -Hollow-ground blades seen in convex
shear styles
17.When don't you use a hot towel on the face? - Correct Answer: When
skin is chapped, blistered, thin, sensitive, or when pustules abrasions or
lesions are present
18.A skin disorder characterized by chronic inflammation of the sebaceous
glands caused from retained secretions and bacteria, occurring most
frequently on the face, back, and chest? - Correct Answer: acne
19.Basic or true colors that cannot be created by combining other colors? -
Correct Answer: Primary colors
20.What are the primary colors? - Correct Answer: red, blue, yellow
21.Created by mixing equal amounts of primary colors? - Correct Answer:
secondary colors
22.What are the secondary colors? - Correct Answer: Orange, green, and
violet
, 23.A broad muscle consisting of the occipitals and frontalis that cover the top
of the skull? - Correct Answer: Epicranius
24.The muscle between the upper and lower jaws that compress the cheeks
and expels air between the lips? - Correct Answer: buccinator
25.What are disease causing bacteria or viruses that are carried through the
body in the blood or body fluid? - Correct Answer: Blood borne
pathogens
26.What are the 3 levels of decontamination? - Correct Answer: Sanitation,
disinfection, sterilization
27.What are 2 most often used in the barbershop? - Correct Answer:
Sanitation and disinfection
28.How do you clean shears? - Correct Answer: Wipe hair off shears, wash
in warm soapy water and dry, lubricate according to manufacturers
recommendation
29.What percentage of alcohol may be used to disinfect? - Correct Answer:
70%
Study Guide Comprehensive Resource To Help You Ace
2026-2027 Exams Includes Frequently Tested Questions
With ELABORATED 100% Correct COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Guaranteed Pass First Attempt!! Current Update!!
Instant Download Pdf
1. What shampoo is best for color treated hair? - Correct Answer: Acid-
balanced shampoos
2. What conditioning treatment is used to add moisture and protein to hair? -
Correct Answer: Instant conditioners
3. What is composed of cells similar in shape, size, structure, and function? -
Correct Answer: Tissues
4. What is free-form blow-drying? - Correct Answer: A quick and easy
method of drying the clients hair that is probably most like the technique
used at home.
5. What does freeform blowdrying achieve? - Correct Answer: It builds
fullness into the style while allowing the hair to fall in the natural lines of
the cut
,6. How far should a blow dryer be held from the head? - Correct Answer:
6" to 10" from the area being dried
7. What is pediculosis capitis? - Correct Answer: infestation of the hair and
scalp with head lice
8. What is alopecia? - Correct Answer: technical term for hair loss
9. How many shaving movements are there? - Correct Answer: 14
10.what steps are backhand? - Correct Answer: -2,6,7, and 9 (12 is
optional)
11.what steps are reverse freehand? - Correct Answer: 5,10,13,14
12.When is the reverse backhand stroke used? - Correct Answer: -In the
neck shave and sideburns
13.Refers to the weight and length of the blade relative to that of the handle. -
Correct Answer: straight razor balance
14.when is a straight razor in balance? - Correct Answer: -When the weight
of the blade and handle are equal
,15.What is the grind of the razor? - Correct Answer: -The shape of the
blade after it has been ground There are 2 types of razor grinds: Concave
and Wedge
16.What are the 2 grinds for shears? - Correct Answer: -The flat grind
associated with German style shears -Hollow-ground blades seen in convex
shear styles
17.When don't you use a hot towel on the face? - Correct Answer: When
skin is chapped, blistered, thin, sensitive, or when pustules abrasions or
lesions are present
18.A skin disorder characterized by chronic inflammation of the sebaceous
glands caused from retained secretions and bacteria, occurring most
frequently on the face, back, and chest? - Correct Answer: acne
19.Basic or true colors that cannot be created by combining other colors? -
Correct Answer: Primary colors
20.What are the primary colors? - Correct Answer: red, blue, yellow
21.Created by mixing equal amounts of primary colors? - Correct Answer:
secondary colors
22.What are the secondary colors? - Correct Answer: Orange, green, and
violet
, 23.A broad muscle consisting of the occipitals and frontalis that cover the top
of the skull? - Correct Answer: Epicranius
24.The muscle between the upper and lower jaws that compress the cheeks
and expels air between the lips? - Correct Answer: buccinator
25.What are disease causing bacteria or viruses that are carried through the
body in the blood or body fluid? - Correct Answer: Blood borne
pathogens
26.What are the 3 levels of decontamination? - Correct Answer: Sanitation,
disinfection, sterilization
27.What are 2 most often used in the barbershop? - Correct Answer:
Sanitation and disinfection
28.How do you clean shears? - Correct Answer: Wipe hair off shears, wash
in warm soapy water and dry, lubricate according to manufacturers
recommendation
29.What percentage of alcohol may be used to disinfect? - Correct Answer:
70%
