HAWAII COSMETOLOGY LICENSE
EXAM – PRACTICE TEST
SECTION 1: ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY (Questions 1–20)
1. The muscle that circles the mouth and is responsible for puckering and
wrinkling the lips (kissing/whistling) is the:
A) Buccinator
B) Orbicularis oris
C) Orbicularis oculi
D) Zygomaticus major
Rationale: Orbicularis oris is the sphincter muscle around the mouth. Buccinator
compresses the cheek; orbicularis oculi closes the eye.
2. Muscles affected by massage are generally manipulated from the:
A) Origin to insertion
B) Insertion to origin
C) Center to ends
D) Ends to center
Rationale: Massage follows the direction of venous flow and muscle fibers from
insertion (more movable) toward origin to avoid damaging muscle fibers.
3. The coordination of which two muscles enables chewing (mastication)?
A) Masseter and buccinator
B) Temporalis and masseter
C) Sternocleidomastoid and temporalis
D) Zygomaticus and masseter
Rationale: Temporalis elevates and retracts the mandible; masseter elevates it.
Both are primary masticatory muscles.
4. The muscle that turns the palm of the hand upward (supination) is the:
A) Pronator
B) Supinator
C) Flexor
D) Extensor
,Rationale: Supinator muscle of the forearm rotates radius over ulna to turn palm
up. Pronator does the opposite.
5. Which muscle straightens the fingers and wrist?
A) Flexor
B) Extensor
C) Adductor
D) Abductor
Rationale: Extensor muscles (e.g., extensor digitorum) straighten fingers and wrist;
flexors bend them.
6. Cells that fight bacteria and foreign substances are called leukocytes or:
A) Red blood cells
B) White blood cells
C) Platelets
D) Plasma cells
Rationale: Leukocytes (white blood cells) are immune cells; RBCs carry oxygen;
platelets aid clotting.
7. Thick-walled vessels that carry pure (oxygenated) blood from the heart to the
body are:
A) Veins
B) Arteries
C) Capillaries
D) Venules
Rationale: Arteries have thick muscular walls and carry oxygenated blood away
from the heart (except pulmonary artery).
8. Which artery supplies blood to the lower portion of the face, including the
mouth and nose?
A) Temporal artery
B) Facial artery
C) External maxillary artery
D) Supraorbital artery
Rationale: External maxillary (facial) artery branches to supply the lower face,
lips, and nose.
, 9. What structure filters toxic substances, bacteria, and adds antibodies to lymph
fluid?
A) Spleen
B) Lymph nodes
C) Thymus
D) Bone marrow
Rationale: Lymph nodes trap pathogens and contain lymphocytes that produce
antibodies.
10. The bone that forms the forehead is the:
A) Parietal
B) Occipital
C) Frontal
D) Temporal
Rationale: Frontal bone is the forehead; parietal are side walls; occipital is back;
temporal are temples.
11. The largest and strongest bone of the face is the:
A) Maxilla
B) Zygomatic
C) Mandible
D) Nasal
Rationale: Mandible (lower jaw) is the only movable facial bone and the strongest.
12. The muscle that raises the eyebrow and causes horizontal forehead wrinkles is
the:
A) Corrugator supercilii
B) Frontalis
C) Orbicularis oculi
D) Procerus
Rationale: Frontalis lifts brows; corrugator pulls brows together (vertical lines).
13. The nerve that supplies the little finger side of the arm and hand is the:
A) Median nerve
B) Radial nerve
C) Ulnar nerve
D) Musculocutaneous nerve
EXAM – PRACTICE TEST
SECTION 1: ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY (Questions 1–20)
1. The muscle that circles the mouth and is responsible for puckering and
wrinkling the lips (kissing/whistling) is the:
A) Buccinator
B) Orbicularis oris
C) Orbicularis oculi
D) Zygomaticus major
Rationale: Orbicularis oris is the sphincter muscle around the mouth. Buccinator
compresses the cheek; orbicularis oculi closes the eye.
2. Muscles affected by massage are generally manipulated from the:
A) Origin to insertion
B) Insertion to origin
C) Center to ends
D) Ends to center
Rationale: Massage follows the direction of venous flow and muscle fibers from
insertion (more movable) toward origin to avoid damaging muscle fibers.
3. The coordination of which two muscles enables chewing (mastication)?
A) Masseter and buccinator
B) Temporalis and masseter
C) Sternocleidomastoid and temporalis
D) Zygomaticus and masseter
Rationale: Temporalis elevates and retracts the mandible; masseter elevates it.
Both are primary masticatory muscles.
4. The muscle that turns the palm of the hand upward (supination) is the:
A) Pronator
B) Supinator
C) Flexor
D) Extensor
,Rationale: Supinator muscle of the forearm rotates radius over ulna to turn palm
up. Pronator does the opposite.
5. Which muscle straightens the fingers and wrist?
A) Flexor
B) Extensor
C) Adductor
D) Abductor
Rationale: Extensor muscles (e.g., extensor digitorum) straighten fingers and wrist;
flexors bend them.
6. Cells that fight bacteria and foreign substances are called leukocytes or:
A) Red blood cells
B) White blood cells
C) Platelets
D) Plasma cells
Rationale: Leukocytes (white blood cells) are immune cells; RBCs carry oxygen;
platelets aid clotting.
7. Thick-walled vessels that carry pure (oxygenated) blood from the heart to the
body are:
A) Veins
B) Arteries
C) Capillaries
D) Venules
Rationale: Arteries have thick muscular walls and carry oxygenated blood away
from the heart (except pulmonary artery).
8. Which artery supplies blood to the lower portion of the face, including the
mouth and nose?
A) Temporal artery
B) Facial artery
C) External maxillary artery
D) Supraorbital artery
Rationale: External maxillary (facial) artery branches to supply the lower face,
lips, and nose.
, 9. What structure filters toxic substances, bacteria, and adds antibodies to lymph
fluid?
A) Spleen
B) Lymph nodes
C) Thymus
D) Bone marrow
Rationale: Lymph nodes trap pathogens and contain lymphocytes that produce
antibodies.
10. The bone that forms the forehead is the:
A) Parietal
B) Occipital
C) Frontal
D) Temporal
Rationale: Frontal bone is the forehead; parietal are side walls; occipital is back;
temporal are temples.
11. The largest and strongest bone of the face is the:
A) Maxilla
B) Zygomatic
C) Mandible
D) Nasal
Rationale: Mandible (lower jaw) is the only movable facial bone and the strongest.
12. The muscle that raises the eyebrow and causes horizontal forehead wrinkles is
the:
A) Corrugator supercilii
B) Frontalis
C) Orbicularis oculi
D) Procerus
Rationale: Frontalis lifts brows; corrugator pulls brows together (vertical lines).
13. The nerve that supplies the little finger side of the arm and hand is the:
A) Median nerve
B) Radial nerve
C) Ulnar nerve
D) Musculocutaneous nerve
