MN COSMETOLOGY 2026 EXAMS TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔True or false: once you have a special event service permit you may preform any
service that the permits cover? - ✔✔False, you may only preform services under your
field of practice. Esthetician can't do hair
✔✔If a salon offers cosmetology services and advanced practice esthiology services,
how many salon licenses must they hold? - ✔✔2, a salon may hold more than one type
of salon license
✔✔In addition to complying with the requirements for a salon, the holder of a salon
license for a mobile salon must do? - ✔✔Maintain a permanent business address and
notify the board of the locations and schedule of operations of the mobile salon
✔✔Salon licenses must be renewed every? - ✔✔3 years
✔✔If you have a salon in your home, what are the requirements for separation from
your living quarters? - ✔✔Completely partitioned off from the living quarters
✔✔who is responsible for verifying that the salon or school in which you work has an
active license - ✔✔The licensee
✔✔How many days do you have to notify the state that you have moved and you need
to change your address? - ✔✔30 days
✔✔If your individual license isn't posted at your work station where is the only other
place it can be posted? - ✔✔Reception area of the salon
✔✔If you don't have your license posted at your station, then you have two ways to
meet the requirements for verifying your full name shown on your license - ✔✔Name
tag with full name or prominently displayed business cards displayed at the workstation
✔✔You have how many days to submit a legal name change verified by league
documentation to the state? - ✔✔30 days. The former name is invalid on the 31st day
✔✔After a license is issued from the state, you may use this for up to 30 days beginning
on the license issuance date? - ✔✔A print out of the online license statues from the
Board website
✔✔How long is a special events permit good for? - ✔✔12 months
, ✔✔When does a salon license expire? - ✔✔3 years from the issuance date, last day of
that month
✔✔A nursing home does not need a salon license to provide services if? - ✔✔Washing
hair, setting hair, trimming hair, filing nails, applying and removing nail polish and make
up services
✔✔What are the criteria for separating the salon space from your living space when you
have a home salon? - ✔✔There must be a permanent, solid partition from floor to
ceiling between the salon and the residential areas, and any door in between them and
must be kept closed at all times
✔✔A special events permit holder must comply with all infection control requirements
and must? - ✔✔Carry a first aid kit
✔✔When does a special events permit expire? - ✔✔December 31st of the year issued,
good for one year
✔✔The board issues individual licenses on a? - ✔✔3 year cycle
✔✔If you have a special events permit, how many hours in advance do you need to
register online the special event that you are working at? - ✔✔48 hours
✔✔Licensees may not perform cosmetology services while? - ✔✔Under the influence of
intoxicant, controlled substances or while consuming alcohol
✔✔Working under either of these two permits does not count towards hours worked in a
licensed salon required to obtain other licenses, such as a manager license or instructor
license. - ✔✔special events permit and homebound permit
✔✔You must have or do these three things in order to obtain a special events permit -
✔✔have a managers license, care professional liability insurance and pay all required
fees
✔✔Perms and hair coloring are two services that can not be performed? - ✔✔In a
nursing home without a salon license
✔✔Name 5 services a cosmetologist can perform with a special event permit - ✔✔style,
reinforce, extend hair, apply and remove nail polish and apply and remove makeup
✔✔On the year due, when does your license expire? - ✔✔The last day of your birth
month
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔True or false: once you have a special event service permit you may preform any
service that the permits cover? - ✔✔False, you may only preform services under your
field of practice. Esthetician can't do hair
✔✔If a salon offers cosmetology services and advanced practice esthiology services,
how many salon licenses must they hold? - ✔✔2, a salon may hold more than one type
of salon license
✔✔In addition to complying with the requirements for a salon, the holder of a salon
license for a mobile salon must do? - ✔✔Maintain a permanent business address and
notify the board of the locations and schedule of operations of the mobile salon
✔✔Salon licenses must be renewed every? - ✔✔3 years
✔✔If you have a salon in your home, what are the requirements for separation from
your living quarters? - ✔✔Completely partitioned off from the living quarters
✔✔who is responsible for verifying that the salon or school in which you work has an
active license - ✔✔The licensee
✔✔How many days do you have to notify the state that you have moved and you need
to change your address? - ✔✔30 days
✔✔If your individual license isn't posted at your work station where is the only other
place it can be posted? - ✔✔Reception area of the salon
✔✔If you don't have your license posted at your station, then you have two ways to
meet the requirements for verifying your full name shown on your license - ✔✔Name
tag with full name or prominently displayed business cards displayed at the workstation
✔✔You have how many days to submit a legal name change verified by league
documentation to the state? - ✔✔30 days. The former name is invalid on the 31st day
✔✔After a license is issued from the state, you may use this for up to 30 days beginning
on the license issuance date? - ✔✔A print out of the online license statues from the
Board website
✔✔How long is a special events permit good for? - ✔✔12 months
, ✔✔When does a salon license expire? - ✔✔3 years from the issuance date, last day of
that month
✔✔A nursing home does not need a salon license to provide services if? - ✔✔Washing
hair, setting hair, trimming hair, filing nails, applying and removing nail polish and make
up services
✔✔What are the criteria for separating the salon space from your living space when you
have a home salon? - ✔✔There must be a permanent, solid partition from floor to
ceiling between the salon and the residential areas, and any door in between them and
must be kept closed at all times
✔✔A special events permit holder must comply with all infection control requirements
and must? - ✔✔Carry a first aid kit
✔✔When does a special events permit expire? - ✔✔December 31st of the year issued,
good for one year
✔✔The board issues individual licenses on a? - ✔✔3 year cycle
✔✔If you have a special events permit, how many hours in advance do you need to
register online the special event that you are working at? - ✔✔48 hours
✔✔Licensees may not perform cosmetology services while? - ✔✔Under the influence of
intoxicant, controlled substances or while consuming alcohol
✔✔Working under either of these two permits does not count towards hours worked in a
licensed salon required to obtain other licenses, such as a manager license or instructor
license. - ✔✔special events permit and homebound permit
✔✔You must have or do these three things in order to obtain a special events permit -
✔✔have a managers license, care professional liability insurance and pay all required
fees
✔✔Perms and hair coloring are two services that can not be performed? - ✔✔In a
nursing home without a salon license
✔✔Name 5 services a cosmetologist can perform with a special event permit - ✔✔style,
reinforce, extend hair, apply and remove nail polish and apply and remove makeup
✔✔On the year due, when does your license expire? - ✔✔The last day of your birth
month
