MN COSMETOLOGY STUDY EXAM GUIDE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔On the year due, when does your license expire? - ✔✔The last day of your birth
month
✔✔What does CE stand for? - ✔✔continuing education
✔✔If a renewal is audited by the board, the licensee must provide proof of the
requested items within how many days? - ✔✔30 days
✔✔Fraudulent reporting of qualifications or CE credits is subject to _____ and
________ including _______ of the license - ✔✔penalties, discipline, recovations
✔✔In MN how many hours of training do you need to be a cosmetologist? - ✔✔1550
hours
✔✔In order to qualify for a managers license in the state of MN you must provide
documentation of a current operators license and complete _____________ hours of
licensed practice, in a salon within the 3 years prior - ✔✔2,700
✔✔How long must a licensee maintain proof of CE credits for? - ✔✔4 years
✔✔How many hours of training do you need in MN to become an esthetician? - ✔✔600
✔✔Applicants for cosmetology, esthetician or nail technician license must provide proof
of these 4 items that are no more than 1 year old? - ✔✔Proof of High school diploma or
GED, proof of completion of training, payment of initial application fees and original of
all passing test results
✔✔What happens if your renewal license has not been processed and your license
expires? - ✔✔A licensee is not authorized to practice after the expiration date until the
license is issued
✔✔Name the three tests that you need to take in order to receive your license after you
have completed your required hours? - ✔✔Practical, general theory, written practical
and MN laws and rules
✔✔what happens if you do not receive notice from the state that your license is going to
expire and it expires without your knowledge? - ✔✔Failure to receive notice is not a
valid excuse
, ✔✔If an applicants training is more than ______ years old, a skills course certification
no more than ___ years old must also be submitted for initial licensure - ✔✔5,1
✔✔In order to hold a school manager license, you must first hold these two individual
licenses. - ✔✔operator and manager
✔✔cosmetology, esthetician, nail technician, advanced practice esthetician manager or
instructor all require a person to hold an - ✔✔individual license
✔✔How many hours are required to become a nail technician - ✔✔350 hours
✔✔how many hours of CE does an instructor need before renewing their license every
3 years? - ✔✔45 hours
✔✔Fine for expired manager/owner license - ✔✔$150
✔✔Initial practitioner license - ✔✔$155
✔✔Fine for expired school license - ✔✔$1000
✔✔Initial manager/owner/instructor license fee - ✔✔$195
✔✔Fine for expired practitioner license - ✔✔$200
✔✔Renewal for school license - ✔✔$2500
✔✔Fine for expired salon license - ✔✔$500
✔✔Renewal for owner/manager/instructor license - ✔✔$145
✔✔Fine for reinspection - ✔✔$150
✔✔ The board contains how many members - ✔✔7
✔✔Practioner - ✔✔Any person licensed in cosmo, esthi, eyelashes or nails
✔✔Who designates the licensed salon manager - ✔✔A salon owner and registered
state board member
✔✔What do advanced practice estheticians do? - ✔✔Use mechanical or electrical skin
care apparatuses or applications that are used on epidermal layer of the skin
✔✔Who appoints the board members? - ✔✔governor
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔On the year due, when does your license expire? - ✔✔The last day of your birth
month
✔✔What does CE stand for? - ✔✔continuing education
✔✔If a renewal is audited by the board, the licensee must provide proof of the
requested items within how many days? - ✔✔30 days
✔✔Fraudulent reporting of qualifications or CE credits is subject to _____ and
________ including _______ of the license - ✔✔penalties, discipline, recovations
✔✔In MN how many hours of training do you need to be a cosmetologist? - ✔✔1550
hours
✔✔In order to qualify for a managers license in the state of MN you must provide
documentation of a current operators license and complete _____________ hours of
licensed practice, in a salon within the 3 years prior - ✔✔2,700
✔✔How long must a licensee maintain proof of CE credits for? - ✔✔4 years
✔✔How many hours of training do you need in MN to become an esthetician? - ✔✔600
✔✔Applicants for cosmetology, esthetician or nail technician license must provide proof
of these 4 items that are no more than 1 year old? - ✔✔Proof of High school diploma or
GED, proof of completion of training, payment of initial application fees and original of
all passing test results
✔✔What happens if your renewal license has not been processed and your license
expires? - ✔✔A licensee is not authorized to practice after the expiration date until the
license is issued
✔✔Name the three tests that you need to take in order to receive your license after you
have completed your required hours? - ✔✔Practical, general theory, written practical
and MN laws and rules
✔✔what happens if you do not receive notice from the state that your license is going to
expire and it expires without your knowledge? - ✔✔Failure to receive notice is not a
valid excuse
, ✔✔If an applicants training is more than ______ years old, a skills course certification
no more than ___ years old must also be submitted for initial licensure - ✔✔5,1
✔✔In order to hold a school manager license, you must first hold these two individual
licenses. - ✔✔operator and manager
✔✔cosmetology, esthetician, nail technician, advanced practice esthetician manager or
instructor all require a person to hold an - ✔✔individual license
✔✔How many hours are required to become a nail technician - ✔✔350 hours
✔✔how many hours of CE does an instructor need before renewing their license every
3 years? - ✔✔45 hours
✔✔Fine for expired manager/owner license - ✔✔$150
✔✔Initial practitioner license - ✔✔$155
✔✔Fine for expired school license - ✔✔$1000
✔✔Initial manager/owner/instructor license fee - ✔✔$195
✔✔Fine for expired practitioner license - ✔✔$200
✔✔Renewal for school license - ✔✔$2500
✔✔Fine for expired salon license - ✔✔$500
✔✔Renewal for owner/manager/instructor license - ✔✔$145
✔✔Fine for reinspection - ✔✔$150
✔✔ The board contains how many members - ✔✔7
✔✔Practioner - ✔✔Any person licensed in cosmo, esthi, eyelashes or nails
✔✔Who designates the licensed salon manager - ✔✔A salon owner and registered
state board member
✔✔What do advanced practice estheticians do? - ✔✔Use mechanical or electrical skin
care apparatuses or applications that are used on epidermal layer of the skin
✔✔Who appoints the board members? - ✔✔governor
