NAIL TECH STATE BOARDS EXAM
2024/2025 WITH 100% ACCURATE
ANSWERS
What is the golden rule for dealing with nail disorders? - Precise Answer
✔✔You have to refuse the service if the nail is infected or swollen
Before the service, who determines the shape of the nail? - Precise
Answer ✔✔The nail tech and the client
What two other things are found in the matrix besides blood vessels? -
Precise Answer ✔✔Lymph and nerves
What does the matrix control? - Precise Answer ✔✔How fast the nail
grows.
What is the first sign of possible fungus growth under the acrylic layer
of a sculptured nail? - Precise Answer ✔✔A change in color of the
natural nail.
If you have a client with a fortify nail, what should you do? - Precise
Answer ✔✔Rub vitamin e oil on it.
,Under what condition of the nail should you use ridge filler and pumice
powder? - Precise Answer ✔✔Furrows/corrugations due to lack of zinc
What is onychauxis/hypertrophy? - Precise Answer ✔✔Over growth of
the nails
When is it ok for the nail tech to work on an ingrown nail? - Precise
Answer ✔✔If it is not infected or if the nail is not grown too deeply
How can you treat a nail with leukonychia? - Precise Answer ✔✔It can't
be corrected. You have to wait for the nail to grow out.
What is the most common thing to happen to people with acrylic nails? -
Precise Answer ✔✔Mold/fungus
What do you do when you have a client with athletes foot (tinea pedis)?
- Precise Answer ✔✔Should not perform services; refer to physician.
What are the eponychium, perinychium, and hyponichium? - Precise
Answer ✔✔The skin surrounding the nail
What is the disadvantage of using QUATS? - Precise Answer ✔✔It can
damage/corrode implements
When using primer, does the client and the tech both use safety glasses?
- Precise Answer ✔✔No, only the client
, What is the metatarsal scissors? - Precise Answer ✔✔It is a petrissage
massage movement; a kneading technique done on the feet
What part of the nail controls how fast the nail grows? - Precise Answer
✔✔The matrix
What part of the nail grows the fastest? - Precise Answer ✔✔The
matrix.
What can be used to treat nail stain? - Precise Answer ✔✔Peroxide
What is a symptom of having Eggshell nails? - Precise Answer
✔✔Thin, white, and curved
What is the difference between odorless and traditional acrylic nails? -
Precise Answer ✔✔Odorless are tacky and leave residue
Which condition is the best for treatment of an oil manicure? - Precise
Answer ✔✔Brittle and dry cuticles
What kind of wrap can be used with ridge filler? - Precise Answer
✔✔Paper wrap
2024/2025 WITH 100% ACCURATE
ANSWERS
What is the golden rule for dealing with nail disorders? - Precise Answer
✔✔You have to refuse the service if the nail is infected or swollen
Before the service, who determines the shape of the nail? - Precise
Answer ✔✔The nail tech and the client
What two other things are found in the matrix besides blood vessels? -
Precise Answer ✔✔Lymph and nerves
What does the matrix control? - Precise Answer ✔✔How fast the nail
grows.
What is the first sign of possible fungus growth under the acrylic layer
of a sculptured nail? - Precise Answer ✔✔A change in color of the
natural nail.
If you have a client with a fortify nail, what should you do? - Precise
Answer ✔✔Rub vitamin e oil on it.
,Under what condition of the nail should you use ridge filler and pumice
powder? - Precise Answer ✔✔Furrows/corrugations due to lack of zinc
What is onychauxis/hypertrophy? - Precise Answer ✔✔Over growth of
the nails
When is it ok for the nail tech to work on an ingrown nail? - Precise
Answer ✔✔If it is not infected or if the nail is not grown too deeply
How can you treat a nail with leukonychia? - Precise Answer ✔✔It can't
be corrected. You have to wait for the nail to grow out.
What is the most common thing to happen to people with acrylic nails? -
Precise Answer ✔✔Mold/fungus
What do you do when you have a client with athletes foot (tinea pedis)?
- Precise Answer ✔✔Should not perform services; refer to physician.
What are the eponychium, perinychium, and hyponichium? - Precise
Answer ✔✔The skin surrounding the nail
What is the disadvantage of using QUATS? - Precise Answer ✔✔It can
damage/corrode implements
When using primer, does the client and the tech both use safety glasses?
- Precise Answer ✔✔No, only the client
, What is the metatarsal scissors? - Precise Answer ✔✔It is a petrissage
massage movement; a kneading technique done on the feet
What part of the nail controls how fast the nail grows? - Precise Answer
✔✔The matrix
What part of the nail grows the fastest? - Precise Answer ✔✔The
matrix.
What can be used to treat nail stain? - Precise Answer ✔✔Peroxide
What is a symptom of having Eggshell nails? - Precise Answer
✔✔Thin, white, and curved
What is the difference between odorless and traditional acrylic nails? -
Precise Answer ✔✔Odorless are tacky and leave residue
Which condition is the best for treatment of an oil manicure? - Precise
Answer ✔✔Brittle and dry cuticles
What kind of wrap can be used with ridge filler? - Precise Answer
✔✔Paper wrap
