STATE BOARD PRACTICE EXAM 1
NAIL COSMETOLOGY LATEST UPDATE WITH
WELL ELABORATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Oil or moisture under a nail enhancement may cause: - CORRECT ANSWER
Enhancement to lift /fall off
The largest bone in the arm is known as the - CORRECT ANSWER humorous
The correct order of application in polishing a client's nails would be - CORRECT
ANSWER Base coat , enamel. top coat
This bone is found in the forearm and on the same side as the little finger: - CORRECT
ANSWER Ulna
This bone is found in the forearm and on the same side as the thumb: - CORRECT
ANSWER Radius
When removing polish from the artificial nails, use - CORRECT ANSWER Non-acetone
When removing artificial nails or nail enhancements use - CORRECT ANSWER
Acetone
Before performing any nail service, the nail tech should attempt to find out if the client -
CORRECT ANSWERIs diabetic
What is the best manner in which to treat agnails - CORRECT ANSWER Hot oil
manicures?
When in use, how should manicuring / pedicuring, implements be kept - CORRECT
ANSWER on a clean towel
When not in use, manicure / pedicure implements should be stored in a - CORRECT
ANSWER Closed container
These warts, caused by the HPV Virus, are flat, hard, thick growths, usually occurring
on the soles of the feet and sometimes look like a circle within a circle - CORRECT
ANSWER Plantar warts
Nail bleaches and lighteners usually contain: - CORRECT ANSWER hydrogen peroxide
, Thickened white skin and watery blisters between the toes are indication of - CORRECT
ANSWER Athlete's foot/ Tinea pedis
Another name for Athlete's foot is - CORRECT ANSWER Ringworm of the feet/Tinea
Pedis
Watery blisters and thickened whitish skin between the toe's is known as - CORRECT
ANSWER Tinea pedis
If your client has brittle/ dry nails or cry cuticles, what should you recommend? -
CORRECT ANSWER Hot oil manicure
To avoid ingrown toe-nails (onychocryptosis), do not file or clip: - CORRECT ANSWER
into the corners of the nails
The instrument used for trimming the cuticle is a - CORRECT ANSWER Nipper
A bacterial infection with pus at the mail matrix is known as - CORRECT ANSWER
Onychia
When giving a pedicure with a foot & leg massage, you should not massage over the: -
CORRECT ANSWER Shin bone
For a natural effect, the shape of the finger nails should conform to the shape of the -
CORRECT ANSWER Client's fingers
Most nail techs consider the ideal nail shape is: - CORRECT ANSWER Oval
Onychophagy is the technical term for: - CORRECT ANSWER Bitten nails
When pushing back cuticle, how should the nail technician hold the pusher - CORRECT
ANSWER angled with medium pressure
A semicircular fold of skin overlapping the nail plate on either side - CORRECT
ANSWER Nail wall
To remove your client's acrylic nails, you should - CORRECT ANSWER Use nippers to
remove unwanted acrylic nail, then soak off the remainder
Condition describes a forward growth of the cuticle covering most of the nail plate / body
- CORRECT ANSWER Pterygium
Atrophy or wasting away of the nail plate, may be the result of injury or disease -
CORRECT ANSWER Onychatrophia
NAIL COSMETOLOGY LATEST UPDATE WITH
WELL ELABORATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Oil or moisture under a nail enhancement may cause: - CORRECT ANSWER
Enhancement to lift /fall off
The largest bone in the arm is known as the - CORRECT ANSWER humorous
The correct order of application in polishing a client's nails would be - CORRECT
ANSWER Base coat , enamel. top coat
This bone is found in the forearm and on the same side as the little finger: - CORRECT
ANSWER Ulna
This bone is found in the forearm and on the same side as the thumb: - CORRECT
ANSWER Radius
When removing polish from the artificial nails, use - CORRECT ANSWER Non-acetone
When removing artificial nails or nail enhancements use - CORRECT ANSWER
Acetone
Before performing any nail service, the nail tech should attempt to find out if the client -
CORRECT ANSWERIs diabetic
What is the best manner in which to treat agnails - CORRECT ANSWER Hot oil
manicures?
When in use, how should manicuring / pedicuring, implements be kept - CORRECT
ANSWER on a clean towel
When not in use, manicure / pedicure implements should be stored in a - CORRECT
ANSWER Closed container
These warts, caused by the HPV Virus, are flat, hard, thick growths, usually occurring
on the soles of the feet and sometimes look like a circle within a circle - CORRECT
ANSWER Plantar warts
Nail bleaches and lighteners usually contain: - CORRECT ANSWER hydrogen peroxide
, Thickened white skin and watery blisters between the toes are indication of - CORRECT
ANSWER Athlete's foot/ Tinea pedis
Another name for Athlete's foot is - CORRECT ANSWER Ringworm of the feet/Tinea
Pedis
Watery blisters and thickened whitish skin between the toe's is known as - CORRECT
ANSWER Tinea pedis
If your client has brittle/ dry nails or cry cuticles, what should you recommend? -
CORRECT ANSWER Hot oil manicure
To avoid ingrown toe-nails (onychocryptosis), do not file or clip: - CORRECT ANSWER
into the corners of the nails
The instrument used for trimming the cuticle is a - CORRECT ANSWER Nipper
A bacterial infection with pus at the mail matrix is known as - CORRECT ANSWER
Onychia
When giving a pedicure with a foot & leg massage, you should not massage over the: -
CORRECT ANSWER Shin bone
For a natural effect, the shape of the finger nails should conform to the shape of the -
CORRECT ANSWER Client's fingers
Most nail techs consider the ideal nail shape is: - CORRECT ANSWER Oval
Onychophagy is the technical term for: - CORRECT ANSWER Bitten nails
When pushing back cuticle, how should the nail technician hold the pusher - CORRECT
ANSWER angled with medium pressure
A semicircular fold of skin overlapping the nail plate on either side - CORRECT
ANSWER Nail wall
To remove your client's acrylic nails, you should - CORRECT ANSWER Use nippers to
remove unwanted acrylic nail, then soak off the remainder
Condition describes a forward growth of the cuticle covering most of the nail plate / body
- CORRECT ANSWER Pterygium
Atrophy or wasting away of the nail plate, may be the result of injury or disease -
CORRECT ANSWER Onychatrophia
