COSMETOLOGY EXAM 1:
HAIRCUTTING TECHNIQUES AND
TERMINOLOGY QUESTIONS AND 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025 UPDATE
Student Name: ___________________________
Date: ___________________________
Instructor: ___________________________
Page 1
1. What is the highest point on the top of the head, located by placing a comb flat on
the top of the head?
o Answer: Apex
2. What is the section of the hair that determines the length the hair will be cut,
located at the perimeter or interior?
o Answer: Guideline
3. What is the outer/exterior line of a hairstyle or cut called?
o Answer: Perimeter
4. What is the process of parting and securing hair into uniform working areas for
control during hair cutting called?
o Answer: Sectioning
5. What is it called when each section is divided into smaller parts for cutting?
o Answer: Sub-sectioning
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6. What area includes all hair from the back of the ear forward and below the parietal
ridge?
o Answer: Sides
7. What is a 0-degree or one-length haircut called, where all hair comes to one hanging
level, forming a weight line or area?
o Answer: Blunt haircut, low haircut, or 0-elevation
8. What is the area between the apex and the back of the parietal ridge called?
o Answer: Crown
, 9. What is a guideline that does not move, where all hair is combed to the guide and
cut?
o Answer: Stationary guideline
10. What is a blunt or one-length haircut called, where the hair is combed and cut
straight down?
o Answer: 0-elevation haircut
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11. What is the line dividing the hair to the scalp that separates one section of hair from
another or creates subsections called?
o Answer: Parting
12. What is the shape of the head or skull called, which plays a major role in guiding
you to the desired end result?
o Answer: Head form
13. What is the hindmost bone of the skull, forming the back of the skull above the nape
called?
o Answer: Occipital bone
14. What are the points on the head that signal a change in the shape of the head, from
flat to round or vice versa, called?
o Answer: Four corners
15. What is the back part of the neck, consisting of the hair below the occipital bone,
called?
o Answer: Nape
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16. What is the distribution of hair over the head, including the direction hair is
combed in relation to its base and parting, called?
o Answer: Angle
17. What is the amount of pressure applied when combing and holding a section,
stretching or pulling the hair, called?
o Answer: Tension
18. What bone forms the forehead?
o Answer: Frontal bone
19. What bones form the sides and crown (top) of the cranium?
o Answer: Temporal bones
20. What bones form the sides of the head in the ear region?
o Answer: Parietal bones
HAIRCUTTING TECHNIQUES AND
TERMINOLOGY QUESTIONS AND 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025 UPDATE
Student Name: ___________________________
Date: ___________________________
Instructor: ___________________________
Page 1
1. What is the highest point on the top of the head, located by placing a comb flat on
the top of the head?
o Answer: Apex
2. What is the section of the hair that determines the length the hair will be cut,
located at the perimeter or interior?
o Answer: Guideline
3. What is the outer/exterior line of a hairstyle or cut called?
o Answer: Perimeter
4. What is the process of parting and securing hair into uniform working areas for
control during hair cutting called?
o Answer: Sectioning
5. What is it called when each section is divided into smaller parts for cutting?
o Answer: Sub-sectioning
Page 2
6. What area includes all hair from the back of the ear forward and below the parietal
ridge?
o Answer: Sides
7. What is a 0-degree or one-length haircut called, where all hair comes to one hanging
level, forming a weight line or area?
o Answer: Blunt haircut, low haircut, or 0-elevation
8. What is the area between the apex and the back of the parietal ridge called?
o Answer: Crown
, 9. What is a guideline that does not move, where all hair is combed to the guide and
cut?
o Answer: Stationary guideline
10. What is a blunt or one-length haircut called, where the hair is combed and cut
straight down?
o Answer: 0-elevation haircut
Page 3
11. What is the line dividing the hair to the scalp that separates one section of hair from
another or creates subsections called?
o Answer: Parting
12. What is the shape of the head or skull called, which plays a major role in guiding
you to the desired end result?
o Answer: Head form
13. What is the hindmost bone of the skull, forming the back of the skull above the nape
called?
o Answer: Occipital bone
14. What are the points on the head that signal a change in the shape of the head, from
flat to round or vice versa, called?
o Answer: Four corners
15. What is the back part of the neck, consisting of the hair below the occipital bone,
called?
o Answer: Nape
Page 4
16. What is the distribution of hair over the head, including the direction hair is
combed in relation to its base and parting, called?
o Answer: Angle
17. What is the amount of pressure applied when combing and holding a section,
stretching or pulling the hair, called?
o Answer: Tension
18. What bone forms the forehead?
o Answer: Frontal bone
19. What bones form the sides and crown (top) of the cranium?
o Answer: Temporal bones
20. What bones form the sides of the head in the ear region?
o Answer: Parietal bones
