NJ STATE BOARD PROMETRIC WRITTEN
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST
2025-2026 UPDATE
What test is performed during a relaxing service? - Answer-a strand test
What service would be performed for hard cuticles? - Answer-An oil
Manicure
What would be done for someone with Onychophagy? - Answer-
Frequent manicures.
What should the position be of the practitioner when shampooing? -
Answer-shoulders back
What would have been affected if the density of the hair if it is
destroyed? - Answer-The dermal papilla.
What is the cone shape projection at the base of the hair? - Answer-The
dermal papilla
What are circular movements used for? - Answer-Improve blood
circulation and relaxation.
What is the age you have to be to receive your cosmetology license? -
Answer-17
, What kind of shoes should you wear to work in the salon - Answer-Low
heel closed toe
What is the second towel used for in a shave? - Answer-Wiping the
razor.
Where do you apply a color for a retouch - Answer-up to the line of
demarcation
What is it called when you twist and pull the hair from the root to
remove it - Answer-threading
What should the Cape not touch? - Answer-the skin
If the hair is dry and brittle, what kind of porosity does it have? -
Answer-High porosity
What does it mean if there are bumps on the face when you're shaving?
- Answer-ingrown hairs
What should you do if there is blistered and chapped skin on the face
for a client who wants a shave? - Answer-Refuse service; Do not shave
the face until the skin is healed.
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST
2025-2026 UPDATE
What test is performed during a relaxing service? - Answer-a strand test
What service would be performed for hard cuticles? - Answer-An oil
Manicure
What would be done for someone with Onychophagy? - Answer-
Frequent manicures.
What should the position be of the practitioner when shampooing? -
Answer-shoulders back
What would have been affected if the density of the hair if it is
destroyed? - Answer-The dermal papilla.
What is the cone shape projection at the base of the hair? - Answer-The
dermal papilla
What are circular movements used for? - Answer-Improve blood
circulation and relaxation.
What is the age you have to be to receive your cosmetology license? -
Answer-17
, What kind of shoes should you wear to work in the salon - Answer-Low
heel closed toe
What is the second towel used for in a shave? - Answer-Wiping the
razor.
Where do you apply a color for a retouch - Answer-up to the line of
demarcation
What is it called when you twist and pull the hair from the root to
remove it - Answer-threading
What should the Cape not touch? - Answer-the skin
If the hair is dry and brittle, what kind of porosity does it have? -
Answer-High porosity
What does it mean if there are bumps on the face when you're shaving?
- Answer-ingrown hairs
What should you do if there is blistered and chapped skin on the face
for a client who wants a shave? - Answer-Refuse service; Do not shave
the face until the skin is healed.
