EXAM PRACTICE TEST (ANGEL) PART 1
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
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1) Infection at the nail base, usually with pus, untreated can cause loss of the nail:
A. Bitten nails.
B. Inflammation at the base of the nail with pus usually present.
C. Onychophagy.
D. Onychia. - Answer-D. Onychia.
2) The study of the growth and structure of nails is known as:
A. Onyxology.
B. Onychia.
C. The cause of a disease.
D. Eponychium. - Answer-A. Onyxology.
3) Etiology is the study of:
A. Eponychium.
B. Onychia.
C. Bitten nails.
D. The cause of a disease. - Answer-D. The cause of a disease.
4) Often referred to as the cuticle, it overlaps the lunula at the base of the nail:
A. Eponychium.
B. Bitten nails.
C. Onychia.
D. Inflammation at the base of the nail with pus usually present. - Answer-A. Eponychium
5) Onychia refers to a condition where:
A. Inflammation at the base of the nail with pus usually present.
B. Excessively tight shoe.
C. Onychophagy.
D. Onychocryptosis/ingrown toe-nails. - Answer-A.Inflammation at the base of the nail with
pus usually present.
6) Onychophagy refers to:
A. Onychophagy.
B. Inflammation at the base of the nail with pus usually present.
C. Onychocryptosis/ingrown toe-nails.
, D. Bitten nails. - Answer-Bitten nails.
7) The technical term for bitten nails is:
A. Onychocryptosis/ingrown toe-nails.
B. Excessively tight shoe.
C. Ridge filler.
D. Onychophagy. - Answer-Onychophagy.
8) Tight shoes, or improper trimming of the toe nails, may results in:
A. Onychocryptosis/ingrown toenails.
B. Ridge filler.
C. Keratin.
D. Excessively tight shoe. - Answer-Onychocryptosis/ingrown toe-nails.
9) Onychocryptosis is a condition that may result from:
A. Ridge filler.
B. Keratin.
C. Nail plate/nail body.
D. Excessively tight shoe. - Answer-Excessively tight shoe
10) A nail product used to smooth out and fill in minor depression in a client's nails is:
A. Nail bed.
B. Keratin.
C. Ridge filler.
D. Nail plate/nail body. - Answer-Ridge filler.
11) The nail is composed of a substance known as:
A.Keratin.
B.Nail plate/nail body.
C.Nail bed.
D.Eponychium. - Answer-Keratin.
12) The area from the nail root to the free edge, contain no blood vessels/nerves.
A.Nail bed.
B.Hyponychium.
C.Eponychium.
D.Nail plate/nail body. - Answer-Nail plate/nail body.
13) Portions of the nail assembly where the nail plate rests, contain blood vessels and nerves:
A.Nail matrix.
B.Hyponychium.
C.Eponychium.
D.Nail bed. - Answer-Nail bed.
14) The point where the nail enters the skin at the nail base is referred to as the:
A.Hyponychium.