PA State Board Nail Tech Study Guide Exam fully
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nail tech WITH VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025/2026.
—————- do not affect the growth of the nail plate. But nutrition exercise and general health
do. - correct answers Genes
——————— helps guide the nail plate as it grows - correct answers bed epithelium
.......... Is not a symptom of inflammation - correct answers Pus
13 members of the cosmetology board - correct answers Commissioner of professional and
occupational affairs
Director of bureau of consumer protection in the office of attorney general
3 public members and 8 professional members
A disinfectant should not be - correct answers Placed in an unmarked container
A hang nail is also known as a ? - correct answers Agnail
A long matrix results in a ? - correct answers Thicker nail plate
,A medical condition that should be seen by a doctor and not a nail tech - correct answers
Paronychia
A normal healthy nail is ... - correct answers Firm yet flexible, shiny, slightly pink in color, smooth
surface, unspotted, no splits of deep grooves, whitish and translucent.
A normal nail plate grows forward from the - correct answers Matrix
A person holding a temporary license must practice under who's supervision? - correct answers
Licensed cosmetology teacher, cosmetologist, limited practice teacher in field, or hold of
corresponding limited license.
affiliation - correct answers Any person who is an owner, stockholder, member of a board of
trustees, any professional employee, or any non-professional personnel employed by a school
of cosmetology
All fines and civil penalties are paid into what account? - correct answers Professional Licensure
Augmentation Account
Allergic contact dermatitis - correct answers Abbreviated ACD; an allergy to an ingredient or a
chemical, usually caused by repeated skin contact with the chemical.
Areas Nail Techs are allowed to work? - correct answers Elbow to finger tips and below knees to
tip of toes
Average rate of nail growth - correct answers 1/10" to 1/8" per month
Average rate of nail growth - correct answers 1/10" to 1/8" per month
, Bacilli - correct answers Rod shaped bacteria
Most common
Produce diseases such as lock jaw, typhoid fever, TB, diphtheria
Beau's lines - correct answers Visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail
plate caused by the slowing production of matrix cells, illness, or injury.
Beauty professionals are permitted and encouraged to ______. - correct answers refer
customers with infections and abnormal conditions to physicians.
Before a license is suspended or revoked what actions must be taken by the board - correct
answers License holder shall have notice in writing of charge or charges,
Given a public hearing before an authorized representative of the board
This is to produce testimony and to confront witnesses against them
Before applying warm or hot water to a client's hair or skin test the temperature on - correct
answers The inside of your wrist
Biofilms are - correct answers Highly susceptible to the body's defense mechanisms
Bleach used in the salon, spa, or barbershop must be EPA registered as a ______. - correct
answers disinfectant
Blood spill procedure - correct answers - stop service
- change or put on gloves
- apologize
- Clean wound and apply antiseptic
solved & updated 2025-2026(latest version verified
for accuracy) | 2024\2025Latest!! PA state board -
nail tech WITH VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025/2026.
—————- do not affect the growth of the nail plate. But nutrition exercise and general health
do. - correct answers Genes
——————— helps guide the nail plate as it grows - correct answers bed epithelium
.......... Is not a symptom of inflammation - correct answers Pus
13 members of the cosmetology board - correct answers Commissioner of professional and
occupational affairs
Director of bureau of consumer protection in the office of attorney general
3 public members and 8 professional members
A disinfectant should not be - correct answers Placed in an unmarked container
A hang nail is also known as a ? - correct answers Agnail
A long matrix results in a ? - correct answers Thicker nail plate
,A medical condition that should be seen by a doctor and not a nail tech - correct answers
Paronychia
A normal healthy nail is ... - correct answers Firm yet flexible, shiny, slightly pink in color, smooth
surface, unspotted, no splits of deep grooves, whitish and translucent.
A normal nail plate grows forward from the - correct answers Matrix
A person holding a temporary license must practice under who's supervision? - correct answers
Licensed cosmetology teacher, cosmetologist, limited practice teacher in field, or hold of
corresponding limited license.
affiliation - correct answers Any person who is an owner, stockholder, member of a board of
trustees, any professional employee, or any non-professional personnel employed by a school
of cosmetology
All fines and civil penalties are paid into what account? - correct answers Professional Licensure
Augmentation Account
Allergic contact dermatitis - correct answers Abbreviated ACD; an allergy to an ingredient or a
chemical, usually caused by repeated skin contact with the chemical.
Areas Nail Techs are allowed to work? - correct answers Elbow to finger tips and below knees to
tip of toes
Average rate of nail growth - correct answers 1/10" to 1/8" per month
Average rate of nail growth - correct answers 1/10" to 1/8" per month
, Bacilli - correct answers Rod shaped bacteria
Most common
Produce diseases such as lock jaw, typhoid fever, TB, diphtheria
Beau's lines - correct answers Visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail
plate caused by the slowing production of matrix cells, illness, or injury.
Beauty professionals are permitted and encouraged to ______. - correct answers refer
customers with infections and abnormal conditions to physicians.
Before a license is suspended or revoked what actions must be taken by the board - correct
answers License holder shall have notice in writing of charge or charges,
Given a public hearing before an authorized representative of the board
This is to produce testimony and to confront witnesses against them
Before applying warm or hot water to a client's hair or skin test the temperature on - correct
answers The inside of your wrist
Biofilms are - correct answers Highly susceptible to the body's defense mechanisms
Bleach used in the salon, spa, or barbershop must be EPA registered as a ______. - correct
answers disinfectant
Blood spill procedure - correct answers - stop service
- change or put on gloves
- apologize
- Clean wound and apply antiseptic
