NJ State Board Prometric Written EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
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Question: What is it called when you twist and pull the hair from the root to remove it -
ANSWER✔✔threading
Question: What should the Cape not touch? - ANSWER✔✔the skin
Question: If the hair is dry and brittle, what kind of porosity does it have? - ANSWER✔✔High
porosity
Question: What does it mean if there are bumps on the face when you're shaving? -
ANSWER✔✔ingrown hairs
Question: What should you do if there is blistered and chapped skin on the face for a client
who wants a shave? - ANSWER✔✔Do not shave the face until the skin is healed.
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Question: What test is performed during a relaxing service? - ANSWER✔✔a curl test
Question: What service would be performed for hard cuticles? - ANSWER✔✔An oil Manicure
Question: What would be done for someone with Onychophagy? - ANSWER✔✔Frequent
manicures.
Q:What is the age you have to be to receive your cosmetology license? - ANSWER✔✔17
Question: What kind of shoes should you wear to work in the salon - ANSWER✔✔Low heel
closed toe
Question: What is the second towel used for in a shave? - ANSWER✔✔Wiping the razor.
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Question: Where do you apply a color for a retouch - ANSWER✔✔up to the line of
demarcation
Question: What should the position be of the practitioner when shampooing? -
ANSWER✔✔shoulders back
Question: What would have been affected if the density of the hair if it is destroyed? -
ANSWER✔✔The papilla.
Question: What is the cone shape projection at the base of the hair? - ANSWER✔✔The papilla
Question: What are circular movements used for? - ANSWER✔✔Improve blood circulation and
relaxation.
Question: What is another word for petrissage? - ANSWER✔✔Kneading
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Question: What does spherical bacteria cause? - ANSWER✔✔Pneumonia.
Question: What can a salon not do? - ANSWER✔✔rent a booth
Question: What is disinfectant? - ANSWER✔✔Virucidal
Question: Where is keratin made? - ANSWER✔✔In the stratum granulosum
Question: What is the order for cleaning clippers? - ANSWER✔✔Brush off the hair and debris,
clean the clippers disinfect and lubricate.
Question: What do you do with the Cape after using it? - ANSWER✔✔launder it
Question: How do you tweeze? - ANSWER✔✔Quickly and in the direction of the hair growth
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