MN SALON MANAGER LICENSE EXAM ACTUAL EXAM 160 REAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES|
ALREADY GRADED A
Space - ANSWER: The salon must meet applicable building codes,fire codes,and
zoning codes as determined by local zoning and building officials and the state fire
marshal.
renewal of salon license - ANSWER: $225
$175 for each renewal; and
$50 for each renewal application fee
board - ANSWER: means the Board of Cosmetologist Examiners
Cosmetology - ANSWER: the practice of personal services, for compensation, for the
cosmetic care of the hair, nails, and skin. These services include cleaning,
conditioning, shaping, reinforcing, coloring and enhancing the body surface in the
areas of the head, scalp, face, arms, hands, legs, feet, and trunk of the body, except
where these services are performed by a barber
Cosmetologist - ANSWER: any person who, for compensation, performs the personal
services
Eyelash extensions - ANSWER: means the application, removal, and trimming of
threadlike natural or synthetic fibers to an eyelash, and includes the cleansing of the
eye area and lashes. Eyelash extensions do not include color agents, straightening
agents, permanent wave solutions, bleaching agents, applications to the eyebrow, or
any other cosmetology service.
Eyelash technician - ANSWER: is any person who is not a cosmetologist, esthetician,
or advanced practice esthetician who, for compensation, performs the personal
services limited to eyelash extensions
Esthetician - ANSWER: is any person who, for compensation, performs personal
services for the cosmetic care of the skin only.
Individual license - ANSWER: means a license described in section 155A.25,
subdivision 1a, paragraph (b), clause (1).
Nail technician - ANSWER: is any person who, for compensation, performs personal
services for the cosmetic care of the hands, feet, and nails only
Manager - ANSWER: is any person who is a cosmetologist, esthetician, advanced
practice esthetician, nail technician practitioner, or eyelash technician practitioner,
and who has a manager license and provides any services under that license
, Mobile salon - ANSWER: is a salon that is operated in a mobile vehicle or mobile
structure for exclusive use to offer personal services
Salon - ANSWER: an area, room, or rooms employed to offer personal services. It
does not include the home of a customer but the board may adopt health and
infection control rules governing practice in the homes of customers.
School - ANSWER: is a place where any person operates and maintains a class to
teach cosmetology to the public for compensation. It does not include a place where
the only teaching of cosmetology is done by a licensed cosmetologist as part of a
community education program of less than ten hours duration, provided that the
program does not permit practice on persons other than students in the program,
and provided that the program is intended solely for the self-improvement of the
students and not as preparation for professional practice.
Instructor - ANSWER: is any person employed by a school to prepare and present the
theoretical and practical education of cosmetology to persons who seek to practice
cosmetology. They must maintain an active operator or manager's license in the area
in which the instructor holds an instructor's license.
Person - ANSWER: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to
partnership and other unincorporated associations.
Threading - ANSWER: is a method of removing hair from the eyebrows, upper lip, or
other body parts by using cotton thread to pull hair from follicles. It does not include
the use of chemicals or any type of wax. It may include the use of (1) over-the-
counter astringents, gels, and powders; and (2) tweezers and scissors incidental to
threading.
Advanced practice esthetician - ANSWER: is a person who for compensation
performs personal services for the cosmetic care of the skin, including the use of
mechanical or electrical skin care apparatuses or appliances that are used on the
epidermal layer of the skin
Designated licensed salon manager - ANSWER: is a manager designated by a salon
owner and registered with the board, who is responsible with the salon owner for
salon and practitioner compliance
School manager - ANSWER: is a cosmetologist who is a salon manager and who has a
school manager license. A school manager must maintain an active salon manager's
license.
Designated school manager - ANSWER: is a school manager who is designated by the
school owner and registered with the board, who is responsible with the school
owner for school and instructor compliance
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES|
ALREADY GRADED A
Space - ANSWER: The salon must meet applicable building codes,fire codes,and
zoning codes as determined by local zoning and building officials and the state fire
marshal.
renewal of salon license - ANSWER: $225
$175 for each renewal; and
$50 for each renewal application fee
board - ANSWER: means the Board of Cosmetologist Examiners
Cosmetology - ANSWER: the practice of personal services, for compensation, for the
cosmetic care of the hair, nails, and skin. These services include cleaning,
conditioning, shaping, reinforcing, coloring and enhancing the body surface in the
areas of the head, scalp, face, arms, hands, legs, feet, and trunk of the body, except
where these services are performed by a barber
Cosmetologist - ANSWER: any person who, for compensation, performs the personal
services
Eyelash extensions - ANSWER: means the application, removal, and trimming of
threadlike natural or synthetic fibers to an eyelash, and includes the cleansing of the
eye area and lashes. Eyelash extensions do not include color agents, straightening
agents, permanent wave solutions, bleaching agents, applications to the eyebrow, or
any other cosmetology service.
Eyelash technician - ANSWER: is any person who is not a cosmetologist, esthetician,
or advanced practice esthetician who, for compensation, performs the personal
services limited to eyelash extensions
Esthetician - ANSWER: is any person who, for compensation, performs personal
services for the cosmetic care of the skin only.
Individual license - ANSWER: means a license described in section 155A.25,
subdivision 1a, paragraph (b), clause (1).
Nail technician - ANSWER: is any person who, for compensation, performs personal
services for the cosmetic care of the hands, feet, and nails only
Manager - ANSWER: is any person who is a cosmetologist, esthetician, advanced
practice esthetician, nail technician practitioner, or eyelash technician practitioner,
and who has a manager license and provides any services under that license
, Mobile salon - ANSWER: is a salon that is operated in a mobile vehicle or mobile
structure for exclusive use to offer personal services
Salon - ANSWER: an area, room, or rooms employed to offer personal services. It
does not include the home of a customer but the board may adopt health and
infection control rules governing practice in the homes of customers.
School - ANSWER: is a place where any person operates and maintains a class to
teach cosmetology to the public for compensation. It does not include a place where
the only teaching of cosmetology is done by a licensed cosmetologist as part of a
community education program of less than ten hours duration, provided that the
program does not permit practice on persons other than students in the program,
and provided that the program is intended solely for the self-improvement of the
students and not as preparation for professional practice.
Instructor - ANSWER: is any person employed by a school to prepare and present the
theoretical and practical education of cosmetology to persons who seek to practice
cosmetology. They must maintain an active operator or manager's license in the area
in which the instructor holds an instructor's license.
Person - ANSWER: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to
partnership and other unincorporated associations.
Threading - ANSWER: is a method of removing hair from the eyebrows, upper lip, or
other body parts by using cotton thread to pull hair from follicles. It does not include
the use of chemicals or any type of wax. It may include the use of (1) over-the-
counter astringents, gels, and powders; and (2) tweezers and scissors incidental to
threading.
Advanced practice esthetician - ANSWER: is a person who for compensation
performs personal services for the cosmetic care of the skin, including the use of
mechanical or electrical skin care apparatuses or appliances that are used on the
epidermal layer of the skin
Designated licensed salon manager - ANSWER: is a manager designated by a salon
owner and registered with the board, who is responsible with the salon owner for
salon and practitioner compliance
School manager - ANSWER: is a cosmetologist who is a salon manager and who has a
school manager license. A school manager must maintain an active salon manager's
license.
Designated school manager - ANSWER: is a school manager who is designated by the
school owner and registered with the board, who is responsible with the school
owner for school and instructor compliance
