Oregon Barber License (practice test for
board exam) UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Cuticle - Correct answers✔✔Outer most layer of the hair. It consists of a single, overlapping
layer of transparent, scale-like cells that resemble shingles on a roof. It protects the inner cortex
layer and contributes to 20% of overall strength of hair.
The Cortex - Correct answers✔✔The middle layer of the hair. A fibrous protein core formed by
elongated cells containing melanin to pigment. Gives hair majority of its strength and elasticity.
A healthy Cortex contributes to %80 to the overall strength of the hair. Contains melanin that
determines hair color.
The Medulla - Correct answers✔✔The innermost layer of hair. Sometimes absent from hair and
doesn't play a role in hair coloring. composed of round cells.
Texture - Correct answers✔✔The diameter of an individual hair.
Density - Correct answers✔✔The number of hairs per square inch.
Porosity - Correct answers✔✔The hairs ability to absorb moisture.
Low porosity - Correct answers✔✔The cuticle is tight. The hair is resistant (difficult for
moisture or chemicals to penetrate. Thus, it requires longer processing time.
Average porosity - Correct answers✔✔The cuticle is slightly raised. Hair is normal and
processes in an average amount of time.
,High porosity - Correct answers✔✔The cuticle is lifted. The hair is overly porous and takes
color quickly (also fades quickly) Permed, colored, chemically relaxed and straightened hair will
have a high degree of porosity.
Mixed melanin - Correct answers✔✔A combination of natural hair color that contain both
pheomelanin and eumelanin.
Basal cell cercinoma - Correct answers✔✔Most common and least severe type of skin cancer;
often characterized by light or pearly nodules.
Bromhidrosis - Correct answers✔✔Foul-smelling perspiration, usually noticeable in the armpits
and the feet that is caused by Bacteria.
Bulla (plural bullae - Correct answers✔✔Large blister containing a watery fluid; similar to
vesicle but larger.
Chloasma - Correct answers✔✔Aka-Liver Spots; condition characterized by hyperpigmentation
on the skin in spots that are not elevated.
Closed Comedo - Correct answers✔✔Aka-White head; hair follicle is closed and not exposed to
the environment. Sebum remains a white or cream color and comedone appears as a small bump
just under the skin surface.
Conjunctivitis - Correct answers✔✔Aka-Pink eye; common bacterial infection of the eyes.
Extremely contagious.
,Contact dermatitis - Correct answers✔✔An inflammation of the skin caused by Having contact
with certain chemicals or substances. Many that are used in cosmetology.
Crust - Correct answers✔✔Dead cells form over a wound or blemish while it's healing; an
accumulation of sebum and pus, sometimes mixed with epidermal material.
Cyst - Correct answers✔✔Closed, abnormally developed that contains fluid, pus, semifluid, or
morbid matter above or below the skin.
Hair Root - Correct answers✔✔The part of the hair located below the surface of the
Epidermis.(outer layer of the skin).
Hair Shaft - Correct answers✔✔The portion of hair that projects above the Epidermis.
Dermatitis - Correct answers✔✔Inflammatory condition of the skin.
Hair Follicle - Correct answers✔✔The tube-like depression or pocket in the skin or scalp that
contains the hair root.
Hair bulb - Correct answers✔✔The lowest part of the hair strand. The thickened. Club-shaped
structure that forms the lower part if the hair root.
Arrector pili muscle - Correct answers✔✔The small, involuntary muscle in the base of the hair
follicle. (The reason for goose bumps).
Dermal papilla - Correct answers✔✔A small cone-shaped elevation located at the base of the
hair follicle that fits into the hair bulb. (Plural: dermal papillae)
, Dyschromias - Correct answers✔✔Abnormal colorations of the skin that accompany many skin
disorders and systemic disorders.
Eczyma - Correct answers✔✔An inflammatory, uncomfortable, and often chronic disease of the
skin characterized by moderate to severe inflammation, scaling and sometimes severe itching.
Excoriation - Correct answers✔✔Skin sore or abrasion produced by scratching or scraping.
Extrinsic Factors - Correct answers✔✔Primarily environmental factors that contribute to aging
and the appearance of aging.
Sebaceous glands - Correct answers✔✔Oil glands in the skin and scalp that secrete sebum .
Keratinization - Correct answers✔✔Process of creating keratin protein. A non-living fiber.
Fissure - Correct answers✔✔A crack in the skin that penetrates the dermis. Example severely
cracked hands/lips.
COHNS elements - Correct answers✔✔The major elements that make up human hair are :
Carbon, Oxygen, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, and Sulfur
Amino acids - Correct answers✔✔Units that are joined together end to end like pop beads
creating long chains of protein .
Peptide bond - Correct answers✔✔A strong chemical bond that joins amino acids also known as
an "end bond".
board exam) UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Cuticle - Correct answers✔✔Outer most layer of the hair. It consists of a single, overlapping
layer of transparent, scale-like cells that resemble shingles on a roof. It protects the inner cortex
layer and contributes to 20% of overall strength of hair.
The Cortex - Correct answers✔✔The middle layer of the hair. A fibrous protein core formed by
elongated cells containing melanin to pigment. Gives hair majority of its strength and elasticity.
A healthy Cortex contributes to %80 to the overall strength of the hair. Contains melanin that
determines hair color.
The Medulla - Correct answers✔✔The innermost layer of hair. Sometimes absent from hair and
doesn't play a role in hair coloring. composed of round cells.
Texture - Correct answers✔✔The diameter of an individual hair.
Density - Correct answers✔✔The number of hairs per square inch.
Porosity - Correct answers✔✔The hairs ability to absorb moisture.
Low porosity - Correct answers✔✔The cuticle is tight. The hair is resistant (difficult for
moisture or chemicals to penetrate. Thus, it requires longer processing time.
Average porosity - Correct answers✔✔The cuticle is slightly raised. Hair is normal and
processes in an average amount of time.
,High porosity - Correct answers✔✔The cuticle is lifted. The hair is overly porous and takes
color quickly (also fades quickly) Permed, colored, chemically relaxed and straightened hair will
have a high degree of porosity.
Mixed melanin - Correct answers✔✔A combination of natural hair color that contain both
pheomelanin and eumelanin.
Basal cell cercinoma - Correct answers✔✔Most common and least severe type of skin cancer;
often characterized by light or pearly nodules.
Bromhidrosis - Correct answers✔✔Foul-smelling perspiration, usually noticeable in the armpits
and the feet that is caused by Bacteria.
Bulla (plural bullae - Correct answers✔✔Large blister containing a watery fluid; similar to
vesicle but larger.
Chloasma - Correct answers✔✔Aka-Liver Spots; condition characterized by hyperpigmentation
on the skin in spots that are not elevated.
Closed Comedo - Correct answers✔✔Aka-White head; hair follicle is closed and not exposed to
the environment. Sebum remains a white or cream color and comedone appears as a small bump
just under the skin surface.
Conjunctivitis - Correct answers✔✔Aka-Pink eye; common bacterial infection of the eyes.
Extremely contagious.
,Contact dermatitis - Correct answers✔✔An inflammation of the skin caused by Having contact
with certain chemicals or substances. Many that are used in cosmetology.
Crust - Correct answers✔✔Dead cells form over a wound or blemish while it's healing; an
accumulation of sebum and pus, sometimes mixed with epidermal material.
Cyst - Correct answers✔✔Closed, abnormally developed that contains fluid, pus, semifluid, or
morbid matter above or below the skin.
Hair Root - Correct answers✔✔The part of the hair located below the surface of the
Epidermis.(outer layer of the skin).
Hair Shaft - Correct answers✔✔The portion of hair that projects above the Epidermis.
Dermatitis - Correct answers✔✔Inflammatory condition of the skin.
Hair Follicle - Correct answers✔✔The tube-like depression or pocket in the skin or scalp that
contains the hair root.
Hair bulb - Correct answers✔✔The lowest part of the hair strand. The thickened. Club-shaped
structure that forms the lower part if the hair root.
Arrector pili muscle - Correct answers✔✔The small, involuntary muscle in the base of the hair
follicle. (The reason for goose bumps).
Dermal papilla - Correct answers✔✔A small cone-shaped elevation located at the base of the
hair follicle that fits into the hair bulb. (Plural: dermal papillae)
, Dyschromias - Correct answers✔✔Abnormal colorations of the skin that accompany many skin
disorders and systemic disorders.
Eczyma - Correct answers✔✔An inflammatory, uncomfortable, and often chronic disease of the
skin characterized by moderate to severe inflammation, scaling and sometimes severe itching.
Excoriation - Correct answers✔✔Skin sore or abrasion produced by scratching or scraping.
Extrinsic Factors - Correct answers✔✔Primarily environmental factors that contribute to aging
and the appearance of aging.
Sebaceous glands - Correct answers✔✔Oil glands in the skin and scalp that secrete sebum .
Keratinization - Correct answers✔✔Process of creating keratin protein. A non-living fiber.
Fissure - Correct answers✔✔A crack in the skin that penetrates the dermis. Example severely
cracked hands/lips.
COHNS elements - Correct answers✔✔The major elements that make up human hair are :
Carbon, Oxygen, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, and Sulfur
Amino acids - Correct answers✔✔Units that are joined together end to end like pop beads
creating long chains of protein .
Peptide bond - Correct answers✔✔A strong chemical bond that joins amino acids also known as
an "end bond".
