NJ STATE BOARD
PROMETRIC WRITTEN
EXAM
What is the age you have to be to receive your cosmetology license? - answer- 17
What kind of shoes should you wear to work in the salon - answer- Low heel closed toe
What is the second towel used for in a shave? - answer- Wiping the razor.
Where do you apply a color for a retouch - answer- up to the line of demarcation
What is it called when you twist and pull the hair from the root to remove it - answer-
threading
What should the Cape not touch? - answer- the skin
If the hair is dry and brittle, what kind of porosity does it have? - answer- High porosity
What does it mean if there are bumps on the face when you're shaving? - answer-
ingrown hairs
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.
What test is performed during a relaxing service? - answer- a curl test
What service would be performed for hard cuticles? - answer- An oil Manicure
,What would be done for someone with Onychophagy? - answer- Frequent manicures.
What should the position be of the practitioner when shampooing? - answer- shoulders
back
What would have been affected if the density of the hair if it is destroyed? - answer- The
papilla.
What is the cone shape projection at the base of the hair? - answer- The papilla
What are circular movements used for? - answer- Improve blood circulation and
relaxation.
What is another word for petrissage? - answer- Kneading
What does spherical bacteria cause? - answer- Pneumonia.
What can a salon not do? - answer- rent a booth
What is disinfectant? - answer- Virucidal
Where is keratin made? - answer- In the stratum granulosum
What is the order for cleaning clippers? - answer- Brush off the hair and debris, clean
the clippers disinfect and lubricate.
What do you do with the Cape after using it? - answer- launder it
How do you tweeze? - answer- Quickly and in the direction of the hair growth
What would happen if a client is using Accutane and receives a hair removal service? -
answer- Their skin can be damaged.
What type of hair removal would be used on a client with sunburn? - answer- tweezing
What is the FDA recommended SPF? - answer- SPF 15
Don't "brush hair" before a chemical service. - answer-
Sloughing lotion removes dead cells. - answer-
Long coarse pigmented hair found on the scalp, legs, arms, and bodies of males and
females - answer- terminal hair
, Neutralization during chemical service. How, what, and why questions. - answer-
Contracts and rehardens bonds
Aniline derivative tint that is mixed with an oxidizing agent? - answer- Hydrogen
peroxide
Wigs that need to be shortened (front to nape) will use what? - answer- A wig block
What is a sudoriferous gland disorder? - answer- Anhidrosis
When lightening hair what sections should be used? - answer- 1/8
When applying virgin color where do you start applying? - answer- darkest area
One called organisms are what? - answer- Bacteria
What stops the action of waving solution? - answer- neutralizer
Know texturizing and thinning - answer- texturizing is cutting hair so it adds movement
and interest to the style; perfect for volume and texture to give the hair an effortless
look. Thinning removes weight from the hair without losing length and blends the
demarcation lines left by cutting scissors
Know everything in the hair: - answer- three parts of the hair
Cuticle: outermost part of the hair shaft; strengthen and protect the hair shaft
Cortex: thickest hair layer; 90% of hair shaft; contains most hair pigment
Medulla: innermost layer; composed of round cells; usually found in thick or coarse hair
Three phases of hair
Anagen; growing phase
Catagen; the regressing phase
Telogen; the resting phase
What finger controls movement in shears? - answer- thumb
Putting a thumb deeper in the circle creates what? - answer- less control
Most commonly used base for max volume? - answer- on base
What face shape allows for most hairstyles? - answer- oval
If a client has no neck, the stylist should recommend what hair style/cut? - answer- Long
+ whispy
Questions were mostly science, chemistry, Ph, chemical solutions, permanent waves -
answer- Chemistry; scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter; chemistry
PROMETRIC WRITTEN
EXAM
What is the age you have to be to receive your cosmetology license? - answer- 17
What kind of shoes should you wear to work in the salon - answer- Low heel closed toe
What is the second towel used for in a shave? - answer- Wiping the razor.
Where do you apply a color for a retouch - answer- up to the line of demarcation
What is it called when you twist and pull the hair from the root to remove it - answer-
threading
What should the Cape not touch? - answer- the skin
If the hair is dry and brittle, what kind of porosity does it have? - answer- High porosity
What does it mean if there are bumps on the face when you're shaving? - answer-
ingrown hairs
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.
What test is performed during a relaxing service? - answer- a curl test
What service would be performed for hard cuticles? - answer- An oil Manicure
,What would be done for someone with Onychophagy? - answer- Frequent manicures.
What should the position be of the practitioner when shampooing? - answer- shoulders
back
What would have been affected if the density of the hair if it is destroyed? - answer- The
papilla.
What is the cone shape projection at the base of the hair? - answer- The papilla
What are circular movements used for? - answer- Improve blood circulation and
relaxation.
What is another word for petrissage? - answer- Kneading
What does spherical bacteria cause? - answer- Pneumonia.
What can a salon not do? - answer- rent a booth
What is disinfectant? - answer- Virucidal
Where is keratin made? - answer- In the stratum granulosum
What is the order for cleaning clippers? - answer- Brush off the hair and debris, clean
the clippers disinfect and lubricate.
What do you do with the Cape after using it? - answer- launder it
How do you tweeze? - answer- Quickly and in the direction of the hair growth
What would happen if a client is using Accutane and receives a hair removal service? -
answer- Their skin can be damaged.
What type of hair removal would be used on a client with sunburn? - answer- tweezing
What is the FDA recommended SPF? - answer- SPF 15
Don't "brush hair" before a chemical service. - answer-
Sloughing lotion removes dead cells. - answer-
Long coarse pigmented hair found on the scalp, legs, arms, and bodies of males and
females - answer- terminal hair
, Neutralization during chemical service. How, what, and why questions. - answer-
Contracts and rehardens bonds
Aniline derivative tint that is mixed with an oxidizing agent? - answer- Hydrogen
peroxide
Wigs that need to be shortened (front to nape) will use what? - answer- A wig block
What is a sudoriferous gland disorder? - answer- Anhidrosis
When lightening hair what sections should be used? - answer- 1/8
When applying virgin color where do you start applying? - answer- darkest area
One called organisms are what? - answer- Bacteria
What stops the action of waving solution? - answer- neutralizer
Know texturizing and thinning - answer- texturizing is cutting hair so it adds movement
and interest to the style; perfect for volume and texture to give the hair an effortless
look. Thinning removes weight from the hair without losing length and blends the
demarcation lines left by cutting scissors
Know everything in the hair: - answer- three parts of the hair
Cuticle: outermost part of the hair shaft; strengthen and protect the hair shaft
Cortex: thickest hair layer; 90% of hair shaft; contains most hair pigment
Medulla: innermost layer; composed of round cells; usually found in thick or coarse hair
Three phases of hair
Anagen; growing phase
Catagen; the regressing phase
Telogen; the resting phase
What finger controls movement in shears? - answer- thumb
Putting a thumb deeper in the circle creates what? - answer- less control
Most commonly used base for max volume? - answer- on base
What face shape allows for most hairstyles? - answer- oval
If a client has no neck, the stylist should recommend what hair style/cut? - answer- Long
+ whispy
Questions were mostly science, chemistry, Ph, chemical solutions, permanent waves -
answer- Chemistry; scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter; chemistry
