COLORADO COSMETOLOGY WRITTEN
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
UPDATED (2024/2025) (VERIFIED
ANSWERS)
Head blocks are best used for - ANS ✓practicing
What is the best way of making a wig look natural - ANS ✓taper- ends
All of the following would be appropriate for a graduated cut except - ANS
✓cutting zero degree elevation
Which haircut technique involves the tips of the scissors being pointed
toward the hair ends rather than into them? - ANS ✓Notching
Which of the following step is the MOST FORGOTTEN for wet styling - ANS
✓brush out style
What is the Autoclave - ANS ✓steam sterilizer
Which of the following machines have two positive electrodes called anode
- ANS ✓galvanic
What is depilatories - ANS ✓chemical removes hair most common ingredients
salts of thioglycolic acid and thiolactic acids and alkali
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Common viral infection seen in salons and resembles small black dots,
usually in clustered groups - ANS ✓plantar warts
What is true of a products EPA registration - ANS ✓it is against federal law to
use product contrary to label
What will prepare implements that may accidentally be exposed to blood or
body fluids - ANS ✓disinfection
Which company certifies they safety of pedicure chairs and hair dyers - ANS
✓underwriters laboratories
What is contraindicated - ANS ✓a condition that may produce undesirable side
effects during a scalp massage due to medical issues client may have
What is done with implement when blood is present - ANS ✓cleaned and
disinfected
Nail file grit numbers - ANS ✓the lower the grit on a nail file the more
aggressive
Reflexology - ANS ✓method of applying pressure with thumb and index fingers
Inhibition layer - ANS ✓how uv gels cure with a tacky surface
Subcutaneous tissue - ANS ✓fatty tissue found below the dermis
Moto nerves - ANS ✓never fibers that carry impulses from the brain to the
muscles
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Elastin - ANS ✓fibrous protein that gives skin its flexibility and helps skin regain
shape
Papule - ANS ✓large sore bumps that does not have a head of pus
Tumour - ANS ✓abnormal cell mass that varies in size color and shape
Crust - ANS ✓dead cells that form over a wound or blemish
Fissures - ANS ✓crack in the skin that penetrate skin layer
Milia - ANS ✓Benign, keratin-filled cysts that can appear just under the
epidermis and have no visible opening.
Keloid - ANS ✓Thick scar resulting from excessive growth of fibrous tissue
Comedo - ANS ✓a hair follicle that is plugged with sebum and keratin
Seborrheic dermatitis - ANS ✓an inflammation of the sebaceous glands
characterized by red , flaky skin
Hyperhidrosis - ANS ✓excessive sweating
The main ingredient in base cream - ANS ✓petroleum
Free edge - ANS ✓part of the nail plate that extends over the tip of the finger or
toe
Nail root - ANS ✓attached to the matrix at the base of the nail under the skin and
inside the mantel
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