Cosmetology Practice test questions

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When working with hair that has been chemically relaxed, you should avoid using:

Incorrect placement of the rubber band of perm rods will cause band marks or:

When performing test curls, the rod should be unwound approximately:

When checking for test curl development, the teest curl should relfect:

firm S formation

The term used to describe removing excess water before the application of a neutralizer is:

Performing texture services involves poerful chemicals that must be handled with:

To avoid excessive stretching of the hair when combing out tangles, use a:

Wide-toothed comb

To avoid scalp irritation, prior to the application of a hydroxide relaxer never:

Shampoo the hair

Curl re-formation does not straighten the hair, it simply makes the existing curl:

larger and looser

Conditioners with an acidic pH that condition and normalize hair prior to shampooing are:

Normalizing lotions

To avoid coverprocessing during a retouch relaxer application, wait until the last few minutes of processing to apply relaxer to the area:

closest to the scalp

The strength of relaxers is determined by the concentration of :

Cream used to protect the skin and scalp during a hair relaxing process is:

Ammonium sulfite and ammonium bisulfite are marketed as:

mild alternative relaxers

lithium hydroxide relaxers and potassium hydroxide relaxers are advertised asn sold as:

no-lye relaxers

A relaxer with two components mixed immediately prior to use is:

guanidine hydroxide relaxer

The main reducing agent in alkaline permanents is:

Ammonium thioglycolate

The primary low pH reducing agent in acid waves is :

glyceryl monothioglycolate

An exothermic chemical reaction produces:

The basic components of acid waves are permanent wave solution and:

activator and neutralizer

An endothermic wave must be activated using a

outside heat source

The basic components of acid waves are permanent wave solution and:

Activator and neutralizer

An endothermic wave must be activated using a:

outside heat source

In permanent waving, the processing should be determined by the:

strength of the solution

Hair that is too weak to hold a curl or may be completely:

The process of stopping the action of a permanent wave is:

Permanent wave solution should be rinsed from the hair for a minimum:

A 90-degree perm wrap that minimizes stress and tension on the hair is:

The process of rearranging extremely curly hair into a straighter or smoother form is:

chemical hair relaxing

In extremely curly hair, the thinnest and weakest sections of the hair strand are located at the:

Thio chemical relaxers usually have a pH value above:

The active ingredient in all hydroxide relaxers is the hydroxide:

All hydroxide relaxers can swell the hair up to:

twice its normal diameter

Hydroxide relaxers remove one atom of sulfur from a disulfide bond converting it into a:

lanthionine bond

Disulfide bonds broken by hydroxide relaxers can never be :

Hydroxide ions left in the hair after a relaxer can be neutralized using a :

acid-balanced shampoo

Relaxers containing one component used without any additional mixing are:

metal hydroxide relaxers

Sodium hydroxide relaxers (NaOH) are commonly called:

;