Barber Practice State Board Exam

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99% isopropyl alcohol is not an __________ registered disinfectant .
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EPA
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A.B Moler is important in the history of barbering because he:
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Published the first barbering textbook
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According to current trends, barbers must be prepared to meet a variety of _________ preferences.
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Male
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Acids and alkalis mixed together in equal proportions do what?
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Neutralize each other
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The adjustable lamp on a manicuring table should have a _______ watt bulb.
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40
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After tools are sanitized, they should be stored in:
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a clean and closed container
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Alkalis have a pH of about 7.00 and they _______ and _________ the hair.
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Soften and swell
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An altering and interrupted current that proceeds a mechanical reaction with no chemical effect is the _____________.
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Faradic Current
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Amino acids are joined end-to-end by ______________.
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Peptide Bonds
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Amino acids are joined together by end bonds form a _____________.
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Polypeptide Chain
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Ammonia is a colorless gas composed of __________ and _____________.
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Hydrogen and Nitrogen
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Ammonia- free waves are NOT characterized by
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Rapid Evaporation
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Among the hair color categories, the one with the largest molecules is
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Temporary hair color
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Anaphoresis is a process that involves
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A negative pole and al alkaline product
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Androgenic alopecia does NOT occur as a result of
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Autoimmune disorder
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The appendages of the skin are __________.
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Nails
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The applied science of healthful living is called:
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Hygiene
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As a professional barber, it is estimated that about 80 percent of your success will depend on your ________________ and _______________.
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Communication and People Skills
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As the cells of the hair shaft mature, they begin to fill up with ____________.
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Keratin
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At a job interview, be sure to
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Answer questions honestly
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The atoms of neighboring cysteine amino acids that are joined together by disulfide bonds are atoms of __________.
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Sulfur
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The atria are called the:
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Upper chambers of the heart
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Bacili often cause _______________.
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Tubercuiosis
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A barber apprentice in the barbershop must be under the constant and supervision of a/an ____________.
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Licensed Barber
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A barber should not service clients with
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Ringworm
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The barber-surgeon who is considered the greatest surgeon of the Renaissance and the father of modern surgery is _____________.
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Ambroisa Pare
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Barbering began to emerge as an independent profession by the _________ century.
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19th
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A beard may be recommended to slim a/an _____________ face.
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Pear-Shaped
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Before application, Oxidation tints must be mixed with _________________.
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Hydrogen Peroxide
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Before, dry, brittle, damage or overprice hair is given a permanent wave, it should be _____________.
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Reconditioned
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Before and after photographs of your bet work should be present to potential employers in a ________________.
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Portfolio
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The best choice for a hairpiece generally is:
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Human hair
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The best choice of tonic lotion for mature or sensitive skins is a/an ___________ .
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Freshener
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The best form of advertising is:
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Clients speaking well of you
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The best shampoo for freshly permed hair is:
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Acid-Balanced Shampoo
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The best way to ascertain your clients expectations of a service is to :
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Organize your thoughts, clarify the clients wishes and repeat
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The blood circulation system that goes from the heart to the lungs and all the way back to the heart is
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The pulmonary circulation system
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The blood system that specifically defends against infection is the
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Immune system
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The bone that form the sides and top of the cranium, are the
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Parietal Bones
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The branches of the fifth cranial nerve affected by massage include the supraorbital nerve, zygomatic nerve and the
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Infraorbital nerve
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A business does not qualify as an established barbershop if
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It was in existence for less than a few years
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Certain chemical preparations can be absorbed into the skin through hair follicles and
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Sweat pores
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Chemical compounds that absorb and promote the retention of moisture in the hair are
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Humectants
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Chemical reactions that five off heat are called
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Exothermic
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Cleansing cream should be removed from the clients face with a
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Warm/Damp towel
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A clients total exposure to infrared rays should not last longer then
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5 minutes
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Clipper or trimmer blades should never be adjusted flush to each other because doing can can cause
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Cause irritations, cut and ingrown hairs
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The cocci bacteria that causes abscesses, pustules, pimples and boils are
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Staphylococci
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A color change occurs in the hair when an oxidizer combines with the __________.
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Melanin
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The color of the skin depends on the melanin and
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Blood supply
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The condition in which the cuticle sticks to the nail and may grow over the nail to the free edge is called ______________.
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Pterygium
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The connection between two or more skeletal bones is called ______________.
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Joint
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A contagious disease is
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Transmitted from one person to another
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Corrective hair treatments deal with the
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Hair shaft
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The cortex accounts for about
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90% of the hair's weight
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Cranial nerves are all connected to a part of the
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Brain surface
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Crew cuts include
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Include a variation called the brush cut
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The deep layer of the dermis is the
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Reticular layer
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The deepest feelings and thought you have about yourself and your life are your ____________.
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Values
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Depilatories remove superflous hair by
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Dissolving it at the skin line
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Direct current flows in
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One direction
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During the catagen phase
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the hair bulbs disappear
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The effects of high frequency current are antiseptic and _____________.
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Thermal
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An electrical appliance that produces a high rate of oscillation within glass electrodes for facial and scalp treatments is the _________________.
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High-freqeuncy face machine
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Electricity can produce __________ effects.
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Chemical
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An element cannot chemical be separated into ______________.
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Simpler substances
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Elements of effective goal-seeing do not include discarding a goal if :
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It is not immediately successful
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Emulsions are held together by an emulsifying agent called a/an ________________.
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Surfactant
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Eumelanin in the hair provides _________ and ____________ colors.
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Brown / Black
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An example of a physical mixture is
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Concrete
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An example of a pure substance is
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Aluminum Foil
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Examples of connective tissue are
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Ligaments
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Excessive perspiration may cause a condition called _____________.
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Hyperhidrosis
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The face is divided into ________ shaving areas.
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14
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Factors that contribute to dandruff include
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Lack of hygiene
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Factors that may contribute to business failure include all of the following except
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Well-trained personnel
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Feathering specific areas of the hair is best done with a ______________.
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Razor
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Federal laws govern ____________ insurance.
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Unemployment
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The fist polish applied in a nail polish procedure is the _____________.
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Base Coat
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The first step in a blow-drying procedure after the hair is wash is to insert the ______________
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Brush into a section
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The first step in the removal of metallic dye form the hair is the application of _____________
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70% alcohol
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The fluid the exchanges its nutritive materials to the cells in the return for their waste products is ____________.
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Lymph
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For advertising to be effective, it should be ____________.
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Repeated
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For barbering procedures, the best type of water is _______________.
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Soft water
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For outlining, arching and design work, the best tool is a _____________.
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Trimmer
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For the optimal level of disinfection, the best choice would be a ___________.
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Hospital level disinfectant
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Frizzy permed hair that cannot be combed into a suitable wave pattern has been ____________.
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Over processed
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The frontal is part of the ___________.
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Epicranius
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The functions of the sweat glands includes eliminating
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Waste products
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The german type of shears do not have a _____________.
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Finger brae
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Good posture at the shampoo bowl includes holding your chin _________________.
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Parallel to the floor
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The hair press that removes 60 to 75 percent of the curl is the ______________.
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Medium press
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The hair texture that is most likely to be damaged by a chemical service is _________.
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Fine
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The hair that is wrapped around the barrel of a curling iron is called the ____________.
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Curl
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The hairs porosity is its ability to hold ________.
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Moisture
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The hair color product that enters the cortex and forms tint molecules that are permanently trapped in the ___________ hair color.
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Permanent
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The hair color that does not require a patch test before application is ___________ hair color.
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Temporary
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The head of a surfactant molecule attracts ________.
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Water
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Headrest covers and neck strips must be changed for each ________.
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Client
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Healthy skin is considered to be ________.
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Elastic
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The heart, arteries, capillaries and veins comprise the ______________ system.
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Blood-vascular
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A honed razor is tested by passing it light over a moistened _____________.
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Thumbnail
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Horizontal cutting lines are used to create a __________________.
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one length look
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The human eyes only see _____ basic colors.
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Hydrogen peroxide used with most high-lift color to provide maximum lift in one step is _________ volume.
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40
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The hypertrophy known as verruca is caused by ________.
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Virus
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If you cut or nick a client with a razor, pat the area dry and apply _____________.
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Styptic powder
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If you have a client with an infection in the beard area, you should:
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Not shave the client
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Improved blood circulation and organ function are two of the benefits of ________.
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Exercise
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In s sole proprietorship the owner receives all ________.
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profit
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In a uniform layered cut, the hair strands are cut:
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The same length
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In a virgin hair color application, haircolor is applied to:
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The entire strand
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In electrotherapy, the anode is the:
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Positive pole
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In electrotherapy, the device used to apply current to the clients skin is called a/an ____________.
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Electrode
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In general electrification, the client holds a _______________.
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Metal electrode
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In mens haircutting, the elevation most commonly used is __________ degrees.
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90
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In men's hairpiece sizes, the larger number usually refers to the length from:
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front to back
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In order to penetrate the hair and reach the cortex, oxidation tints and other chemical hair must have an _______________ pH.
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Alkaline
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In some states, barbers are required during a shaving service to use:
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Protective Gloves
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In tapotement, hacking movements are done with the loud edges of the ______.
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Hands
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In the barbershop, the inclined method of shampooing is used when a standard ____________:
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shampoo bowl is available
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In the late 1800s, members of employee organizations were called _______________ ___________.
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Journeymen Barbers
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In the middle ages, the tonsure was worn mostly by _________.
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Priests
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Information about a hair coloring service should be included on the:
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Client Record Card
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Inorganic substances include:
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Minerals
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Instant conditioners have a lower pH than the _____.
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Hair
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Intrinsic motivation comes from the ___________.
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Individual
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An involuntary muscle that appears in only one place in the body is the:
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Cardiac Muscle
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Lesions, discolorations and rashes that a barber may observe on a clients skin are examples of:
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Symptoms
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Lifting a hair section about zero degrees, or a natural fall, results in:
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Elevation
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Liquids can penetrate the hair when swelling raise the __________.
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Cuticle
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The lower part of the hair root that covers the dermal pail is the _______ _______.
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Hair Bulb
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Magnetic clippers use a ring and _____________.
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Magnetic Mechanism
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The main functions of the skin are excretion, secretion, absorption and ___________.
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Sensation
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Manipulating an oily scalp is beneficial because it released harder _______ from follicles.
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Sebum
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Manufacturers color swatches or a color ring are used to identify the _______ natural level.
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Hair's
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Massage manipulations of the scalp should consist of firm ____________.
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Rotary Movements
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A Material Safety Data Sheet contains what?
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Ingredients, hazards, and other product information
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Mildly stimulating massage may be performed on _______ skin.
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Normal
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Mineral buildup in the hair can be effectively by cleansing with ______________.
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Clarifying Shampoo
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Minoxidil is a hair loss treatment that is applied to the:
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Scalp
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Mixing equal amounts of a primary color with one of its adjacent secondary colors yields a ________ ___________.
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Tertiary Colors
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The muscle that surrounds the lower part of the lis is the:
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Depressor Labii Inferioris
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The muscles sometimes called "chewing muscles" are the :
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Massetter and temporalis
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Mustaches and beards should never be colors with:
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Aniline Derivative Tint
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A nail cosmetic used with a buffet add shine to the nail is a ______ nail polish.
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Dry.
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The nail shape that is completely straight across with no rounding at the edges is the _______ nail.
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Square
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The national Education Council was established in 1925 to standardize:
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Barber Training
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The nerves connected to the muscles that cause goose bumps are the:
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Motor Fiber Nerves
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Nerves may be stimulated by light rays, chemicals like certain salts, acids and
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Massage, Heat Rays, and Moist Heat
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The nerves that regulate the excretion of perspiration and the flow of sebum are the:
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Secretory Nerve Fibers
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No-Base Relaxers contain a:
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Base Cream
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The occipital bone is located at the base of the ________.
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Skull
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The occipitals and frontal are connected by the:
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Aponeurosis
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Oil lighteners are the middle form of ___________.
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Lighteners
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On the scalp cornrows are a form of:
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Braiding
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One towel under the cape and one towel over the cape should always be used for:
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Chemical Services
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The outer layer of the epidermis is the _________________.
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Stratum Corneum
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Overdirection occurs when the hair is combed away from its:
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Natural fall position
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Overhead is the term for:
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Operating Expenses
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A papule is a primary what?
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Skin Lesion
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A parafin wax is used with what?
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Treatment cream, eye pads, and gauze
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A patch test is given to a client to determine
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A possible sensitivity to aniline derivatives
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The percentage of the human body that is composed of water is _______ percent.
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65%
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Permanent hair color mixed with equal parts of 20 volume peroxide is capable of living the color __ to ____ levels.
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1-2
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Permanet waving products of mild strength are recommended for:
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Tinted hair
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The person who handles booking appointments over the phone should be familiar with what?
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All products of service
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Physical properties include ________ and _______ points.
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Melting and boiling
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Placing a towel or neck strip between the cap and the clients skin prevents the cape from touching what?
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The clients skin, maintains sanitation standards and complies with laws.
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The polarity of an electric current indicates if its a ________ or _______ pole.
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Negative/Positive
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The primary objective of the barber license law is to protect who?
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The state board members
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The primary reducing agent in the-free waves is either mercaptamine or?
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Cysteamine
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The process in which the hair is lightened before the depositing color is applied is the:
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Double-processing hair coloring
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The process of destroying all living organisms of an object or surface is called:
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Single-process hair coloring
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Products containing alcohol should be applied to the hair or scalp only after what?
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High- frequency treatments
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A professional product is sold only to whom?
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Licensed industry professionals
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A properly tempered razor has the required degree of ______.
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Hardness
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The razor technique in which the razor follows the comb through the hair, followed by the comb following:
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Razor Rotation
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Removing bulk form the hair is called?
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Thinning
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Ringworm is caused by what?
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Fungus
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The rodding technique in which the size of the curl increases as it nears the scalp is called:
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Croquignole Rodding
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Sales Taxes are covered by:
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State law
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Sanitation is defined as
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Significantly reducing the number of pathogens on a surface
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Scabies is caused by what?
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An animal Parasite
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Scalp preparations for dry hair and scalp include:
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Moisturizing and emollient agents
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The scientific study of bones, their structure, and their functions is called _________.
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Osteology
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Semipermanet hair color may be used as an:
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Non-peroxide toner on pre lightened hair
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The sense of smell is controlled by the ________ nerve.
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Olfactory
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A shampoo containing special chemicals or drugs for the treatment of dandruff are
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Therapeutic medicated shampoos
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Shears or razors can be disinfected with ______ isopropyl alcohol
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99%
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A short neck may be lanced with a haircut that is _________.
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Tapered
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Short Rod-shaped bacteria are called:
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Bacilli
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Slithering is a thinning method performed with what tool?
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Shears
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Some secondary skin lesions are characterized by a collection of ________ on the skin.
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Material
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Spirilla cause what infection?
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Syphilis
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Stage 1 of HIV infection is characterized by what?
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No symptoms
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State barber board members are appointed by whom?
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The governor
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Stimulating nerves cause the muscles to:
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Expand and Contract
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Strips of material or thread to which hair is sewn for a hairpiece are called ____________.
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Wefts
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The styling guidelines for an oblong face are to add ________ to the top.
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Height