Main Deck Exam Cards

Question 1

Porosity

Answer 1

Ability to absorb moisture/product

Question 2

Hair elasticity

Answer 2

Ability for hair to stretch to original length when wet

Question 3

Hydrogen bond

Answer 3

Weak bond, broke down by water and heat

Question 4

Salt bond

Answer 4

Weak bond, broken down by changes in pH

Question 5

Disulfide

Answer 5

Strong bond, broken down by thio relaxers and thio perms

Question 6

Melanin

Answer 6

Tiny grains of pigment in the cortex that give natural color to hair

Question 7

Eumelanin

Answer 7

Provides brown and black color to hair

Question 8

Pheomelanin

Answer 8

Provides natural hair colors that range from red and ginger to yellow and light blonde

Question 9

Pitiriasis

Answer 9

Technical term for dandruff

Question 10

Pseudofalliculitis barbae

Answer 10

Razor bumps

Question 11

How many shaving areas on the face?

Answer 11

14 shaving areas

Question 12

Vertical/diagonal cut

Answer 12

Texturizes the hair

Question 13

Porosity Test

Answer 13

Determines strength for the chemical

Question 14

Peptide bond

Answer 14

Strong bond, chemical depilatories

Question 15

Alkaline substance

Answer 15

Breaks chemical bonds, softening and expands the hair

Question 16

Hydroxide relaxer

Answer 16

Break down disulfide bonds till they can’t be reformed

Question 17

2 types of relaxers

Answer 17

Thio and hydroxide

Question 18

Secondary color

Answer 18

Mixing equal amounts of primary colors

Question 19

Tertiary color

Answer 19

Mixing equal amounts of one primary colors with one of its adjacent secondary color

Question 20

Hue

Answer 20

Color

Question 21

Tone

Answer 21

Warm /cool

Question 22

Level

Answer 22

Light or darkness of a hair color

Question 23

Demi permanent

Answer 23

Last longer than semipermanent, but not as long as permanent

Question 24

Permanent

Answer 24

Stays till grown out, uses hydrogen peroxide developer

Question 25

Patch test

Answer 25

Allergic

Question 26

Strand test

Answer 26

For intensity of chemical

Question 27

Staphylococci

Answer 27

Cause boils

Question 28

Hepatitis(blood borne)

Answer 28

Damages liver

Question 29

Phenolic disinfectant

Answer 29

Tuberculosidal

Question 30

Base relaxer

Answer 30

Require the application of a bass cream to the entire scalp prior to relaxer application

Question 31

No base relaxer

Answer 31

Contain a base cream ,melt at body temperature, and do not require the application of a separate protective base

Question 32

What are the Relaxer strengths?

Answer 32

Mild/regular/super

Question 33

What are some Relaxer precautions?

Answer 33

2 towels/waterproof cape/examine scalp/protective cream around hairline

Question 34

Metallic(mineral) dyes

Answer 34

Color restorers/progressive, reacts with keratin in the hair turning it brown

Question 35

Hydrogen peroxide developer

Answer 35

Oxidizing agent that supplies oxygen gas for the development of color molecules

Question 36

Activators

Answer 36

An oxidizer, powdered persulfate salts, added to hair colors, lighteners or hydrogen peroxide to increase the chemical action of the product

Question 37

Lighteners

Answer 37

Chemical compounds that lighten hair by dispersing, dissolving, and decolorizing the natural hair pigment/bleach and hydrogen peroxide

Types: on scalp= cream & oil ; off scalp= powder

Question 38

Tint(dye removers)

Answer 38

mixed with hydrogen peroxide, activates chemical reaction known as oxidation

Question 39

Fillers

Answer 39

Designed to correct excessive porosity