Prepare for the Texas Barber License exam with these practice questions and answers. This guide covers barbering techniques, sanitation requirements, and Texas Department of Licensing regulations.
Q: Keratin
Answer: Hair and nails are chiefly composed of a horny substance called?
Q: Quo vidas
Answer: An even and smooth brush out cut over the entire head is called?
Q: Emery board
Answer: Which of the following is an implement?
Q: Brush the hair
Answer: What should be done after draping the client?
Q: Every two years
Answer: How often must a barber, manicurist or barber technician license be renewed?
Q: Pay a 75 dollar exam fee, pass both written and practical exams, and pay current license fees
Answer: How do you renew an individual license that has been expired for more than five years?
Q: 1500 hours
Answer: How many hours does it take to complete a barbers course in order to obtain a Texas Barbers license?
Q: A recent photo
Answer: What is required to be attached to the original license?
Q: Submit a written request to the board
Answer: How do you replace a lost or destroyed license or permit?
Q: 300 hours
Answer: How many hours are required for a refresher course?
Q: Cleansing,massaging and beautifying of the scalp, face, arms or hands
Answer: What services may a barber technician perform?
Q: Where the barber board has issued a barber shop permit
Answer: Where can a barber technician work?
Q: Class A registered
Answer: What class of barber license is issued in Texas?
Q: 30 for each year or part of a year
Answer: What is the delinquency fee for late renewal of a certificate, license or permit?
Q: Strand test
Answer: Which test is given to determine the actual color and the condition of the hair?
Q: In inner bend of the elbow
Answer: A patch test is performed where?
Q: Tablet, cream or liquid
Answer: Hydrogen peroxide can be in the form of a?
Q: Tonic lotions with an alcohol content of 4 to 15 percent used on normal and combination skin types
Answer: Toners are?
Q: Color rinses
Answer: A rinse used to highlight the color or add color to the hair is a?
Q: Physical change
Answer: Temporary color makes a?
Q: Lightening
Answer: The partial or total removal of natural pigment of artificial color from the hair is called?
Q: Harmful to delicate or fragile hair
Answer: The disadvantages of an acid- balanced perm?
Q: Room temperature processing
Answer: Advantage of an alkaline balanced perm?
Q: Off base curls
Answer: Curls designed to provide strong curls with only slight lift are called?
Q: 90 degree angle
Answer: The degree most commonly used in haircut ting, tapering, and blending effects is the?
Q: Degrees or elevations
Answer: The angle at which the hair is held while being cut is?
Q: Traveling guide
Answer: Guidelines that move as the haircut progresses, used often when creating layers or graduation ; also referred to as a moving or movable guidelines?
Q: Stationary guide
Answer: A guide used for overall length looking design is a?
Q: Close shaving
Answer: To shave over the face a second time is known as a?
Q: Pityriasis
Answer: What requires frequent scalp treatments?
Q: Sodium hypochlorite
Answer: In common household bleach used to provide the sanitizing agent chlorine is called?
Q: Cleanse the face, soften the hair, create a smooth flat surface
Answer: Lathering the face serves to?
Q: Face packs
Answer: What can cleanse, soften, smooth, stimulate and refresh the face?
Q: Friction
Answer: The type of massage involving a deep rubbing movement is called?
Q: Towel, drape, towel
Answer: Chemical services drapes include the following?
Q: Hair follicle
Answer: A dulce or boil is an acute bacterial infection of the?
Q: Aseatosis
Answer: A condition of dry, scaly skin, characterized by absolute or partial deficiency of sebum is?
Q: Alopecia areata
Answer: The loss of hair in round patches or bald spots is called?
Q: Porosity
Answer: The ability of the hair to absorb moisture is called?
Q: Coloring matter or pigment
Answer: The cortex of the hair contains?
Q: Arrector pili muscle
Answer: A small involuntary muscle attached to the inner side of a follicle is the?
Q: Hydrogen bonds
Answer: Water, shampooing and acid solutions will break?
Q: Sulphur bonds
Answer: Permanent waves or chemical hair relaxers are required to break?
Q: Cuticle layer
Answer: The layer of the hair that needs to be penetrated for the hair to absorb color is?
Q: Sweat glands
Answer: What glands regulate body temperature and help to eliminate waste products?
Q: Sweat glands
Answer: Sudoriterous is also known as?
Q: Blow dryer
Answer: A diffuser is used on a?
Q: Palming
Answer: For safety, shears need to be closed and resting in the palm while combing the hair is called?
Q: Ring finger
Answer: Which finger goes into the gap of the still blades of the hair cutting shears?
Q: The heaviest perimeter of a 0 or 45 degree cut
Answer: What is a weight line?
Q: Discard or give to the customer
Answer: What should you do with an emery board after each use?
Q: Material safety data sheets
Answer: What provides vital information about products ranging from ingredient content and associated hazards, combustion levels and storage requirements?
Q: 70 percent ethyl or 99 percent isopropyl
Answer: Disinfect implements with fine cutting edges with?
Q: Disinfect implements
Answer: Phenols are used to?
Q: Blemishes or abrasions are found
Answer: No type of chemical service should be performed when?
Q: Hospital level disinfectants
Answer: Bactericides, fungicides, and virucides are classified as?
Q: HIV
Answer: Aids is caused by?
Q: Disinfectants
Answer: The destruction of bacteria may be accomplished by the use of?
Q: Immunity
Answer: Resistance to a disease is known as?
Q: Communicable disease
Answer: Disease that spreads from one person to another is called a?
Q: Chemical hair relaxer or perm
Answer: What is the process of rearranging the basic structure of over curly hair to straight?
Q: Skin, air, in water, decayed matter, bodily secretions, on clothing or beneath nails, on all surfaces
Answer: Where can bacteria be found?
Q: Regulates, establishes and maintains health and safety standards
Answer: What does OSHA do?
Q: Through blood or bodily fluids
Answer: How can AIDS be transmitted?
Q: Sebum
Answer: What lubricates the skin and preserves the softness of the hair?
Q: Medulla
Answer: What is the innermost layer of the hair?
Q: A crack in the skin into the derma
Answer: What is a fissure?
Q: An accumulation of dry or greasy flakes such as abnormal or excessive dandruff
Answer: What is a scale?
Q: Bleach and tone pre softening and tinting toner and color application
Answer: Give an example of a double process?
Q: Sebum
Answer: Oily substances which lubricate the skin and preserves the softness of the hair is?
Q: 1500 clock hours, written and practical exam
Answer: How do you obtain a barber license in Texas?
Q: Wide toothed comb
Answer: What comb is used for detangling?
Q: Disinfectants
Answer: What destroys most bacteria?
Q: Oval
Answer: What is the ideal face type?
Q: Basing with petroleum jelly
Answer: What prevents burning and or scalp irritation of the scalp and skin?
Q: Petrissage
Answer: What massage is squeezed, rolled or pinched with a light firm pressure?
Q: Conforms to shape of head, shorter at the bottom graduating to lengthier at crown and top
Answer: What is a taper cut?
Q: Medium elevation
Answer: What elevation is a 45 degree?
Q: The hairs ability to absorb moisture
Answer: What is porosity?
Q: 7-14
Answer: What potential hydrogen level of alkaline?
Q: To stretch the skin
Answer: Why do you hold your left hand behind the razor when shaving?
Q: On base
Answer: What base do you use to produce volume curls?
Q: Black
Answer: What is number 1 on the color chart?
Q: Staphylococci
Answer: The most common pus forming bacteria are?
Q: Does not lather easily
Answer: Hard water _.
Q: Easily
Answer: Soft water lathers?
Q: 2 towels, 1 folded in half lengthwise, fasten the chair cloth over towel, making sure cape does not touch skin, use other towel to do drape or shampoo
Answer: What is the proper draping procedure for a chemical service?
Q: Staphylococci
Answer: Pus-forming organisms that grow in bunches or clusters are called?
Q: 80 percent
Answer: A 20 percent sodium hypochlorite is what percent if water?
Q: 1 inch or smaller
Answer: What size rod is used on thin hair?
Q: Pustule
Answer: The technical name for a local infection with pus is called?
Q: Yellow red and blue
Answer: What are the three primary colors?
Q: Protective gloves
Answer: When applying the processor, the barber must wear?
Q: Acid balanced rinse
Answer: A rinse formulated to prevent the stripping of permanent hair color is an?
Q: Hydrogen peroxide
Answer: The agent used for removing pigment from the hair shaft is called?
Q: Soothing and relaxing effects
Answer: Effleurage is used for its?
Q: Sepsis
Answer: A poisoned state caused by the absorption of a pathogenic microorganism into the bloodstream?
Q: Middle layer
Answer: The hair cortex is the?
Q: Chemical solutions
Answer: What is required to break sulfur bonds?
Q: Present to board all required documents and application fee for a two year class A license
Answer: How does an out of state barber obtain a Texas barber license?