Haircutting Quiz

Haircutting is a basic, ______________ skill that all other hair design is built upon.

• average
• foundational
• advanced
• technical

Having excellent haircutting skills will build confidence, trust, and ____________ between a cosmetologist and his/her clients.

• loyalty
• lies
• social relations
• deception

Another word for head shape is head __________.

• diameter
• elevation
• angles
• form

What marks where the surface of the head changes?

• Reference points
• Apex
• Occipital bone
• Round spots

The 4 reference points used in hair cutting are ears, jawline, occipital bone, and

• nape

• apex

• stationary guide

• crown

What is the word to describe the widest area of the head starting at the temples and ending at the bottom of the crown?

• Occipital bone
• Apex
• Parietal ridge
• Nape

The bone that protrudes at the base of the skull is called the .......

• Nape
• Occipital bone
• Frontalis
• Temporal

The two front corners represent the ___________ points in the bang area.

• narrowest
• widest
• longest
• shortest

Technically the __________ equal all the hair from the back of the ear, forward.

• sides
• nape
• top
• crown

Techniques using diagonal lines to create angles by cutting the ends of the hair with a slight increase or decrease in length, are....

• beveling and stacking

• layering

• elevating