Chapter 16 - Haircutting

Haircutting serves as the _____ for all other hair designs

• finishing touch

• foundation

• sample model

• set point

The widest area of the head, starting at the temples and ending at the bottom of the crown, is known as the _______.

• parietal ridge

• occipital bone

• four corners

• low apex

The highest point of the head is known as the _____

• nape

• side

• apex

• peak

All haircuts are composed of lines, sections, and _______

• foundations

• graduations

• angles

• layers

The two basic lines used in haircutting are straight and _____

• tapered

• curved

• diagonal

• wavy

What technique is necessary to help control the hair and produce a more uniform cut?

• Tapering

• Layering

• Sectioning

• Shampooing

The angle or degree at which a subsection of hair is held or elevated from the head when cutting is called. __________

• graduation

• angling

• elevation

• projection

A zero-elevation cut is also known as a ______ cut.

• blended elevation

• reverse elevation

• high elevation

• no elevation

The angle at which the fingers are held when cutting the line that creates the end shape is known as the _______.

• stationary guideline

• parallel parting

• cutting line

• finger elevation

What subsection of hair determines the length that the hair will be cut?

• parting

• guideline

• subsection

• section