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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT HAIRCUTTING TEST
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Question 1: Which technique is best for short taper cuts?
Answer:
Shears over comb
Question 2: When should you avoid cutting bangs?
Answer:
When strong cowlicks are present or low hairlines
Question 3: When you open the lever all the way the 1 1/2 guard becomes what?
Answer:
They become each other, so 1 ½ becomes 2" cut. Its giving and taking a ½"
Question 4: What is the benefit of palming the shears?
Answer:
Allows you to hold comb and shears at once
Question 5: How do you outline a forehead or cheek?
Answer:
Pointer finger bent and placed on the forehead/cheek which helps with leverage and stability of your trimmer so you're not floating in the air unstable and shaky. Same concept as a protractor, was the word he was searching for.
Question 6: What's the difference between razor over comb and comb rotation?
Answer:
Over comb softens weight lines and taper the nape area while rotation is circular motion that gives direction to the hair cut
Question 7: How do you use a trimmer to trim a mustache and edge a beard?
Answer:
Use the back of your hand and place on the forehead/cheek for stability when working upside down as well.
Question 8: What's slide cutting?
Answer:
Method of sliding the scissors down the hair as opposed to open and closing the scissors
Question 9: what is a cutting line?
Answer:
the angle at which the fingers are held when cutting the line that creates the end shape.
Question 10: What is another name for effilating?
Answer:
Notching and slithering
Question 11: what is the difference of elevation and graduation?
Answer:
elevation is the degree at which a section of hair is held when cutting and graduation is the elevation that occurs when a section is lifted above 0 degrees
Question 12: The lines found in a haircut are?
Answer:
Horizontal, vertical and diagonal
Question 13: The 2 types of Diagonal lines are?
Answer:
Diagonal forward and back
Question 14: what are the 4 most important characteristics in a hair analysis?
Answer:
growth patters texture density elasticity
Question 15: what is an offset grip?
Answer:
Moves the thumb forward, so it is resting below the ring and middle finger
Question 16: When the lever is closed the 2 guard becomes what?
Answer:
If it has the 2" guard on it but the level is closed it's the same as the 1 ½". Its giving and taking a ½"
Question 17: what are the two basic lines in haircutting and what do they do?
Answer:
curved, creates a softer edge and straight, creates a hard edge.
Question 18: what are cast shears?
Answer:
made by a process whereby molten steel is poured into a mold
Question 19: How is a trimmer used?
Answer:
Used to clean the neckline and around the ears
Question 20: Describe point cutting?
Answer:
Done on the hair ends to soften a blunt edge using scissor tips
Question 21: what is overdirection?
Answer:
combing a section away from it natural falling position, toward a guideline; used to create increasing length in the interior or perimeter. build weight
Question 22: what is an crane grip?
Answer:
Thumb grip under the index finger which is how your hand is when relaxed
Question 23: What is created when 2 line surfaces intersect at a given point?
Answer:
diagonal
Question 24: what are the different types of texturizing?
Answer:
pointcutting, notching, free-hand notching, effilating, slicing, and carving Question 25: Which type of texturizing shears has 26-30 teeth and is universally used?
Answer:
Thinning
Question 26: what is a stationary guideline?
Answer:
guideline that DOES NOT MOVE
Question 27: how can you find the apex?
Answer:
found by placing a comb flat on the head, the comb will rest on that highest point