Basics of Nail Care - Quiz #4

Nail technicians use filing to temporarily remove surface and block adhesion.

Which of the following is the only good practice technique when dealing ith nail enhancements?

How long after removing moisture does it return?

In addition to providing the nail service, what else should nail techs do?

What is the relationship between fumes and vapors?

Round is the MOST often used brush for monomer liquids.

Acrylic nails are nail enhancements based on mixing together monomer powders and polymer liquids.

Acid-based primers contain methacrylic acid.

All of the following are dangerous to keep around acetone EXCEPT for

Creating polymers can be thought of as a chain reaction. This is also known as what?

When the nail enhancement lifts, cracks, or breaks, what may happen to the natural nail?

Cross-linker is the result of a long chain of monomers that are attached from head to tail.

Which of the following is NOT a possible combination that can be made with a rearrangement of chemicals?

Which of the following is not one of the basic types of primers?

What is a lesson to take away when it comes to primers?

A UV stabilizer is an ingredient that controls color stability and prevents sunlight from fading color.

Primer allows incompatible sufaces to be joined, like Scotch tape.

Monomer liquid can be used in four basic ways. Which is NOT one of them?

What is the key to becoming a great nail professional?

The c-curve is reduced to rebalance the nail and prepare the nail for application of new product.

Catalyst are added to the monomer liquid and used to control the set or curing time.

What is the best way to apply liquid and powder enhancements?

What can nail techs use to filter out MOST of the dust from their breathing air.

When many units spring into action, it causes monomer molecules to permanently link together into long polymer chains.

You would use a medium-grit for removing scratches in the surface of the nail.

Which of these does NOT contaminate a surface and block adhesion?

Full exposure is prolonged, repeated, or long-term exposeure that can cause sensitivity.

Scrubbing gets rid of the bacteria and fungi that cause fingernail infections.

Plasticizer is an ingredient used to keep the nail enhancment products flexible.

Nail techicians need a thorough understnding of chemicals for the following reasons, EXCEPT what?

A client shound come in every 3-4 weeks for maintenance.

Which of these does not happen if the nail enhancement is not maintained?

Adhesion is a force of nature that makes two surfaces stick together.

What does the author say about "roughing up" the nail plate?

Pararcelsus was a famous sixteenth-century physician who discussed what?

What is a good rule of thumb about lifting?

Acrylates are specialized monomers used to make UV gels.

Over-filing is the most likely cause for the nail plate to seperate from the nail bed.

A bead mix ratio can be described in three different ways except...

How would you handle a client who is a "problem lifter"?

Monomerates are used to make all liqud/powder systems and at least one type of UV gel.

A two-week nail service is also known as a backfill.

What should you do when a client wants an enhancement removed?

Vapors are a state of matter consisting of particles that have neither a defined volume nor defined shape.