Nail Technician Certification Test: Quiz!
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- 1.A combination build-up of bed epithelium and hyponychial tissue is known as the
- A.
Onychodermal band
- B.
Eponychium band
- C.
Hyponychium band
- D.
Lunula band
- 2.The nail bed and matrix bed is anchored to the underlying bone by the:
- A.
Nail ligaments
- B.
Matrix
- C.
Specialized ligaments
- D.
Specialized tendons
- 3.The folds in the skin that forms the nail grooves are known as the
- A.
Nail ligaments
- B.
Nail folds
- C.
Specialized ligaments
- D.
Onycholermal
- 4.The shape and thickness of the nail are determined by:
- A.
The shape of the matrix bed
- B.
The length of the matrix bed
- C.
How fast it produces the nail plate
- D.
A, b, and c
- 5.The nail plate is attached to the nail bed by a layer of tissue known as the
- A.
Nail ligaments
- B.
Matrix layer
- C.
Bed epithelium
- D.
Bed folds
- 6.The main compound of the nail plate is a fibrous protein called
- A.
Phosphorous
- B.
Keratin
- C.
Calcium
- D.
Lunula
- 7.A nail disorder is a condition that can be caused by
- A.
An injury to the nail
- B.
A disease in the body
- C.
An imbalance in the body
- D.
All of the above
- 8.A nail technician should never perform services on a client of there is evidence of
- A.
An infection
- B.
Ragged cuticles
- C.
Healthy skin
- D.
A hang nail
- 9.Matrix bed problems are usually associated with
- A.
Nail thickness
- B.
Nail coloring
- C.
Nail shapes
- D.
Dryness
- 10.Small white spots often seen under the surface of the nail plate are called
- A.
Lunula
- B.
Leukonychia
- C.
Onychatrophia
- D.
Eponychium
- 11.Hangnails are caused by
- A.
Dry cuticles
- B.
Nail biting
- C.
Polish
- D.
Buffing
- 12.The wasting away or atrophy of the nail is known as
- A.
Onychauxis
- B.
Onychatrophia
- C.
Agnails
- D.
Eukonychia
- 13.The overgrowth of the nail is
- A.
Onychauxis
- B.
Onychatrophia
- C.
Onychoophagy
- D.
Onychocryptosis
- 14.Nails, which are thin, white, and curved over the free edges are called
- A.
Furrowed
- B.
Hangnails
- C.
Eggshell
- D.
Healthy
- 15.A black band seen under or withing the nail plate extending from the proximal nail fold to the free edge is know as
- A.
Furrow
- B.
Onychophagy
- C.
Infection
- D.
Melanonychia
- 16.A co ndition in which a clot of blood forms under the nail plate due to injurty to the nail bed is called a/an:
- A.
Bruised nail
- B.
Discolored nail
- C.
Infection
- D.
Inflammation
- 17.Long ridges that run lengthwise or across the nail are called
- A.
Furrows
- B.
Onychophagy
- C.
Agnails
- D.
Leukonychia
- 18.Another term for an ingrown nail is
- A.
Onychophagy
- B.
Furrows
- C.
Corrugations
- D.
Onychocryptosis
- 19.Nails that have an in creasing curvature through out the nail plate are called
- A.
Pincer nail
- B.
Tile nail
- C.
Eggshell nails
- D.
Plicatured nails
- 20.This condition develops as the nail reaches the end of the digit, and appears as a trumpet of cone formation:
- A.
Pincer nail
- B.
Tile-shaped nail
- C.
Eggshell nail
- D.
Bruised nail
- 21.When the surface of the nail is generally flat while one or both edges of the plate are folded at a 90-degree angle or move into the soft tissue of the nail margins, this is called a/an
- A.
Trumpet nail
- B.
Pincer nail
- C.
Plicatured nail
- D.
Eggshell nail
- 22.The medical term for the nails that have been bitten enough to the deformed is called
- A.
Onychocryptosis hocryptosis
- B.
Onychophagy
- C.
Onychophosis
- D.
Pterygium
- 23.Split or brittle nails that have a series of lengthwise ridges are called
- A.
Onychorrhexis
- B.
Onychophagy
- C.
Corrugations
- D.
Plicatured
- 24.Onychopathy or onychosis refers to a technical term for a
- A.
Nail disease
- B.
Nail deformity
- C.
Nail shape
- D.
Nail injury
- 25.Aobnormal scarring of proximal or distal nail fold is called
- A.
Pterygium
- B.
Plicatured
- C.
Corrugations
- D.
Agnails
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