Ch#10 Practice Test
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. The surface of a healthy natural nail should be:
a. smooth and spotted
c. smooth and unspotted
b. flexible and spotted
d. pitted and rough
2. Clients with skin or nails that are infected, inflamed, or swollen should be referred to a:
a. technician
c. stylist
b. physician
d. specialist
3. A nail condition where blood clots form under the nail plate due to a small injury of the nail plate is:
a. bruised nails
c. abnormal nails
b. blue nails
d. bruised onychia
4. Ridges running vertically down the natural nail plate are caused by:
a. overgrowth and polish
c. uneven growth
b. medication and cold
d. bitten nails
5. To provide a smooth appearance to a natural nail plate with ridges, after careful buffing, apply:
a. a coat of primer
c. cuticle filler
b. antiseptic lotion
d. ridge filler
6. Nails with a noticeably thin, white nail plate that are more flexible than normal nails are:
a. ingrown nails
c. leukonychia nails
b. bitten nails
d. eggshell nails
7. Visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate that are the result of a major illness or
injury are:
a. eggshell nails
c. beau’s lines
b. narrow lines
d. hangnails
8. A condition that results from the living skin splitting around the nail is:
a. tinea
c. furrows
b. agnail
d. white spots
9. Redness, pain, and swelling are signs of a(n):
a. condition
c. infection
b. disorder
d. abrasion
10. Minor damage to the matrix that produces a whitish discoloration or white spots on the nails is:
a. leukonychia
c. a hangnail
b. melanonychia
d. nail fungus
11. A dark band within the nail plate extending from the base to the free edge due to increased pigmentation is:
a. melanin nails
c. onychophagy
b. onycholysis
d. melanonychia
12. Split or brittle nails with a rough appearance to the surface of the nail plate is:
a. onychophagy
c. onychorrhexis
b. onychophosis
d. plicatured nails
13. A highly curved nail plate often called “folded nail,” caused by injury to the matrix or inherited, is a(n):
a. bruised nail
c. plicatured nail
b. bitten nail
d. eggshell nail
14. An abnormal condition that occurs when skin is stretched by the nail plate and is a result of damage to the
eponychium or hyponychium is:
a. curved nails
c. eggshell nails
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b. plicatured nails
d. nail pterygium
Parasites that under some conditions may cause infections to the feet and hands are:
a. pedis
c. fungi
b. flagella
d. tinea
In the early stages, a typical bacterial infection on the nail plate can be identified as a:
a. yellow-green spot
c. brown-black spot
b. blue spot
d. white-yellow spot
Nail infections are caused by a large numbers of bacteria or:
a. nail disorders
c. fungal organisms
b. plicatured nails
d. nail overgrowth
The naturally occurring skin bacterium that can grow out of control and cause nail infections, incorrectly
referred to as mold, is:
a. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
c. pyogenic granular
b. paronychia granular
d. plicatured nails
Any deformity or disease of the nails in general is called:
a. onyx
c. onychosis
b. onychia
d. onychophosis
Inflammation of the nail matrix followed by shredding of the natural nail plate is:
a. onychia
c. fungi
b. onyx
d. flagella
The lifting of the nail plate from the bed without shedding is a sign of:
a. onychomadesis
c. eggshell nails
b. nail psoriasis
d. onycholysis
Onychomadesis is the separation and falling off of a nail plate and can be traced to:
a. darkening of nail
c. local infection
b. nail splitting
d. bitten nails
Tiny pits or severe roughness on the surface of the nail plate is an indication of:
a. local infection
c. athlete’s foot
b. ingrown nails
d. nail psoriasis
A severe inflammation in which a lump of red tissue grows up from the nail bed to the nail plate is a sign of:
a. pyogenic granuloma
c. tinea pedis
b. onychia
d. paronychia
Tinea pedis is the medical term used to describe:
a. scaling skin
c. athlete’s foot
b. whitish patches on the nail
d. ingrown nails
Technical term for nail bitting
a. onychophagy
c. pterygium
b. onychosis
d. onychia
Technical term for ingrown nails
a. onychocryptosis
c. onychophogy
b. onychorehexis
d. pteryigum