Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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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 |
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Clients with skin or nails that are infected, inflamed, or swollen should be
referred to a:
a. | technician | c. | stylist | b. | physician | d. | specialist |
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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 |
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Ridges running vertically down the natural nail plate are caused by:
a. | overgrowth and polish | c. | uneven growth and age | b. | medication and
cold | d. | bitten
nails |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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A condition that results from the living skin splitting around the nail
is:
a. | tinea | c. | furrows | b. | agnail | d. | white spots |
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Redness, pain, and swelling are signs of a(n):
a. | condition | c. | infection | b. | disorder | d. | abrasion |
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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 |
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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 |
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Split or brittle nails with a series of lengthwise ridges and a rough appearance
to the surface of the nail plate is:
a. | onychophagy | c. | onychorrhexis | b. | onychophosis | d. | plicatured
nails |
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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 |
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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 | b. | plicatured nails | d. | nail pterygium |
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Parasites that under some conditions may cause infections to the feet and hands
are:
a. | pedis | c. | fungi | b. | flagella | d. | tinea |
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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 |
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Nail infections are caused by a large numbers of bacteria or:
a. | nail disorders | c. | fungal organisms | b. | plicatured nails | d. | nail overgrowth |
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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 |
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Any deformity or disease of the nails in general is called:
a. | onyx | c. | onychosis | b. | onychia | d. | onychophosis |
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Inflammation of the nail matrix followed by shredding of the natural nail plate
is:
a. | onychia | c. | fungi | b. | onyx | d. | flagella |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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