Haircutting is 1 of 13 topics on the Texas Class A Barber written exam — 29 of the 300 questions in FadeJunkie's Milady-sourced bank cover it. Below are 15 real Haircutting questions with real answers.
What elevation is used for a graduated haircut?
45 degrees.
What haircut has all the strands ending at one level, forming a heavy weight line at the perimeter?
A blunt cut.
What do you call the heaviest perimeter area of a 0-elevation or 45-degree cut?
The weight line.
What do you call a series of connected dots that forms a continuous mark?
A line — the basic design element every haircut is built from.
What's the term for the outer perimeter line of a haircut?
The design line.
What is "slithering"?
Thinning the hair to graduated lengths using the shears.
What do you call the part of a curl between the scalp and the first arc of the circle?
The stem.
What wet styling technique shapes and directs hair into an S pattern?
Finger waving.
What facial shape has over-wide cheekbones and a narrow jawline?
Inverted triangular.
What's widely recognized as the ideal facial shape?
Oval.
What profile has a prominent forehead and chin?
A concave profile.
What determines the shape of a hairline?
Natural growth patterns.
Which tool is generally easier for cutting thick, coarse hair?
Clippers.
How should you dry the hair for a uniform-layered cut?
With your hands.
What's a common technique for trimming eyebrows?
Shear-over-comb.
These 15 are a sample. The full FadeJunkie bank has 29 real Haircutting questions (plus 29 matching flashcards) — try the Haircutting practice quiz or flip through the Haircutting flashcards for free. A one-time $15 lifetime pass unlocks full multi-topic study and the complete 300-question bank across all 13 tested topics.
Haircutting is one of 13 topics tested on the Texas barber written exam. See the Texas Barber State Board Exam Guide for the full exam process, or browse every topic from the Education Hub.
Questions and answers are drawn from the Milady Standard Barbering curriculum, the same textbook Texas barber schools use to prepare students for the TDLR/PSI state board exam.