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_____ lines in a haircut are those that lie between the horizontal and vertical, have a slanting or sloping direction, and help to blend long layers into short layers to create fullness.
Diagonal
Which guideline is used in a blunt, one-length haircut, or used in overdirection to create a length or weight increase?
Stationary
What type of haircutting lines are parallel to the floor and relative to the horizon?
Horizontal lines
Before purchasing _____, the stylist should inquire about the manufacturing, steel quality, and the right blade edge.
Shears
Which three countries are primarily responsible for manufacturing the steel used to make professional shears?
Japan, Germany, and the United States
_____ is another version of point cutting, in which a more aggressive technique is used to create a chunkier effect.
Notching
What is the triangular section of the head that begins at the apex and ends at the front corners?
Bang Area
_____ shears, also known as scissors, are mainly used to cut blunt or straight lines in hair, to slide cut, point cut, or to implement other texturizing techniques.
Haircutting
Shears that are designed to remove more hair, with larger teeth set farther apart, are known as _____.
Notching shears
What is the working area of the hair that is separated prior to cutting?
Section
Which type of comb is used mainly to detangle the hair?
Wide-tooth comb
What is the widest part of the head, starting at the temples and ending at the bottom of the crown, that can be found by placing a comb flat on the side of the head?
Parietal Ridge
_____, also known as projection or lifting, is the degree at which a subsection of hair is held from the head when cutting.
Elevation
Professional shears are made by either casting or forging the steel. Which process is best for ensuring shear durability, ease of adjustment or repair, and highest quality?
Forging only
What is the line dividing the hair at the scalp, separating one section from another to create subsections?
Parting
Which method involves cutting or layering the hair in such a way that the fingers and shears glide along the edge of the hair to remove length?
Slide cutting
What technique should be used to create a length increase in the design of graduated and layered haircuts?
Overdirection
Hair _____ is based on the thickness or diameter of each hair strand, usually classified as coarse, medium, and fine.
Hair Texture
When the hair is elevated _____, you are building weight in a haircut.
below 90 degrees
The _____ is the direction in which hair grows from the scalp and is also called the natural falling position.
growth pattern
Which guideline involves a small slice of a previous subsection that is moved to the next position and becomes the new guideline?
Traveling Guideline
What type of haircutting lines are perpendicular to the horizon, and are used to remove weight to create graduated or layered haircuts, and higher elevations?
Vertical lines
Hair _____ is the number of individual hair strands on 1 square inch (2.5 cm 2) of scalp and is usually described as thin, medium, or thick.
Density
Which description is most accurate of fine, thin hair?
It needs weight and is limp
The _____ indicates the method of gauging the hardness of the metal (steel) of an individual shear in order to ensure that it maintains a sharp edge for an extended period of time.
Rockwell hardness