Understanding Product Ingredients

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1. Which ingredient should be listed first in a cosmetic product?
- Fragrance
- Thickeners
- Water
- Active ingredients
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Question 2 of 22

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2. What is the functional ingredient in conditioners
- Catanionic surfactants
- Anionic surfactants
- Fats
- Surfactants
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Question 3 of 22

3. Question
3. Which of the following ingredients is commonly used to adjust the pH of hair care products?
- Sodium hydroxide
- Citric acid
- Glycerin
- Phenoxyethanol
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Question 4 of 22

4. Question
4. What are functional ingredients
- The ingredient in a product that forms the texture of the product
- The ingredient in a product that does what the product promises
- The ingredient in a product that treats a condition
- The ingredient in a product that binds other ingredients together
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Question 5 of 22

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5. All sulfates are bad. True or False?
- True
- False
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Question 6 of 22

6. Question
6. What does surfactants in hair products do?
- Washes the hair
- Conditions the hair
- Seals the hair
- Treats a condition in the hair
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Question 7 of 22

7. Question
What is green washing in the context of hair care products?
- Adding organic ingredients to a product to make it appear organic or safe
- Using environmentally-friendly packaging to make the product appear organic or safe
- Adding organic ingredients in minute quantity to a non-organic product to deceive consumers
- Using a plant-based fragrance in a product to make it appear organic or safe
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Question 8 of 22

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8. What percentage of hair products consist of water?
- 50%
- 90%
- 55%
- 75%
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Question 9 of 22

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9. Water-based products must have which of these ingredients?
- Stabilizers
- Preservatives
- Thickeners
- None of the above
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Question 10 of 22

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10. All of these are examples of functional ingredients except?
- Water
- Surfactant
- Catanionic surfactant
- Oils and fats
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Question 11 of 22

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11. What are ‘feel good’ ingredients?
- Necessary ingredients that make the products more acceptable to the consumers
- Unnecessary ingredients that make the products more acceptable to the consumers
- Necessary ingredients that makes the product smell nice
- Unecessary ingredients that makes the product smell nice
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Question 12 of 22

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12. What is the purpose of thickeners and stabilizers in hair care products?
- To provide fragrance
- To provide conditioning benefits
- To help the product spread evenly through the hair
- To give the product a desired consistency
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Question 13 of 22

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What type of alcohols should be avoided in hair care products?
- Fatty alcohols
- Ethanol
- Drying alcohols
- Spirit
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Question 14 of 22

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14. What is the disadvantage of using silicones?
- The create a barrier that prevents moisture penetration
- They make the hair hard which causes breakage
- They dry out moisture from the hair
- All of the above
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Question 15 of 22

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15. What is the regulatory requirement that products with active ingredients should have.
- Percentage concentration
- Expiry date
- pH level
- None of the above
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Question 16 of 22

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16. Fatty alcohols are ___________?
- Safe and useful ingredients
- Unsafe but useful ingredients
- Safe but useless ingredients
- Unsafe but useful ingredients
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Question 17 of 22

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17. How do you identify products with drying alcohols.
- The product smells like spirit
- The product has an off-putting smell
- The product is heavily fragranced
- None of the above
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Question 18 of 22

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18. Acids are added to cosmetic products for the following reasons. Select all that apply.
- To breakdown ions
- To increase the efficiency of a product
- To manipulate the pH of a product
- For preservation
- As an active ingredient
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Question 19 of 22

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19. What is the purpose of silicones in hair care products?
- To provide fragrance
- To provide conditioning benefits
- To provide shine and smoothness
- To help the product spread evenly through the hair
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Question 20 of 22

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20. All except one are examples of fatty alcohols.
- Cetyl alcohol
- Ethanol
- Stearyl alcohol
- Cetearyl alcohol
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Question 21 of 22

21. Question
21. Which of the following should be avoided in hair care products?
- Fragrances
- Thickeners
- Stabilizers
- Petrolatum
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Question 22 of 22

22. Question
22. Which ingredient has been found to be safe but has a bad reputation?
- Sodium laureth sulfate
- Parabens
- Petrolatum
- Sodium chloride
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