Delaware Nail Technician Practice Test

Delaware bars electric files on natural nails and gives paraffin before a manicure; all 52 answers cite state text.

How bright must the artificial lighting be in the areas of a Delaware salon where services are performed?

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Scientific concepts: infection control and safety 24

  • A cosmetic product contains a hazardous substance banned by law for use in cosmetic products. May a Delaware licensed facility have it on the premises? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-10.1
  • A Delaware nail salon is short of shelf space. May clean towels and nail supplies be stored in the restroom? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-4.10.1
  • A Delaware nail technician opens a new chemical product. Whose directions must she follow in using it? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-8.1.5
  • A Delaware technician needs a little of a cosmetic preparation for one patron. What does the regulation say about removing it? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-7.5.6
  • A gel product's directions are ignored and it is used in a way the FDA disapproves. What does Delaware's regulation say? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-10.2
  • A nail brush is used to scrub under each patron's nails. What does Delaware say of brushes used on a patron? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-5.1.8
  • A pair of nippers has cut a client's skin during a Delaware manicure. What must be done with the instrument? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-5.1.2
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Scientific concepts: infection control and safety, continued

  • An emery board has shaped a client's natural nail in Delaware. Since it cannot be disinfected, where does it go? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-5.1.6
  • An employee of a Delaware nail salon has an infection that could be transmitted to a client. What may the licensee not knowingly do? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-8.2
  • Before each manicure or pedicure in Delaware, what goes over the manicure cushion and the footrest? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-6.2
  • The day's waste goes out to the exterior refuse containers of a Delaware salon. What does the regulation require of them? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-4.12
  • Delaware has liquids and creams kept in labeled containers. What does the regulation add for poisonous substances? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-7.5.5
  • Delaware lets non-electrical instruments be disinfected in household bleach. At what strength and for how long? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-7.1.1.2.2
  • How bright must the artificial lighting be in the areas of a Delaware salon where services are performed? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-4.4.2
  • How does Delaware's sanitation regulation define disinfection? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-2.0
  • How much ventilation does Delaware require to protect the health of employees and patrons? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-4.5
  • In what condition must the manicure tabletop be kept in a Delaware nail salon? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-5.3.1
  • The service is over and soiled towels and used material sit on the workstation top. When must a Delaware technician remove them? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-5.1.5
  • Used cotton and nail clippings have fallen to the floor of a Delaware shop. What does the regulation require? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-5.1.3
  • What does "single use" mean in Delaware's sanitation regulation? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-2.0
  • What does Delaware's sanitation regulation say about smoking in a licensed facility? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-4.1.3
  • What must the hand washing sink for a Delaware salon's workstations be supplied with? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-4.9
  • When must a person performing services in a Delaware salon wash their hands? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-8.1.1
  • Where are unused clean cloth towels and disposable towels stored in a Delaware salon? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-7.4.3

Nail service tools and their storage 4

  • Delaware's list of nail apprenticeship supplies sorts implements from disposable items. Which of these is listed as disposable? 24 DE Admin. Code 5100-4.6.10
  • During a Delaware manicure, where are the instruments in use on that client kept? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-5.3.2
  • On Delaware's list of nail apprenticeship supplies, where are disinfected implements stored? 24 DE Admin. Code 5100-4.6.5
  • On which nails may an electric nail file or electric drill not be used in Delaware? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-5.3.3

Paraffin, footbaths, artificial nails and scope 10

  • A client asks to have a thick heel callus shaved off. What does Delaware say of razor blades? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-10.3
  • A Delaware client has finished her foot soak. When must the footbath be cleaned and sanitized? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-5.1.14
  • A Delaware salon wants to advertise a pedicure in which small fish clear dead skin from the feet. Is that allowed? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-10.4
  • A pedicure client asks a Delaware nail technician to wax the hair on her toes. What do the rules say? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-5.2.7
  • Delaware's statute defines a nail technician as a person who engages only in manicuring, pedicuring or which other practice? 24 Del. C. § 5101(13)
  • Is methyl methacrylate (MMA) allowed in a Delaware shop or school under the Board's rules? 24 DE Admin. Code 5100-16.3
  • What does Delaware's sanitation regulation require of the paraffin wax itself? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-5.3.4.4
  • What is done to the client's hands or feet before they are dipped into paraffin wax in Delaware? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-5.3.4.3
  • When is a paraffin wax treatment given in a Delaware manicure or pedicure? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-5.3.4.1
  • Which client may be given a paraffin wax treatment in Delaware? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-5.3.4.2

Delaware license law (extra) 14

  • A Delaware nail apprentice is about to work on a client. What must be displayed at the work station? 24 DE Admin. Code 5100-3.3.13
  • A Delaware nail salon closes for good. What must it do? 24 DE Admin. Code 5100-10.4
  • A Delaware nail technician applicant began school before June 26, 2010. How many hours of education in nail technology do the Board's rules require? 24 DE Admin. Code 5100-14.0
  • A Delaware nail technician opens a licensed facility in her house. What does the sanitation regulation require of it? 16 DE Admin. Code 4453-4.1.2
  • A Delaware nail technician student moves on to a 1,500 hour cosmetology school program. How many nail technician school hours may transfer? 24 DE Admin. Code 5100-6.0
  • An applicant from a state with less stringent requirements seeks a Delaware license by reciprocity. How much work experience must the notarized statements show? 24 DE Admin. Code 5100-5.0
  • How many apprentices may one Delaware apprentice teacher supervise and train at a time? 24 DE Admin. Code 5100-3.2.3
  • How often is a Delaware license under the cosmetology and barbering chapter renewed? 24 Del. C. § 5111(b)
  • In Delaware's 600 hour nail technology apprenticeship curriculum, how many hours go to manicuring and pedicuring? 24 DE Admin. Code 5100-4.5.3
  • In Delaware's 600 hour nail technology apprenticeship curriculum, which subject is given 176 practical hours? 24 DE Admin. Code 5100-4.5.6
  • Under whose supervision does the holder of a Delaware temporary work permit for nail technology practice? 24 DE Admin. Code 5100-2.6
  • What must a licensed Delaware nail salon have available for inspection on the premises at all times? 24 DE Admin. Code 5100-11.1
  • Which training does Delaware's statute accept for a nail technician license? 24 Del. C. § 5107(a)(3)g
  • Within what span of time must a Delaware nail technician apprentice complete the apprentice hours? 24 DE Admin. Code 5100-3.3.5

How this list was compiled: Examination: the Delaware Board of Cosmetology and Barbering requires the written theory and practical NIC examinations for the license type (https://dpr.delaware.gov/boards/cosmetology/cosmoexam/). Outline of the theory examination: the National Nail Technology Theory Examination Candidate Information Bulletin of the National-Interstate Council of State Boards of Cosmetology (NIC), effective September 1, 2025, which the examination vendor posts for Delaware from November 1, 2026 (https://www.prometric.com/files/nicde/nail_technology_national_theory_english.pdf): 110 items, of which 100 are weighted, 90 minutes, eight domains. Facts: 16 DE Admin. Code 4453 and 24 DE Admin. Code 5100 on regulations.delaware.gov, and Title 24, Chapter 51 of the Delaware Code on delcode.delaware.gov. Each question names its section and links to it. Read 2026-10-14. Licence: Own work. Every question, wrong choice and explanation was written for this site from the public texts named. Nothing comes from the real examination, the sample questions in its bulletin, a practice product, a textbook or a prep course.

How it works

This unofficial Delaware nail technician practice test asks what Delaware's own regulations say on the national exam's subjects. Not affiliated with the Delaware Board of Cosmetology and Barbering or the National-Interstate Council of State Boards of Cosmetology (NIC).

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What the Delaware nail technician exam is

The Board requires the written theory and practical NIC examinations for the license type. For tests from November 1, 2026 the examination vendor posts NIC's bulletin effective September 1, 2025: 110 questions, 100 of them scored, 90 minutes, eight domains. Earlier dates use an older outline of nine domains.

What this bank asks

Twenty-four questions on infection control and safety, 4 on tools and their storage, 10 on paraffin, footbaths, artificial nails and scope, and 14 on license law and the apprenticeship, which the national outline does not list. Anatomy, nail disorders, product chemistry and enhancement steps have no Delaware text and are not asked; the national manicure theory test on this site covers them.

  • Instruments in use on a client stay in a jar sanitizer of cotton saturated with 70% alcohol or bleach (16 DE Admin. Code 4453-5.3.2).
  • Razor blades may not remove calluses, and no fish or other animal may be used in a pedicure (16 DE Admin. Code 4453-10.3, 10.4).
  • Nail technicians may not remove hair by any method, waxing and tweezing included (16 DE Admin. Code 4453-5.2.7).

Questions and answers

How many hours do you need for a nail tech license in Delaware?

At least 300 hours in a school of nail technology or cosmetology, or 600 hours as an apprentice under a licensed nail technician, at no more than 40 hours a week (24 Del. C. § 5107).

What score passes the Delaware nail technician exam?

None is printed on the Board's examination page, in its rules or in the vendor's candidate manual. Under 24 Del. C. § 5108 the contracted testing service does the grading.

Are these the real Delaware nail technician exam questions?

No. Every question is our own, written from Delaware's sanitation regulation, the Board's rules and Title 24, Chapter 51, and linked to its section. Nothing comes from the examination or the sample questions in its bulletin.

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