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Vermont Nail Technician Practice Test

Fifty-two questions on Vermont's own rules and statute, from drill bits and pedicure screens to the license.

With what does Vermont's rule have nail drill bits scrubbed to remove debris?

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Nail implements, drill bits and pedicure equipment 16

  • A client has rested her hands on a Vermont manicuring table and gone. What does Rule 13-3 require of the table? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-3(b)
  • A drill bit has been scrubbed free of debris. What comes next under Vermont's drill rule, before the disinfectant? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-1(i)
  • A foam buffer cannot be cleansed or sanitized. How does Rule 13-4 treat using it as a multi-use tool? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-4(a)
  • A Vermont manicure is finished. What does Rule 13-4 have done with the emery board? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-4(e)
  • A Vermont pedicure screen may be immersed in a 10% bleach solution. For how many minutes? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-1(k)
  • A Vermont shop gives pedicures in plain bowls with no jets or pipes. Does the pedicure water rule reach them? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-1(j)
  • How is a washable nail file freed of debris before it is disinfected in Vermont? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-1(h)
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Nail implements, drill bits and pedicure equipment, continued

  • How often are the screens of Vermont pedicure equipment cleaned under Rule 13-1(k)? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-1(k)
  • Rule 13-1(g) appoints each working Vermont nail technician's assigned station with three things. Which of these is one of them? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-1(g)
  • Two nail stations stand side by side in a Vermont shop. May they share one large unit for disinfecting implements? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-1(g)
  • Under Vermont's nail implements rule, what is done first to used nail brushes and nippers? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-1(h)
  • Vermont's pedicure water rule ties cleaning and disinfecting to one moment. Which? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-1(j)
  • What must be provided to each manicure client under Vermont's Rule 13-4? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-4(e)
  • Which nail liquid does Vermont's chemicals rule name as a banned substance that may not be on shop premises? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-5(f)
  • With what does Vermont's rule have nail drill bits scrubbed to remove debris? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-1(i)
  • With what is a pedicure screen cleaned before it is immersed in disinfectant in Vermont? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-1(k)

Infection control and safety 23

  • A nipper nicks a Vermont client's cuticle and it bleeds. What is the only kind of product that may be used to check the bleeding? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-4(i)
  • A pedicure spa and an electric file are plugged in close to water in a Vermont shop. How does Rule 13-3 have electrical appliances protected? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-3(e)
  • A UV light cabinet stands at a Vermont nail station. What may go into it? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-1(h)
  • A Vermont nail salon wants its chemical data sheets on a tablet, with no paper binder. Does the Office accept that? OPR Barber and Cosmetology FAQs
  • A Vermont nail shop stacks spare acetone and nail liquids on open shelves in the customer bathroom. What does Rule 13-2 say? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-2(c)
  • A Vermont nail technician has an open cut on her thumb that could touch clients or tools. What does Rule 13-6 bar? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-6
  • A Vermont nail technician lays her used nippers back on the table top while she polishes. Where does Rule 13-4 say soiled implements go? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-4(c)
  • A Vermont nail technician wants to offer a new enhancement system she saw at a trade show. Rule 13-8 has her establish three things first. Which is one of them? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-8
  • A Vermont shop lays a mat at its pedicure station. What does the accessibility standard say of mats? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-2(e)
  • A Vermont technician keeps her disinfected nippers in a drawer with her pens and the day's cash. What does Rule 13-1(c) say? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-1(c)
  • Acetone can splash into an eye. A Vermont nail shop has no plumbed eye wash. What does Rule 13-5 accept in its place? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-5(c)
  • Acetone is flammable. Besides a non-flammable cabinet or a properly ventilated room, what does Vermont's chemicals rule ask of flammable chemicals? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-5(d)
  • Clients wash their hands at a sink in the working area of a Vermont nail shop. What does Rule 13-3 require of that sink? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-3(a)
  • The cord of an electric file runs across the walkway to an outlet in a Vermont shop. Which facility standard does that break? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-2(f)
  • Cotton that soaked up a client's blood during a Vermont manicure is thrown away. How? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-4(j)
  • Filing and acrylic work put dust and vapors in the air. What must a Vermont shop's ventilation be sufficient to do? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-2(h)
  • In which parts of a Vermont shop does Rule 13-5 put a kit for cleaning up spilled blood? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-5(b)
  • The jar of disinfectant solution on a Vermont nail table stands open all day. What does Rule 13-1(b) require of it? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-1(b)
  • Vermont bars a service when a communicable condition could reasonably be passed on while it is given. Whose condition counts? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-6
  • What must the customer bathroom of a Vermont shop offer for washing hands? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-2(c)
  • What must the waiting area of a Vermont nail shop have for common trash? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-2(d)
  • Where may a Vermont shop set its paraffin warmer? Rule 13-3 gives one test for heat-producing appliances. What is it? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-3(d)
  • Which disinfectant solution does Vermont's rule require for immersing implements? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-1(b)

Scope and license law (extra) 13

  • A Vermont nail apprentice would like to log her hours at a salon across the state line. Does the Office allow it? OPR Barber and Cosmetology FAQs
  • A Vermont nail technician's schooling has a floor set in statute. How many hours? 26 V.S.A. § 276(a)(1)(D)(iv)
  • A would-be Vermont nail technician trains under a supervisor in a shop. Within how many hours is the apprenticeship plan to be completed? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 9-1(d)
  • At what point does Rule 9-1 let a Vermont apprentice begin? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 9-1
  • Besides a nail technician license, which Vermont license takes in manicuring by the statute's definitions? 26 V.S.A. § 271(2)
  • By statute, how long may a required Vermont apprenticeship last, measured against the formal training for the same license? 26 V.S.A. § 276(a)(1)(E)(ii)
  • Does Vermont offer a crossover path for nail technicians, as it does between barbers and cosmetologists? OPR Barber and Cosmetology FAQs
  • How far from the nail itself does nail technician practice reach under Vermont's definition? 26 V.S.A. § 271(5)
  • How much of a Vermont apprentice's accrued hours may clerical tasks, reception and cleaning occupy? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 9-6
  • Rule 7-1 names the tests that stand between a trained applicant and a Vermont nail technician license. Which are they? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 7-1(b)
  • Vermont's statute gives nail technician practice a second name. Which? 26 V.S.A. § 271(5)
  • What does Rule 13-9 say about a Vermont licensee and prescription drug products? Vermont Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, Rule 13-9(c)
  • What does the Office ask of a first-time barber, cosmetologist or esthetician applicant that it does not ask of a nail technician? OPR Application Instructions (March 2026)

How this list was compiled: Examination: Rule 7-1 of Vermont's Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists asks a nail technician applicant for written and practical nail-technician examinations recognized by the Director of the Office of Professional Regulation (OPR). OPR's Forms and Instructions page (https://sos.vermont.gov/barbers-cosmetologists/forms-instructions/) names the examination provider, whose candidate bulletin for Vermont (https://provexam.com/test-information/vermont-board-of-barbers-and-cosmetologists) lists Nail Technology 2025 at 110 questions, 10 of them unscored pilot questions, 90 minutes, passing score 75, and Practical Nail Technology 2025 at 149 minutes, passing score 75. Outline of the theory examination: the National Nail Technology Theory Examination bulletin of the National-Interstate Council of State Boards of Cosmetology (NIC), effective September 1, 2025 (https://prov-testing.github.io/nic_cib/nail_technology_national_theory_english_2025.html): eight domains, from infection control and safety practices (15 percent) to nail enhancement services (20 percent). Facts: the Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists, effective December 22, 2020; 26 V.S.A. chapter 6 on legislature.vermont.gov; OPR's Barber and Cosmetology FAQs; and its application instructions of March 2026. Each question names its rule or section and links to it. Read 2026-10-16. Licence: Own work. Every question, wrong choice and explanation was written for this site from the public texts named. Nothing comes from a real examination, the sample questions in a bulletin, a practice product, a textbook or a prep course.

How it works

An unofficial Vermont nail technician practice test built from the Administrative Rules for Barbers and Cosmetologists and 26 V.S.A. chapter 6. Not affiliated with the Vermont Office of Professional Regulation, the National-Interstate Council of State Boards of Cosmetology (NIC) or the examination provider.

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The theory test Vermont candidates book

It is NIC's Nail Technology theory examination. Its bulletin, effective September 1, 2025, divides the items among eight domains; infection control and safety practices hold 15 percent and nail service tools 13.

How the 52 questions divide

Sixteen cover nail stations, implements, drill bits, pedicure water and screens. Twenty-three cover disinfection, blood, chemicals and the shop itself. Thirteen cover scope and license law. No Vermont text sets out nail anatomy, nail disorders, product chemistry or enhancement steps, so they are left to the national manicure theory test on this site.

  • Drill bits are scrubbed with a wire brush, washed, dried and immersed for ten minutes or more (Rule 13-1(i)).
  • Pedicure screens are cleaned at the end of each day; in a 10% bleach solution they soak five minutes (Rule 13-1(k)).
  • Only a sterile styptic powder or liquid astringent, on a sterile single use applicator, may check bleeding (Rule 13-4(i)).

Questions and answers

How many hours do you need to be a nail tech in Vermont?

200 hours at a school of manicuring (26 V.S.A. § 276; Rule 7-1), or an Office-approved apprenticeship planned at 300 hours (Rule 9-1). The Office's application instructions do not ask nail technicians for a high school diploma.

What exams does Vermont require for a nail technician license?

Written and practical nail-technician examinations recognized by the Director (Rule 7-1). The provider's bulletin for Vermont lists Nail Technology theory, 110 questions with 10 unscored in 90 minutes, and a practical of 149 minutes, each with a passing score of 75.

Is there a Vermont state law test for nail technicians?

Neither Rule 7-1 nor the provider's bulletin names one, and NIC's outline has no state law part. The scope and license law group on this page is extra practice.

Are these the actual Vermont nail technician exam questions?

No. They are this site's own, each written from a rule, a statute section or an Office page and linked to it. Nothing is taken from an NIC examination or from the sample questions in its bulletin.

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