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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Located behind the pupil - and is the secondary mechanism of focus - adjusting the amount of focus the light image requires before it reaches the retina.






2. What is the primary function of the inferior rectus muscle?






3. The entire area that can be seen when the eye is directed forward including that which is seen with peripheral vision.






4. The chart most often used to measure acuity at distance.






5. Surgical removal of the lens - usually replaced with a plastic intraocular lens.






6. Is a clouding of the eye's lens and is the leading cause of blindness.






7. Back vertex power which includes sphere and cylinder power.






8. What lens material is the easiest to break?






9. Upward and inward






10. Laser-based - non contact - noon invasive imaging technique.






11. By mouth






12. Proparacaine - Tetracaine - Cocaine






13. The light sensitive part of the eye.






14. The measure of the finest detail the eye may detect.






15. Layers in the cornea






16. What's it called when the cornea thins and bulges forward?






17. The interior portion of the eyeball that may be seen on ophthalmoscopy.






18. What provides the major refractive power of the eye?






19. Swelling or infection of the membrane lining the eyelids or Conjunctiva.






20. The lifeline into and out of the practice.






21. The distance from the back surface of the lens to the front of the eye.






22. Refers to imaging by section or sectioning - through the use of any kind of penetrating wave.






23. When water is retained and swelling occurs in the cornea.






24. Dilators






25. Provides nutrients for the lens and posterior cornea.






26. Ultraviolet Coating protect the eye from damaging...






27. The smallest unit of lens measure.






28. Downward and inward






29. Tropicamide - Atropine - Scopolamine - Phenylephrine






30. Drop






31. Measurement of the form and curvature of the cornea.






32. A method of determining the state of refraction of the eye by illumination the retina with a mirror and observing the direction of movement of the retinal illumination and adjacent shadow when the mirror is turned.






33. The Examination of the inside of the eye.






34. Constrictors






35. Two instruments are used to test patient blood pressure.






36. Protected health Information






37. Outward






38. One type of contact lens is applied after waking and removed before going to sleep.






39. Provide a bigger field of vision.






40. Increases visual acuity because it reduces internal lens reflections.






41. The two main types of filing systems.






42. A paralysis of the ciliary muscle - so accommodation can't occur.






43. Inward






44. Transparent covering of the eye that lies between the eyelid and front of the eye.






45. A layer located behind the retina and absorbs unused radiation.






46. Associated with aging and results in damaging sharp and central vision.






47. A mid-index lens material that is thinner than glass or CR-39 - free from distortion and aberration and able to be used as a safety lens.






48. A lens with no power.






49. The Optothalmic examination of the eye by use of a slit lamp and a magnifying lens.






50. The gel that fills the eye and allows it to maintain its shape. Also serves as a clear pathway for light when it travels from the lens to the retina.