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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The ability to maintain visual focus on an object with both eyes creating a single visual image.






2. 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.






3. The part of the retina responsible for sharp - clear vision.






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






5. Inward






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






7. If a patient claims to have pain in the ye but does not have any other symptoms - when do you schedule them for an appointment?






8. Downward and diagonally






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






10. Glaucoma causes...






11. A complication of diabetes - progressive damage to the blood vessels of the retina.






12. A test that measures the pressure inside your eye - which is called intraocular pressure.






13. Upward and inward






14. A group of diseases that can damage the eye's optic nerve and result in the vision loss and blindness. It occurs when the normal fluid pressure inside the eyes slowly rises.






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






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






17. What are cycloplegic drugs used for?






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






19. What is the frame height - the most vertical dimension of the lens opening also known as?

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






21. The instrument that contains lenses and can be used to determine a spectacle correction.






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






23. The light sensitive part of the eye.






24. The creation of a photograph of the interior surface of the eye.






25. Constrictors






26. The distance between the center of the pupil of each eye.






27. Layers in the cornea






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






29. What are plus lenses used to correct?






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






31. What are used to treat dry eyes?






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






33. When the vision in one of the eyes is reduced because the eye and the brain aren't working together properly. The eye itself may look normal - but it's not being used normally because the brain is favoring the other eye.






34. Supplies most of the tears to the eye.






35. Provide a bigger field of vision.






36. Upward and diagonally






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






38. Provides nutrients for the lens and posterior cornea.






39. What does a tonometer measure?






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






41. The nerve center of the eye where light is converted into an electrical signal that travels along the optic nerve to the brain.






42. A broken blood vessel between the sclera and conjunctiva.






43. What is the name for the part of the frame that connects the two eyewires?






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






45. The two main types of filing systems.






46. The procedure using ultraviolet radiation from a laser to remove tissue.






47. A jelly-like subastance located in the anterior chamber.






48. Dilators






49. Computer-assisted method of mapping the surface curvature of the cornea.






50. By mouth