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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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1. Which type of lens will have the same power in all areas of the lens?






2. What lens material is the easiest to break?






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






4. Layers in the cornea






5. Protected health Information






6. By mouth






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. Upward and inward






9. The ability to maintain visual focus on an object with both eyes creating a single visual image.






10. What are used to treat dry eyes?






11. 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.






12. Numerous different surgeries that facilitate the escape of excess aqueous humor from the eye to lower the intraocular pressure and a few that lower IOP by decreasing the production of aqueous humor.






13. Corrects one eye for distance and the other eye for near and can be used to correct presbyopia.






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






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






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






17. Inward






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






19. Drop






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






27. The two main types of filing systems.






28. The Examination of the inside of the eye.






29. 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.






30. The system for sorting and assigning priorities for medical treatment based on the urgency of the systems.






31. Tropicamide - Atropine - Scopolamine - Phenylephrine






32. 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.






33. Glaucoma causes...






34. Proparacaine - Tetracaine - Cocaine






35. A lens with no power.






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






37. What does a tonometer measure?






38. The light sensitive part of the eye.






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






40. A test that allows a doctor to see inside the back of the eye and other structures using a magnifying instrument and a light source.






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






42. 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.






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






44. Downward and diagonally






45. Downward and inward






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






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






48. Every _ Hour






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






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






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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