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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Drop






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






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






4. What are cycloplegic drugs used for?






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






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






7. Every _ Hour






8. The lifeline into and out of the practice.






9. What lens material is the easiest to break?






10. Diabetic patients may have vision loss due to...






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






12. Layers in the cornea






13. What are used to treat dry eyes?






14. The portion of the optic nerve that is formed by the meeting of all retinal nerve fibers.






15. Protected health Information






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






17. Outward






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






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






28. Provides nutrients for the lens and posterior cornea.






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






30. Its purpose: Improve the portability and continuity of health insurance overage - improve access to long-term care services and coverage - to simplify administrative care.






31. Right eye (OD)






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






33. 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.






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






35. 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.






36. Controls the focusing power of the eye by changing the shape of the lens.






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






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






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






40. Provide a bigger field of vision.






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






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


43. What does a tonometer measure?






44. Inward






45. What are plus lenses used to correct?






46. 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.






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






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






49. 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.






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