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Certified Paraoptometric Exam
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1. Dilators
damage to the eye
Tonometry
Mydriatics
Strabismus
2. The part of the retina responsible for sharp - clear vision.
superior oblique
Biomicroscopy
Macula
Optic Disc
3. Corrects one eye for distance and the other eye for near and can be used to correct presbyopia.
Sub conjunctival hemorrhage
Lens
Monovision
p.r.n.
4. 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.
HIPPA
Turn the eye downward
Lens
Inferior rectu
5. A paralysis of the ciliary muscle - so accommodation can't occur.
Cycloplegia
'B' Measurement
Photoablation
Anti-reflective coatings
6. Refers to imaging by section or sectioning - through the use of any kind of penetrating wave.
Tomography
Vertex distance
Plano
What does a lensometer measure?
7. Right eye (OD)
Oculus dexter
Inferior rectu
Retinoscopy
Macular Degeneration
8. The Optothalmic examination of the eye by use of a slit lamp and a magnifying lens.
Conjunctiva
Biomicroscopy
Macular Degeneration
Sodium Fluorescein
9. The interior portion of the eyeball that may be seen on ophthalmoscopy.
gtt
Fundus
Strabismus
external/lateral rectus
10. What is the primary function of the inferior rectus muscle?
Photoablation
Turn the eye downward
Interpupillary distance (PD)
Fundus
11. 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.
Conjunctivitis
Amblyopia (Lazy Eye)
Cataract Surgery
Aspheric lenses
12. Is a clouding of the eye's lens and is the leading cause of blindness.
Lacrimal gland
Retina
Lens
Cataract
13. The distance from the back surface of the lens to the front of the eye.
Sub conjunctival hemorrhage
Keratometry
Vertex distance
Ophthalmoscopy
14. Tropicamide - Atropine - Scopolamine - Phenylephrine
Turn the eye downward
Vitreous
Interpupillary distance (PD)
Eye Dilators
15. Which type of lens will have the same power in all areas of the lens?
Spherical
Ophthalmoscopy
Conjunctiva
Topography
16. 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.
damage to the eye
Five
Vitreous
Internal/medial rectus
17. Upward and diagonally
external/lateral rectus
inferior oblique
Macula
Cataract Surgery
18. When water is retained and swelling occurs in the cornea.
Cycloplegia
Anti-reflective coatings
Monovision
Corneal Edema
19. Upward and inward
Ophthalmoscopy
Superior Rectu
Macular Degeneration
p.o.
20. One type of contact lens is applied after waking and removed before going to sleep.
Numerical and Alphabetical
Sub conjunctival hemorrhage
To dilate the eyes
Conventional daily wear lenses
21. Surgical removal of the lens - usually replaced with a plastic intraocular lens.
Mydriatics
To dilate the eyes
Cataract Surgery
Hyperopia and Presbyopia
22. The ability to maintain visual focus on an object with both eyes creating a single visual image.
damage to the eye
Binocular Vision
Proparacaine
Visual Fields
23. The entire area that can be seen when the eye is directed forward including that which is seen with peripheral vision.
external/lateral rectus
Visual Fields
Strabismus
Amblyopia (Lazy Eye)
24. A topical anesthetic.
Proparacaine
Oculus dexter
Miotics
Telephone
25. A broken blood vessel between the sclera and conjunctiva.
Visual acuity
p.r.n.
Sub conjunctival hemorrhage
Hyperopia and Presbyopia
26. The lifeline into and out of the practice.
Retinoscopy
Vitreous
Sphygmomanometer and stethoscope
Telephone
27. Diabetic patients may have vision loss due to...
Diabetic retinopathy
Optic Disc
damage to the eye
Glaucoma
28. The result of the refraction depends on the patient's ability to discern changes in clarity. This process relies on the cooperation of the Patient.
p.r.n.
Eye Anaesthetics
Eye Dilators
Subjective Refraction
29. Provides nutrients for the lens and posterior cornea.
Fundus
qhs
Proparacaine
Aqueous humor
30. Downward and diagonally
superior oblique
UV light indoors and outdoors
Strabismus
Oculus dexter
31. What is the frame height - the most vertical dimension of the lens opening also known as?
32. 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.
gtt
Trivex
Cornea
Inferior rectu
33. Every _ Hour
q_h
Triage
Corneal Edema
Bridge
34. The instrument that contains lenses and can be used to determine a spectacle correction.
Conjunctiva
Vitreous
Retina
Phoropter
35. By mouth
Proparacaine
Cornea
p.o.
Tonometry
36. Increases visual acuity because it reduces internal lens reflections.
Optic Nerve
Vertex distance
Anti-reflective coatings
Strabismus
37. Involves an imbalance in the positionig of the two eyes. I can cause the eys to cross in or tuyrn out. It's cause by a lack of coordination between the eyes.
HIPPA
Diabetic Retinopathy
Sodium Fluorescein
Strabismus
38. An ophthalmic stain - available in liquid form and is the most commonly used ophthlmic dye.
Interpupillary distance (PD)
Five
Sodium Fluorescein
Biomicroscopy
39. At bedtime
damage to the eye
Retinoscopy
qhs
Anti-reflective coatings
40. 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.
Glaucoma
Mydriatics
Binocular Vision
Aqueous humor
41. Outward
Corneal Edema
external/lateral rectus
Conjunctiva
Topography
42. 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.
Retinoscopy
Phoropter
What does a lensometer measure?
Ophthalmoscopy
43. The two main types of filing systems.
Cornea
Numerical and Alphabetical
Five
superior oblique
44. What does a tonometer measure?
superior oblique
Pressure in the eye
Tonometry
Internal/medial rectus
45. Glaucoma causes...
HIPPA
damage to the eye
Cornea
Macula
46. The measure of the finest detail the eye may detect.
Diabetic Retinopathy
Hyperopia and Presbyopia
Lacrimal gland
Visual acuity
47. Swelling or infection of the membrane lining the eyelids or Conjunctiva.
Five
Conjunctivitis
Pressure in the eye
Choroid
48. What's it called when the cornea thins and bulges forward?
Keratoconus
'B' Measurement
Corneal Edema
Oculus dexter
49. Supplies most of the tears to the eye.
Keratometry
Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
Glaucoma Surgery
Lacrimal gland
50. The chart most often used to measure acuity at distance.
Lens
Snellen Chart
Phoropter
Topography