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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What are used to treat dry eyes?






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






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






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

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






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






7. 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.






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






9. 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.






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






11. Glaucoma causes...






12. Dilators






13. Constrictors






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






15. Right eye (OD)






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






17. The smallest unit of lens measure.






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






19. The light sensitive part of the eye.






20. The two main types of filing systems.






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






22. A lens with no power.






23. Downward and diagonally






24. What does a tonometer measure?






25. Tropicamide - Atropine - Scopolamine - Phenylephrine






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






27. Supplies most of the tears to the eye.






28. 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?






29. Upward and inward






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






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






32. Layers in the cornea






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






34. 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.






35. Proparacaine - Tetracaine - Cocaine






36. Downward and inward






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






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






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






40. At bedtime






41. 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.






42. The lifeline into and out of the practice.






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






44. 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.






45. Drop






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






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






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






49. Upward and diagonally






50. 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.