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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Provides nutrients for the lens and posterior cornea.






2. A lens with no power.






3. An ophthalmic stain - available in liquid form and is the most commonly used ophthlmic dye.






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






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






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






7. What are used to treat dry eyes?






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






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






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






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






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






13. The lifeline into and out of the practice.






14. Every _ Hour






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






16. 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.






17. Swelling or infection of the membrane lining the eyelids or Conjunctiva.






18. What are plus lenses used to correct?






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






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






21. The two main types of filing systems.






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






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






24. Proparacaine - Tetracaine - Cocaine






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






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






27. Layers in the cornea






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






29. Upward and diagonally






30. Downward and inward






31. This is the pathway between the ye and the brain along which the signals produced by the retina travel to the brain.






32. Protected health Information






33. Tropicamide - Atropine - Scopolamine - Phenylephrine






34. 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.






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






36. The light sensitive part of the eye.






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






42. 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.






43. 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.






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






45. The smallest unit of lens measure.






46. Outward






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






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






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






50. Upward and inward